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The drought is finally over for the O'Fallon Panthers boys cross country program.
After spending most of the last five weeks grinding out hard-fought wins in rain and slippery, muddy playing conditions, the Minooka Indians will compete today on the field turf of Clyde Jordan Stadium in East St. Louis.
The Edwardsville boys soccer team knew it was going to have its hands full competing without one of its top players in the semifinals of the Class 3A state tournament Friday night at North Central College.
When Triad Knights started the season 1-6-1, few people envisioned they would advance to the state semifinals for the first time in school history.
Mike Villa is old-school.
Gibault junior Steven Souchek's goal was achieved Saturday at the Class A state boys golf tournament at Prairie Vista Golf Course in Bloomington.
Waterloo senior Wils Hawn is 18 holes from a possible Class 2A state golf championship.
Belleville East senior Kristi Tschudin hasn't played a lot of golf at Hickory Ridge Golf Course in Carbondale.
For even the most avid supporter of girls high school cross country, the names Olivia VonBokel or Kristen Thouvenot aren't ones that come to mind when mentioning the metro-east's top runners.
It was a case of mind over Maxwell Park mud in the Normal West Class 3A Sectional Cross Country Meet Saturday where even the host didn't have a home-course advantage.
During the past two years of dominating the metro-east area girls cross country scene, Kristen Busch of Freeburg has proven she can win in flat courses and on hilly ones.