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2 days ago | 
bnd.com | Matt Kamp |Edwardsville Intelligencer
May 12-The Father McGivney girls soccer team dodged enough of Mother Nature to pick up its 20th win of the season. The Griffins earned a 3-1 victory over the Collinsville Kahoks on May 12 in Glen Carbon. Father McGivney is now 20-1. It is the first time in program history the Griffins have reached the 20-win mark. Their previous high for wins came a year ago with 18. Father McGivney is the second team in the state to reach 20 wins this season. Pleasant Plains is 21-2. Collinsville is 6-10-1.
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5 days ago | 
bnd.com | Matt Kamp |Edwardsville Intelligencer
May 10-The Edwardsville baseball team used the long ball to open the Tiger Classic with a win. Edwardsville hit a season-high five home runs in an 11-3 win over Chatham Glenwood on May 9 on Tom Pile Field inside the District 7 Sports Complex. Edwardsville is now 16-7. Chatham Glenwood is 13-5.
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5 days ago | 
bnd.com | Matt Kamp |Edwardsville Intelligencer
May 10-The Edwardsville softball team came out on the wrong side of a pitcher's duel. The Pontiac Indians scored the game's only run in the bottom of the eighth inning for a walk-off 1-0 victory over the Edwardsville Tigers on May 9 in Pontiac. The loss ended a nine-game winning streak for the Tigers, who are now 19-5. Pontiac is 16-6. The Indians scored the only run without the benefit of a hit in the eighth.
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5 days ago | 
bnd.com | Scott Marion |Edwardsville Intelligencer
May 10-If the weather forecast seems stuck on repeat, as it was with cloudy, rainy days during the first weekend of May in the Edwardsville area, a local weather expert says it's probably due to blocking patterns. A blocking pattern is a configuration that blocks the typical west-to-east flow of the jet stream, much like a large rock in a small stream forces the flow of water around it.
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5 days ago | 
bnd.com | Matt Kamp |Edwardsville Intelligencer
May 10-The Father McGivney Griffins had to overcome many forms of adversity to earn a win over the Belleville West Maroons. The Griffins missed a penalty kick early in the second half, watched one of their senior defenders walk off the field with an injury and lost a two-goal lead before Natalie Beck scored in the 77th minute for the 3-2 win on May 9 in Glen Carbon. "This is a good win," Father McGivney keeper Peyton Ellis said.
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1 week ago | 
bnd.com | Dominic Genetti |Edwardsville Intelligencer
May 6-A couple of players return to the St. Louis Cardinals starting lineup Tuesday, and they'll go head-to-head with the Pittsburgh Pirates' pitching phenom Paul Skenes, who was last season's National League Rookie of the Year. Read more: Liberatore vs.
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1 week ago | 
bnd.com | Dominic Genetti |Edwardsville Intelligencer
May 6-Matthew Liberatore will try to make it four wins in a row for the St. Louis Cardinals as he takes the mound for the Redbirds against the Pittsburgh Pirates. The 6-foot-4 lefty is looking for a win after he took an unfortunate loss his last time out against the Cincinnati Reds May 1. Liberatore pitched only three innings before the game was paused for a rain delay and when play resumed, he did not return.
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1 week ago | 
bnd.com | Scott Marion |Edwardsville Intelligencer
May 5-It hasn't taken long for Ed's Delicatessen to make a major impact on the local dining scene. Ed Heath is one of four partners in Ed's Delicatessen, which opened on Sept. 20 at 222 N. Main St. at the former location of 222 Artisan Bakery. Heath is a co-founder of Cleveland-Heath, which he opened in November 2011 with his former partner, Jenny Cleveland. In 2017, they sold the restaurant to Kari McGinness and the late Keith McGinness, and it is now owned by Gina and Evan Buchholz.
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1 week ago | 
bnd.com | Scott Marion |Edwardsville Intelligencer
May 5-Dustin Maguire's passion for NIL (name, image and likeness) was fueled by his collegiate basketball experiences, but his passion for competition can be traced back to his basketball days at Edwardsville High School. A 2006 Edwardsville graduate, Maguire was the leading scorer for the 2005-06 basketball team that won its first 30 games before losing 65-54 to Chicago Marshall in the semifinals of the Class AA state tournament at Peoria Civic Center.
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1 week ago | 
bnd.com | Scott Marion |Edwardsville Intelligencer
May 3-The annual Mayor's Prayer Dinner was held May 1 at First Baptist Church of Maryville. The event featured Maryville Mayor Craig Short, whose last day in office is May 7 after serving eight years. Wayne White, who will be the new mayor, was also among the speakers. The event featured music by the Maryville Christian School Show Choir with food catered by Uncle Linny's Family Restaurant in Pontoon Beach.
