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bnd.com | Scott Marion |Edwardsville Intelligencer
May 28-Edwardsville tennis coach Dave Lipe is budgeting more for food for this year's Class 2A state tournament, and that's good news for him. In winning their sixth consecutive sectional on May 24 inside the EHS Tennis Center, the Tigers qualified all six players for the state tournament, which runs May 29 through May 31 in suburban Chicago. "Our food bill is going to be bigger because (assistant) coach (Raffi) Karibian insists on large pizzas every time we go out to eat," Lipe joked.
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bnd.com | Matt Kamp |Edwardsville Intelligencer
May 28-The Father McGivney Griffins and Metro-East Lutheran Knights will be looking to advance their respective entries into the final day of the Class 1A boys state track and field meet. The Griffins will have four entries and the Knights will have two in the prelims on May 29 inside O'Brien Stadium on the campus of Eastern Illinois University in Charleston.
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bnd.com | Jason Koch |Edwardsville Intelligencer
May 27-Update 12:20 p.m.: The smoke seen on May 27 at Edwardsville High School was caused by a malfunctioning fan motor on the bulding's upper floor, the Edwardsville Fire Department said in a Facebook post around 11:50 a.m."Everything is under control at Edwardsville High School," EFD said in the post.
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bnd.com | Jason Koch |Edwardsville Intelligencer
May 27-A part of Center Grove Road in Edwardsville is closed and a detour is in place as construction crews prepare to replace the 35-year-old bridge over the Nickel Plate Trail. The project is expected to take several months to complete. The construction will require Center Grove to be closed from Esic Drive just past Township Park. Center Grove will be open to local traffic only at Illini Drive.
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bnd.com | Matt Kamp |Edwardsville Intelligencer
May 27-Former Edwardsville Tigers Riley Iffrig and Drake Westcott earned conference honors recently. Iffrig, a sophomore first baseman, was named to the All-Atlantic 10 second team for the Saint Louis University Billikens and Westcott, a senior designated hitter, was named to the All-Big Tean all-tournament team for the Illinois Illini. Iffrig is a 2023 graduate of Edwardsville and Westcott graduated in 2020.
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bnd.com | Matt Kamp |Edwardsville Intelligencer
May 27-Sectional soccer showdowns are on the horizon for the Father McGivney Griffins and the Edwardsville Tigers. The Griffins will be aiming for the program's first sectional championship when they take on the Columbia Eagles in the Class 1A Althoff Sectional championship game on May 27 at 6:30 p.m.At the same time, the Tigers will face Southwestern Conference and sectional host O'Fallon in the semifinals. This will be the sixth straight sectional semifinal between the two programs.
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bnd.com | Matt Kamp |Edwardsville Intelligencer
May 27-The Campaign to Champaign for the Father McGivney Griffins will include the Class 1A Greenville Sectional. Fresh off their third straight regional championship with a 12-0 win over Carrollton in the title game of Metro-East Lutheran Regional, the Griffins are now set for the Greenville Sectional with a berth in the Lincoln Land Super-Sectional on the line. "The guys are excited about going to play at the sectional this week," Erwin said.
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bnd.com | Matt Kamp |Edwardsville Intelligencer
May 27-Not since 2010 have the Edwardsville Tigers entered the baseball postseason with double-digit losses. But no Edwardsville team has likely faced the schedule the 2025 Tigers did this regular season with a four-game trip to North Carolina for the National High School Invitational, along with non-conference games against state-ranked teams like Francis Howell, Mascoutah and Teutopolis, among others.
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bnd.com | Scott Marion |Edwardsville Intelligencer
May 26-Whether stocking up on groceries, getting flowers for the garden, or buying a deli platter for a party, Joe's Market Basket in Edwardsville has you covered. The store at 447 S. Buchanan St. is a family-owned supermarket, landscaping, and garden center with a history dating back more than half a century. "The business was started in the back of a pickup truck in 1971 by my parents, Joe and Linda Stevens.
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bnd.com | Scott Marion |Edwardsville Intelligencer
May 25-The work of three talented seamstresses is on display at the "Quilts & Stitchery: Past and Present" exhibit at the Madison County History Museum, which opened May 14 and runs through July 31. The exhibit features items from the private collections of Donna Bisset, Mary Grose, and Candace Ladd. The exhibit hours are noon to 4 p.m. Wednesday through Friday and 1-4 p.m. Sunday. Copyright (C) 2025, Tribune Content Agency, LLC. Portions copyrighted by the respective providers.
