2023/2024
2023/2024
MONTHS OF SEPTEMBER & OCTOBER
Kate Zipprich
MONTH OF SEPTEMBER 2023
School: Calhoun High School
Volleyball - Zipprich produced kills on nine of 11 swings to hit .818 and the Warriors overpowered the Taylorville Tornadoes 25-10, 25-11 Thursday in a Western Illinois Valley Conference match in Griggsville. Calhoun is 16-0 and 5-0 in the WIVC.
Emma Wyman
MONTH OF SEPTEMBER 2023
School: Southwestern High School
Cross Country - Wyman, a senior running in her first major race for the Southwestern Piasa Birds, ran the three-mile course at Wilson Park in 19 minutes, 33.60 seconds to finish 18th in a field of 162 girls at the Robinson/Lang Invitational cross country meet.
Alex Siatos
MONTH OF SEPTEMBER 2023
School: Alton High School
Golf - A senior, Siatos won the Southwestern Conference Tournament. He had rounds of 72 and 74 to finish off a 36-hole 146 that delivered a four-stroke victory over Alton High teammate teammate and SWC runner-up Sam Ottwell. The SWC championship is the first for an Alton golfer in more than 25 years.
Samuel Elliott-Barnes
MONTH OF SEPTEMBER 2023
School: Alton High School
Football - Elliott-Barnes caught a 22-yard touchdown pass from Riley Smith with 43 seconds remaining in Alton’s 28-24 Week 3 victory over Triad Friday night at Public School Stadium. His TD catch secured Alton’s first victory of the season.
Delani Klaas
MONTH OF SEPTEMBER 2023
School: Calhoun High School
Volleyball - Klaas, a senior was named the Most Valuable Player at the Ray Long Pretzel Classic after helping the Warriors win the championship and run their record to 15-0. Klaas had 13 kills and Calhoun beat Athens in three sets for the title. She is an Illinois College recruit.
Sam Ottwell
MONTH OF SEPTEMBER 2023
School: Alton High School
Golf - A junior, Ottwell shot a career-best 4-under par round of 67 at Tamarack Golf Course in Shiloh to win the O’Fallon Panther Classic by four shots. Ottwell, who is averaging 73.1 strokes from nine 18-hole rounds, led the Redbirds to seventh place in the 19-team field.
Mile Lorton
MONTH OF OCTOBER 2023
School: Calhoun High School
Football - A senior quarterback, Lorton led the Warriors to a 61-0 victory over No. 8-ranked Carrollton in WIVC football action. Lorton rushed for 131 yards and scored four touchdowns. Through the air, Lorton completed three of three attempts and one touchdown pass.
Lacy Pohman
MONTH OF OCTOBER 2023
School: Calhoun High School
Volleyball - Pohlman earned All-Tournament honors after helping Calhoun win the Fran Struble Invitational at Carlinville. In a 25-16, 25-16 victory over Greenfield/Northwestern, she had 25 assists and in a 25-7, 25-16 win over Greenville, Pohlman served seven aces.
Olivia Coll
MONTH OF OCTOBER 2023
School: Edwardsville High School
Cross Country - At the annual Madison County Cross Country Meet at Wilson Park in Granite City, Edwardsville’s Coll was the large-schools champion in a time of 19:19.50 over the three-mile course. Her time was good for the third-place finish overall.
Libby McCormick
MONTH OF OCTOBER 2023
School: Jersey High School
Tennis - Libby McCormick won the No.1 singles title at the Mississippi Valley Conference meet, defeating Highland’s Sophia Fleming 6-4, 6-2.
It was part of a Panthers deluge. Jersey won five championships, including four doubles crowns on its way to the MVC team championship.
Tessa Crawford & Elise Noble
MONTH OF NOVEMBER 2023
School: Jersey High School
Tennis - The doubles team of Crawford and Noble had a big week for the Panthers. After winning the doubles title at the Marquette Sectional early in the week,they went 2-0 on Day 1 and advanced to the second day at their second IHSA State Tourney in Chicago before bowing with an overall 4-2 state mark.
2023/2024
MONTH OF OCTOBER & NOVEMBER
Sam Ottwell
MONTH OF OCTOBER 2023
School: Alton High School
Golf - Ottwell, a junior at AHS, shot 2-under par 70 on Day 2 after a first-day 78 and finished in fifth place at the Class 3A state tournament at The Den at Fox Creek in Bloomington. Ottwell’s 148 score is the best state score in Alton High history.
Max Weber
MONTH OF OCTOBER 2023
School: Civic Memorial High School
Cross Country - Max Weber, a sophomore, became Civic memorial’s first Mississippi Valley champion in 23 years by winning the MVC Cross Country Meet’s boys division race. He completed the three-mile course at Principia College in a time in 15 minutes. 33.80 seconds.
Blake Rimbey
MONTH OF NOVEMBER 2023
School: Southwestern High School
Football - Rimbey, a sophomore quarterback, rushed for 92 yards on 11 carries with two touchdowns and was 4-of5 through the air with a TD pass to lead the Piasa Birds to a 35-7 victory over Hillsboro and with it, a berth in the IHSA playoffs. On the season, he has thrown 12 TD passes and rushed for five.
2023/2024
MONTH OF NOVEMBER & DECEMBER
Taylor Nolan
MONTH OF NOVEMBER 2023
School: Staunton High School
Volleyball - Nolan had five kills in an openingset rally and helped the Bulldogs come back to defeat rival Carlinville 25-231 and 25-16 to win the championship of the East Alton-Wood River Class 2A Regional.
Evan Wells
MONTH OF NOVEMBER 2023
School: Roxana High School
Football - Wells scored three touchdowns and gained 195 yards rushing in leading the Roxana Shells past Paris in the Class 3A playoffs. Wells, a senior, also had a solo tackle and an assist on defense.
Grace Oertle
MONTH OF NOVEMBER 2023
School: Edwardsville High School
Swimming - A sophomore, Oertle captured three medals at the IHSA Girls State Swim Meet in suburban Chicago. She was 14th in the 50-yard freestyle and swam anchor on the Tigers’ ninth-place 200 yard medley relay and the 13th place 200 freestyle relay team. EHS was 18th in the team standings.
Evan Wells
MONTH OF NOVEMBER 2023
School: Roxana High School
Football - Wells, a senior, rushed for 128 yards on 21 carries and scored a pair of TDs for the Shells in their 56-30 road victory over Stanford Olympia in the quarterfinals of the IHSA Class 3Astate football playoffs. Wells also had a pair of solo tackles and three assists on defense.
Jarius Powers
MONTH OF NOVEMBER 2023
School: Alton High School
Basketball-Powers, a junior, scored 54 points in three games and led the Redbirds to a repeat as champions of the Alton Tip-Off Classic. An All-Stater as a sophomore, Powers scored 24 points against North Point, nine against Hazelwood West and 21 points in the Alton title game win over Lift For Life Academy.”
Dylan Pembrook
MONTH OF NOVEMBER 2023
School: Greenfield High School
Football - Pembrook passed for 144 yards with three touchdowns in the Tigers’ loss to Camp Point Central in the IHSA Class 1A semifinals. The left-handed Pembrook passed the 2,000-yard passing mark in the game and finished the season with 30 touchdown passes and in his career threw 47 TD passes.
Ryan Lowis
MONTH OF NOVEMBER 2023
School: Southwestern School
Basketball - Lowis, a junior, erupted for 43 points in the Piasa Birds’ final two games in the Roxana Hoopsgiving Tournament. He scored 26 points in Southwestern’s 6150 victory over Staunton, including six 3-point baskets. In a 53-52 win over rival Jersey, Lowis scored 17 points, including five 3-pointers.
Marley Ogden
MONTH OF NOVEMBER 2023
School: Civic Memorial High School
Basketball - Ogden scored 49 points in four games to lead the Eagles to the championship of the Taylorville Thanksgiving Tournament. She scored 14 points in CM’s 54-37 win over Taylorville in the championship game. She also scored 20 points in the semifinals against Hillsboro, including six 3-point baskets.
Braden Kline
MONTH OF DECEMBER 2023
School: Marquette Catholic High
Basketball - Kline, scored 17 points, including five points in overtime, to lead Marquette toa 51-49 victory over Breese Mater Dei. Kline made two 3-pointers in the fourth quarter, then added another trey and made two free throws to score five of the Explorers’ seven points in OT.
Braden Kline
MONTH OF DECEMBER 2023
School: Marquette Catholic High
Basketball - Kline scored a combined 65 points in three games and helped the Explorers go 2-1 on the week and 6-1 overall. A 6-foot-2 senior, Kline scored 32 points in a win over Father McGivney, 19 in a win over Metro-East Lutheran and 14 in a loss to MICDS at McKendree University
Braden Kline
MONTH OF DECEMBER 2023
School: Marquette Catholic High
Madelyn Murphy
MONTH OF DECEMBER 2023
School: Roxana High School
Wrestling - Murphy, a freshman, pinned all three opponents she faced and won the championship of the 100-pound weight class Friday at the first Granite City Girls Wrestling Tournament. She pinned Edwardsville’s Genevieve Dykstra, Mount Vernon’s Lily Davis and Edwardsville’s Alison Kirk.
Kiyoko Procter
MONTH OF DECEMBER 2023
School: Alton High School
Basketball -Procter, a junior point guard for Alton High, scored 19 points, including four 3- point baskets, and helped the Redbirds stay unbeaten with a 55-50 victory over defending state champion O’Fallon on the road in a key Southwestern Conference game at the Panther Dome.
Basketball - Braden Kline scored 30 points in a 79-32 victory over Maryville Christian and reached the 1,000-point career scoring mark. He had 20 points by halftime and reached 1,000 with his 10th point of the third quarter.
Elanna Hickman
MONTH OF DECEMBER 2023
School: Alton High School
wrestling - Alanna Hickman went 3-0 and won the 170-pound title at the Joe Bee Classic in Springfield. She won two of her three matches by pin, including the title bout win over Alex Arquilla of Chatham Glenwood.
Kate Zipprich
MONTH OF JANUARY 2024
School: Calhoun High School
Basketball - A 6-foot-1 junior, had 18 points and 22 rebounds and led Calhoun to the championship of the Carlinville Christmas Tournament with a 46-46 victory over host Carlinville in the championship game.
2023/2024 MONTH OF JANUARY
Lauren Bertagnolli
MONTH OF JANUARY 2024
School: Gillespie High School
basketball - Bertagnolli made a three-point shot with just 27 seconds remaining lift the Gillespie Miners to 41-37 win over Calhoun.
Tessa Crawford
MONTH OF JANUARY 2024
School: Jersey Community High School
Basketball - Senior Tessa Crawford’s 28-point outburst in a 50-44 Mississippi Valley Conference victory over Triad lifted her past the 1,500-point career scoring milestone. She is No. 4 on the Jersey all-time scoring list and the fourth Panther with more than 1,500 career points.
Semaj Stampley
MONTH OF JANUARY 2024
School: Alton High School
Basketball - Stampley scored 34 points to led the Alton Redbirds to a 75-52 Southwestern Conference victory over Belleville West.
Ian Brantley
MONTH OF JANUARY 2024
School: Southwestern High School
Basketball - Junior Ian Brantley scored 28 points and had 10 rebounds to lead Southwestern to a 79-61 South Central Conference win over Gillespie. Through 18 games, Brantley is averaging 22 points and eight rebounds per game for the 12-6 Piasa Birds.
Mia Brawner
MONTH OF JANUARY 2024
School: Gillespie High School
Basketball - Mia Brawner, a 5-foot-9 junior, scored 21 points, including 15 points in the second half, to lead the Gillespie Miners to a 63-32 victory over Staunton in the championship game of the Macoupin County Girls Tournament at Southwestern.
Ian Brantley
MONTH OF JANUARY 2024
School: Southwestern High School
Basketball - Brantley scored 25 points, including two free throws with 2.2 seconds remaining, and led the Southwestern Piasa Birds to a 43-41 victory over North Mac in the championship game of the Macoupin County Boys Tourney at Southwestern.
Hassani Elliott
MONTH OF JANUARY 2024
School: Alton High School
Basketball - Elliott, a 6-foot-1 junior, scored 29 points to lead the Alton Redbirds to a 60-58 overtime victory over rival Edwardsville. Elliott scored 21 of his points in the fourth quarter and overtime.
Mia Brawner
MONTH OF JANUARY 2024
School: Gillespie High School
Basketball - Brawner, a 5-foot-9 junior forward, broke a seven-year-old single-game scoring record for Gillespie when she poured in 45 points and led the Miners to an 81-49 win over Vandalia in a South Central Conference game.
Claire Hagen
MONTH OF FEBRUARY 2024
School: Calhoun High School
Basketball-Hagen’s three-point basket at the buzzer gave the Calhoun Warriors to a 46- 45 victory over rival Carrollton in the championship game of the Carrollton Girls Basketball Tournament. She finished the game with six points
Ele Feldman
MONTH OF FEBRUARY 2024
School: Staunton High School
Basketball - Ele Feldman, a junior, scored 22 points and helped led the Staunton Bulldogs past rival Gillespie 64-56 in a South Central Conference game. The Staunton conference win atoned for a 13-point loss to Gillespie less than two weeks earlier in the Macoupin County Tournament.
Jillian Dwiggins
MONTH OF FEBRUARY 2024
School: Alton High School
Bowling - Dwiggins, a freshman, qualified for the IHSA Girls State Tournament when she bowled a 1,142 series and had a 190 average at the Joliet West Sectional. She finished 10th overall and was fourth among individual qualifiers.
2023/2024
MONTH OF JANUARY/FEBRUARY
DJ Dutton
MONTH OF FEBRUARY 2024
School: Civic Memorial High School
Basketball-Dutton, a senior, made a threepoint short as time expired, lifting CM to a 47- 46 victory over rival Triad in a Mississippi Valley Conference game Friday night Bethalto. Dutton finished the game with 11 points.
Bryce Griffin
MONTH OF FEBRUARY 2024
School: Civic Memorial High School
Wrestling - Bryce Griffin, the No. 1-ranked wrestler in the state at 157 pounds, pinned three straight opponents and rolled to the championship of his weight class at the Bethalto Class 2A Regional Tournament. Griffin will now advance to the sectional tournament, where he hopes to qualify for the IHSA State Tourney.
Bryce Griffin
MONTH OF FEBRUARY 2024
School: Civic Memorial High School
Wrestling - The top-ranked wrestler in the state at 157 pounds, Griffin posted three straight pins and won the championship of his weight class at the Mahomet-Seymour Sectional. He will advance to the IHSA State Wrestling Tourney.
2023/2024
MONTH OF FEBRUARY/MARCH
Ele Feldmann
MONTH OF FEBRUARY 2024
School: Staunton High School
Basketball - Feldmann scored 32 points to lead the Staunton Bulldogs past Roxana 62-39 in the championship game of the Roxana Class 1A Regional Tournament.
Bryce Griffin
MONTH OF FEBRUARY 2024
School: Civic Memorial High School
Wrestling - Griffin, a senior, capped his high school career by winning the state championship at 157 pounds at the IHSA Individual State Tournament in Champaign.
Elanna Hickman
MONTH OF FEBRUARY 2024
School: Alton High School
Sean Williams
MONTH OF FEBRUARY 2024
School: Marquette Catholic High School
Basketball - Williams, a senior, scored 16 points to lead Marquette to a 48-43 comeback victory over Roxana in the championship game of the Roxana Class 2A Regional Tournament. Williams made a pair of 3-point baskets in leading the Explorers to their fifth straight regional title.
Wrestling - Hickman, a senior, capped her high school wrestling career with an 8-2 victory over El Paso Gridley’s Savannah Hamilton in the 155-pound weight class thirdplace match at the IHSA Girls state Wrestling Tournament in Bloomington. Hickman was 5-1 overall at the state tourney.
Jillian Dwiggins
MONTH OF MARCH 2024
School: Alton High School
Bowling - Dwiggins, a freshman, qualified for the IHSA Girls State Tournament when she bowled a 1,142 series and had a 190 average at the Joliet West Sectional. She finished 10th overall and was fourth among individual qualifiers.
Drake Champlin
MONTH OF MARCH 2024
School: East Alton-Wood River HS
Wrestling - Champlin fi nished second in the state at 215 pounds at the IHSA Boys Individual State Wrestling Tournament in Champaign. He had a pin and two sudden-victory wins on his way to the state championship match. Champlin fi nished the season 54-5.
Tristen Wargo
MONTH OF MARCH 2024
School: Gillespie High School
Baseball - Wargo hurled the Gillespie Miners to a 6-1 victory over Jersey, scattering five hits, walking two and striking out 10 Panthers batters.
Megan Griffith
MONTH OF MARCH 2024
School: Civic Memorial High School
Softball - A junior righthander, Griffi th pitched a four-inning no-hitter in 16-0 win overEast Alton-Wood River. She struck out fi ve and walked none.
Jordyn Loveless
MONTH OF MARCH 2024
School: Carlinville High School
Soccer - After scoring a goal and adding an assist, Loveless was inserted in at goalie for an overtime penalty kick shootout and made three saves to help Carlinville defeat Gilespie in the Kickoff Classic on Route 66. Loveless scored 31 goals last season.
Abrianna Garrett
MONTH OF APRIL 2024
School: Civic Memorial High School
Soccer - Garrett, a senior, scored seven goals in three games for the Civic Memorial Eagles. A University of Missouri-St. Louis recruit, she scored three goals in a 3-0 win over Highland and added four more in a 7-1 win over Carlinville.
Parker Mayhew
MONTH OF APRIL 2024
School: Alton High School
TENNIS - Mayhew, a senior, was a double winner for the Alton Redbirds in their 9-0Southwestern Conference victory over Collinsville.
2023/2024
MONTH OF MARCH/APRIL
Scott Vickrey
MONTH OF MARCH 2024
School: Marquette Catholic High
Baseball - Vickrey pitched a complete game and clouted a solo home run to left field to lead the Explorers to a 6-3 victory over rival Alton High School in the completion of the Jack Warren Memorial Game, which had been suspended March 13 by lightning.
Mason Crump
MONTH OF APRIL 2024
School: Roxana High School
Baseball - Crump, a sophomore, ran his record to 2-0 on the season in a 4-2 victory over Breese Central. He allowed just two unearned runs, scattered five hits and walked two. His earnedrun average on the season is a miniscule 0.75.
Chloe Roberts
MONTH OF APRIL 2024
School: Marquette Catholic High School
SOCCER - Roberts scored three goals on the week, including the game winner in a 1-0 win over Althoff. She also scored in a 7-0 win over Maryville Christian and a 5-0 win over Roxana.
2023/2024
MONTH OF APRIL/MAY
Lauren Flowers
MONTH OF APRIL 2024
School: Carrollton High School
Logan Hickman
MONTH OF APRIL 2024
School: Alton High School
Baseball - Hickman was the winning pitcher and hit the game-winning home run in a Tuesday 3-2 Southwestern Conference victory over O’Fallon.
Softball - Flowers hit her 29th career home run, breaking the record of 28 set by her mother, Liz DeShasier Coomer, in 1997.
Audrey Gilman
MONTH OF APRIL 2024
School: Calhoun High School
Softball-Gilman, a junior pitched a two-hitter and struck out 16 in Calhoun’s 2-0 victory over Class 4A Edwardsville.
Gilman is a Creighton University recruit.
Abrianna Garrett
MONTH OF MAY 2024
School: Civic Memorial High School
Soccer - Garrett, a senior, scored seven goals in three games for the Civic Memorial Eagles. A University of Missouri-St. Louis recruit, she scored three goals in a 3-0 win over Highland and added four more in a 7-1 win over Carlinville.
James McKeever
MONTH OF APRIL 2024
School: Alton High School
Tennis-McKeever was a double winner for Alton in a win over Granite City. He won at singles and teamed with Luke Boyd for a win at doubles for the Redbirds.
Mason Crump
MONTH OF MAY 2024
School: Roxana High School
Baseball - Crump, a sophomore, ran his record to 2-0 on the season in a 4-2 victory over Breese Central. He allowed just two unearned runs, scattered five hits and walked two. His earned-run average on the season is a miniscule 0.75.
Marcus Payne
MONTH OF MAY 2024
School: Southwestern High School
Baseball - Payne, a senior right-hander, posted his 20th win of the season in the Piasa Birds’ 2-1 victory over Greenville. He struck out five, walked three and scattered four hits and led his team to its sixth SCC title in the last 11 years.
Hanna Gibson
MONTH OF MAY 2024
School: Carlinville High School
Track & Field - A junior thrower for the Cavaliers, captured South Central Conference championships in both the shot put (37 feet, 10.25 inches) and the discus (130-11.25) at the SCC girls track meet at North Mac High School in Virden.
Kaylee Shields
MONTH OF MAY 2024
School: Civic Memorial High School
Track & Field - Shields, a sophomore, captured first place at the IHSA Girls Sectional Track Meet at Hauser Field and will make her second state track meet appearance. She won with a height of 9 feet, 9 inches.
NeVaeh Bryant
MONTH OF MAY 2024
School: Alton High School
Track & Field - Bryant captured a fifth-place medal in the 300-meter hurdles at the Illinois High School Association Class 3A Girls State Track & Field Meet in Charleston with a time of 44.16 seconds. Attendee panel closed. Celebrate reaction set to item
Hannah Uhles
MONTH OF MAY 2024
School: Carrollton High School
Softball - Uhles slammed a walk-off home run to propel the Carrollton Hawks past rival Calhoun 1-0 in the championship game of the IHSA Carrollton Class 1A Sectional softball tournament.
2023/2024
MONTH OF MAY
Michael Matesa
MONTH OF MAY 2024
School: Staunton High School
Track & Field - Matesa had three firsts and a third-place finish at the Macoupin County Meet at Southwestern. He won the 110 high hurdles, the 300 hurdles and triple jump and was third in the pole vault.
Machael Matesa
MONTH OF MAY 2024
School: Staunton High School
Track & Field - Matesa won the 110-meter and 300-meter hurdles and led Staunton to the championship of the Carlinville Class 1A Track and Field Sectional. Matesa was also on two state-qualifying relay teams.
Kannan Kamp
MONTH OF MAY 2024
School: Father McGivney High School
Baseball - Kamp struck out 12 and scattered five hits and helped the Father McGivneyHigh Griffins to a 4-0 victory over Greenfield in the championship game of theIHSA Father McGivney Class 1A sectional baseball tournament.
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