GLEN CARBON – Senior forward Daniel Gierer has eclipsed 13 goals and five assists so far in his senior season for the Father McGivney Catholic High School boys' soccer team. Arguably his most important goal of the season was the one that took the lead against the Staunton Bulldogs in the Class 1A Regional Finals Friday afternoon in Roxana. The Bulldogs took the lead in the 16 th minute and McGivney tied it back up 12 minutes later. Daniel’s goal came five minutes before halftime to make it 2-1 in a game they went on to win by a score of 4-1. Daniel Gierer is a Byron Carlson Petri & Kalb Male Athlete of the Month for McGivney. “I’m feeling good,” Daniel said after the win Friday afternoon. “I feel like we set out at the beginning of the year to get to regionals and win regionals.” He’s played a vital role on the team this season after transferring from his original defensive position to now playing up top and being the team’s third-leadin
2022 has witnessed an explosion of pickleball in the Riverbend area. More than 40 members of the Riverbend Pickleball Group gathered at the new pickleball courts at Glazebrook Park on Monday, October 10, to celebrate World Pickleball Day with a bountiful breakfast potluck and plenty of pickleball to work off the extra calories. Not since the beginning of athletics by the Ancient Greeks in 776 BC has there been a sport take the world by storm like pickleball. Founded in 1965 on Bainbridge Island, Washington, pickleball is touted to be the fastest growing participation sport per the Sports & Fitness Industry Association (SFIA). This attributed to its appeal to all ages, simple rules, quick to learn, a short game and affordable. Pickleball has no season. Unlike soccer fields, tennis courts, baseball fields, and splash pads that are used only a few months of the year, outdoor pickleball courts are in use year-round, sunrise to lights out, weather permitting. And pickleball has no age
From The Edwardsville Intelligencer: Demolition and remediation work on Edwardsville’s former public safety building have prompted questions have about the fate of the tile mural that adorned the walls at street level. Matt Pfund, president of Pfund Construction heavily involved in the Station on Main project at 400 N. Main St., said efforts have been made to […]
From St. Louis Post-Dispatch: A court battle over the future of the St. Charles Convention Center is holding up consideration of possible new projects such as an amateur sports facility, a steamboat museum and a county tourism website. The St. Charles County Convention and Sports Facilities Authority is looking for new uses for the more […]
The CDC and ACIP recommend a higher-dose flu vaccine for people 65 and older. As we enter fall, the emails from your workplace or pharmacy may start to pop up in your inbox. “It’s time for a flu shot!” But how early is too early to get the yearly jab? It depends, says Jason Kole, MD , director of Emergency Department Services at OSF HealthCare in Danville, Illinois . Dr. Kole says every influenza season is different. When will it peak? What will be the dominant strain of the virus? How effective will the flu vaccine be against that strain? Plus, Dr. Kole says, health care providers are still devoting time to treating COVID-19 patients. “If actually hits the strain of flu that’s prevalent during that season, then the flu season’s going to be relatively mild,” Dr. Kole says. “If it doesn’t hit that strain, then we’re going to have a heavy flu season.” “We’re all going to have to stay on our toes
ROXANA – This was Chris Walleck’s second go-around in the heated rivalry between the Roxana Shells and Wood River Oilers. The Shells’ quarterback remembers last season when East Alton-Wood River blanked them 34-0. The two schools went at it last Friday night in what was a thrilling game, one that lived up to all of its hype. “We had to get back from last season,” Chris said. “This is all we wanted. We wanted this so bad. It‘s been built up for so long.” The Shells lost the rivalry game at home last year. This season the Oilers played host. Walleck is a Midwest Members Credit Union Male Athlete of the Month for Roxana High School. After the Shells made quite the dramatic entrance in a police escort just minutes before kickoff, they went on to win the game by a score of 35-27. Chris loved every bit of it. “I love getting the win on the road, being the villain.” When asked how his team was able to bounce back from last season’s
Two locations of the Los Angeles-based indoor trampoline park chain recently expanded to include new attractions that the franchisee says are helping to boost profits.
A Missouri-based education foundation is the name behind a unique facility on the campus of Ranken Technical College that allows students to gain real-world experience in modern manufacturing while earning a paycheck. The Robert W. Plaster Foundation provided the majority of funding for the construction of a 29,000 square foot building to house numerous business […]
The school, with a history of financial troubles, already was the subject of litigation last year raising questions over deals it struck to make clean energy upgrades.
The leader of St. Louis technology firm LashBack says the provider of email compliance software has kept a low profile locally since its launch in 2003. But, thanks to a recent sale, its presence in St. Louis could be expanding.
From FOX2now: Windy days can halt crane operations and construction projects. “It’s strange, but as a crane operator, you get to know the wind really well,” Matt Helms, operations manager with Maxim Crane Works L.P., said. “It creates hazards and dangers for us but at the same time it affects all the operations of the […]
From St. Louis Post-Dispatch: The St. Louis Industrial Development Authority on Thursday approved issuing $17 million in bonds to help finance a private company’s effort to refurbish Hillvale Apartments in a troubled part of northwest St. Louis. The authority made the final decision at its regular board meeting with minimal discussion. Director Gilberto Pinela made […]
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