The Alton Redbirds open the 2024 high school football season Aug. 30 at home against Belleville Althoff. ... He has been covering sports for The Telegraph in Alton since March 1988.

Alton, while finishing fifth in the overall team standings, performed good enough to make Macias happy. "From where we started the year to where we are now, I'm a really proud coach," Macias said.

Grace Carter of Alton High School is the winner of the Belleville News-Democrat Athlete of the Week, as selected by readers of bnd.com. Carter, a senior, had 8 kills in 23 attempts with 15 points ...

Alton has a 33-2 record and will play Friday morning at 11:30 AM against Chicago Kenwood at Illinois State University. For the first time in school history the Alton High School girls basketball ...

Alton High School baseball held its Annual Alumni Game this past Saturday, June 14, 2025, at the Alton field, marking the ...

Alton coach Deseree Howard holds the championship trophy won by the Redbirds in the championship game at the Mascoutah girls invitational at Mascoutah High School in Mascoutah, Illinois on ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Alton center Talia Norman (left) and OFallon player Haeli Tart fight for a rebound. Alton defeated OFallon in a Southwestern ...

Alton tops Fremd in physical three-overtime thriller “This is what we came up here for,” Alton coach Desera Howard said. “You don’t want a boring game.

Notre Dame and Marquette Alton will match up on Friday, May 23, at 4:30 p.m. CT. Don't miss out on any of the action with NFHS Network. The NFHS Network gives you access to live high school sports ...

Kylan Boswell has become a household name among Fighting Illini basketball fans as a part of this season's team. But Alton Middle School's eighth-grade basketball team got an early look at Boswell ...

NORMAL — Unable to hold its own rebounding left the Normal Community High School girls basketball team more susceptible to Alton's quickness Thursday in the championship game of the Class 4A ...

Southwestern and Marquette Alton will match up on Friday, May 16, at 4:30 p.m. CT. Don't miss out on any of the action with NFHS Network. The NFHS Network gives you access to live high school ...