Bucky Dent

CARBONDALE — A handful of SIU track and field athletes are taking their crack at making the NCAA Championship next month by participating in the West Regional this week in Fayetteville, Ark.

CENTRALIA — Matt Mason walked off the field for the final time as Waterloo softball coach Friday after a 9-2 loss to powerful Chatham Glenwood in the championship game of the Class 3A Centralia Sectional.

MARION — This wasn't the way it was supposed to end for Marion.

Bucky Dent | Special to the Post-Dispatch MARION — First-year coach Garrett Schlecht described the Waterloo High baseball team's style of play for a questioner Saturday.

NOTE: This is part 1 of a two-part series on the SIU soccer program and how it’s built up in coach Graeme Orr’s three This seasons from struggling to win

CARBONDALE — Former SIU pitcher Paul Bonzagni made his way on some top prospect lists last year in the Texas Rangers' organization.

Bucky Dent | Special to the Post-Dispatch CARBONDALE — The best season in Red Bud softball history ended Monday night against the best pitcher the Musketeers have seen all year.

CARBONDALE — Leah Thames has more races to run this spring for the SIU track and field team.

CARBONDALE — You might not hear as much about it as you do in other college sports but the transfer portal works overtime in volleyball, too.

Two months from now, the SIU football team will be locked into preseason practice, getting ready for one of the most anticipated seasons anyone around here can remember since they played in McAndrew Stadium.