Play It Again Sports Roundup - Friday, Oct. 23, 2026: Griffins Edge Explorers For Boys Class 1A Regional Soccer Title
Trenton Wesclin, Rowan Fischer, Brendan Kayser, Will Rakers, and Owen Weissert score to give Griffins victory.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23 PLAY IT AGAIN SPORTS ROUNDUP
BOYS SOCCER
IHSA PLAYOFFS --- REGIONAL FINALS
FATHER MCGIVNEY CATHOLIC 4, MARQUETTE CATHOLIC 1: In the Class 1A regional final at Trenton Wesclin, Rowan Fischer, Brendan Kayser, Will Rakers, and Owen Weissert all scored to give McGivney the regional title in a win over Marquette.
Patrick Gierer made nine saves in goal to help the Griffins advance to the sectional.
The Explorers end the season at 14-5-3, while McGivney is now 16-6-0, and move on to the Columbia sectional, where they'll play the host Eagles, who won the Murphysboro regional over the Red Devils, Tuesday at 7 p.m.
In other Class 1A finals, Althoff won over Breese Mater Dei Catholic 8-0 to win their own regional, and Hillsboro won their own regional over Carlinville 6-2, The Waterloo Gibault Catholic regional final between the host Hawks and Freeburg was suspended, with the scores level at 1-1.
In the Class 2A final at Carbondale, Triad eliminated the host Terriers 4-1 to go to the Alton sectional, and will play the Chatham Glenwood winner at 7 p.m. at Public School Stadium.
The Knights are now 17-3-3, while Carbondale's season concludes at 12-8-0.
OTHER ACTION
In the Class 3A final at Belleville West's Bob Goalby Field, Edwardsville defeated Collinsville 3-0 to advance to their own sectional at Tiger Stadium, and will play against the winner of O'Fallon or Normal Community Tuesday at 7 p.m. The Tigers are now 13-8-1, while the Kahoks' season ends at 9-14-1,
GIRLS VOLLEYBALL
THURSDAY'S RESULTS
In matches played on Thursday, Mt. Vernon won over Collinsville 25-21, 25-22, Marissa-Coulterville got past New Athens in a three-set match 25-22, 17-25, 25-14, Centralia took a 25-21, 25-13 win over Civic Memorial, Belleville Althoff Catholic swept Marquette Catholic 25-21, 25-12, Columbia got past Breese Central 22-25, 25-23, 25-15, Pinckneyville defeated Waterloo 25-19, 25-23, Freeburg won over Jersey 25-12, 25-14, Red Bud won over Sparta 25-15. 25-22, and Highland swept Marion 2-0.
FRIDAY'S RESULTS
Breese Mater Dei Catholic won a pair of matches at the Quincy Invitational tournament, defeating Lincoln 25-12, 25-12, then went on to a 25-15, 25-10 win over Macomb.
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