600TH WIN: Edwardsville coach Mike Waldo notches big career victory over Carbondale

HIGHLAND – Mike Waldo won his 600^th game as Edwardsville's boys basketball coach Tuesday night when the Tigers defeated Carbondale 66-55 in the Battling Bulldog Tournament in Highland.

Waldo became the EHS coach in the 1988-89 season after a five-year stint as head coach at Marquette Catholic.

Mark Smith led the Tigers (2-0) with 31 points, with Oliver Stephen adding 14 points and Caleb Strohemier 10. Darius Beane led the Terriers with 17 points.

The tournament takes tonight and Thanksgivng night off, resuming Friday evening; the Tigers will meet Highland at 7 p.m. Friday and Belleville Althoff at 5 p.m Saturday.