SPORTS BRIEF: September 3, 2024

This past week has been chaotic due to fighting the usual sinus allergy ailment, so this Sports Brief will be longer than usual. Here is your latest combined edition of the Sports Brief and the Weekend Sports Brief featuring sports results we might not have had ample time to get published on the website:

Battlehawks to host six regular season games in 2025

Press release plus original reporting

ST. LOUIS — While a little late in our news cycle, some good news for the beloved St. Louis Battlehawks, who will host six regular season games in the 2025 season. This will result in the San Antonio Brahmas visiting The Dome at America’s Center twice this upcoming season.

While no immediate reason was provided, it does appear that a new phase of renovations at the Alamodome is set to start sometime in the spring of 2025, which has rendered the facility unable to be used for this game.

UFL President and CEO Russ Brandon spoke to the challenges in finding facility availability for the 2025 season.

“As we planned for the 2025 season, our process from a league standpoint was to assess availabilities at our venues to create a schedule that works operationally across all eight markets,” Brandon said. “After reviewing venue availabilities, we decided the best option would be to add a sixth home game to St. Louis in order to best fulfill our team schedules. We are grateful for the support our partners, the City of St. Louis and the Dome have given us.”

The Battlehawks are 3-1 all-time against the Brahmas, with the only loss coming in the 2024 season at the XFL Conference Championship game. The games were decided by 10 points or less.

More information about the game and the full 2025 UFL schedule will be released at a later date. However, Battlehawks season ticket members who renew their seats by September 6 will have the first opportunity to keep their seats and purchase their tickets at a special price for the extra home game.

Blues to be featured on national TV 11 times in 2024-25 NHL season

Press release plus original reporting

ST. LOUIS — Disney’s ESPN, Warner Bros. Discovery’s TNT, and the National Hockey League (NHL) recently announced the national broadcast and streaming schedule for the upcoming 2024-25 season.

The St. Louis Blues will be featured 11 times on this schedule.

Marquee games will include the season opener on October 8 on the road in Seattle against the Kraken, the home opener against the Minnesota Wild a week later, and the Discover NHL Winter Classic on December 31 against the Chicago Blackhawks.

The local television broadcast schedule will be available at a later date, with 101 ESPN featuring all 82 regular-season games on the radio with Chris Kerber and Joey Vitale calling the action.

NATIONAL BROADCAST GAMES

Oct. 8 at Seattle Kraken (ESPN, ESPN+)
Oct. 10 at San Jose Sharks – (ESPN+, Hulu)
Oct. 15 vs. Minnesota Wild – (ESPN, ESPN+)
Nov. 14 at Buffalo Sabres – (ESPN+, Hulu)
Nov. 19 vs. Minnesota Wild – (ESPN+, Hulu)
Dec. 31 at Chicago Blackhawks – (TNT, truTV, MAX)
Feb. 4 vs. Edmonton Oilers – (ESPN+, Hulu)
March 2 at Dallas Stars – (TNT, truTV, MAX)
March 18 at Nashville Predators – (ESPN, ESPN+)
March 20 vs. Vancouver Canucks – (ESPN+, Hulu)
April 9 at Edmonton Oilers – (TNT, truTV, MAX)

Collegiate Scoreboard

Cross Country

Great River Open – All Results

SEMO Invite – Men’s Results

SEMO Invite – Women’s Results

Football

Mount Marty 42, Culver-Stockton 14

New Mexico State 23, SEMO 16

BYU 41, SIUC 13

Soccer

MSOC: Eastern Illinois 1, Detroit Mercy 5

WSOC: Culver-Stockton 3, Harris-Stowe 1

WSOC: SIUE 0, Purdue Fort Wayne 1

WSOC: Eastern Illinois 2, Eastern Kentucky 2

WSOC: SEMO 0, Indiana State 3

WSOC: Culver-Stockton 1, Doane 0

MSOC: Culver-Stockton 2, Harris-Stowe 2

MSOC: SIUE 0, Dayton 4

Volleyball

A-State Invitational: SEMO loses to Arkansas State 20-25, 11-25, 14-25

A-State Invitational: SEMO loses to St. Louis University 26-24, 23-25, 22-25, 16-25

Waldorf defeats Culver-Stockton 26-24, 21-25, 21-25, 25-21, 15-10

St. Francis defeats Culver-Stockton 25-19, 23-25, 25-23, 23-25, 15-12

SIUC defeats Chattanooga 25-17, 25-23, 18-25, 25-13

SIUE defeats Eastern Michigan 25-22, 25-13, 25-20

SIUE drops match to Valparaiso 25-23, 24-26, 22-25, 25-23, 14-16

SEMO loses to Ole Miss 25-23, 13-25, 19-25, 20-25

Culver-Stockton defeats Tabor 10-25, 25-19, 21-25, 25-13, 15-13

Culver-Stockton loses to Mount Marty 25-19, 25-21, 25-22

SIUC defeats Oral Roberts 26-28, 16-25, 25-17, 25-12, 15-9

Betty Howard Invitational: SIUC sweeps Idaho 25-18, 25-17, 25-17

High school sports scoreboard

🏈Boys Football

• Harlan 0 Hansberry 22
• Dunbar 6 UPBUPE (CO-OP) 12
• Ridgewood 54 Schurz 12
• Uplift 57 Chicago Sullivan 57
• Christian Fenger Academy 0 North Lawndale 41
• Rockwood Summit 21 Moline 28
• Ashton-Franklin Center 8 Milledgeville 80
• Joliet Central 20 Stagg 49
• Plainfield North 21 Lockport 28
• Hammond Central 7 T.South 26
• Thornridge 0 Tinley Park 48
• St. Louis University 21 (#18) Saint Ignatius College Prep 56
• Biggsville West Central 52 Galva 8
• Elk Grove 7 Maine West 14
• Lincoln-Way West 40 Blue Island Eisenhower 7
• Streator 20 Decatur Eisenhower 12
• Momence 14 Oakwood 6
• Newton 28 Shelbyville 42
• Stillman Valley 14 Dixon 56
• Glenbard North 17 Bartlett 0
• Arcola 10 Nokomis 27
• Riverdale 12 Mendota 23
• Hall 14 Orion 42
• Muchin College Prep 14 Peotone 55
• Quincy 40 Quincy Notre Dame 12
• Plano 17 Ottawa 7
• Plainfield South 3 Yorkville 0
• (#22) Hersey 26 Warren Township 55
• Stark County 27 Rushville-Industry 6
• BHRA (CO-OP) 21 Clifton Central 8
• Normal Community 55 Richwoods 12
• North Greene 0 Camp Point Central 69
• Chicago Hope Academy 6 Wilmington 44
• Eldorado 22 Edwards County 0
• Rockridge 42 Sherrard 6
• Astoria/VIT 0 Annawan-Wethersfield 42
• Mercer County 14 Monmouth-Roseville 50
• Illinois Valley Central 0 Paxton-Buckley-Loda 34
• Christopher-Zeigler-Royalton 0 Johnston City 62
• Addison Trail 28 Streamwood 0
• Carlyle 8 Nashville 52
• Waterloo 35 Mt. Vernon 28
• Harrisburg 47 Anna-Jonesboro/Dongola 0
• Richland County 36 Taylorville 32
• Columbia 35 Mater Dei 0
• Lutheran 0 Cahokia 50
• Phillips 0 (#16) Brother Rice 50
• Belleville West 34 Mascoutah 14
• (#12) Cary-Grove 27 Central 3
• Forreston 0 Fulton 28
• Glenbard South 10 Wheaton-Warrenville South 35
• Iowa City 22 (#14) Joliet Catholic 50
• Saint Viator 62 Riverside University/Meir 0
• Sacred Heart-Griffin 0 Christian Brothers 45
• Triad 49 Granite City 13
• Jacksonville 26 Pittsfield 14
• Chicago Christian 34 Herscher 14
• Fairfield 2 Vienna forf
• Bushnell-Prairie City 44 Peoria Heights 0
• Illini West 0 Farmington 33
• Manual 28 Normal University 64
• Havana 36 ROWVA/Williamsfield 42
• Marian Central Catholic 7 Richmond-Burton 21
• Chester 35 DuQuoin 27
• Lindblom 0 Lincoln Park 41
• Warrensburg-Latham 20 Tuscola 8
• Huntley 35 Crystal Lake Central 7
• Larkin 0 Geneva 63
• East Alton-Wood River 0 Clinton 57
• Benton 41 Carterville 0
• Hamilton/Warsaw 28 Deer Creek-Mackinaw 58
• Hamilton County 6 Sesser-Valier/Waltonville 22
• Bloomington Central Catholic 42 Pontiac 7
• Tolono Unity 32 Prairie Central 13
• El Paso-Gridley 9 Reed-Custer 6
• Lutheran 49 Winnebago 6
• Coal City 12 Morris 31
• Belleville East 30 Collinsville 15
• Marquette Catholic 2 Civic Memorial 43
• PORTA 34 Olympia 47
• Byron 56 Rock Falls 7
• Staunton/Bunker Hill 7 Greenville 35
• Flora 20 Carmi-White County 36
• Princeville 38 Abingdon/Avon 12
• Elmwood/Brimfield 41 Knoxville 28
• Lena-Winslow 32 Morrison 6
• Rockford Auburn 6 Hononegah 48
• Kaneland 20 (#24) Washington 14
• O’Fallon 0 (#10) Downers Grove North 42
• Canton 0 Eureka 28
• Metamora 28 Sterling 9
• Morton 7 Mahomet-Seymour 21
• Hyde Park 0 Montini Catholic 49
• Brown County 0 Greenfield/Northwestern 6
• Macomb 49 Lewistown 8
• Gage Park 0 Bloom 40
• Charleston 57 Rantoul 0
• Paris 13 North Vermillion 42
• St. Joseph-Ogden 40 0Monticello 28
• Payton College Prep 0 Hubbard 28
• Alden-Hebron 36 Orangeville 22
• Bishop McNamara 21 Lawrenceville 0
• Bloomington 41 Danville 14
• Calhoun/Brussels 37 Routt Catholic 19
• Morgan Park 16 (#19) Marist 29
• Dakota 0 Dwight 49
• (#17) Rochester 35 Simeon 14
• (#11) Batavia 35 Glenbard West 28
• Fenwick 30 Oak Park-River Forest 0
• Althoff Catholic 41 Alton 14
• LeRoy 45 Central A & M 14
• Marshall/Raby 20 Westinghouse 44
• Martinsville 50 St. Anne 40
• Brooks 20 Orr
• Mather 21 Agricultural Science 26
• Champaign Central 12 Springfield 44
• Beardstown 6 Carrollton 46
• Herrin 7 Marion 20
• (#1) Loyola Academy 0 (#3) East St. Louis 26

⚽Boys Soccer

• Jacksonville 0 Lindbergh 2
• Clayton 2 Quincy Notre Dame 0
• Latin 2 Fenwick 1
• Chicago Christian 1 Macomb 0
• Kewanee 2 Westminster Christian 1
• Hoffman Estates 2 Hampshire 1
• DePue 3 Yorkville Christian 1
• Rochelle 7 Roanoke Benson 0
• Peotone 0 Rolling Meadows 5
• Richmond-Burton 4 Genoa-Kingston 0
• Noble Street College Prep 1 Prosser 2
• St. Anne 6 Iroquois West 11
• Lincoln 2 Stillman Valley 0
• Aurora Central Catholic 3 IMSA 0
• West Aurora 6 Batavia 0
• Tri-State Christian 2 Galesburg Christian 1
• Mississippi Valley Christian 0 Eagle Ridge Christian 8
• Wilmot 0 Wauconda 9
• Providence Catholic 1 Joliet Catholic 2
• Bradley-Bourbonnais 4 Beecher 0
• Fremd 0 Lake Zurich 0
• Timothy Christian 3 Hinsdale Central 0
• Morgan Park 3South Shore International 2
• Disney II 0 Lincoln Park 9
• Cruz 1 Beacon Academy 1
• Morgan Park Academy 3 HSAMKP 2
• Metamora 1 Williamsville 2
• Galesburg 3 Cornerstone Christian 1
• Pekin 2 Illini Bluffs 2
• East Moline United 7 Marengo 1
• Romeoville 1 Washington 2
• Richmond-Burton 4 Oregon 0
• Columbia 0 Louisville Collegiate 3
• Jacobs 1 Barrington 1
• Reed-Custer 1 Plano 3
• Reed-Custer 0 Somonauk 3
• East Moline United 7 Lincoln 0
• Montini Catholic 1 Nazareth Academy 4
• Wesclin 1 Carlinville 2
• Litchfield 9 North Mac 0
• Johnsburg 0 Wauconda 7
• DePaul College Prep 5 Maine East 1
• Washington 1 Rolling Meadows 0
• Marmion 2 St, Charles East 0
• Beecher 6 Rock Island 2
• Oak Park-River Forest 1 Glenbard North 0
• Danville 3 Charleston 1
• Hoffman Estates 0 Kaneland 1
• Fenton 1 Geneva 1
• Duchesne 3 Alton 4
• Mansueto 0 Bloom 3
• Oak Forest 2 Hinsdale South 1
• Saint Viator 1 Amundsen 3
• Peoria Christian 3 Williamsville 0
• Peoria Christian 4 Chicago Christian 1
• Lockport 0 Lincoln-Way East 2
• Oak Lawn 9 Rich Township 0
• Edwardsville 3 Normal West 0
• Lake Forest Academy 1 Glenbrook South 4
• Grayslake Central 2 New Trier 0
• Carmel 3 Highland Park 6
• Loyola Academy 1 Libertyville 3
• Sacred Heart-Griffin 4 Centennial 0
• Watseka 2 Herscher 6
• Oswego 2 Naperville Central 2
• Lake Forest 4 Lakes 0
• Grant Park 5 Bishop McNamara 1
• BHRA (CO-OP) 9 Judah Christian 0
• Yorkville 6 DeKalb 1
• St. Joseph-Ogden 8 Iroquois West 0
• Richwoods 0 East Moline United 2
• Brother Rice 2 Cristo Rey Jesuit 1
• Dundee-Crown 3 Zion-Benton 3
• Marian Central Catholic 0 Crystal Lake South 7
• Princeton 0 Richmond-Burton 3
• Limestone 0 Bloomington 1
• Winnebago 1 Abingdon/Avon 3
• Altamont 0 Newton 2
• Jones 2 Niles West 0
• Peotone 1 Rock Island 8
• Coal City 1 Somonauk 1
• St. Thomas More 2 Danville 2
• Richland County 5 Rantoul 2
• South Elgin 0 Huntley 1
• Proviso East 4 Universal 0
• Glenbard South 1 St. Francis 0
• Sandburg 1 Kankakee 0
• Bolingbrook 1 Hampshire 1
• Schaumburg 1 Wheaton-Warrenville South 1
• Grayslake North 3 Prairie Ridge 1
• Willowbrook 0 Addison Trail 8
• Leyden 2 Maine South 2
• Bloomington 1 Streator/Woodland 2
• Richland County 0 Teutopolis 3
• Aurora East 2 Wheaton Academy 5
• Minooka 2 Normal Community 2
• Effingham 2 Newton 0
• Buffalo Grove 1 Waukegan 0
• Mendota 3 Limestone 0
• Lake View 2 Rauner 1
• Galesburg 3 Chicago Christian 0
• Bremen 0 Joliet West 1
• Illinois Valley Central 3 Illini Bluffs 1
• Solorio 5 Homewood-Flossmoor 1
• Abingdon/Avon 2 Faith Christian 1
• Alleman 5 Abingdon/Avon 1
• Winnebago 1 Northe Boone 1
• Streamwood 1 Lake Zurich 2
• Berwyn/Cicero Morton 0 Naperville North 2
• Mendota 2 Bloomington 1
• Litchfield 3 Staunton 0
• Plano 2 Coal City 3
• Marquette University 1 Hinsdale Central 1
• Rolling Meadows 1 Bradley-Bourbonnais 1
• Pekin 2 IVC 1
• Limestone 4 Streator/Woodland 1
• Breese Central 0 Mascoutah 5
• Monticello 0 FGCMS (CO-OP) 7
• Galesburg 0 Williamsville 1

🏐Girls Volleyball

• Hammond Bishop Noll
• Wesclin 2 New Athens 0
• Wesclin 2 Steelville
• Lutheran 0 LaSalle-Peru 2
• Springfield 2 Routt Catholic 0
• Mater Dei 2 Althoff Catholic 0
• Minooka 2 Nazareth 0
• College Prep of America 0 Universal 2
• Richards 2 Stagg 0
• Normal University 2 St Charles North 0
• Sandburg 0 Lockport 2
• Fisher 0 Grant Park 2
• Okawville 0 Trico 2
• Morgan Park Academy 2 HSAMKP 0
• Deerfield 1 Mundelein 2
• Shoals 3 (#21) Dugger Union 0
• Donovan 0 Kankakee Trinity Academy 2
• Maine South 0 Lincoln-Way East 2
• Mundelein 2 Libertyville 0
• Okawville 2 Lebanon 0
• St. Francis Borgia 1 Althoff Catholic 2
• Hinsdale Central 2 Minooka 0
• Lockport 2 Grayslake North 0
• Macomb 2 Athens 0
• Woodstock 0 Stillman Valley 2
• Stillman Valley 2 Woodstock 0
• Princeton 2 Roanoke-Benson 0
• Montini Catholic 0 Glenbard West 2
• (#1) Benet Academy 2 (#11) Kaneland 0
• Galena 2 Stockton 1
• Maine East 0 Waukegan 2
• East Dubuque 0 Stockton 2
• Harvest Christian Academy 2 Westmont 0
• Yorkville Christian 0 Ottawa 2
• Fremd 2 (#12) Wheaton North 1
• Rockford East 0 Rockford Christian 2
• York 0 Mother McAuley 2
• Fremd 2 Montini Catholic 1
• Woodlawn 0 Carmi-White County 2
• Carmi-White 2 Norris City 1
• Marist 2 Barrington 0
• Geneseo 2 Kewanee 0
• Oak Park-River Forest 0 Loyola Academy 2
• Kewanee 0 West Prairie 2
• Christian Heritage Academy
• Blair Oaks 0 Althoff Catholic 2
• Oak Park-River Forest 2 Normal University 1
• Glenbrook South 2 Stevenson 0
• Lockport 0 Loyola Academy 2
• Loyola Academy 2 Lincoln-Way East 0
• Glenbrook North 2 Libertyville 0
• Maine South 0 Minooka 2
• Minooka 0 Normal Community 2
• Minooka 2 Sandburg 0
• Anna-Jonesboro 0 Massac County 2
• Evanston 2 Wauconda 0
• Mother McAuley 2 Whitney Young 0
• Neoga 1 Tri- City 2
• Neoga 0 Tremont 2
• Tremont 2 Meridian 0
• Grant Community 1 Wheeling 2
• Tri-City 0 Meridian 2
• Okawville 0 Red Bud 2
• Rockford East 0 Woodstock 2
• Meridian 2 Tri-City 0
• Carmel 2 Lake Zurich 0
• (#22) Jersey 2 (#20) Marquette Catholic 1
• Farina South Central 0 Wesclin 2
• Pontiac 2 (#10) Dwight 0
• Pontiac 2 Prairie Central 0
• Harrisburg 0 Nashville 2
• Oblong 0 Carmi-White County 2
• Annawan 0 Stockton 2
• (#11) Kaneland 2 (#12) Wheaton North 0
• (#19) Mt. Olive 0 Jersey 2
• Pontiac 2 Tri-Point 0
• Mundelein 1 Lake Zurich 2
• Princeton 0 Sherrard 2
• Andrew 2 De La Salle 0
• Glenbrook North 2 Glenbrook South 0
• Farina South Central 0 New Athens 2
• Wheaton-Warrenville South 2 Neuqua Valley 0
• Triad 2 LaSalle-Peru 2
• Proviso East 0 Oak Lawn 2
• Wauconda 0 Grant Community 2
• Sterling 1 Rockford Christian 1
• St. Bede 0 Hall 2
• Hall 0 Sherrard 2
• Sacred Heart-Griffin 0 Normal West 2
• Okawville 2 Marissa/Coulterville 0
• Elmwood 0 Kewanee 2
• Tremont 2 Warrensburg-Latham 0
• Limestone 1 Normal U 2
• St. Francis Borgia 0 Mater Dei 2
• St Francis 2 Althoff Catholic 1
• Mater Dei 2 St Joseph Academy 1
• Mater Dei 2 St Pius 1
• Plainfield Central 2 Hononegah 1
• Hononegah 2 Lincoln-Way Central 0
• Hononegah 2 Plainfield East 0
• Lexington 2 Ottawa 0
• Ottawa 2 Indian Creek 0
• Reavis 0 Fenwick 2
• Trinity 0 Timothy Christian 2
• Lockport 2 Normal University 0
• Sterling 2 Woodstock 0
• West Aurora 2 (#16) Lane Tech 1
• Kewanee 0 Monmouth United 2
• Civic Memorial 2 (#13) Father McGivney Catholic 0
• Civic Memorial 2 EAWR 0
• Hinsdale Central 2 Barrington 0
• Carterville 0 Massac County 2
• Pontiac 0 El Paso-Gridley 2
• Tri-City 0 Olympia 2
• Herscher 0 De La Salle 2
• Stockton 2 Durand 0
• Timothy Christian 2 IC Catholic 0
• Lawrenceville 2 North Clay 0
• Stillman Valley 2 Rockford Christian 0
• Guilford 2 Neuqua Valley 1
• Fenton 0 Waukegan 2
• (#23) Glenbard East 1(#16) Lane Tech 2
• Coal City 0 Ottawa 2
• Kewanee 0 Macomb 2
• Winnebago 0 Stockton 2
• Columbia 0 St. Pius X 2
• Teutopolis 2 North Clay 0
• Woodstock 2 Jefferson 1
• Normal University 2 Barrington 0
• Lockport 2 Hinsdale Central 1
• Moline 0 Normal West 2
• Saint Ignatius College Prep 2 Riverside-Brookfield 0
• (#16) Lane Tech 2 (#17) Buffalo Grove 1
• Hall 2 Princeton 0
• Woodland 2 Pontiac 0
• Carbondale 0 Carmi-White County 2
• Cisne 0 Nort Clay 2
• Tri-Point 1 (#10) Dwight 2
• DuQuoin 0 Massac County 2
• Evanston 2 Wauconda 0
• Fisher 0 Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley 2
• North Point 2 Belleville West 0
• Grayslake North 0 Lincoln-Way Central 2
• Grayslake North 0 Plainfield East 2
• Lincoln-Way Central 1 Bolingbrook 2
• Stevenson 2 Libertyville 0
• (#1) Benet Academy 2 Fremd 0
• Whitney Young 0 Lemont 2
• Mt Vernon 0 North Clay 2
• Maine South 0 Riverside-Brookfield 2
• (#3) York 2 (#11) Kaneland 0
• Glenbard West 0 (#1) Benet Academy 2
• Steelville 2 Okawville 0
• Westmont 2 St Edward 0
• IMSA 2 Trinity Oaks Christian 0
• IMSA 2 Willows Academy 1
• IMSA 2 Schaumburg Christian 0
• IMSA 2 Country Day 0
• Maine South 2 Geneva 0
• (#9) East Alton-Wood River 2 Auburn 1
• Romeoville 0 York 2
• Homewood-Flossmoor 1 Hammond Bishop 2
• Hammond Bishop 2 Richards 0
• Aurora Christian 0 Hammond Bishop 2
• Althoff Catholic 1 North Point 2

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