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The Francis Howell basketball team made history on March 9 after defeating McCluer North in the Class 5 quarterfinals at Lindenwood University. The Vikings will play CBC in the semifinals of the Class 5 Tournament in Springfield, Mo. on Friday, March 15.

Duchesne sophomore forward Troy Haeffner had a career night when it counted and Vincent Conti continued his out of this world winter in the biggest test of the season to date for the Pioneers. Haeffner erupted for his first hat trick of the season and Conti added two goals, helping power the Pioneers to a 7-3 win over Parkway West in the second and clinching game of the Mid-States Wickenheiser Cup semifinals Mar. 1 at Rec-Plex in St. Peters. Duchesne (19-5-3), which took the first game of the series 6-3 on Feb. 21 will face Lafayette for the Wickenheiser Cup ...

Esther Han recently achieved a milestone moment that provided the perfect finish to her first year of wrestling at Holt High. On Feb. 16, Han became the Indians' first girls grappler to win a state championship.

Harris ended her junior season in high style with a pair of medals at the Missouri Class 2 swimming and diving meet at Rec-Plex in St. Peters on Feb. 16.

Dajah Robinson, a 5-foot-10 senior forward for the Fort Zumwalt North Panthers has become just the fifth player in the history of the girls basketball program to score 1,000 career points.

On Wednesday, Feb. 6., athletes across St. Charles County signed National Letters Of Intent. The letter of intent period runs for one week and the athletes are bound to play in the chosen sport and attend school at that institution for the coming academic year.

Howell's 2019 senior class takes a 58-6 mark into the final match of the season on Wednesday night [Jan. 30] at archrival Holt.

During the last four years, Conti has evolved from being a talented young player to the leader of the Pioneers. His work on and off the ice has Duchesne [14-4] locked in as the top club in the Mid-States St. Charles Conference.

When senior guards EJ Bellinger and Cameron Miller went down with injuries during the first few weeks of the 2018-19 basketball season, the Fort Zumwalt South Bulldogs looked like they may be in a bit of trouble with their leading scorer and floor leader unavailable.

Heading into the Gateway Athletic Conference Tournament last weekend, the Holt wrestling team was a bit short-handed. But when the Indians hit the mats at Warrenton High, Colton Hawks and his teammates made sure they would come home with the big prize.