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Matt Schark, a 6-foot-4, 235-pound senior forward has been the catalyst for the Vikings, helping them surge to a red-hot 13-1 start as they enter mid-January.

Chaminade senior football standout Brady Cook is forgoing his last semester of high school to enroll early at the University of Missouri. Cook moves to Columbia on Saturday, Jan. 18 and begins college Jan. 21.

The Francis Howell Central girls basketball team won their second straight St. Dominic Christmas Tournament Championship on Monday, Dec. 30.

Liz Behan of Fort Zumwalt East has helped the Lions already become one of the top teams in the early 2019-20 season.

The 2019-20 Francis Howell Vikings are off to a blazing 9-2 start and sit atop the St. Charles division with an 8-0 record heading into mid-December. [Photo by Denise Daab] Everything has come together for the Francis Howell hockey team to start the 2019-20 season. The Vikings have started the season as one of the hottest teams in the Mid-States Club Hockey Association this winter thanks to a 9-2 record that has them rolling early. In addition, Howell sits atop the Saint Charles Division standings with an 8-0 slate. It’s the program’s best start in half a decade. “In my ...

The Panthers Class 5A championship game ended with a 20-17 semifinal loss to Carthage High at Fort Zumwalt North High on Nov. 30.

Wednesday, Nov. 13 was a big day for local high school student-athletes as many signed National Letters of Intent to attend school and play college sports on the first day of the fall signing period for prep student-athletes.

On Wednesday, Nov. 6, the Fort Zumwalt East boys swim team claimed the first conference title in program and school's 12-year history, winning the Gateway Athletic Conference North-Central boys swimming and diving championship.

Just over a year after finishing seventh in the Class 2 golf tournament, the Francis Howell girls golf team recently capped off another special season on the links.

It was a feeling that closely resembled a combination of an out of body experience mixed with shock and relief for Francis Howell Central volleyball player Kayla Steinmeyer and her Spartans teammates. On Saturday (Nov. 5),  at Howell Central, Steinmeyer and the Spartans clinched the first state tournament berth school history thanks to victories over archrival Francis Howell, and Columbia Hickman. Winning the Class 4A quarterfinal at home with the Central student body celebrating, was a one of a kind experience that Steinmeyer and Spartans will long relish. “It was probably the coolest experience I’ve ever and I think as ...