Ashlynn Samson is Belleville East's 2024 Post-Dispatch Scholar Athlete. The future college softball player hopes to work as an executive in professional baseball.
SAPPINGTON — Logan Welek was exhausted.
"After you get that big hit or big out, you let it out and fire up your team," Kirkwood's Brennen Rea said.
Paul Halfacre talks with Kirkwood senior Brennan Rea and junior Owen Nesslage after the Pioneers' 4-3 victory over Webster Groves
"I've had some ups and downs this season, but making it to state feels real good," Gabe Cytron said.
Briley Schmittling's one-out single propelled Freeburg to a 4-3 come-from-behind win over Columbia in a Cahokia Conference Mississippi Division softball contest in southern Freeburg.
Andrew Kellar put down 11 kills with four aces, Evan Paule had 10 kills and Brayden Wells added nine more for Vianney.
Lancers' 400- and 800-meter relay teams just keep getting faster.
Read about some of the St. Louis area's top high school girls water polo players as the postseason gets under way.
It’s not every day that a reigning Post-Dispatch All-Metro first-team setter with a state championship under his belt transfers schools heading into his senior year.
"This is fun when we meet teams like this," St. Joseph's veteran coach Maureen McVey said. "A real test for both of us."
Check out some of the best performances produced by St. Louis area high school athletes last week.
Francis Howell senior Alex Bryan dominates on the mound and leads Francis Howell past Fort Zumwalt West in a pivotal conference matchup.
Avery Hesseldenz is the first word in Freeburg soccer. A four-year starter, she holds the school record with 113 career goals.
Paul Halfacre talks with Francis Howell senior Alex Bryan and junior Braden Ray after the Vikings defeated Fort Zumwalt West on Tuesday afternoon
Hopkins played both ways for the Bearcats last season but projects as a defensive end in college.
"He needed to see them as much as they needed to see him," Incarnate Word president Sharon Gerken said of Dan Rolfes' campus visit.
Paul Halfacre talks with Mascoutah senior Camden Mueller and junior Austin Musso after the Indians defeated Triad 5-0 on Monday afternoon
Mascoutah picked up its first win over Triad in its last four attempts in a Mississippi Valley Conference baseball game.
Marquette junior Neveah Kerber said: “We know that we have to work as a team, and we all do a good job of working together.”
King joins Eureka offensive lineman Jack Lange as recent area players to pick the Tigers.
"I had so much love and support from my athletes," Civic Memorial coach Jake Peal said.
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The Affton boys volleyball team had to learn how to walk before it ran offensively this season.
O'FALLON, Mo. — Tytus Cissell has been a terror to the Gateway Athletic Conference opponents, and others, ever since Francis Howell baseball coach Tony Perkins put him in the lineup as a freshman.
“The past couple of years we haven’t been able to do anything like this so secure it like we did today is just amazing," SLUH senior Charlie Isom-McCall said.
The Oakville and Mehlville High athletic communities banded together Monday to show support for Bob Kern, an assistant coach who is battling cancer.
Paul Halfacre recaps a trio of baseball games at CarShield Field between Gateway Athletic Conference South opponents
Jocelyn Alicea scored late in regulation and then converted on the match-clinching shootout penalty kick to lead Zumwalt North to a 2-1 win over Fort Zumwalt West.
Timberland rallied for a 5-3 victory against Troy 5-on Wednesday afternoon at CarShield Field in the first game of the GAC Classic.
Check out some of the best performances produced by area high school athletes last week.
Check out some of the best performances produced by St. Louis area high school athletes last week.
Check out some of the best performances produced by area high school athletes last week.
Check out some of the best performances produced by area high school athletes last week.
"After you get that big hit or big out, you let it out and fire up your team," Kirkwood's Brennen Rea said.
Francis Howell senior Alex Bryan dominates on the mound and leads Francis Howell past Fort Zumwalt West in a pivotal conference matchup.
Mascoutah picked up its first win over Triad in its last four attempts in a Mississippi Valley Conference baseball game.
O'FALLON, Mo. — Tytus Cissell has been a terror to the Gateway Athletic Conference opponents, and others, ever since Francis Howell baseball coach Tony Perkins put him in the lineup as a freshman.
"This is fun when we meet teams like this," St. Joseph's veteran coach Maureen McVey said. "A real test for both of us."
Avery Hesseldenz is the first word in Freeburg soccer. A four-year starter, she holds the school record with 113 career goals.
Jocelyn Alicea scored late in regulation and then converted on the match-clinching shootout penalty kick to lead Zumwalt North to a 2-1 win over Fort Zumwalt West.
"We gave up some goals, but we just kept working," Union's Sophia Helling said.
St. Mary's junior guard Zyree Collins is the Post-Dispatch All-Metro boys basketball player of the year.
Read about the St. Louis area's top high school boys basketball players and their accomplishments throughout the 2023-24 season.
Nassir Binion scored a career-high 25 points and had seven rebounds to lead the Wolverines' Class 4 boys basketball conquest.
"It was like everything paid off," Cardinal Ritter senior Nashawn Davis said.
"He needed to see them as much as they needed to see him," Incarnate Word president Sharon Gerken said of Dan Rolfes' campus visit.
A 1979 St. Joseph's grad, Julie Matheny began as an assistant in 1992 and took over as head coach in 1999 of the Angels girls basketball program.
The girls basketball coach, who suffered a heart attack at the state tournament, will undergo outpatient physical therapy.
Incarnate Word Academy junior point guard Nevaeh Caffey is the Post-Dispatch All-Metro girls basketball player of the year.
Eureka senior Haiden Schoessel is the Post-Dispatch All-Metro girls swimmer of the year.
Read about the St. Louis area's top high school girls swimmers and their accomplishments throughout the 2023-24 season.
St. Mary's junior guard Zyree Collins is the Post-Dispatch All-Metro boys basketball player of the year.
Read about the St. Louis area's top high school boys basketball players and their accomplishments throughout the 2023-24 season.