Monday, May 21, 2012
We're following local products who have made it to the big leagues. Check out what Scott Van Slyke and Max Scherzer did Sunday!
Max Scherzer Parkway Central's Max Scherzer, who has struggled this season on the mound for the Detroit Tigers, found his form in dominating fashion Sunday. He pitching seven innings and struck out 15, which according to espn.com is the most in 40 years for the franchise. He evened his record at 3-3, after going 4 innings in his start Tuesday, not enough for the win. Scott Van Slyke The Burroughs grad from Chesterfield hit his first major league home run Sunday night pinch-hitting for the Los Angeles Dodgers against his hometown team. It was a 3 run blast in the seventh inning to give L.A. a 6-5 lead and the ultimate margin of victory over the Cardinals. It had otherwise been a quiet week for Van Slyke, the Burroughs son of former St. …
Sunday, May 20, 2012
May is Missouri Bicycle Month, and students in Ballwin celebrated in style on Friday.
Students at Woerther Elementary School in Ballwin rode their bikes to school Friday in honor of Missouri Bicycle month, Rockwood School District representatives said. The month of May received that designation by the Missouri legislature last year, with this month marking the first time bike lovers officially celebrated the new honor. More tan 60 students rode their bicycles to school Friday to take part, school district representatives said, describing the month as a "fun way for students to warm up their bodies for another great day of learning." Editor's Note: Rockwood School District communications personnel previously incorrectly identified the school featured above.
Thursday, May 17, 2012
The St. Louis Rams have outlined a renovation plan for the Edward Jones Dome that is estimated to cost $700 million.
The Rams want us to buy them a new house. Just fixing up its current home—the Edward Jones Dome—won't do. Instead, the St. Louis football franchise expects an extreme makeover, to the tune of $700 million, as it is estimated by a company hired by the St. Louis Convention and Visitors Commission (CVC) to analyze the team's counter proposal to a the CVC's own plan to upgrade the Edward Jones Dome with a $124 million facelift. If someone doesn't cough up the $700 mil to redo the Dome, it is feared the team will take its football and go home to Los Angeles, where it came from before it was the St. Louis franchise. All of this wrangling was set in motion in 1995 when the team negotiated a 30-year lease with the CVC. It was stipulated that the …
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
The Parkway South Patriots erased memories of a nightmare-loss in last year’s semifinals to claim their second district title in the last three years Tuesday night.
BALLWIN ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION—For an entire year, the Parkway South High School boys' baseball team had to sit around and think about what could have been last year, when despite being a top-ranked area team, they were bounced from the district playoffs early in an upset loss to Eureka. And that year-long dream finally became a reality for Parkway South on Tuesday, as the Patriots outhit, outpitched, and thoroughly outplayed pesky league rival Lafayette High School, for an 8-4 victory that gave South its second district title in the last 3 years. "We’re a tough team to beat,” South senior third baseman Michael Patterson, who led the Patriot offense with a game-high three RBIs. “We don’t have any shutdown pitchers. We just have guys that …
Monday, May 14, 2012
Jenny Weiss was a very important part of our team not only because she had a great statistical season, but also because of her desire and will to be successful as an individual and as a team, Coach Mark Mosley said.
Softball has always been a way of life for Jenny Weiss, according to her mother. Being the youngest of six children, Jenny has been at the ballpark ever since she was 4 months old. All three of her older sisters were heavily involved in the sport. Sister Kim, 6 years Jenny’s senior, played on select/travel softball teams throughout high school, in addition to playing on the Lafayette High School’s Varsity squad. Sister Bonnie, 12 years older than Jenny, played on select/travel softball teams through middle school and then opted to play volleyball in high school. Sister Jill, 13 years Jenny’s senior, played select/travel team softball, Lafayette High School Varsity softball (including the 1997 State championship team), St. Louis Community …
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
A shortened tournament in northern Illinois hosted by the American Junior Golf Association led to a first-place medal for Ballwin's Zach Gollwitzer, World Golf.com reports.
An incoming senior from Ballwin tied for first place at the Preseason Junior golf competition at Prairie Landing golf course in West Chicago, IL this weekend following a shortened tournament due to inclement weather. Gollwitzer, who will be a senior next year at Marquette High School, said he was happy with the result and impressed with the tournament as a whole. "This was a great weekend," Gollwitzer told World Golf.com. "Being my first AJGA event, I couldn't have asked for anything better. I've never been in a tournament that was this well run." Gollwitzer finished the tournament at two strokes under par with a score of 70 after the first leg, which featured 66 male and female golfers ages 12 through 18 from the United States, Canada and…
Sunday, April 29, 2012
This year's inductees include those who made an impact on amateur baseball locally as a player, as coaches or as umpires.
People of all ages came together to honor past, present and future baseball stars during the 39th annual St. Louis Amateur Baseball Hall of Fame inductions, which also included the presentation of the first Jack Buck Media Award. Also honored were local finalists for the Hall's Future Stars Award. Among those honored Thursday was Bradford Beckwith of Ballwin, who played at Roosevelt High School before earning honorable mention All American status at University of Missouri—St. Louis. Beckwith also coached at SIU-Edwardsville when his staff's team made it to the Division 2 World Series in 1975. Beckwith later coached at Parkway West High School. Check out our photo gallery to find out more about the winners, including some familiar faces for…
Thursday, April 26, 2012
When David Freese helped Six Flags St. Louis inaugurate the renovated roller coaster "Mr. Freeze: Reverse Blast" on Thursday, Patch also asked him about lessons learned from baseball at Lafayette High School.
Being happy at what you're doing is key to succeeding, said David Freese, a Lafayette High School graduate turned St. Louis Cardinals MVP World Series baseball player. Freese took part in Six Flags St. Louis' launch of the park's newly renovated ride "Mr. Freeze: Reverse Blast" on Thursday in Eureka. See related Eureka-Wildwood Patch article: David Freese Highlights Six Flags' Media Day "Going through high school is a special time of life. You come to forks in the road," said Freese. "The coaches at Lafayette taught me to respect the game, respect my opponents as well as to respect the desire to win. They taught me how to 'get after it.'" Freese was aware of the first-ever home run hit over the fence by a high school player, Eureka High …
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
The team has the sixth overall pick in the first round of the NFL Draft.
The St. Louis Rams already have made one of the biggest draft-related moves of the offseason, trading the second overall selection in this year's draft to the Washington Redskins, who are widely expected to take Baylor quarterback Robert Griffin III after the Indianapolis Colts pick Stanford quarterback Andrew Luck. Round 1 will be held Thursday evening, rounds 2-3 on Friday night and the remainder of the draft will take place Saturday. The Rams are holding an official draft night party Thursday at Dave & Busters in Maryland Heights, featuring appearances by players and cheerleaders and the team's Mascot, Rampage. At the moment, the Rams have the sixth pick, and have needs at a variety of positions, including wide receiver, cornerback, …
Saturday, April 21, 2012
Idea borne out of a coach shopping for new equipment, has grown into one of the area's best high school soccer events of the year.
One day while at a coaching convention in New York three and a half years ago, Pattonville girls soccer coach Tom Iffrig and assistant coach Scott Johnson were walking past a manufacturer's display for its new pink soccer balls and had a wonderful, simultaneous idea. "We both looked at them, and then at the same time, we turned to each other and said, 'we should do a cancer awareness game'," Iffrig said, on Thursday, after Pattonville played in the Third Annual Kicks For Cancer event at Parkway Central High. "We talked to some people about it, and kind of put it together quickly. And now three years later, it's grown into all this." All this, is an event that while still in its infancy, has grown into an occasion that has raised thousands…
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10:07 pm on Monday, May 21, 2012
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