More Lighting Planned For The Principia Athletic Field

Additional lighting will be set up on The Principia soccer field this summer. It's expected to benefit the school's athletics program, but not intrude on residents.

Town and Country aldermen recently approved allowing additional lighting to be set up on the soccer fields at The Principia. (For instant news updates follow Patch on Facebook and Twitter.) School officials explained that the lighting will allow the school to host tournaments and improve the quality of practice time, including allowing student athletes to practice at night when summer heat warnings are issued during the daylight hours. The lights will also allow night games which will school staff said will improve fan attendance because games will be held when more people can attend. The new lights will sit on 50-foot stands and there will be visors around the edges of the actual lights to prevent them from shining away from the field. …

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Parkway Central Baseball Comes Back, Tops Chaminade [Local Voices]

Find out what's next for the Colts.

Westminster Names Doug Coleman New Varsity Boys Basketball Coach

Westminster Christian Academy has hired alumnus Doug Coleman as the new varsity boys basketball coach.

(For instant news updates follow Patch on Facebook and Twitter.) Westminster Christian Academy released the following details of the hiring in a news release. Westminster is excited to announce that Doug Coleman has been hired as the new varsity boys basketball coach. Coleman is a Westminster graduate and will assume the role having served as an assistant varsity and junior varsity coach for the past seven years at Westminster. Prior to his Westminster coaching days, Coleman was the head boys basketball coach at North County Christian School. While there, he helped guide the team to three consecutive state final appearances in the Missouri Christian Schools State Tournament.   When Coleman played for Westminster in the late 90s, his team …

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Marksmanship Earns Local Teens Top Honors

Find out who scored big at recent trapshooting competitions.

Longhorn Recruited Despite Challenging Season

A three-year varsity starter signs to play football for Saint Ambrose University.

Will Vijay Singh Play the Senior PGA Championship? It's 1 Month Off

The golf hall of famer's status for next month's Senior PGA Championship at Bellerive Country Club is still up in the air.

The dance card of competitors slated to compete at next month's Senior PGA Championship at Bellerive Country Club grew once again this week, with the addition of Fred Couples, a wildly popular player on tour who continues to perform at a high level on the regular tour. Couples finished The Masters at (-1) for a tie for 13th place earlier this month after playing in the final pairing Saturday at the PGA Tour's first Major of 2013. Also on the list of new players joining the field: Rocco Mediate, who gained fame for his duel with Tigers Woods at the U.S. Open in 2008. Still not confirmed to play is Vijay Singh, who turned 50 in Februay. Singh has yet to play in a Senior PGA Tour event this season. He's been the subject of scrutiny since his …

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Senior PGA Championship Organizers Mindful Of Security In Wake Of Boston

Defending champion Roger Chapman says "they won't beat us."

In 2012, an unlikely man from Kenya took the Senior PGA Tour by storm to win the Senior PGA Championship and the Senior US Open in the span of just a few months. Monday, Roger Chapman got a first glimpse at the track he and his competitors will face when the 74th Senior PGA Championship presented by KitchenAid tees off Memorial Day weekend at Bellerive Country Club. Chapman played a round at the course ahead of a media day press conference featuring tour officials and other dignitaries including Missouri Governor Jay Nixon. Chapman compared the course favorably to the Parklands Golf Course in England. Chapman lives in the UK. Patch asked those at the briefing if the events surrounding the bombing at the Boston Marathon had changed any …

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Andy Benes Golf Tournament to Benefit Westminster Christian Academy

Since its launch in 1995, the tournament has raised nearly $1 million. This year's tournament will be held June 10 at the Country Club of St. Albans.

Homecoming of Sorts Turns Into a 2-0 Win For Westminster at Ladue

The turf on the West Ladue Campus used to be the Wildcats home base.

For Westminster soccer, the game against Ladue Friday was like a homecoming. Only the homecoming was on the road. Westminster returned to play Ladue at the new West Campus facility. Up until a year ago, that was the home to Westminster Christian Academy. The Wildcats used the return occasion to put a 2-0 shutout on the high-flying Rams. A scoreless first half, played in cold, blustery bone-chilling 40 degrees turned into a second-half scoring bonanza for Westminster. Courtney McGhee scored the go-ahead and game winning goal with an assist from Caroline Moore. Also in the second half, a header by Charisse Williams, off a corner kick from Moore was a thing of beauty. She stepped in on goal keeper Fran Shannon to score and pretty much put the…

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St. Louis Cardinals #OpeningDaySTL: Share Your Photos on Instagram

Use #OpeningDaySTL when sharing your Redbirds photos to Instagram and see them here!

It's St. Louis -- we love baseball almost as much as we love the Cardinals. Show us how you're celebrating the Redbirds' first game of the season at Busch Stadium April 8! If you're on Instagram, follow "websterkirkwoodpatch," use #OpeningDaySTL when sharing your photos and they'll be added to our photo stream right here. GAME TIME: 3:15 p.m. Central Time vs. the Cincinnati Reds Even if you're not an Instagrammer, tweet your pics to @WebsterGPatch, share on our Facebook Timeline or upload straight to our Pics & Clips gallery.  What do you think? What's your favorite Cardinals memory? What are you most excited about for Opening Day? Any predictions for the season? Tell us in the comments. Follow these St. Louis Patch sites on Instagram:

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