Wednesday, February 6, 2013
February 6 is the first day high school seniors can confirm their college choices. The University of Missouri, Ohio State and Oklahoma State are among the NCAA schools looking to St. Louis for recruits.
College coaches are getting their money's worth out of fax machines today. This is the first day high school seniors playing Football, Baseball Field Hockey, Soccer, Track and Field, Cross Country, Men's Water Polo can submit a signed letter of intent to play at the college level. Ezekiel Elliott, the John Burroughs running back who gave a verbal pledge to the Ohio State Buckeyes last spring, confirmed that decision late Wednesday afternoon in an announcement that was also carried on live local television. Ladue-Frontenac Patch was there for what was an emotional decision for the entire Elliott family Patch editors have been at schools throughout the St. Louis area as athletes celebrated the next step in their careers: We'll update this …
Monday, December 3, 2012
We've got your complete list of NCAA Division I football bowl games coming up in December and January featuring plenty of players from the St. Louis and Creve Coeur area.
(Sign up here for the FREE Patch Newsletter, including Breaking News Alerts.) The University of Missouri may not be going to a postseason bowl game for the first time since 2004, but there are plenty of intriguing football bowl games on the schedule this year. We've got your complete list here, along with notes on teams featuring players who played their prep ball in and around the Creve Coeur area. If we've missed out on any of the local connections, tell us about it in the comment section. (All times Eastern.) BCS National Championship Game, Notre Dame vs. Alabama January 7, 8:30 p.m., ESPN De Smet Jesuit's Andy Bauer, a junior offensive lineman, and one of the top prospects in the class of 2014, has been heavily recruited by the Crimson…
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Do you think Mizzou and SLU will win their first NCAA men's basketball tournament game?
If you're reading this post, you've undoubtedly already filled out a bracket for the NCAA men's basketball tournament, which officially kicked off Tuesday. Instead of filling out that second, third, fourth... ninth bracket, why not try your hand at another fun game? For the first time since the 1999-2000 season, both Mizzou and Saint Louis University are playing in college basketball's most prolific postseason tournament. Both squads open their tournament schedules on Friday: Here at Patch, we're obviously pulling for the hometown teams? What about you? Leave us your prediction—outcome and score, and why you're predicting the way you are—and see how you stack up against other local future-readers throughout the St. Louis-area. To leave…
Friday, January 14, 2011
Golfer Scott Langley was inducted into Parkway South High School's Hall of Fame during South's basketball game against Oakville.
Halftime of the Parkway South High School boys basketball game against Oakville was extended a bit longer than usual as the Patriots inducted 2007 graduate and golf star Scott Langley into their hall of fame. The ceremony featured Langley, now a student at the University of Illinois , and his former coaches and athletic director, Chip Allison. Allison recounted Langley’s accomplishments at Parkway South and his feats since leaving, including a 16th-place finish at the 2010 US Open. Langley won the crowd’s approval in acknowledging not only his family but his girlfriend, Allison. Following the ceremony Langley said he never could have dreamed of such an event when he was a student at Parkway South. “This is one of the greatest honors I…
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Friday, November 19, 2010
Kyle Weldon is a high school golfer taking his talent to Kansas State University.
On Nov. 10, senior Kyle Weldon sat in the library at Parkway South High School with his parents, his golf coaches and a representative from Kansas State University awaiting the moment to sign with the Wildcats on a Division I golf scholarship. After an extensive search for the right college, which included Missouri State, Illinois, Iowa, Iowa State and Southern Illinois at Edwardsville, Weldon determined Kansas State was the best fit. "When I went on my visit (to Kansas State), I spent a lot of time at their golf course, which is the eighth-ranked golf course in the country. I really liked the golf course and the indoor facility," said Weldon. "Coach Norris, the golf coach at the school, has lots of experience coaching and he …
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1:03 pm on Friday, March 16, 2012
Mizzou 82, Norfolk 67. Mizzou traditionally fizzles in March, but they should have this one easily. SLU had an amazing season, but they will lose by 20. Memphis is baddd. more ›