Earl Austin

Intriguing matchups that highlight the seventh week of the high school football season include DeSmet’s trip to Jefferson County to take on the Festus Tigers. Festus enters the week at 6-0, but the Tigers are stepping up in weight class to take on the powerful Spartans, who are one of the top Class 6 programs. Kick-off is at 6 p.m.

St. Louisan Napheesa Collier made history on Tuesday night in leading the Minnesota Lynx to a berth in the WNBA Finals.

St. Louisan Napheesa Collier seems to have made it a habit to make history throughout these WNBA playoffs.

We are in the home stretch of the regular season with just two more weeks left of football before the playoffs begin on both sides of the river. As we get closer to the playoffs, there are still a few big regular season contests on the docket this week. The big one on the Illinois […]

St. Louisan Napheesa Collier had a season to remember in leading the Minnesota Lynx to a runner-up finish in the WNBA playoffs. The New York Liberty edged the Lynx 67-62 in overtime in the fifth and deciding game of a tremendous WNBA Finals series on Sunday night in Brooklyn. Collier, the former Incarnate Word Academy […]

Riverview Gardens wide receiver Jayshyne Cotton (1) is taken down after the catch by Jennings defensive back Ny'leon Brown (18) during second quarter action Sat. Oct. 19, 2024. Riverview Gardens would defeat the Warriors of Jennings 26 at Jennings-20. Credit: Photo by Wiley Price I St. Louis American

John Burroughs Dylan Macon (19) in this Fri Sept. 13, 2024 game against Lutheran North rushed for 97 yards on 4 carries to help lead his Bombmers to a 56-7 victory Sat. afternoon Oct. 19, 2024 over Owensville to advance. Photo by Wiley Price I St. Louis American

The South Carolina women’s basketball team reached another milestone in its storied history on Wednesday night.

Earl Quarles was born on May 24, 1935, in St. Louis, Missouri, to the late George and Selena Quarles, the ninth of sixteen children in the large, close-knit Quarles family. He graduated from Sumner High School in 1954 and worked part-time at the Coca-Cola Bottling Company, where Black workers were restricted to stock duties and excluded from union driver positions.

Lift for Life wide receiver Ekelian Henderson (7) leaps above John Burroughs Shawn Edmondson (24) to make the catch for a touch down Sat. Nov. 16, 2024 at Burroughs. The Hawks would defeat the Bombers of Burroughs 14-10 in the Class 3 District 2 football final. Photo by Wiley Price I St. Louis American