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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

St. Louisan Steve Hall of Lindenwood University was selected as the Big South/OVC Freshman of the Year after a tremendous collegiate football debut season.

Former Sumner High basketball standout and head coach Travis Brown (right) passed away this week. Brown is pictured with former Sumner High star Harry Rogers with the 1969 Missouri Class L state championship trophy. Credit: Photo by Earl Austin, Jr.

The Metro East area is the home of two new state championship football teams as the East St. Louis Flyers and Alfhoff Crusaders showed up and showed out at Illinois State last weekend. East St. Louis defeated Geneva 48-28 to win the IHSA Class 6A state championship while Althoff defeated Lena-Winslow 57-14 to win the […]

St. Louisan Kyren Williams of the Los Angeles Rams reached the 1,000-yard rushing plateau in one of his team’s biggest victories of the season.

The DeSmet Spartans won the Missouri Class 6 state championship while the Lutheran North Crusaders won the Class 4 state title, respectively, on Friday at the University of Missouri-Columbia. Lutheran North began the day with a 46-7 victory over Festus to win its seventh state championship. Sophomore quarterback Jonathan Moore completed 17 of his 23 […]

The Midwest Showdown Shootout is one of the top early-season high school basketball events in the region. The seven-game event, which is put on by Terrell Ramey of Rameybasketball, will be held on Saturday at Ritenour High School. It features schools from Missouri, Illinois and Oklahoma. Here is the schedule for Saturday’s Midwest Showdown Shootout. […]

University City senior guard Miyel Taylor (2) going up for two over Montgomery County's Tyler Erwin (20) and Clayton Parker (33) during game action of the Midwest Showdown Shootout Sat. Dec. 21, 2024 at Ritenour High School. Photo by Wiley Price St. Louis American

High school basketball is now on a fast break on both sides of the river. Teams from the Metro East and St. Louis have posted high marks in respective state rankings, and college recruiters and coaches are fixated on the talent the region turns out each season. Here are some of the top boys players […]

To visit one of the state’s most outstanding girls’ basketball tournaments, travel no farther than Visitation Academy. The Viz Tournament is the place to be if you want to see high caliber players and teams that will compete and win state championships. The gym is packed as folks come from all over the city and […]