Pattonville Spring Sports Holding Informational Meetings About Tryouts

Pattonville High School's girls soccer, track, baseball and boys golf teams will all hold meetings or training sessions this week in regards to the upcoming season.

According to the Pattonville High School officials, several spring sports teams are holding informational meetings in regards to how students can tryout for the team. From the high school's daily announcements: Girl's soccer pre-season training starts this week.  We will meet every Tuesday and Thursday in January from 2:30-3:30 p.m.; meet in the Fitness Center. See Coaches Iffrig or Lopez if you have any questions. Do you have an interest in running track? Come to the track meeting Thursday, Jan. 10, during Contact Time to sign-up for the season or just to learn more. The meeting will be held in the main gym.  This is for both Boys and Girls Track. See you then. Attention all baseball players. There will be a very important meeting on …

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We're taking athletes from Maryland Heights Patch, Creve Coeur Patch, Chesterfield Patch, Town and Country-Manchester Patch and Ballwin-Ellisville Patch and finding out which ones are the best, according to the fans.

Local Baseball Team Scores Victory Against Creve Coeur

The Maryland Heights JV Red Legion baseball team racked-up another win Tuesday night.

The Maryland Heights JV Red Legion baseball team won its Tuesday evening game against Creve Coeur with a score of 3-1. The game happened at Parkway North High School, where Maryland Heights scored three runs in the top of the seventh inning. Previously the team beat the Rawlings Prospects Benes 16/17u with a score of 6-5, the team's website indicates. Check out the team's previous final scores on its website. Many thanks to the team's manager Brad Zimerman for sending in the game’s final score.

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Freshman Phenom Flashing the Future of Pattonville Girls Soccer

Superfast freshman Ashanti Carey is among the top scoring underclassmen in the area, and ranks just behind scoring champ Kailey Utley in Pirate goals this season.

All her life Ashanti Carey has heard people tell her she should be running track. Never mind that she has take-your-breath-away kind of speed, people knew that her parents Apollo and Amanda Carey were track stars in high school and college, and they just figured Ashanti should go into the family business, so to speak. So one day not long ago, Ashanti Carey did join a club track team, and in her first real race against real competition, she set a new club record for the 100-meter dash. Like we said, the girl is astonishingly fast. But there was one little problem Ashanti had with running track -- she just didn't like it. "Oh my god, I hated it," she said. "I gave it a try, but I almost had a nervous breakdown or something right on the …

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Thoughts on the New Mizzou Threads?

What do you think of the University of Missouri's new uniforms? Tell us in the comments!

Flat Track Musings

Roller Derby Rites: Prepping for a Bout—Arch Rival Style

Carrie Carpenter explains her rituals when prepping for a bout.

I am in no way a superstitious person. I don’t believe in ghosts, spirits, magic elves or any of that crap. We’ve all heard of the standard sports superstitions, mostly involving grossness and a serious lack of laundry detergent. Superstitions like unwashed jockstraps, unwashed socks and never washing a winning jersey come to mind. Derby folks are no different. I know people who won’t wash their bras or jockstraps…ever.  I’m not sure if most derby grossness is the product of planning and forethought, or pure laziness. There are surely some skaters out there who have stank gear only because they are too lazy to wash it, not because they think the stink serves a higher purpose. In my case, I just recently had to get new wrist-guards because …

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Rob McLean

9:45 am on Monday, March 12, 2012

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Derby Madness: Battling Frustration on the Flat Track

Roller derby columnist Carrie Carpenter explains how she handles a bout's madness.

Hi. My name is Carrie... ...and I’m a roller derby rage-a-holic. It’s suiting that we’ve assigned ourselves these “derby names.” Reflecting on some of my less shining moments in roller derby, I think to myself “Who’s that bitch wearing a Carrie suit?” Most of the time, I am a quiet, shy and even reserved person. I’m a bit of a wall flower and tend to keep to myself. People I meet are always somewhat shocked that I play roller derby. How could this seemingly passive young lady play such a rough and tumble game like roller derby? As it turns out, I fit right in. I make inappropriate jokes and hand gestures with my teammates on the side lines. I have gradually taken more of a leadership role in my league — both on and off the track. I’m bossy…

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Parkway North Rides Johnson To Thrilling Win In District Semifinals over Rival Central

Senior Darrell Johnson’s near-triple double leads Vikings to title game berth against De Smet on Friday.

For the third time this season, archrival boys basketball programs Parkway North and Parkway Central hooked up Wednesday night. The teams traded victories in the two previous meetings, with North earning a 59-51 win in the season opener back in November, and Central claiming a 47-45 win in conference play three weeks ago. But the most important matchup of the season came Wednesday night, when the Vikings and Colts clashed one last time in the MSHSAA Class 5 District 4 semifinals, with the winner earning a shot at the district title game on Friday night. And thanks to a brilliant performance by 6-foot-8, 240-pound senior center Darrell Johnson, it was Parkway North's night, somehow outlasting Parkway Central for a 49-45 win, in front of a …

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Return of the Skater: Coming Back to Roller Derby After Licking Wounds

Coming back to the sport after having an injury can be a challenge, columnist Carrie Carpenter says.

I recently attended an Arch Rival Roller Girls All Stars practice. I’m still recuperating from my surgery a few weeks ago, so I was sitting by myself on a bench watching my teammates skate and do drills. Someone at practice came to talk to me for a moment and said, “It’s the hardest thing; to watch your team practice without you.” It totally sucks watching your teams practice without you. But I don’t know if it’s the hardest thing. Trying to explain a drill or move to teammates without being able to show them is harder. Watching helplessly while your team struggles to make up for missing players during a game while you get them water from behind the bench is harder. Remembering all the people that told you before the season began that you …

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Four Pattonville Students Sign Letters of Intent

Students from Pattonville High are making plans to attend colleges around the country.

Four students from Pattonville High School signed letters of intent with universities on Feb. 1. Wilkins said Tennessee Martin made him feel wanted, as they were in constant communication with him. Kimberly Hulse said she fell in love with the Missouri Southern campus. Both she and Kacie hope to study nursing while at the school. Kristen Hanna also signed with Missouri Southern State in November.

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