A junior, Bradley was named the JCAA girls track and field MVP after winning the 100-meter dash in 12.45 seconds and the 200 in 25.65. She was also fourth in the 400 in 1:03.51. Bradley finished fifth in the state in Class 3 in the 100 last y…

The Jefferson County Activities Association boys and girls track and field championships began Wednesday and conclude today (April 30) at Hillsboro High. Field events begin at 3:30 p.m. Track events start at 4.

Lindbergh High’s boys track and field team held the first South County Classic on April 25, and for a school named after one of the country’s pioneers in aviation, a javelin that took flight was the second farthest throw in the state this yea…

Covering track and field meets is infinitely harder than say a football or basketball game because of the amount of schools and athletes involved.

The senior set school records and was the winner in the 100-meter dash in 10.93 seconds and as part of the 4x200 relay with Cohen Compton, Quinn Stucke and Leuntae Williams in 1:28.41 at the Tiger Town Invitational at Festus High on April 24.…

The Seckman baseball team plays St. Dominic today at 11:30 a.m. at Ozzie Smith Park in O’Fallon. The Jaguars have a record of 18-5 and have won 12 games in a row.

I love this line from Braiding Sweetgrass, by Robin Wall Kimmerer. I feel like it strikes close to home.

Eureka senior Craig Ringe has fewer than two weeks of classes remaining before he graduates. He said he’s equally excited and anxious about leaving his friends, teammates, coaches and teachers.

Paced by its distance crew, sophomore Cannon Kisner finishing second in the 100-meter dash, and junior Josh Golightly’s third-place finish in the 110 and 300 hurdles, the De Soto boys track and field team scored 97 points and won its own meet…

Get ready for two days of the best baseball the county has to offer when Festus and Hillsboro play each other today (April 23) and Friday.

At the De Soto track and field Invitational on April 17, the Dragons won the boys competition with 97 points, and  Koerber, a senior, finished first in the 1,600-meter run in 4:30.68 and the 3,200 in 9:58.70. Koerber finished seventh in the s…

Everyone is opposed to the boogeyman, and the state Department of Conservation is poised to jump on him with both feet.

The Jefferson College softball team hosted State Fair Community College on Alumni Day Saturday, April 11. The Vikings beat the Roadrunners 13-8 and 8-0 and have won their last seven games.

Mason Duchatschek and Bryant Wright are the authors of “Built Wright” that was published in paperback in February and then released on Kindle in March.

The Festus boys 4x100-meter relay team set a school record with a time of 41.95 seconds at Webster Groves High on Saturday. It's a Statesmen meet record and fastest time in Class 4 this year. The Tigers edged out SLUH 145-142 to win the meet.…

Eureka High senior Brooke Samuelson had never run the 3,200-meter until she stepped on the track at Festus High to start the season at the McCullough-Douglass Invitational on March 28.

All conversations about rails-to-trails conversions in our state begin with the story of the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad corridor. The MKT rail line property is now the 240-mile Katy Trail State Park from near the confluence of the Missour…

It didn’t take long for track and field records to start falling this spring when Fox High sophomore Makenna Johnson launched the javelin a school-record 30.85 meters March 30 at a field-only event with Seckman High.

The 2026 track and field season had barely begun when history was made at Festus High on March 28.

The senior set the school record in the 100-meter dash with a time of 12.66 seconds at the North Point Open in Wentzville on March 27. At the Lindbergh Flyer Classic on April 4, Morie won the 100 in 13.11 and 200 in 26.36, which is a PR. Mori…

The St. Pius X soccer team blew through the Fox Invitational like a massive spring thunderstorm, causing power outages in all three games.

Twice each year I get to write about the tremendous success of archers in Jefferson County. In January, bow and arrow hunters here recorded the top deer harvest for the 14th year in a row. Then last month, students in the National Archery in …

When you’re replacing a head coach who’s won 13 state championships and is in two halls of fame, you’d better find a proven commodity.