All-conference basketball teams were named for the boys in the Suburban South Conference and the girls in the Suburban West Conference. Rockwood Summit's Jory Woodson was named to the five-player first team in the Suburban South Conference. The 6-foot junior averaged 16.2 points per game for the Falcons. Webster Groves had the player of the year (Rayshawn Simmons) and the coach of the year (Jay Blossom) in the conference. No area girls player was named to the first team in the Suburban West Conference. But Mehlville's Sierra Gray, Fox's Erin Birschbach, Northwest's Brittany Fortner and …
Lafayette and Eureka high schools finished in the middle of the pack of the highly competitive Suburban West Conference this spring. But the Rockwood schools were both well-recognized on the all-conference team with five first-team selections each on the 24-player squad. Lafayette, which finished fourth in the conference, had the co-Player of the Year in Will DuPont. The junior infielder led the Suburban West in four different categories. DuPont led the league in three major departments: batting average (.528); home runs (six) and RBI (35). He was also the league leader in slugging percentage…
Patch takes a look at the latest news and notes from the Suburban West Conference, including the postseason getting under way.GIRLS SOCCERThree Suburban West Conference soccer teams and one Suburban West baseball team captured district championships last week. Northwest, Lindbergh and Lafayette were all victorious in soccer. Northwest won the Class 3 District 1 title with wins over Poplar Bluff (4-1) and Seckman (3-1). Kylee Hamilton and Jessica Mess scored goals in the championship game. There was also an own goal. Lindbergh won the Class 3 District 2 championship in dramatic fashion. The …
Our weekly look at the latest news and notes from the Suburban West Conference:The wacky world of the Suburban West Conference in baseball this spring was shown last week in four games played by Lindbergh. The Flyers seemed to play themselves out of the conference race with losses on Tuesday and Wednesday to Northwest, which entered the series with a 1-8 mark. Ryan Roth had two hits and two runs batted in and pitched two scoreless and hitless innings while striking out four in a 6-3 Lions win on Tuesday. Northwest came from behind the next day, scoring six runs in the final three innings in a…
It seems like only yesterday that the high school spring sports season began. But the postseason has begun in one sport and is on the horizon for many other sports. SOCCER The Lindbergh girls won the championship in the CYC/Joseph Carenza Soccer Tournament. The Flyers did not allow a goal in the tournament, defeating Pacific 9-0, Webster Groves 1-0 and Collinsville, 3-0, in the championship game. Oakville finished third in the tournament. Lexi Pommer scored three times in a 5-0 win over Webster Groves in the third-place game. The Mehlville girls soccer team also won a tournament last week as …
An unbeaten record at this point of the high school baseball season is indeed a rarity. But Parkway South won a pair of tight games over Lafayette last week and has yet to taste defeat in 2011. The Patriots were coming off of a sweep of Mehlville over the weekend. They scored 11 runs in the first inning in a 24-10 win on April 16. The Parkway South lead was actually cut to 11-9 after two innings but then they scored six in both the fifth and sixth innings. Seven different Parkway South players have multi-RBI games against Mehlville. Jake Brentz, John Calloway, James Calloway and Michael …
