Monday, January 14, 2013
Sharese Jones, a player for MSSU scores 10 in their win at Lindenwood
The Lindenwood Lions had a home game Thursday night against Missouri Southern State University, MSSU. However, many in attendance were there to support the visiting Missouri Southern Lions, at least one player in particular. Sharese Jones, who graduated last May from nearby Francis Howell Central High School, is a member of Missouri Southern, and her supporters were not disappointed as Jones had 10 points, and Missouri Southern downed Lindenwood 78-74 at the Hyland Arena. Despite the difference in records, it was a close game throughout, not decided until the last minute. In fact, Jones hit a couple of key free throws with just 12.8 seconds remaining on the clock to help seal the MSSU victory. Jones said that her teammates deserve a …
Thursday, April 5, 2012
Francis Howell Central Sharese Jones won the "Patch" fan's choice for GAC player of the year.
Francis Howell Central senior Sharese Jones chose to specialize in basketball during her four year career as a Spartan. And her decision has paid off in spades. Jones, a guard and forward, started her varsity career as a freshman and earned all-conference honors her sophomore, junior, and senior years. In the 2011-2012 season she was one of the top scorers in the St. Louis area, as she averaged 20.4 points per game and finished the season with 613 points. Recently she was named the fan's choice for GAC player of the year. Howell Central finished the season with a 20-10 mark. “We progressed as the season went along,” Jones said. “We came out strong, struggled in the middle, and picked it back up in the end.” Central strung together a …
Saturday, March 17, 2012
Francis Howell Central's Sharese Jones wins the fans vote for GAC player of the year.
Fan of Sharese Jones made sure she wouldn't lose a Patch contest two weeks in a row. After losing last week's Athlete of the Week contest to Lexie Moe, despite racking up 165,000 votes, Jones' supporters came out in large numbers this week. In our fan's choice for the GAC Player of the Year poll, Jones racked up 36,614 of 37,522 votes to pick up first place. Here's how the voting broke down: Total votes: 37,522 Jones, a senior for the Spartans, led Howell Central with 20.4 points and 7.3 rebounds per game. Sharese joined her sister Shakara Jones as members of the 1,000 point club for Howell Central. Patch wants to thank everyone who voted. Remember, this whole contest is just for fun and bragging rights. All the nominees had great season…
Monday, March 12, 2012
Show your school spirit by voting for your school's Patch Athlete of the Week!
At the end of the recent basketball season the GAC North and the GAC South named first-team all conference for boys and girls basketball. Ten players from the teams all around were chosen to be first-team all conference. We know want to know who you think is the best of the best. This week, we'll look at the girls. The candidates are: Melissa Eisenbath—Duchesne: Averaged 10.1 points and seven rebounds per game. Kacy Eschweieler—St. Charles West: Nearly averaged a double-double with 11.3 and 9.4 rebounds per game. Dana Heggemann—Warrenton: Led Warrenton with 12.8 points and 7.7 rebounds per game. Olivia Hollander—St. Charles High School: Paced the Pirates with 12.2 points and 7.8 rebounds per contest. Alex Rohlfing—Duchesne: Led the …
Saturday, March 10, 2012
Fort Zumwalt West's Lexie Moe wins Patch's St. Charles County Athlete with a staggering number of votes.
The voters have spoken, oh have they ever, and Lexie Moe has been tabbed as the St. Charles County Athlete of the Week for the week ending March 4. In what was easily the most highly-contested athlete of the week poll Patch has ever run, more than 440,000—that's four hundred and forty thousand—votes were cast for the favorite athlete in St. Charles County. Moe won with 274,379 of the 440,417 votes (62 percent). Here's how the voting broke down: Total votes: 440,417 In just about any other week, Sharese Jones would've won the title, but the fans of Zumwalt West, and Lexie Moe, were simply too much to stop—much like Moe in her game against Howell Central. Moe scored a team-high 15 points against the Spartans to help West advance to the …
Thursday, March 8, 2012
Polls for our Athlete of the Week close at 9 p.m. on Thursday. Howell Central's Sharese Jones and Zumwalt West's Lexie Moe are fighting for the title in a tightly-contested race.
Monday, March 5, 2012
Show your school spirit by voting for your school's Patch Athlete of the Week!
It's time, once again, to pick St. Charles County's favorite athlete. Be heard by picking our Patch Athlete of the Week for the week ending March 4. Last week's winner: Austin Rugraff of St. Charles West High School. Coming off a Class 3 State title in the 160-pound weight class, Rugraff won the poll with a staggering 95 percent of the vote. Rugraff picked up 210 of the 221 votes cast. The nominees this week are: (Vote for one of the following or write in your own candidate in the comments): Sharese Jones—Francis Howell Central: Jones, a senior on the girls basketball team, ended her high school career on a high note. She netted 37 of her teams 45 points in Saturday's playoff game against Fort Zumwalt West. Jones averaged 20.4 points per …
Sunday, March 4, 2012
Central's Sharese Jones drops 37 points, but it wasn't enough, as Lady Spartans fall in overtime.
ST. LOUIS—When Fort Zumwalt West girls basketball coach Monica Tritz walked into the University of Missouri-St. Louis' Mark Twain Gymnasium for a MSHSAA Class 5 state tournament quarterfinal game, she knew that it could be for the last time in her illustrious career as leader of the Lady Jaguars girls hoops program. Earlier in the year Tritz announced she would be retiring at the end of the season she could spend more time with her family. Her retirement is going to have to wait for two more games, as Tritz and her Lady Jags survived a major scare on Saturday, but eventually held off Francis Howell Central for a 51-45 overtime win that will send West to the Class 5 Final Four for the first time since 2010. "I'm so excited that I'm going to…
Friday, March 2, 2012
Jags and Spartans will meet in the 1 p.m. state quarterfinal game at UMSL, with winner advancing to the Class 5 Final Four next weekend in Columbia.
MSHSAA CLASS 5 PLAYOFFS – GIRLS BASKETBALL GAME PREVIEW Fort Zumwalt West Lady Jaguars (24-5) vs. Francis Howell Central Lady Spartans (20-9) Saturday, March 3, 2012 – 1 p.m. – UMSL Mark Twain Gymnasium ST. LOUIS—Two of the area's best high school girls basketball teams will hook up Saturday afternoon at UMSL, in a state quarterfinal matchup that will send one of them to the Class 5 Final Four in Columbia next weekend, and the other home for the offseason. The Fort Zumwalt West Jaguars and the Francis Howell Central Spartans are familiar foes that meet every year as annual contenders for the GAC South crown, which West won this year. But on Saturday, they'll meet with a much bigger prize on the line—a trip to the Final Four. West has …
Joe Barker
8:17 pm on Saturday, March 17, 2012
We have: http://stpeters.patch.com/articles/athlete-of-the-week-kacy-eschweiler It's just a matter of logistics. It's hard for us to get in contact with these kids, especially those who play sports that are done playing. Also, while the poll is available across the five St. Charles County Patch websites, we decided that the winner's story, if we had one, would go in the home Patch site. St. … more ›