Saturday, February 5, 2011
Locally, not many kids are heading to Columbia. Will that be the case next year, too?
Wednesday, Feb. 2, was signing day for student athletes that are planning to play NCAA football. Meaning, that is, that it was the first day that the kids could sign a National Letter of Intent (NLI) declaring their intention to attend and play football at a specific school. If you’re unsure about what exactly an NIL is, click here. OK, are you back? Great. For the Missouri Tigers, it was a pretty good day overall. A total of 17 kids committed to go to Columbia to play football, and on Wednesday morning rivals.com had the class rated as 28th-best with regard to average stars of its signees. Mizzou head coach Gary Pinkel is pleased with the way things are going in Tiger Nation. “This is always an exciting day for our program and for these…
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Sports Editor Jeff Stahlhut has some harsh words for the younger generation.
McCluer North star forward B.J. Young was suspended for two games last week, causing him to miss a pair of huge Suburban North Conference basketball games against Hazelwood West and Hazelwood Central. As part of one of the top teams in the state, this isn’t good at all. The suspension was a result of Young being ejected from a game for the second time this season, and it’s not the first time he’s been suspended this year. But this article isn’t about B.J. Young, it was just inspired by his suspension. It’s actually about your kids. And mine. And all the kids throughout St. Peters that play ball at the Sports Complex, St. Peters Rec-Plex and high school gyms here. What’s the deal, guys? Parents always have and always will struggle to make …
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Saturday, January 15, 2011
Sports Editor Jeff Stahlhut channels his inner Allen Iverson and talks about practice.
If anyone ever doubted the importance of game-action versus practices, they need not look further than the first quarter of the Jan. 10, 2011, BCS Championship Game between the University of Oregon and Auburn University. In the first 15 minutes of play, the teams showed more than enough rust, combining for three turnovers in what can at best be described as a sloppy mess—and that had nothing to do with the condition of the field. Yes, in the end Auburn’s last-second win was exciting. Yes, the teams started to play better as the night went along. But that first quarter … it reminded me of peewee football, but a bit less entertaining. Everyone was sloppy, everyone was confused and it was a general mess. It was a live advertisement for why …
