Fort Zumwalt North Sports & Activities: Week in Review

Athletic Director Ted Hickey talks about what happened last week and what's up this week for Zumwalt North sports teams.

Week in Review: Fort Zumwalt North Athletics

Zumwalt North Athletic Director takes a look at the last week in sports and what's to come.

Timberland's Kyle Fletcher Tops Athlete of the Week Voting

Timberland baseball player wins fans choice award for top baseball player in St. Charles County last week.

The voting for the top baseball player from the week of April 9, came down to players.  Timberland's Kyle Fletch, fresh off a week where no pitcher could get him out, squared off with Fort Zumwalt South's Drew Quinones. When the voting closed, Fletcher came out on top. The Timberland star racked up 3,068 votes (54 percent) to claim the St. Charles County Athlete of the Week crown.  Here are the results: Total votes: 5627 Kyle Fletcher's hot bat helped Timberland pull off a 3-0 week. On April 10, Fletcher was 2-for-3 with two RBIs, a run scored and a stolen base in the Wolves 4-3 win over Howell North. In the Wolves 5-0 win against Troy on April 11, Fletcher went 2-for-3 with a walk and a run scored. To close out the week, Fletcher was 3-…

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Vote Now: Choose the Top Baseball Player of the Week

Show your school spirit by voting for your school's Patch Athlete of the Week.

Rain may have washed away a few baseball games last week, but some action still managed to take place—and what action it was.  All across St. Charles County great players played great games on the baseball field. Some did it better than others. Here are the nominees for the baseball player of the week for the week of April 9:  Drew Quinones—Fort Zumwalt South: Fort Zumwalt South's Drew Quinones was a tough guy to retire in the Bulldogs' two games last week. Quinones picked up seven hits in nine at-bats for South—a .778 batting average. In a loss to Holt, Quinones went 2-4 with a run scored. The next day, on Tuesday, against St. Charles West, Quinones helped power the Bulldogs past the Warriors. In a 14-13 South win, Quinones was 5-for-5 …

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Vote Now For St. Charles County Athlete of the Week

Show your school spirit by voting for your school's Patch Athlete of the Week!

Who is St. Charles County's favorite athlete?  Be heard by picking our Patch Athlete of the Week for the week ending Feb. 12. Last week's winner was Casey Teson of St. Charles High School. Tesson commanded the field and received 86 percent of the vote—168 votes. Be sure to be on the lookout for a feature article on Tesson in the near future. Vote for one of the following (or write in your own candidate in the comments): Wentzville Holt High School: Mike Carter, boys basketball. The Indians got back on the winning track with a convincing 60-48 victory over Francis Howell North on Feb. 9. Leading the charge was Carter, who scored a game-high 15 points. Carter shot 75 percent from the floor and added four rebounds. Holt is now 12-12 on the …

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Vote Now For St. Charles County Athlete of the Week

Show your school spirit by voting for your school's Patch Athlete of the Week!

Who is St. Charles County's favorite athlete?  Be heard by picking our Patch Athlete of the Week for the week ending Feb. 5. Vote for one of the following (or write in your own candidate in the comments): Wentzville Holt High School: Cory Kettler, senior forward on the ice hockey team. Kettler scored two goals in Holt's playoff opener, a 5-1 win over Northwest at the Affton Ice Arena. Both of Kettler's two goals came in the third period. He also added two assists, including one on a short-handed goal in the first period to open up the scoring.  St. Dominic High School: Emmett Wilmes, junior center on the boys basketball team. Wilmes scored a game-high 18 points in a 58-28 win over Kennedy last week. Wilmes has helped lead St. Dominic to a …

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Lutheran Boys Drop Contest to O'Fallon Christian

Turnovers prove costly to Cougars in loss to Eagles.

The O’Fallon Christian Academy Eagles basketball team’s defense and rebounding certainly created a lot of scoring opportunities in last night’s contest against the Lutheran St. Charles Cougars at Lutheran.  The Cougars committed 15 turnovers in the 71-58 loss to Christian while the Eagles committed 10.  “In the Fox Tournament, we had two really tough games,” O’Fallon coach Dave Meers said. “We had a lot of defensive intensity. It was the name of the game for us tonight. The thing we really wanted to focus on was man-to-man and cutting off the lane, making them shoot outside. They did a good job of shooting outside at times and made us go out further than what we wanted to. They have some good outside shooters who are young. I thought we …

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Five Games to Watch This Week in O'Fallon

Week 11 of the winter season is packed with rivalry games around St. Charles County.

Week 11 of the winter season is here and it brings plenty of rivalry games.  February begins this week and that means playoff season is right around the corner. State swimming and state wrestling are just a few short weeks away, but they aren't here yet. Before the playoffs can happen, the regular season has to wind down and that means rivalry games are popping up.  This week features city, county and school district matchups. It should be an exciting week around St. Charles County.  Let's see what games are on the schedule.  Fort Zumwalt North Fort Zumwalt West Fort Zumwalt South St. Dominic Christian High School

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Tweet Tweet, Cardinals Fans

Relive the thrill of the Cardinals' 2011 World Series win through the tweets of fans throughout the season.

Whether you're a serious baseball fan or a data nerd (or both), these clear and colorful graphics of St. Louis tweets about the Cardinals during the 2011 World Series are for you. Infuz, a creative digital agency owned by Kirkwood resident Jason Fiehler, mined through the hundreds of thousands of tweets about the Cardinals within a 50-mile radius of St. Louis city from Feb. 1, 2011 to Nov. 3, 2011. "By telling the story of the season through the conversations on Twitter we can start to see the living, breathing soul of the Cardinals as seen through the eyes of its fans," said O'Fallon resident Brad Hogenmiller, who oversaw the project as Infuz's director of social media, on the company's blog. "Twitter presents us with a new channel of …

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West Opens Districts With Win Against Rival East

Fort Zumwalt West volleyball picks up 2-1 win to advance in District tourney.

The Fort Zumwalt West Jaguars volleyball team started out its post-season on a high-note with a 2-1 victory over the Fort Zumwalt East Lions in the first round of the Class 4, District 8 Tournament at Fort Zumwalt South High School.  The Jaquars improve to 18-12 with the win. The Lions finish the season with a 20-9 mark.  “We were just outplayed,” Lion coach Michael Loyd said. “They came out here and took care of business. We had a few players who were off their game. They outplayed us plain and simple. Congratulations to them.”   The Lions won the first game 25-22. A solid early showing helped East’s cause, as it came out and established a 5-1 lead. It continued to control the lead throughout the middle of the game. Yonne Nasimiyu’s kill …

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