Tuesday, February 19, 2013
District basketball tournament will be Feb. 25.
Francis Howell and Francis Howell Central High Schools will host girls’ and boys’ basketball district tournaments beginning Feb. 25. In the girls Class 5 District 6 tournamentat Francis Howell, Troy Buchannan has the top seed, followed by Ft. Zumwalt West, Francis Howell, Holt and Timberland. The first round matchup has Holt playing Timberland at 5:30 p.m. Feb. 25. The winner will take on Troy in the semifinals. The other semifinals will have Fort Zumwalt West taking on Francis Howell. Troy Buchannan also has the top seed for the boys’ District 6 tournament. The Trojans are followed by Timberland, Zumwalt West, Holt and Howell. The first round matchup has Howell taking on Holt, with the winner take on Troy in the semifinals. The other …
Friday, December 7, 2012
Bulldogs claw their way back for the victory.
The Fort Zumwalt Bulldogs overcame a slow start Thursday night to pick up a 48-37 victory over the Francis Howell Lady Vikings. The host Vikings jumped out to a 22-6 lead after the first quarter. However, Zumwalt South began to use a full court press in the 2nd quarter, and it paid off as the Lady Bulldogs outscored Howell 14-10 in the 2nd quarter. Nonetheless, the Lady Vikings still had a comfortable 32-20, halftime lead. The third quarter proved to be pivotal as the Bulldogs continued to use their high-pressure defense and outscored the Vikings 17-2, and South led it 37-34 going into the fourth. In the fourth, South outscored Howell 11-3. Fort Zumwalt held Francis Howell to just five points in the second half. The Bulldogs were led …
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
The girls basketball teams are 2-2 and 3-2, respectively.
Francis Howell Vikings will take on the Fort Zumwalt South Bulldogs Thursday night at Francis Howell. After losing their first two games of the year, the Francis Howell Vikings have rebounded with two consecutive victories to even their record at 2 and 2. On Monday, Howell bounced the Fort Zumwalt East Lions, 59-37. The Vikings were led in scoring that night by Carly Harper’s 22 points, including six 3-pointers. This season Harper is the leading scorer for the Vikings, averaging 12.5 points per game. The Bulldogs also lost their first two games of the year, and they have rebounded with three consecutive wins for a record of 3 and 2. Zumwalt South is coming off a big Tuesday night victory over Francis Howell Central, the defending …
Four Francis Howell players were named to the first team.
Francis Howell Vikings’ senior linebacker Calvin Munson has been named as the Class 6 Defensive Player of the Year by the Missouri Football Coaches Association. The All-State teams were released last week, and a total of four Vikings took first-team honors, while two more were named to the second team. Joining Munson on the first team were senior running back Donte Harrell, senior offensive lineman Jimmy Alloway, and senior defensive back Zac Perkins. Perkins was also named as the first team kicker. Perkins’ season included a school-record 50-yard field goal. Also on the second team were senior defensive lineman Donovan Walker and Jarrett Franklin, a senior defensive end who set a school record for most sacks in a single season with 21. …
Monday, November 19, 2012
Vote for the fan's choice for best GAC football player.
The 2012 football season is in the books for most the Gateway Athletic Conference teams. Yes, it's time for another edition of the St. Charles County Athlete of the Week fan poll. Except this week has a twist. Instead of looking at the last week, we're looking at the entire season. Tell us in the poll below: Who was the top GAC football player in 2012? Shane Barrett—Fort Zumwalt East: The Lions sophomore quarterback had a solid first season leading the East offense. As a passer, Barrett was 80-for-169 for 1,441 yards and 17 touchdowns against 10 interceptions. Running the ball, Barrett was tied for the GAC Central in touchdowns with 13. He actually led the conference with 82 points scored thanks to two successful two-point conversions. …
Monday, November 12, 2012
Vote for the fan's choice for the top boys soccer player in the GAC.
The 2012 boys soccer season is in the books for all the Gateway Athletic Conference teams, but it's time to take a look back. Yes, it's time for another edition of the St. Charles County Athlete of the Week fan poll. Except this week has a twist. Instead of looking at the last week, we're looking at the entire season. Tell us in the poll below: Who was the top GAC boys soccer player in 2012? Jordan Stephens—Francis Howell: Francis Howell's Jordan Stephens was the top point getter in all of the GAC. Stephens was led the GAC South, all of the GAC with his 67 points. The majority of his points came from his 26 goals—best in the GAC. He also chipped in 15 assists for the Vikings. Andrew Deppe—St. Charles High School: When it came to scoring …
Tuesday, June 12, 2012
Projections for the 2012-13 school year have the Francis Howell school district operating in the red.
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Tuesday, June 12, 2012
The Francis Howell Board of Education took another step toward approving a budget for the 2012-13 school year. Following a work session in May to take a deeper look at the numbers, the board had the first reading of the proposed budget during its June 7 meeting. Chief Financial Officer Kevin Supple prepared the board to operate in the red next year. The General (Incidental) and Special Revenue (Teachers’) funds budget proposal shows Francis Howell running short $1.9 million. Supple has frequently given budget projections showing that, with a decrease in state funding and property taxes combined with an increase in salaries and other expense, the district would soon be faced with deficit spending. It was thought that the 2011-12 would be …
Monday, March 19, 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 boys. The candidates are: George Cater—Fort Zumwalt South: Cater led the Bulldogs in scoring with 13.8 points per game, including a team-high 65 made 3-pointers. Chaz Glotta—Fort Zumwalt North: Glotta was the top scorer for North with an average of 19.3 points per contest. Josh Ross—Fort Zumwalt East: Ross scored a team-high 15.9 points per game and added a team-best 2.41 assists per game for the Lions. Trevor Tune—Duchesne: Tune …
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
Brandon Bollig, a Francis Howell North graduate, fought the Blues' Ryan Reaves Tuesday evening in a losing effort.
St. Charles-native and Chicago Blackhawks winger Brandon Bollig wasted little time in making his presence felt during the St. Louis Blues' 5-1 win over the Hawks Tuesday evening. Bollig, a Francis Howell North graduate, and Blues right winger Ryan Reaves rekindled a past dispute and dropped their gloves less than four minutes into the game. Bollig landed more than a dozen punches on Reaves as the two batted in the eventual draw. The 25-year-old Bollig, who played for the Junior Blues as a teen, logged just more than five minutes on the ice and seven penalty minutes during the game. When all was said and done, he finished a minus-1 for the game. The Blackhawks signed Bollig April 3, 2010 to a minor league contract and recalled him to the …
Thursday, February 16, 2012
With a 6-1 vote, the Board grants funding to a $2.4 million athletic facility on the Howell High School campus.
Francis Howell High School will get a new on-campus athletic complex. After two meetings filled with lengthy discussions about the project, the Board of Education approved the complex with a 6-1 vote. Board Treasurer Mike Hoehn, an outspoken opponent of the project because of what he considered safety issues, was the lone dissenting vote. The new complex will contain two baseball fields (one for varsity and one for junior varsity), a softball field and a football practice field. Howell currently has just one field for all sports to use, which has made scheduling at the school a challenge. The projected cost of the complex comes in $2.4 million and will be paid with money the District received from a 2008 bond issue. Joining the fields on …
Benjamin Ell
8:13 pm on Tuesday, June 12, 2012
The board created this problem when in ended the year round calendar for the elementary schools. This made parents stop thinking of there childs school as a place that they were wanted. Enrollment in before and after-school programs and early childhood have dropped.The next thing the board will do is eliminate both of these programs and that will force more students riding the bus to and from … more ›