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 …
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 …
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 …
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 ›