Sophie Thompson
Daniel Cohen, Sports Section Editor/Business Manager
February 28, 2018
Filed under Athlete Profiles, Winter
“Swimmers, take your mark.” Since she was 6-years-old, swimmer Sophie Thompson, a freshman at CHS, has heard these four words more times than she can count. Thompson began swimming on the Algonquin summer swim team. After enjoying her time on the team, she decided that swimming was her passion...
Brooke Becker
Lise Derksen, Page Editor
February 23, 2018
Brooke Becker, a sophomore and diver at Clayton High School, placed fourth during conference at Ladue, and qualified for state. She’s excited and amazed, the hard work and long hours she put into diving after a short two years finally paid off. “I started diving freshman year and I’m a sophomore now,” ...
Knight Fights
Daniel Cohen, Sports Section Editor/Business Manager
February 20, 2018
Twenty-nine years. Just last year, the CHS girls’ varsity basketball team ended their 29 year drought and were Class 4 District Champions, the first time since 1988. As the new head coach of the girls’ varsity basketball team this year, Michael Knight has had massive shoes to fill. Knight grew...
Athlete Profile: Khaylie Ross
Michael Bernard and Daniel Cohen
January 22, 2018
Khaylie Ross had already received a full-ride scholarship for wrestling at Missouri Baptist University in seventh grade despite only wrestling for one year. However, unlike most of the other wrestlers, Ross is a female. Ever since she was young, Ross has shown a tremendous amount of interest towards...
Athlete Profile: Jeremiah Austin
Daniel Cho, Sports Section Editor
December 9, 2017
Filed under Winter
With the conclusion of the football season, CHS junior Jeremiah Austin is gearing up for the wrestling season. With his drive to perfect his craft after a tough shoulder injury late last season, Austin has been hard at work. However, Austin was not always a wrestler. Freshman year, Austin originally...
Winter Sports Preview
Neel Vallurupalli, Copy Editor
December 7, 2017
Filed under Latest, Sports, Winter
Girls' Swimming Players to Watch: Christine Kuehn Julia Beliz Sophie Thompson 2016-2017 Record: 0-6 Goal: To qualify as many new swimmers to state with the new class system. Wrestling Players to Watch: Max Friedman Trenton Dickens Adam Sieber 2016-2017 Record: 1-5 Goal: To h...
Caleb’s Quest
Michael Bernard and Daniel Cohen
December 1, 2017
Filed under Winter
Senior Caleb Heusel did not start playing competitive basketball until he was 12-years-old. However, since his sophomore year at CHS, Heusel has been starting for the Varsity squad. “I started playing in fifth grade. I was on two or three rec league teams with my friends. Ever since seventh grade,...
Featured Photo: MSHSAA Boys State Swimming Championships
November 4, 2017
Filed under Photography, Sports
Class 1 MSHSAA Boys State Swimming Championships ended November 3. In the last event of the day, the Boys 400 yd Freestyle Relay team finished 8th overall. The team consisted of Matt Graham, Koji Barrette, Wil Welch, and Hutton Murdoch (left to right). The CHS boys swim team tied for 9th place overall...
Keeping the Record
Justin Guilak, Chief Digital Editor
October 28, 2017
“There’s nothing left for me to say to you. You guys already know what you have to do. This has to be the hardest race you’ve ever run. This has to be the hardest race of your life. You have to give it everything you’ve got.” These inspirational words from Coach James Crowe guided the CHS boys’ cross country team just before they raced in the district meet.
Twin Telepathy
October 21, 2017
Filed under Fall
Q: What is their role on the team as freshmen? A: They came to the team as defensive specialists. We went to a tournament early on in the year and we had a bunch of players who hadn’t reached eligibility yet. So, Annie and Angela joined us. They were promising freshmen on the JV team. But, we didn’t...
CHS Girls Golf
Sophie Thompson, Page Editor
September 25, 2017
The Girls Varsity Golf was a very strong team that achieved many victories this season. The team had 5 players and 1 swing player who played between JV and varsity. 2 seniors, 1 junior, 2 sophomores, and 1 freshmen. The team placed fourth out of eleven in Conference, and are competing this week in Districts....
Athlete Profile: Kate Cooper
Maddy Bale, Senior Managing Editor
September 19, 2017
Filed under Athlete Profiles, Fall, Sports
“Really the only thing you can do without driving yourself crazy is resolve to do better next time. I told myself that next time I would make it. It wouldn’t be an option.” -Kate Cooper.
