Intense. Motivated. Competitive. These words can only begin to describe Clayton High School junior, Sara Litteken. Litteken is the girls’ varsity basketball captain and is also a starter on the varsity...
Daniel Cohen, Sports Section Editor/Business Manager
• February 28, 2018
“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...
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’...
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,...
Daniel Cho, Sports Section Editor
• December 9, 2017
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...
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...
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...
With a 20-5 regular season record, it’s hard to point out weaknesses of Clayton Varsity Girls’ Basketball team.
Considering the lackluster crowd size at many of their games - mainly filled with...
Daniel Cohen, Sports Section Editor/Business Manager
• January 25, 2017
“Sam Frank would play basketball all day and night while skipping meals if he could,” said Ty Cochran, head coach of the Clayton High School boy’s varsity basketball team.
Ever since Frank, a...