Father met son on the court as rivals and equals for the first time at Fox High School on Dec. 8.

There is never a bad time to help a good cause, so the required donation to the Cornell Lab of Ornithology was not a barrier to keep me from joining a program called Project FeederWatch. One week into my membership, I already consider it $18 …

It wasn’t a conference game, but Crystal City High School point guard Addison Bova gave the Jefferson County Activities Association small-schools a glimpse of what they’ll face when they play the Hornets this winter.

I was hoping the next few months would pass, winter would turn to spring and Bryant Wright would return for a 25th season as the boys cross country coach at Festus High School.

Guethle scored a game-high 30 points to lead the Jaguars (3-2) to a 67-49 victory over Festus (2-2) in the championship game of the 70th Gene Steighorst Tournament at Hillsboro on Nov. 13. It’s the second straight season Seckman has won the t…

After almost a quarter of a century, Bryant Wright is retiring as the boys cross country head coach at Festus High School.

By the time the Eureka boys basketball team tipped off their season at St. Francis Borgia High in Washington on Dec. 5, the Knights had already finished second in their own Thanksgiving tournament and then won 64-40 at Pacific.

One of the outdoors’ greatest shows not on Earth takes place this month and will reach its performance peak this weekend. The display will go on regardless of the weather, but in order for us to enjoy it, clear skies at night are necessary.

St. Pius X High School received the opening kickoff from Blair Oaks High to start the Class 2 Show-Me Bowl and the Lancers marched all the way to the Falcon 4-yard line.

Losing to a team like Blair Oaks High School, which is led by one of the top football coaches in the state in Ted LePage, is nothing to be ashamed of. Not even getting skunked 59-0.

The senior guard is one of the leading scorers in the St. Louis area averaging 20 points per game. The Wildcats are 2-1 after beating Francis Howell Central 74-38 in the consolation final of the Troy Buchanan Tournament on Dec. 6. Allen got c…

The Tigers are off to a 4-0 start this season after beating Potosi 59-47 to win the 11th annual Fountain City Classic at De Soto on Dec. 6. A first-team all-JCAA large-schools selection last season, Madden, a senior guard, contributed 12 poin…

St. Pius X junior Cody Shaver is the first football player in county history to rush for 3,000 yards. Shaver finished the season with 3,002 yards after the Lancers were shut out 59-0 by Blair Oaks in the Class 2 Show-Me Bowl on Dec. 6. It was…

The St. Pius X football team (9-5) will play in its first state championship game today against unbeaten Blair Oaks (13-0) at Spratt Memorial Stadium in St. Joseph. Kickoff is scheduled for 3 p.m.

Going into the Thanksgiving holiday last week, all four girls basketball teams from the county that are part of the Jefferson County Activities Association large-schools division had broken the seal on a new season.

A friend asked me earlier this week, “You know where Knob Noster State Park is, don’t you?”

Jefferson County will be represented in the state football Show-Me Bowl for the third consecutive year.

Facing fourth-and-goal from the Monroe City High School 1-yard line, St. Pius X quarterback Evan Eckrich took the snap in the shotgun, rolled to his left and flung a pass to wide open wide receiver Harrison Ray in the back corner of the end z…

The sophomores connected for the game-winning touchdown in the Class 2 state semifinals against Monroe City on Nov. 28 when Eckrich, the quarterback, completed a 1-yard pass to Ray, a wide receiver, on fourth and goal with 10 seconds left in …

Today’s Class 4 state football semifinal at Festus High School between the Tigers and Kearney High has been moved to 3 p.m.

Since I am a frequent shopper at Buchheit in Herculaneum, my wife Kelly will tell you that it was not so coincidental that I was in the store on the same day I heard the news that the Farmers’ Almanac was ceasing publication.

Over the course of the last three seasons, Festus High School, Hillsboro High and Windsor High have taken turns winning the Jefferson County Activities Association large-schools boys basketball championship.

Monroe City will travel to St. Pius X on Friday to play in the Class 2 state semifinals. The game was originally scheduled for Saturday.