Parkway West Soccer Team Earns Academic Award

The Parkway West High's boys’ varsity soccer team earned the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) High School Team Academic Award.

The following information was provided by the Parkway School District in a news release. Parkway West High's boys’ varsity soccer team earned the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) High School Team Academic Award at the 2012 national convention in Indianapolis, Ind.  A total of 366 high school teams (143 boys, 223 girls) throughout the United States earned the NSCAA Team Academic Award for exemplary performance in the classroom as a team, during the 2011-12 academic year. To qualify for the award, the high school team must have a minimum grade point average of 3.25 for the entire school year.  The Parkway West boys’ soccer team earned a 3.34 grade point average. The West High varsity team includes: Kidus Assefa, Dan …

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Suburban Journals Sports Editor Dennis Barnidge Dies

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports sports editor Dennis Barnidge passed away this weekend after a battle with cancer. His funeral is Tuesday morning.

According to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Town and Country based Suburban Journals lost "long-time" Sports Editor Dennis Barnidge over the weekend.  The article reports Barnidge, of Mehlville, passed away Saturday after a brief battle with cancer. Barnidge, 61, grew up in Crestwood, graduated from Vianney High and Mizzou, then covered sports mostly in the Jefferson County area, according to the post. The article also notes Barnidge won numerous awards over the years. Fenton-High Ridge Patch Editor Dan Barger worked with Barnidge at the Jefferson County Journal. "He must have been sports editor there for 30 years or so," Barger said. "He was a fabulous writer - the best writer ever." According to his obituary on stltoday.com, Barnidge was …

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James Baer

9:10 am on Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Dennis was a championship sports writer and photographer. DeSmet's Jim Goessling died this week too. This has been a tough week to endure.   more ›

Chesterfield Patch Seeks Youth Sports Bloggers

We're looking for coaches, players, parents, booster-club members and fans who want to share news, information and photos about local school teams and other area youth sports teams.

Are you a sports fanatic? Whether you’re an expert, a player, a coach, a parent or just a fan, the Chesterfield community wants to hear from you! Chesterfield Patch is seeking youth sports bloggers who are interested in sharing their thoughts on local school and other youth sports. Sports bloggers can post photos, game coverage and even just their opinions on situations, events and games. If you have inside information on what goes on at Chesterfield-area sports matchups, we want you to blog on Chesterfield Patch’s free Local Voices platform. Get started right here. What You Get Out of It As a Local Voices blogger, you’ll have the ear of local residents, so you can keep the community posted on all of your games, fundraisers, news, events …

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I'm Following You On Twitter Cardinals Fans

Relive the thrill of the Cardinals' 2011 World Series win through the tweets of fans throughout the season.

Whether you're a serious baseball fan or a data nerd (or both), these clear and colorful graphics of St. Louis tweets about the Cardinals during the 2011 World Series are for you. Infuz, a creative digital agency owned by Jason Fiehler, mined through the hundreds of thousands of tweets about the Cardinals within a 50-mile radius of St. Louis city from Feb. 1, 2011 to Nov. 3, 2011. "By telling the story of the season through the conversations on Twitter we can start to see the living, breathing soul of the Cardinals as seen through the eyes of its fans," said O'Fallon resident Brad Hogenmiller, who oversaw the project as Infuz's director of social media, on the company's blog. "Twitter presents us with a new channel of discussion, not …

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Suburban South Roundup: Parkway West Hurdler Wins Two Conference Events

Nicole Douglas was one of three double-champions at the event.

The Suburban South Conference track meets were held last week with Kirkwood winning the girls meet and Parkway North winning the boys meet. Kirkwood had three individual champions (Elisa Steele in the 400-meter dash, Hannah Richardson in the 800 and Sarah Viera in the pole vault). There were three double-champions in conference. Parkway North's Amber Alexander won the high jump and triple jump. Chasity Jones of Webster Groves won the shot put and discus and Nicole Douglas of Parkway West won both hurdle events. Her teammate, Katherine Atwood, won the long jump. University City and Rockwood Summit each had two champions. U. City shined in the sprints with Kayla Heidelberg winning the 100 and Erica Murphy the 200. Summit excelled in the …

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On The Hunt For Happy Hour At The Fox and Hound

With a different happy hour seven days a week, there's always something special on tap.

As a food columnist, I generally stay away from chain restaurants. It's not that I don't think they have anything to offer or that the food can't be any good—after all, they became a chain for a reason. But I prefer to spotlight local establishments because if citizens don't support locally owned bars, pubs and restaurants, we will be left with nothing but the chains. It's the local joints that give a city character. But there's room for both, and it's all about variety. It was variety that took me to a chain restaurant this week as I searched for the most appealing happy hour. The variety of beers at Fox and Hound on Chesterfield Airport Road is impressive: 36 beers on tap and 26 bottled beers. True, the International Tap House has 40 …

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Sports Memorabilia Store Owner Plays His Cards Well

Doug Gross has expanded from baseball cards into more diverse sports memorabilia.

Chesterfield Baseball Cards and Framing, located in Chesterfield Mall, is stocked with the expected: plenty of baseball cards. There's cards in protective plastic cases and loose cards, autographed cards and non-autographed cards, valuable cards and not-so-valuable cards, rare cards and common cards. But there's much more there, too. There's autographed footballs, baseballs, hockey pucks and bats. There's framed photographs, plaques and art. Three small statues of Albert Pujols, Lou Brock and Stan Musial stand side by side near a goalie mask signed by St. Louis Blues players that stares out from behind glass like the monster in a horror film. The anomaly of a Leave It To Beaver dinner plate and a Garth Brooks-signed CD tell you that there …

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Patch Picks: Where To Watch the Super Bowl in Chesterfield

We picked out five places in Chesterfield and the metro area to enjoy the Super Bowl with food and drinks.

Welcome to our new weekly feature, Patch Picks. We'll highlight editor and reader picks of great local businesses, destinations, services, organizations, ways to spend a day off and more.   You’ll find useful lists to help you, your family, friends and significant others find the best places for Sunday brunches, date night destinations, florists, girl's nights out, kids' party places, parks and more.  Want to suggest a list? Submit your idea in the comment box. Ready for the big game on Sunday? Here are the best places to watch the Steelers face off against the Packers. Brick House Tavern and Tap Time: The specials will be offered beginning at noon Sunday. Specials: Brick House offers $1 cans, $2 domestic drafts, $3 wells and imports, and…

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