American National Baseball Teams to Finish Below .500 In SLABA Action

By Jim Wieners With the season ending July 11 and the post-season follows American National Baseball teams will definitely finish below .500 regardless of any post-season tournament action, in the…

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Long Road Trips Part Of Tougher Trinity, Lutheran No. 2018 Schedules

By Jim Wieners After one-loss seasons in 2017, Trinity Catholic and Lutheran North Football teams will be hitting the road, figuratively and literally, to open the 2018 seasons Trinity will…

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Jim Wieners’ Prep Sports Roundup: American National Baseball

Struggles From Start of Season By Jim Wieners It has been a struggle from the start of the 2018 season for the St. Louis Amateur Baseball Association’s American National teams.…

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Hazelwood District School Board Approves Balanced Budget for ‘18-‘19

(Special to the Independent News)  The Hazelwood School Board on June 12 approving a new balanced budget for 2018-2019 after a long budget process Chris Norman, chief financial officer and…

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Jim Wieners’ Prep Sports Roundup Basketball and Swimming

9th State Championship Basketball, Swimmer Led IWA’s Successful Season   By Jim Wieners   Winning Missouri State High School Activities Association Team Championships are nothing new for Incarnate Word Academy,…

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Jim Wieners’ Prep Sports Roundup: Suburban XII North

Hazelwood West Wins 6 Suburban 12 North Titles; Four Came Last Fall   By Jim Wieners   Hazelwood West won the most Suburban XII (12) Conference North Division titles during…

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Jim Wieners’ Prep Sports Roundup: Track and Field

Trinity Catholic’s Historical State Track and Field Almost Completed By Jim Wieners Track And Field at Trinity Catholic High School almost made a complete historical run, from winning Boys and…

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