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Hazelwood Central Re-Sweeps Suburban 12 North, Districts Next

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  • Post published:October 16, 2015
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By Jim Wieners Over a year ago (2014) there was a realignment of the St. Louis Suburban High School Conferences and Hazelwood Central was one of six high schools that…

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Close Encounters Of The Oddest Kind

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  • Post published:October 12, 2015
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A Boomer’s Journal By Tom Anselm Did you ever have one of those moments when you wish you would have spoken up about something, but didn’t, and later thought of…

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Are Fans Getting Aboard The Rams Bandwagon After Beating 2 Good Teams in ’15?

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  • Post published:October 7, 2015
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By Randy Gardner Who would have ever thought that the Rams would be 2-2, four games into the year? What amazes me the most is that the two wins are…

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New ‘Pan’ is Really a Revisionist Peter Pan

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  • Post published:October 7, 2015
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By Sandra Olmsted Even though James M. Barrie’s Peter Pan has a timeless quality, transporting the story to the WWII era raises serious questions regarding director Joe Wright’s film, Pan,…

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Incarnate Word Hosts Class 3, District 5 Softball As Top Seed

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  • Post published:October 7, 2015
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By Jim Wieners Incarnate Word Academy Softball will be one of 64 District hosts and the Red Knights will not only host all of the Class Three, District Five Tournament…

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  • Post published:October 7, 2015
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  Thursday, Oct. 8    St. Mark’s Fashions for Food clothing sale, 315 Graham Road, 8:30-11 a.m. All proceeds go to local food pantries. Sale is held on the second…

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Rams Were Real Disappointing On Sunday, But Who is at Fault?

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  • Post published:September 23, 2015
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By Randy Gardner Every Sunday is a new day in the NFL and we saw that with the Rams— they looked terrible. This team was not prepared to play at…

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Hazelwoods Central, East Football Home Saturday, Clash on Oct. 3

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  • Post published:September 23, 2015
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   By Jim Wieners After two weeks of Suburban XII (12) Conference North Division Football Hazelwood Central and Hazelwood East -- both 2-0 Suburban XII North, 3-2 overall -- appears to…

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Dream a Little Dream For Me, and Other Assorted Nightside Mayhem

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  • Post published:September 23, 2015
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A Boomer’s Journal By Tom Anselm With all due respect to a certain civil rights leader, last night I had a dream. Now, it was nothing near his noble thoughts.…

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McCluer North Hosts District Girls Tennis, Girls Golf At Crystal Springs Quarry

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  • Post published:September 23, 2015
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  By Jim Wieners McCluer North is one of 32 sites, 16 per class, that will be hosting District Girls Tennis, which begins Sept. 28 with the first round of…

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