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Prep Year In Review-2011-2012
By Jim Wieners
McCluer North and Pattonville won the most Suburban North Conference titles for the 2011-2012 school year while Hazelwood West, Hazelwood Central and Hazelwood East won at least one championship event.
McCluer North won Girls Softball, Boys Cross Country, Boys Swimming, Football, Wrestling and Boys Basketball. Pattonville won Girls Tennis, Girls Cross Country, Girls Swimming, Girls Basketball, Boys Golf, Boys Tennis, Girls Soccer, Boys Volleyball, Baseball and Club Ice Hockey. Hazelwood West won Girls Golf, Girls Volleyball and Boys Soccer; Hazelwood Central won the Boys Track And Field Relays, the Boys Track And Field Meet and the Girls Track and Field Meet; and Hazelwood East won the Girls Track And Field Relays.
McCluer North, in the fall, won Boys Cross Country by nine points (38-47, lowest score wins) over Hazelwood West, was 7-0 in Softball, scored 389 points in Boys Swimming and went 7-0 in Football in a 10-2 season. In the winter North was 7-0 in a state Championship Boys Basketball season while going unbeaten in Suburban North Wrestling meets while losing only one non-conference dual meet, to Fox.
Pattonville secured the most Suburban North Conference titles with a Spring dominance. Pattonville had a 6-0 record in Boys Tennis as well as in Girls Soccer, 12-2 in Baseball, won Boys Volleyball match over Ritenour in a two-team league and won the Boys Golf meet by 40 strokes over Hazelwood West (334-374).
In the winter Pattonville scored 392 points in the Girls Swimming Championship was 7-0 in Girls Basketball and was 12-0 in Club Ice Hockey whose opponents are mainly Parkway and St. Charles County high school clubs. In the fall Pattonville was 5-0 in Girls Tennis dual meets while scoring 27 points in winning Conference Girls Cross Country.
Hazelwood West won Girls Golf by winning the six-team conference meet with a 435-stroke performance while Pattonville was 15 strokes behind. West was 7-0 in Girls Volleyball matches while not losing a conference game. In Boys Soccer West was 5-0.
Hazelwood Central won the Boys Suburban North Relays with 146 points, 21 better than Hazelwood East, who edged Central 144-140 in the Girls Conference Relays. In the Suburban North Conference Championships Central won the Boys meet with 161 points, 42 better than McCluer North and won the Girls meet with 136 points, 31.5 better than Hazelwood East.
Trinity Catholic Shared the Archdiocesan Athletic Association Boy Soccer title with St. Dominic (each 7-2).