FRIDAY, FEB. 17
A year ago, Kahlid Hagens was just making his way back from being in a bad way. Then a sophomore, Hagens was still recovering from complications of appendicitis. His appendix burst near the week before Halloween. The starting quarterback, he had to watch from the sidelines as the Maplewood-Richmond Heights football team managed to reach its first Class 2 state title game where it was defeated by Penney.
Rayshawn Simmons’ eyes set him apart. He doesn’t know what color to call them. Some days they appear green. Other days they look hazel. He’s not even sure why they change. He thinks they might shift with the colors of his clothes or perhaps they shift depending on the day. “I think it’s seasonal,” the 6-foot-4, 178-pound Simmons says.
District basketball tournaments get underway on Monday all across this great state of ours. It’s win or go home time, and many will go home without any hardware—just the memories they created over the past four months.
Jordan Thompson never knew four years could move so fast. But here she is, on the precipice of wrapping up her prep basketball career. A four-year varsity staple for the Webster Groves girls’ basketball team, Thompson looked at the schedule last week and just had to shake her head. Time is running out—fast. “We only have four games left, five including districts,” she says. “It’s kind of crazy.”
Kara Johnson is so mean she makes a hungry rattlesnake look cuddly. Johnson is so mean Chuck Norris asks her for tips. Johnson is so mean you shouldn’t look her directly in the eyes or you will spontaneously combust. Well, at least that’s how she is on the court.
FRIDAY, FEB. 10
Kelsey Luna came home last week. The one-time standout point guard for the St. Joseph’s Academy basketball team was in town doing something unimaginable. She was here to help beat the Angels.
No golfer in our town has a better resume than 51-year-old Ellen Port. No one. Port has won 12 Metropolitans, seven Missouri Amateurs and five national tourneys, including four U.S. Mid Amateurs. Not bad for a woman who played exactly one year of high school golf and no golf at all in college.
FRIDAY, FEB. 3
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