The final regular-season state rankings for Missouri high school football voted on by a 12-person panel of sportswriters and broadcasters. First-place votes in parentheses, followed by won-loss record, points received and last week’s ranking.

CLASS 6
Rank, Team  W-L Pts LW
1. Rockhurst…

The Missouri High School Fastpitch Coaches Association released its All-State softball teams today.

Locally in Class 4, state runner-up Oakville High placed three players on the first team: pitcher Remy Edwards, catcher Maggie Ruckenbrod and infielder Julie Kernen.

Locally in Class 3, Winfield…

Joe Lyons brings us this soccer update:

District play is just getting started in Missouri and will continue through the week.

Class 3 sectionals will be played Tuesday, Nov. 10, with that night’s winners to play in quarterfinals the afternoon of Saturday,…

Parkway North went into its final district game without its leading rusher, Jaimee Buchanan, who suffered a deep shoulder bruise against Parkway Central.

But then the Vikings suffered a much bigger setback after losing University of Missouri-bound offensive lineman Anthony Gatti…

For Villa Duchesne, it was a case of sweet revenge.

Last season, Borgia ended Villa’s season in the Class 3 sectionals. This year, Villa returned the favor in the quarterfinals.

Villa (30-7-2 overall) topped Borgia 25-19, 25-20 and advanced to the state…

Most coaches shy away from the topic of fear, but Incarnate Word volleyball coach Darren Isaak has embraced it.

Isaak had his players talk about their biggest volleyball-related fears during Monday’s practice.

“A couple of players were on the team that lost…

CENTRALIA, Ill. _ Mater Dei girls volleyball coach Fred Rakers became the second coach in Illinois this season to record 1,000 wins in one sport when the Knights defeated Mascoutah 25-16, 25-16 in the semifinals of the Illinois Class 3A Centralia Regional…

 Althoff soccer player Megan Pawloski, Jerseyville soccer player Brendan Kimble and Warrenton basketball player Meghan Stark are three area scholar-athlete finalists for the 2009 Wendy’s High School Heisman Award.

The state winners will be announced on Nov. 7. The national finalists will be announced as surprises…

The final 2009 rankings of Illinois high school football teams in each class, according to an Associated Press panel of sportswriters:
 
Class 8A

School W-L Pts Prv

1. Maine South (8) (9-0) 80 1

2. Fremd (9-0) 68 2

3. Loyola (8-1) 60 3

4. Stevenson…

Cor Jesu’s team motto is “Inch by Inch” and the Chargers seem to be taking it to heart.

Last night, Cor Jesu inched closer to the ultimate goal of a state championship by taking the Class 4, District 3 championship. Cor…