Several current and former area prep athletes made the trip to Eugene, Oregon for the USATF Junior Nationals this past weekend. The top performances include:

Alishea Usery, who just finished her freshman year at Florida after running for Berkeley, won the…

Hazelwood East entered the Class 4 state track meet as a favorite in every relay. And while the Spartans turned two relay victories into a team title, Parkway South was able to edge Hazelwood East in the 400-meter relay.

Sophomore Lawrence…

The McCluer girls entered the Class 4 state meet in the 400-meter relay flying under everyone’s radar. They were third in their sectional with a state-qualifying time of 49.54.

The Comets put up a respectable 48.68 in the state prelims on…

St. Louis University High’s Ronnie Wingo got to taste a team track title as a freshman. But he has toiled as a sprinter in the shadows of some of the state’s biggest names like SLUH’s Paul Chaney and Raytown South’s…

Timberland’s Alex McDonald had been to the Class 4 state track meet before, but this year turned out to be different.

McDonald just missed the finals in the shot put as a junior and he failed to qualify for state in the…

At the end of December, staffer Brian Sumers wrote about how the National Federation of High School State Associations is cracking down on illegal uniforms – and how some area coaches think the rules are nitpicky, at best. Trinity athletics…