Heading into the seventh inning Monday night at Rotary Recreational Complex - Ronsick Field, the Washington Post 218 A team needed something big.

Repeating what the Washington AAA team did Saturday, the Washington Post 218 AA squad swept Alton, Ill., and Hannibal in home games Sunday.

Regular readers may remember last month that I wrote about “The Last Dance,” an ESPN docuseries focusing on the 1998 Chicago Bulls and Michael Jordan.

For the first time this season, the Washington Post 218 AAA team faced someone other than the Gamers.

After a search, Union High School has found its next volleyball head coach.

A nine-run first inning determined the fate of the Pacific and Union A teams Saturday in Elsberry.

The Pacific A team came out of the starting gate in a big way Saturday.

Eight A-level baseball teams will be vying for the title of the Washington Post 218 A Tournament later this week at Rotary Recreational Complex - Ronsick Field.

Hitting the road for the first time this season proved to be a positive for the Washington Post 218 A team.

The Union 15A Wildcats needed two runs in the final inning to notch their first win of the summer Saturday at Elsberry.

After 12 years as an assistant coach at Washington, Dane Gough is stepping up to the plate as the school’s new baseball head coach.

Joe Kopmann’s Washington A baseball team will be happy to see a different opponent.

Former Washington High School Activities Director Bill Browett, who led the school’s entry into the Gateway Athletic Conference, has died.

St. Clair High School graduate Emily Presley was one of 21 Missouri Southern State University track and field athletes to be named to the 2020 NCAA Division II Indoor All-American Team.

You won’t need to check your vision, but you might see double when taking a look at the Union summer baseball teams.

The Gamers 2 needed an extra inning to clinch their spot in bracket play at the Washington Memorial Weekend AA Tournament last Saturday.

Different opponent, different result.

A five-run second inning made the difference Saturday.

Slowly, we’re starting to get back into a normal routine once again.

It wasn’t the way the Washington Post 218 AA baseball team wanted to see the Memorial Day Weekend Tournament end.

Pool play for Pacific and the Midwest Rage at the Washington Post 218 Memorial Weekend Tournament was cut short Sunday.

The Washington Post 218 AA squad started both its season and its annual Memorial Weekend Tournament on a high note.

All of the scoring came in the third inning Friday.

It was a steep learning curve for the Union Post 297 AA team last weekend.

Say “Aloha” to three St. Francis Borgia Regional football players.

Baseball was back in business Tuesday.

The first A win of the season goes to the Gamers.

In its ninth trip to the St. Francis Borgia Thanksgiving Tournament, the Pacific boys basketball Indians broke through to claim the Blue Division championship trophy in 1979.

Going undefeated in league play was a major highlight this season for the St. Francis Borgia Regional basketball Lady Knights.

Paul Nealis recorded a hole in one Saturday, May 16, at  Franklin County Country Club. 

Weather and field conditions permitting, baseball will be returning to the area Tuesday.

Like the vast majority of fans with teams in the National League, I am not in favor of universal incorporation of the designated hitter in Major League Baseball.

The Sullivan Eagles will have new leaders for two athletic programs in the 2020-21 school year.

Who will experience the “June Swoon?”

Though unable to step onto the field this spring, area baseball players have been honored for their work in the classroom.

Plans are coming together for the Union Summer Baseball Program.

When NJCAA put a halt on its sports seasons, it also paused recruiting by member schools.

It’s happening.

Two area players concluded their college basketball careers this season.

With two of the area’s three swim teams already canceling for the 2020 season, the Gateway Swimming and Diving League has followed suit.

Four of the 10 players named to the Missouri Basketball Coaches Association Class 4 District 4 boys basketball team are from area schools.

Baseball is back.

“The one constant through all the years, Ray, has been baseball. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. It has been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt and erased again. But baseball has marked the time. This field, this game: it’s a part of our past, Ray. It reminds of us of all …

Few teams can say they won their first-ever varsity contest.

The exclusive Archdiocesan Athletic Association Large Division team has one St. Francis Borgia Regional representative.

Through games of May 17, the Clover Bottom Crush has emerged as the team to beat in The Missourian Sim Baseball League.

Two golfers have recorded holes-in-one recently at area courses.

With three all-conference selections, including Player of the Year, the Ft. Zumwalt East Lady Lions led the Gateway Athletic Conference Central.

Play Ball!

As plans move forward to reopen the state from the COVID-19 pandemic, both the Missouri Golf Association and Metropolitan Amateur Golf Association are planning for their first events of 2020.