Ladue sends record nine wrestlers to state

Hamm Hooper, Sports Editor
February 21, 2012

Most wrestling teams will call it a successful year when they are able to send three or four wrestlers to the state meet. Five or six wrestlers earning a chance to win the medal is considered a great year. This year however, the Ladue wrestling team has gone up and above the norm by sending a total of... Read more »

Super Bowl Commercial Awards

Hamm Hooper, Sports Editor
February 21, 2012

I have always wondered why there is no award show for commercials. There are the Oscars and Golden Globes for movies, the Emmys for television shows, and the Grammys for music. Heck even Nickelodeon has its own award show. It’s time to give commercials the credit they deserve. In honor of the Super... Read more »

Hoop’s Huddle

Hamm Hooper, Sports Editor
November 9, 2011

A Series of the Impossible As my brother and I drove home from another tiring football practice, a squirrel made a daring attempt to cross the road right in front of us. My brother, who was behind the wheel, jokingly tried to hit the squirrel, and might have done so had I not punched him right in the... Read more »

The Tale of the Referee

Hamm Hooper, sports editor
October 14, 2011

A couple weeks ago, a high school football referee was blindsided by a kid after he made what the player thought was a bad call. After watching a video of this attack, I and millions of other people burst out laughing until upon further reading the corresponding article, discovered the hit actually broke... Read more »

Fantasy Football: Tips to win it all

Hamm Hooper, Sports Editor
September 8, 2011

  When the NFL and the Players’ Union finally reached a settlement to end the NFL lockout, millions of football fans breathed a sigh a relief. Not necessarily because the NFL would resume game play, but due to the fact that yes, fantasy football was back. Fantasy football is one of the greatest... Read more »