Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Donnie White, Jr. talks about his decision to switch to New Mexico from Tulsa, while Wisconsin's soccer program gets a former Post-Dispatch player of the year.
Seven De Smet Jesuit Spartans signed letters of intent Wednesday to play baseball, football and soccer at the college level. For more photos from the school ceremony, check out our Facebook Photo Gallery which also includes photos from Parkway North and Priory. Read Also: Football Donnie White, Jr. made it official, signing with New Mexico after making a verbal pledge in November to Tulsa. The Defensive End/Linebacker said a position switch is part of what lead to the school swap. The Golden Hurricane staff wanted him to play more at Defensive End, while White wanted to stay with a hybrid scheme that would let him play at Linebacker but then switch to the Defensive End position on pass rush downs. Tulsa, which thought a few weeks ago it …
Thursday, April 12, 2012
The college coaching carousel yields new interest in the Parkway North standout.
Last week around this time, Parkway North High School senior Darrell Johnson was wrapping up a recruiting visit to Virginia Tech. Now, with the spring signing period a few days old, Johnson, the forward who led the Vikings to their first district basketball title this season, is getting ready for another visit this weekend. He's heading to Manhattan. Manhattan, Kansas. Johnson told Patch late Thursday that new Kansas State Coach Bruce Weber and his assistant Chris Lowery, had been in contact with them in their former respective positions at Illinois and Southern Illinois. Now, on the same staff at K-State, they've targeted Johnson with a scholarship offer. Johnson spoke to Patch just after he said he talked to new Tulsa Head Coach Danny …
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Viking athletes signed letters of intent for scholarships in football, baseball, soccer, gymnastics and diving.
Parkway North students gathered in the high school gym Wednesday morning to celebrate the work of seven classmates who made their college choices official on the first day athletes in several sports could sign their national letters of intent. They honored: Newsom gave Missouri a verbal pledge over the summer. He said there was interest from Nebraska, Indiana, and Arkansas, but ultimately an overriding factor was the ability to stay close to home. He told Patch there was no last-minute push by another school to sway his decision, as is sometimes the case. Suber surged in his senior season when given the opportunity to carry the load at running back for the Vikings when Newsom, the team's starting running back, missed time with injury. …
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Creve Coeur Patch has coverage of today's National Signing Day
Despite being brought up in the generation of Twitter and Facebook, the fax machine is probably the most important piece of technology for some Creve Coeur area athletes today. Wednesday marks the first day high school senior athletes in Football and a handful of other sports, can officially sign and submit their college letters of intent. Despite the nearly unprecedented buildup playing out in Springfield, MO and the recruitment of Wide Receiver Dorial Green-Beckham, who will announce his decision on ESPNU this morning, there were no surprises so far for Creve Coeur area athletes. De Smet's Durron Neal, Parkway North's Donavin Newsom and Parkway Central's Brandon Sheperd all submitted their information to Oklahoma, Missouri and Oklahoma …
James Baer
9:03 am on Wednesday, February 1, 2012
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