Tuesday, March 19, 2013
The Pirates opened the 2013 season with a 2-0 win against Howell Central.
The Pattonville Pirate Girls soccer took the pitch for the first time in the 2013 season Monday in a 2-0 win against Howell Central in a match played at Ft. Zumwalt East High School. Kaely Fitterling and Ashanti Carey scored the Pattonville goals. For the first time in years, the Pirate lineup doesn't feature names like Kailey Utley, Mikala McGhee, Kimberly and Kacie Hulse, who all graduated. The last time the Pirates were on the field in a heartbreaking loss to Cor Jesu in the 2012 state quarterfinal. Pattonville Varsity Girls Head Coach Tom Iffrig talked to Patch about moving on without those veteran leaders and the challenge ahead. We'll have a full profile on the team next week. Are you a real fan of the Pattonville Pirates? Vote …
Sunday, December 30, 2012
Senior guard knocked down two huge shots in the final minute of regulation to bring Bombers back from seven points down, in eventual 50-46 overtime win over Pattonville.
CREVE COEUR -- With just over one minute left in the fourth quarter of Saturday’s Chaminade Christmas Tournament championship game against Pattonville, John Burroughs senior Trevor Bain had made just one shot. He’d only taken two shots the entire game at that point, and had spent most of the night helping set up the Bomber offense, while also playing superb defense against the Pirates litany of ultra-quick guards. But with his team down by seven points, and so close to possibly suffering their first loss of the season, Bain stepped up and knocked down two clutch long range shots that helped Burroughs force overtime. Then with the game close again in OT, Bain made three pressure-packed free throws with less than 40 seconds left, that gave …
Monday, November 12, 2012
Sophomore Ian Thomsen moves up from backline to star at center, with three goals in Rams romp over Pirates.
ST. PETERS -- With both teams playing with short benches and small rosters, the Ladue High hockey team earned its first win of the season Saturday night, with an 8-2 rout over Pattonville High, at the St. Peters Rec-Plex South ice facility. The Rams, who were playing without leading scorer Matthew Gould and top goaltender Elliot Shevitz, got big games from underclassmen stand-ins Ian Thomsen and Graham Gausnell that no one could've predicted before the game began. Thomsen, a sophomore defenseman-turned-centerman on Saturday, netted a hat trick to lead the Ladue offense, while the freshman Gausnell made his first high school start in goal a memorable one, by stopping 18 Pattonville shots to pick up his first high school victory. "It really …
Saturday, October 27, 2012
Spartans wait for Saturdays winner between Hazelwood West and Hazelwood Central.
De Smet began what the team hopes is the first postseason step toward a state football championship Friday with a 41-0 victory over visiting Pattonville in the opening round of the MSHSAA district playoffs. The Spartans, with a roster of upperclassmen, was able to dominate the line of scrimmage for most of the night and also created turnovers with 5 interceptions of Pattonville passers, including a pick-six by Dedrick Cromartie that gave De Smet at 7-0 advantage five minutes into the game. Check out our Facebook Photo Gallery From The Game On offense, the Spartans took advantage of the Pirates' inexperience and turned third and fourth downs into first downs on penalties, but settled for a field goal on their second possession when Alec …
Sunday, May 27, 2012
Controversial call goes against Pirates in emotional 2-1 state quarterfinal loss to No. 1-ranked Cor Jesu Academy.
There were no words Pattonville High girls soccer coach Tom Iffrig could give his players for the heartache they felt after Saturday night’s controversial 2-1 loss to No. 1-ranked Cor Jesu Academy, in a Class 3 state quarterfinal game at Parkway North High School. The Pirates had played a magnificent game against the top-ranked Chargers, and thought they had tied it at 2, with 11 minutes left, when senior Mikala McGhee fired a dynamite throw-in pass toward the Cor Jesu net that somehow wound up in the net and set off a frenzied celebration by the Pattonville team and fans. But while Pattonville celebrated, the officials congregated to make sure they’d each seen the same thing, and that the goal scored was indeed a legal play. Unfortunately…
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Freshman Ashanti Carey's rebound goal in the game's sixth minute lifts Pirates to 1-0 win over valiant Lady Knights.
During the pre-game warm-up before Tuesday's MSHSAA Class 3 girls soccer sectional at Francis Howell North High School, a contigent of male Howell North fans decided it would be fun to heckle Pattonville freshman Ashanti Carey. The hooting and barking towards Carey wasn’t exactly vicious or malicious, but it was pretty loud, and it was the first time anything like that had ever happened to Carey, and for a moment, at least it did distract her. “Oh my God, I thought I was going to cry,” Carey said. “That’s the first time anything like that has ever happened. But my teammates told me to ignore them and that just happens sometimes when a big crowd shows up for a big game like this. So I just tried to calm myself down.” It didn’t take long for…
Saturday, May 19, 2012
Senior scoring dynamo Kailey Utley leads the way with a hat trick, in Pirates 5-0 win over Wildcats.
Pattonville goal scoring dynamo Kailey Utley admitted late in Friday's MSHSAA Class 3 District 5 girls soccer championship game, that she sometimes uses an unusual tactic when she makes her move toward the opposing goal. "Sometimes I close my eyes, and the ball just goes in," is what Utley told teammates who were congratulating her after she scored for the third time in the Pirates district title game showdown against rival Hazelwood West, at the Lou Fusz Soccer Complex. The other Pattonville players laughed when Utley said that, and it's a pretty good bet that she was just joking. But if that statement were true, shooting with her eyes closed was effective for Utley, Pattonville's all-time goal scorer, who delivered in a big way once …
Monday, May 14, 2012
Superfast freshman is among the top scoring underclassmen in the area, and ranks just behind scoring champ Kailey Utley in Pirate goals this season.
MARYLAND HEIGHTS -- All her life Ashanti Carey has heard people tell her she should be running track. Never mind that she has take-your-breath-away kind of speed, people knew that her parents Apollo and Amanda Carey were track stars in high school and college, and they just figured Ashanti should go into the family business, so to speak. So one day not long ago, Ashanti Carey did join a club track team, and in her first real race against real competition, she set a new club record for the 100-meter dash. Like we said, the girl is astonishingly fast. But there was one little problem Ashanti had with running track -- she just didn't like it. "Oh my god, I hated it," she said. "I gave it a try, but I almost had a nervous breakdown or …
Thursday, May 10, 2012
Seven Pirate seniors, including three-sport stars Kailey Utley and Mikala McGhee, go out in style with 4-0 over visitors from Wentzville.
PARKWAY NORTH HIGH SCHOOL -- Around this time of year, every year, at high schools all over the country, different sports teams like to take time out and honor their graduating seniors for four years of great play and sportsmanship. But one thing about those Senior Night celebrations is clear -- nobody does it better than the folks from Pattonville High School. Even under uncommon circumstances, like Wednesday night, when a rain-out and field construction at their own campus forced the Pirate girls soccer team to host its Senior Night celebration at rival Parkway North High. It didn’t seem to matter one bit, as the seven Pirate seniors -- Kailey Utley, Mariah Null, Mindy Fitterling, Kacie Hulse, Aubrey Boulicault, Kimberly Hulse, and …
Friday, April 20, 2012
Senior Mikala McGhee's three assists, all on throw-ins, help Pirates get past Wildcats and grab lead in Suburban North Conference race.
CHESTERFIELD -- The third Annual Kicks For Cancer game might've been the biggest one ever. Pattonville and Hazelwood West High Schools hoped the annual meeting between the girls soccer rivals would raise more than $10,000 for cancer research and awareness. This year, the event expanded a bit by adding another game, between West County rivals Parkway Central and Parkway South, which means more possible revenue for the charity, and it would give the Pirates and Wildcats a chance to play at the beautiful new Parkway Central Stadium, where the Colts have a brand-new field turf playing surface. But on that field, the matchup between Pattonville and Hazelwood West remains the same -- the two best teams in the Suburban North Conference, duking …
Michael Weiss
11:32 am on Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Congrats to the boys, looking real good this season. Just imagine if Gould had been there! more ›