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Monday, December 10, 2012

College Football Coaching Carousel Impacts Creve Coeur Stars

Coaching changes at Arkansas, Boston College and elsewhere have connections to current and former stars at Chaminade College Prep and De Smet Jesuit.

The end of the college football season is a time where coaches are hired and fired, and student-athletes, those playing at "the next level" and the high school kids who want to be, are left to figure out what the moves mean for them. This year, current and former prep standouts from Chaminade and De Smet Jesuit are among those really caught up in it. In February 2011, Christian Suntrup followed through on his verbal commitment to play Quarterback at Boston College and signed his letter of intent, despite late pushes from new coaching staffs at Michigan and Miami. Read: Student-Athletes and Families Happy Recruiting Process is Over "He learned about making a commitment...and he didn't waver from that commitment. He didn't talk to other …

Monday, November 5, 2012

Donnie White Gives Verbal College Football Pledge To Tulsa

The De Smet senior is one of the area's top defenders.

A week and a half after telling Patch that he planned to focus on a state title run before making a college choice, De Smet Jesuit Senior Donnie White, a defensive end, announced via Twitter late Monday night that he was committing to play at the University of Tulsa. White could not be reached for comment. White, who has 13 sacks on the season, had offers from Boston College, Wyoming and Arkansas, among others.  The pledge, which is only verbal at this point and won't be official until a signed letter of intent is signed in February, would be the second for Tulsa from this year's crop of Metro Catholic Conference squads. The Golden Hurricane program also secured a verbal pledge from CBC tailback Jonathan Parker earlier this fall. The two …

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