2012-2013 Bowl Schedule: Alabama vs. Notre Dame For The BCS Title

We've got your complete list of NCAA Division I football bowl games coming up in December and January featuring plenty of players from the St. Louis and Creve Coeur area.

The University of Missouri may not be going to a postseason bowl game for the first time since 2004, but there are plenty of intriguing football bowl games on the schedule this year. We've got your complete list here, along with notes on teams featuring players who played their prep ball in and around the Creve Coeur area. If we've missed out on any of the local connections, tell us about it in the comment section. (All times Eastern.) BCS National Championship Game, Notre Dame vs. Alabama January 7, 8:30 p.m., ESPN De Smet Jesuit's Andy Bauer, a junior offensive lineman, and one of the top prospects in the class of 2014, has been heavily recruited by the Crimson Tide. He was a guest of Alabama at the Iron Bowl game vs. Auburn last week. …

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De Smet's Neal Ends Recruiting Drama: 'Don't Worry about me doing a J-Mac'

The highly sought after wide receiver downplayed last-minute attempts to sway his decision to attend the University of Oklahoma.

Roughly seven months after De Smet's Durron Neal made a verbal pledge to attend the University of Oklahoma, the standout wide receiver was true to his word Wednesday, and signed a national letter of intent to join the Sooner program in the fall. Neal's was the first letter to appear on the OU fax machine just after 7 a.m. local time. His signature puts a wrap on a process that angered Missouri fans who wanted the St. Louis area star to stay home, and later brought anxiety in the Oklahoma fanbase when he said he would have decommitted had OU assistant Jay Norvell, his main recruiter, left to join the staff at Wisconsin. Then there was talk in recent days that Dorial Green-Beckham, the prized Wide Receiver from Springfield who opted for …

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The Week Ahead In Creve Coeur

The Week Ahead: College Choices, Expanding Businesses and the Pro Football Hall of Fame

Our weekly sneak peek at some of what will be of interest to users of Creve Coeur Patch this week.

It is shaping up as a "Super Week" here at Creve Coeur Patch! Before looking forward, though, a quick look back. Did you attend the weekend parade honoring returning Iraq War veterans? If you did and have pictures you'd like to share, please do so in our Neighborhood Gallery and tell us what you thought about the experience. Do you own or manage a business or organization in Creve Coeur? If you do, you're STRONGLY encouraged to claim your free listing on the site. It is a great way to share information about your operation with the public, along with posting photos and announcements. Now, onto the week ahead... We have a few scoops under our belt for our next round of Coming Attactions, but if you know of a business that's expanding, new …

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De Smet's Neal Prepping For National Spotlight This Weekend

The Spartan wideout has been in San Antonio since Sunday ahead of Saturday's Army All American Game.

Class may be back in session this week at De Smet Jesuit, but you won't find Durron Neal on the Creve Coeur school's campus. The standout wide receiver has been in San Antonio since Sunday getting ready for this coming weekend's U.S. Army All-American Game, which will be broadcast live on NBC Saturday (12:00 p.m./KSDK) READ: Neal Presented With Army Honor According to the event's Facebook page, Neal and other elite high school teammates have been hitting the practice field, visiting with wounded warriors and other members of the military, along with doing media interviews with outlets around the country. Prior to Neal's commitment to play for Oklahoma, there was some speculation that the he would use this event to announce his college …

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The Creve Coeur Patch Sports Year In Review

Nationwide attention for high school basketball, and prolific years for local wideouts were among the stories which dominated the sports headlines in 2011.

As 2011 draws to a close, Creve Coeur Patch is taking a look back at some of the biggest stories of the year in a variety of categories, and we want to know what you think, too. Here are three we picked out, in no particular order: Bradley Beal's Senior Season The Chaminade standout brought a close to one of the most storied high school basketball careers in St. Louis basketball history with a senior season filled with accolades and nationwide attention. He led the Red Devils to the state quarterfinals, averaging 32.4 points, 5.7 rebounds, 2.8 assists and 2.7 steals per game. Normally, "all-everything" is little more than a lazy writer's platitude, but in this case, Beal literally fit the bill. He was the Gatorade Basketball Player of the …

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Big Week For Prep Receivers: Neal and Chesson Make News

Creve Coeur-area football seniors from Ladue and De Smet earn honors and decide their future.

Ladue Horton Watkins High School Senior Jehu Chesson wants to play in "The Big House." According to The Detroit Free Press and The Michigan affiliate of rivals.com, Chesson has made a verbal pledge to play for the University of Michigan Wolverines. Chesson named earlier this month to All Class 4 Second team by the Missouri High School Football Coaches Association, had reportedly been weighing scholarship offers from several other Big Ten schools. Meanwhile, Sports Illustrated is out with the publication's high school All-American Team, which included honorable mention praise for De Smet's Durron Neal. Neal was named the Class 6 Offensive Player of the Year by the MHSFA. Neal has already announced his intent to play at the University of …

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Gregg Palermo

1:51 pm on Friday, December 23, 2011

You've hit upon one of the big themes we'll touch on next week in our Year in Review in sports....The Year of the Receiver.   more ›

Southern L'Attitudes

An Affair Almost as Big as the Royal Wedding

Homecoming at Ladue High School is much different than those at schools in small town Oklahoma.

Saturday, I went to the Ladue High School homecoming game. I was working and gathering information for a story on both the football game and the homecoming court when I noticed some unusual happenings. Coming from the south, I had very different ideas about what I would see at the Ladue homecoming game. I expected a lot of pomp and circumstance. As Caleb Ellis put it in his bio, I thought it would be an event “likely be bigger than Prince William and Kate Middleton’s wedding.” To high school students in small towns in the South, homecoming is arguably one of the biggest events of the school year. When I arrived at the field, I searched for the homecoming queen contestants. From my experience, they were identifiable by the fancy dresses …

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Rhonda Weiche

1:18 pm on Thursday, October 13, 2011

I always loved seeing the girls dress up for homecoming. But the way Ladue does it makes sense when the game is midday and the dance is at night. Either way, the girls still get to dress up in a frilly dress. I think most girls like that!   more ›

Prep Football Preview: De Smet Hopes For Two Winning Trips To The Dome In 2011

Durron Neal will lead the Spartans' attack again this year.

As De Smet football coach Pat Mahoney begins anew in 2011, the veteran coach still has flashbacks to how 2010 began and ended. The 2010 season started with a loss to Hazelwood Central, and it ended with a loss to those very same Hawks. And what burns the Spartans is that there was a fine line between winning and losing both those contests and being so close to winning it all. "A goal is simply a dream with a date attached to it," said Mahoney, who begins his 11th season as Spartans coach with a 67-34 record that includes one state championship (2005). "There's a date and it's not going anywhere. Whether you get there or not is going to depend on whether you believe it or you're just saying it. We've been there three times in the last five…

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DeSmet's Agnew and Neal: Taking the Next Step in Football

Senior, Agnew looks forward to the "family atmosphere" at Oregon State. Junior, Neal has his pick of Division 1 schools.

Creve Coeur Patch caught up with a pair of DeSmet track sprinters who are using the track and field season to gear up for football season. Senior Malcom Agnew is  signed and sealed to play next fall at Oregon State. His Spartan teammate Durron Neal, a Junior, could join him. According to rivals.com, the Beavers are one of 20 schools known to have made the all-purpose sensation a scholarship offer. Agnew liked the "family atmosphere" on his two visits to OSU. He said there were several reasons why he picked Oregon State. (Head) "Coach (Mike) Riley  is a great man," he said. "They saw a lot in me, and they really made me feel welcome when I went up there...going to be a great time," he said. Agnew said he met players James Rogers (senior …

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