ST. LOUIS - St. Louis City SC hosted their first MLS Playoff game on Sunday night, taking on Sporting Kansas City in a best-of-three opening-round series. There was a new intro for the playoffs, a new tifo in the supporters' end, but City's party was cut short by their guests, as Sporting KC...
ROXANA - Postseason football returned to Charles Raich Field on the campus of Roxana High School on Saturday as the Shells hosted the Tigers from Paris, Illinois. The visitors took a two-and-a-half-hour bus ride across the state but ran into a brick wall in Roxana as the Shells dominated their...
ST. LOUIS - Not many expected St. Louis City SC to be here. Very few predicted the expansion side would be a playoff team, let alone come into the playoffs as the number-one seed in Major League Soccer’s Western Conference. “I think we drew the line after last weekend,” said...
ROXANA - Being on the offensive line for Roxana, Gabe Smith might not get his hands on the football too often but plays a big role in the Shells’ run-heavy offense. Gabe has been spending his senior season for the Shells opening running lanes for the triumvirate of game-changing running...
ST. LOUIS - A constant message from St. Louis City head coach Bradley Carnell this season has been avoiding complacency. A team nobody expected to succeed has largely done just that, succeeded, because they’ve kept pushing throughout the grueling MLS season. On Saturday night at CITY PARK,...
ALTON - With the conference sewn up, there was only one more regular season goal for the Roxana Shells football program: finish undefeated. It's a feat that hasn't happened at Roxana High School in decades. On Friday night at Public School Stadium, Roxana poured on the offense early en route...
ST. LOUIS - Saturday is “Decision Day” across Major League Soccer, 14 games played across the Eastern and Western Conferences with playoff implications on the line for many. Some teams are fighting to make their way into the postseason, some teams are fighting for home field advantage,...
ROXANA - It’s been a season to remember for the Roxana Shells on the football field as the Shells are now 8-0 overall. A perfect start, ranked in state, a very deep Shells football team has been lighting up the scoreboard so far this fall. Junior Kael Hester has been making his presence felt...
ROXANA - Roxana senior Ethan Broadfoot might not get to see his name on the scoreboard too often as a two-way lineman on the Shells football team, but all of that changed in the Shells big win over their cross-town rivals East Alton-Wood River. Broadfoot, the big 6’7” lineman, got a...
ROXANA - It's not the first matchup between the Oilers of East Alton-Wood River and the Shells of Roxana on the football field, but Friday's edition of the Riverbend rivalry game was the first with its new name: The Refinery Bowl, complete with a big new trophy that will mark each year's winner. T...
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