Fans, student and players gathered at Kirkwood's Plaza Station to celebrate Kirkwood High School's first-ever MSHSAA Class 5 state football championship Saturday, Dec. 1, 2012.

Webster Groves High School edged Kirkwood High School 29-21 in a meeting of Junior Varsity football teams in the 99th annual Turkey Day Game on Thanksgiving, Nov. 22, 2012 in Webster Groves, Mo. The JV teams played the game, as Kirkwood's Varsity team will play Nov. 23, 2012 for the MSHSAA Class 5 state title.

Francis Howell High School beat Lafayette High School 17-6 to win the MSHSAA Class 6 semi-final Friday, Nov. 16, 2012. With the win the Vikings advance to the Show-Me Bowl in St. Louis to play for the Class 6 state championship.

Kirkwood High School edged Rockwood Summit High School 33-31 in the MSHSAA Class 5 football playoffs Saturday, Nov. 10, 2012. The win advances Kirkwood to play Parkway Central in the MSHSAA state semifinals.

Lafayette High School beat rival Eureka High School 13-7 in the MSHSAA Class 6 District 1 championship game at Lafayette in Wildwood, Mo. Friday, Nov. 9, 2012.

Kirkwood High School topped rival Webster Grove High School 21-14 in a MSHSAA Class 5 playoff game at Kirkwood High School in Kirkwood, Mo. Monday, Nov. 5, 2012.

In the second round of the IHSA Class 8A football playoffs Lyons Township High School topped O'Fallon Township High School 42-27 in O'Fallon Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012.

Cor Jesu Academy topped Edwardsville High School 4-1 Saturday, Oct. 27, 2012 in the Midwest Field Hockey Tournament at Parkway South High School in Manchester, Mo.

Defending MSHSAA Class 4 volleyball state champion Lafayette High School topped Lindbergh 25-12, 25-13 Saturday, Oct. 27, 2012 at Lafayette High School in Wildwood, Mo. to advance to the 2012 MSHSAA state semifinals.

Francis Howell High School topped St. Joseph's Academy 10-0 in five innings to win the MSHSAA Class 4 softball quarterfinals Saturday, Oct. 13, 2012 in St. Peters, Mo. With the win Francis Howell advances to the state semi-finals.

Villa Duchesne and St. Elizabeth Academy faced off in softball at the Kirkwood Athletic Association in Kirkwood, Mo. Monday, Oct. 1, 2012. St. Elizabeth topped Villa 19-6.

Drag race teams and fans from across the country converged on Madison, Ill. for the AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals Sunday, Sept. 30, 2012.

Cross-town rivals Fort Zumwalt East High School and Fort Zumwalt South High School met in a shootout at East in St. Peters, Mo. Friday, Sept. 28, 2012, with East holding on for a 48-30 win.

Retired St. Louis Cardinals' manager Tony La Russa signed copies of his new book "One Last Strike" and posed for photographs with fans during an event at Left Bank Books in downtown St. Louis Monday, Sept. 24, 2012.

Golfers from both Missouri and Illinois competed in the 2012 Missouri-Illinois River Challenge at Clinton Hills Golf Course in Swansea, Ill. Saturday, Sept. 22, 2012.

Tthe Gateway Grizzlies and Florence Freedom met in the semifinals of the Frontier League minor league baseball playoffs Sept. 6, 2012.