A group of men dressed in black shirts and scarves gathered outside the parking lot of the Anhauser-Busch soccer park in Fenton on April 17.
Sports superstitions have been a big part of our favorite sports for many years. It is more commonly known in baseball and hockey. The most popular superstitions come out of baseball.
Athletes have different ways to keep themselves motivated, both fictional and nonfictional. “Gonna Fly Now” had Rocky Balboa seeing the “Eye of the Tiger”, while Ozzie Smith, the Cardinals Hall of Fame shortstop, came out of the dugout and did back flips to get the crowd riled up.
On dusty hardwood floors, players used dut mops to get the gym ready for recreational time. They are ready to exercise and practice their skills. The swish of basketballs sound through the gym, as the balls make it inside the net after jump shots in multiple games of one on one during the gym’s recreational time.
Many Americans today unknowingly have a psychological dependency for the food they buy and eat every day. Added ingredients, highly processed food, and refined sugars all contribute to what we call comfort food.
Meramec Magic sharpens its ‘killer instinct’
Up to this point, STLCC-Meramec Magic baseball is 12-11, with a conference record of 0-2. Coming off back-to-back losses to Jefferson College, the team felt like they just took the day off from Magic baseball, according Magic coach Tony Dattoli.
Magic softball points toward surprising opposition
March 2 served as the beginning of the games for the STLCC-Meramec women’s softball team.
Meramec wrestling rich in honor, tradition
Throughout the years one name has been connected with STLCC-Meramec wrestling—Ron Mirikatani. Mirikatani never wrestled in high school because his school didn’t offer a wrestling program, but he became head coach of the Meramec Warriors in 1970. Only a month prior to Mirikatani taking the position, Mirikatani’s wife, Janet, gave birth to their son, David.
The 80-70 win over STLCC-Florissant Valley Fury pushed STLCC-Meramec Magic Men’s Basketball team into the Region XVI Championship Mar. 6 against the Penn Valley Scouts of Kansas City, Mo. Meramec hosted the Region XVI Championship for the first time in 30 years.
Deron Winn scores a national championship victory for the wrestling team in their last season
Des Moines, IA - In their last season ever, the STLCC-Meramec wrestling team finished 5th at the NJCAA National Wrestling Championship, with Deron Winn as the champion of his 184 pounds weight class. Out of the other seven wrestlers that competed in the championship, four also made it to the winning podium:, Quinten Haynes, 149 pounds weight class, finished 3rd; Anthony Saulled, 165, also finished 3rd; John Vogt, 174, finished 4th and Craig Chiles, 133, finished 7th.
Frisbee can be a fun activity for exercise that many people like to do on the beach. Now it may be becoming a club activity at STLCC-Meramec. Aletta Speegle, who is a faculty teacher in the mathematics department and member of the Wellness Committee started the club.
The ice may start to melt, but that won’t stop the STLCC-Meramec in-line hockey team from playing this season.
An athlete has two wishes when they near the end of his or her athletic career—to leave under his or her own will and to go out on top. Although it has been a rollercoaster season beyond the mat for the 2009-2010 STLCC-Meramec men’s wrestling team, the Magic are on the brink of achieving another memorable season, their final year at Meramec.
The 64-60 win over Penn Valley on Feb. 6, showed that the STLCC-Meramec Men’s Basketball team had the will and inspiration to come from behind and pull out the winner. What the score doesn’t show, is the inconsistency of the team throughout the second half.
Squeaks from tennis shoes stopping and starting on the basketball court echoed throughout the gymnasium at STLCC-Meramec, Saturday, Feb. 6, as the Women Magic defeated the Penn Valley Scouts of Kansas City, Mo., 68-58.
The past several years have been a rollercoaster ride for former STLCC- Meramec Magic, now St. Louis Cardinal third baseman, David Freese. The Freese rollercoaster keeps twisting and turning.
At STLCC-Meramec, students can abandon the world of technology and jump head-first into their natural roots.
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