Sophomore forward Brandy Ward, center, anticipates a rebound during a half-court drill. (Photo by Evan Sandel)

Hopes are high for basketball teams

November 17, 2014

Basketball at St. Louis Community College is off to a promising start for the 2014-15 season. Both the women’s and men’s lineups are loaded with freshman talent poised to make an impact on the court. Both squads had successful 2013-14 seasons but are now adjusting to the new players. The Lady Archers finished 17-8, just two wins short of a third consecutive National Junior College Athletic Association Tournament appearance […]

Cortez Conners pauses for a free throw. (Photos by David Kennedy)

Basketball players make history

July 28, 2014

St. Louis Community College is sending two basketball players off to Division I programs in the same year for the first time since 1980. Cortez Conners, a 6-foot-3 sophomore guard from Forest Park, and Randy Reed II, a 6-foot-6 sophomore guard from the Meramec campus, made the National Junior College Athletic Association men’s basketball Region XVI first team. […]

New soccer coach Erin Hesselbach, right, looks on as Emily Fox, left, kicks the ball and Sarah Fuller waits her turn during a “shoot-around” (pre-practice) on the Meramec campus last week. (Photo by Evan Sandel)

Defending soccer champs lose elite coach, players

July 28, 2014

The Lady Archers will begin soccer season without accomplished Head Coach Juergen Huettner for the first time since in six years. He’s taking over the Blue Storm women’s soccer program at Southwestern Illinois College in Belleville this fall, and several St. Louis Community College players are going with him. […]

Hoops season ends well for Archers teams

April 21, 2014

St. Louis Community College basketball is poised to establish a winning tradition following good seasons by both men’s and women’s teams, ending with tournament appearances. The Lady Archers fell two wins short of a third consecutive National Junior College Athletic Association tournament appearance, but still finished with a silver medal in the Region XVI tourney. […]

Paige Masterson sets up the ball while co-captain Eryca Sutherlin waits at a practice on the Florissant Valley campus. (Photo by Evan Sandel)

Volleyball team ends season winless

December 9, 2013

By Evan Sandel The Scene staff The St. Louis Community College women’s volleyball team finished its tournament season with a first-round loss to Kansas City’s Metropolitan Community College at Longview in three straight sets. The […]

Freshman center Nika Ewing shoots a basket during practice on the Forest Park campus. ( Photo by Evan Sandel)

Women’s basketball off to good start

December 9, 2013

The St. Louis Community College women’s basketball team is off to a hot start this year, losing only one of their first eight games. At this rate, the Lady Archers are poised to improve on a successful 2012-13 season, which ended with a 19-9 record and NJCAA tournament game win. […]

Coach Reed gives a lecture to his team about things they need to be doing. (Photo by Jasmine Bell)

New coach leads basketball team to first win

November 18, 2013

The Archers men’s basketball team won their first game of the season Nov. 2 beating the Missouri Baptist University by 87-60. The Archers got off to a fast start, which helped them rest starting players and get bench players some experience. Still, head basketball coach Randy Reed sees room for improvement. […]

Archers sophomore center Yacob Brown, No. 11, eludes a defender from Crowder College. (Photo by Julian Hadley)

Archers coach tied to Ambush

September 30, 2013

St. Louis Community College men’s soccer coach Dan O’Keefe is thrilled to see the St. Louis Ambush back in business. The professional indoor soccer team will play its first home game in 13 years on Nov. 22 at The Family Arena in St. Charles. O’Keefe played for the Ambush in 1993-94 under Daryl Doran, a St. Louis soccer fixture who has been tapped as the team’s new coach. […]

Archers sophomore forward Taylor Giese scores in a game against Metropolitan Community Colege Maple Woods. (Photo by Evan Sandel )

Lady Archers defend district soccer title

September 30, 2013

The St. Louis Community College Archers women’s soccer team won an impressive 16 games and a district championship last season, earning them a berth in the NJCAA tournament. That has created high expectations this season for the team, which is based on the Meramec campus and ranked ninth in the NJCAA poll. […]

Randy Reed, who was hired this spring as the new Archers men’s basketball coach, took his McCluer North High School boys to state championships three times during his 16-year career there. (Provided Photo)

Coach Randy replaces Coach Randy

July 1, 2013

He’s brought home three state championships, sent players to NCAA teams and another of his boys is expected to be drafted this year into the NBA. Randy Reed left McCluer North High School this year to take over the St. Louis Community College Archers men’s basketball program. “It was a difficult decision, but I felt that I had accomplished everything in high school basketball I could,” Reed said. “It was just time for me to try something new.” […]

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