Sports

Volleyball returns with new coach

February 23, 2015

The St. Louis Community College volleyball program, which had its 2014 season canceled, will be back this fall and looking to rebound. Shawn Summe, the district’s new athletic director, has hired Chris Arbini as the team’s new coach. “You see his experience in the club levels and his background in coaching at the collegiate level as well,” Summe said. “That really made the difference.” Arbini has a couple of immediate goals. First is filling the team with players who want to work and win. […]

Volleyball season canceled

November 17, 2014

The St. Louis Community College volleyball season was canceled this year after head coach Johnna Kinney announced on the first day of the season that she was leaving to take another job. “It’s kind of how life goes,” said Athletic Director Sharon Marquardt. “Sometimes job offers pop up when you least expect. … You can’t blame a person for trying to secure full-time employment, and that option was given to her, and she took it.” […]

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. […]