Thursday, January 10, 2013
Senior three-sport star was gone for a week, preparing for and playing in the U.S. Army All-American Bowl football game in San Antonio, but came back on Tuesday to lead JBS to a 64-54 win over Prin.
After spending what he termed a "life-changing" week in San Antonio for the U.S. Army All-American Bowl high school football all-star game, which was played last Saturday at the Alamodome and televised nationally by NBC, John Burroughs senior Ezekiel Elliott was just hoping not to look too rusty in his first basketball game back with the Bombers on Tuesday. Elliott, a football star for the Bombers, who will play collegiately at Ohio State University next year, flew back to St. Louis on Sunday, and only had time for one practice with the team before Tuesday's key Metro League conference game against rival Principia. Fortunately for the Bombers, Elliott was able to shake off any rust he might have had pretty quickly, thanks to a resounding …
Sunday, December 2, 2012
Sophomore center has helped Bombers snag wins in two of their first three games this season.
In the opening game of the new season, and with her team playing without its best player, sophomore Jordan McClendon scored 12 points and grabbed seven rebounds to lead John Burroughs to a 33-15 win over Lift for Life Academy. That magnificent season debut earned McClendon a nomination in this week's Patch MVP Athlete of the Week voting. And with a strong showing of support from the JBS community, McClendon won the ballot this week (nabbing a whopping 70 percent of the votes cast) to become the third JBS student-athlete to win Patch MVP this year. Football players Peter Schnuck and Ezekiel Elliott received the Patch MVP honor earlier, and the jovial Jordan McClendon has joined them. Earlier this week, we caught up with Jordan and were able…
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
With 44 touchdowns last year, and 47 more this year, the Ohio State-bound star has scored 91 touchdowns the last two seasons.
Among the many honorees in nine different sports announced as 2012 All-Stars by Metro League commissioner Dory Smith on Monday, one announcement was no surprise at all. And that worst-kept secret of probably the entire 2012 Fall sports season was that John Burroughs running back Ezekiel Elliott -- the conference leader in rushing yards, total yards, all-purpose yards, and the St. Louis area leader in touchdowns -- was named Metro League Football Player of the Year, after a weekend vote conducted amongst the league's coaches. Elliott, who was a city-wide Player of the Year candidate last year, after scoring 44 touchdowns and leading the Bombers to their second straight Show-Me Bowl state title game, is widely considered the leading …
Sunday, October 21, 2012
Senior wideout leads the undefeated Bombers with 16 catches for 325 yards and five receiving touchdowns this season.
Peter Schnuck, the former quarterback-turned-wide receiver for the No. 1-ranked team in Missouri Class 3 football, had perhaps his best game of the season two Fridays ago, when he caught four passes for 110 yards and two touchdowns in John Burroughs' 56-0 romp over Clayton. And this week, the 6'1, 175-pound senior earned another big win, as he cruised to victory in the Ladue-Frontenac Patch Week 8 MVP voting, easily topping other solid candidates Anna Nelson of Ladue cross country, Cooper Hudspeth of Villa Duchesne field hockey, and Klasey Medelberg of MICDS cross country. Here's just a little bit of what we found out about this week's MVP, Peter Schnuck of John Burroughs football: As a senior, who will graduate next spring, have you …
