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  • Munson Francis Howell get the better of Fort Zumwalt West in pitchers duel

    o With senior aces Calvin Munson of Francis Howell and Ryan Franklin of Fort Zumwalt West opposing each other in a Class 5 sectional at West on Tuesday, runs figured to be at a premium.A pitcher's duel is what everyone in attendance witnessed as Howell came away with the 2-1 win and a berth in the state semifinals against St. Louis University High at 5 p.m. Thursday at C&H Park."I ...

  • Tigers topple Indians 5-1

    His 2012-13 team was overly reliant on transfers. At times, the Tigers looked more like a D-League team of fringe pros than a college ...

  • Hussongs huge save pushes Incarnate Word past Visitation for 4-2 win on penalty kicks

    oMakayla Hussong was staring down the barrel.Incarnate Word's freshman backup goalkeeper was between the pipes at Parkway Central in Tuesday's Class 2 sectional game, with Visitation standout striker Jade Klump standing at the penalty spot with the ball at her feet.Visitation and Incarnate Word spent 100 minutes exhausting one another only to finish regulation and two overtime periods ...

  • CLASS 4 BASEBALL SECTIONAL Poindexters homer lifts Boonville past Duchesne for 7-3 win

    o Senior catcher Jalen Poindexter has been coming up big all season for Boonville. So it was hardly surprising on Tuesday when the burly senior delivered the knockout blow in the Class 4 sectional game against Duchesne at Blanchette Park.With Boonville hanging on to a two-run lead in the top of the seventh, Poindexter put the icing on the cake when he smacked a two-run home run to left that led ...

  • Cards hit Padres with four runs in 5th

    When a ferocious storm hit De Soto High School dead-on in 2003, no children were hurt, thanks in part to the efforts of two track coaches who ...


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Straw Dogs (1971) [DVD]

Straw Dogs (1971) [DVD]

Sam Peckinpahs Straw Dogs is a great and troubling masterpiece, a film of such simultaneous depth and crudeness that it has elicited some of the most conflicting responses of his or any other filmmakers career. For every critic who found it the work of a great and terrible genius, there were those like Judith Crist who labeled it the worst film of 1971 and declared All anyone with an IQ of ... ...

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    His 2012-13 team was overly reliant on transfers. At times, the Tigers looked more like a D-League team of fringe pros than a college ...

  • Legends golf course in Eureka to reopen next month

    EUREKA oIt's official that The Legends golf course will reopen in mid-June, Alderman Don Beckerle reported during the Eureka Board of ...

  • AmeriCorps St. Louis workers arrive in Moore Okla. to help with tornado relief

    , and took a little time to look around. "Joplin looks amazing right now," he said. "Everything's green. They've got trees. There's just new homes everywhere. There's businesses up all over the place." Burks, 28, a field operations chief with AmeriCorps St. Louis, is leading a group of eight others to ...

  • Vandalia band teacher gets to keep his job

    VANDALIA, Ill. (KSDK) - A local band director will not be looking for a new job for next school year, and he has his community to thank. On Tuesday night the Vandalia School Board voted to keep Tony Hicks' position. As ...

  • Senior PGA player practices with Ranken Jordan patients

    ST. LOUIS COUNTY (KSDK) - In golf, major championships are a big deal and so are the practice sessions leading up to them. On Tuesday, golfers continued their practice rounds at Bellerive, perfecting their swings for the Senior PGA Championship. Veteran golfer Scott Simpson is in the field for the Senior PGA Championship. NewsChannel 5's Art Holliday asked him about giving back, the ...

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