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Faithful Fan | Parish CYC basketball programs demonstrate archdiocesan unity
By Joseph Kenny | jkenny@archstl.org | twitter: @josephkenny2 Parishioners returned Feb. 25 to celebrate Mass at St. Monica Church for the first time since late December, when an arsonist burned its...
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FAITHFUL FAN | Hockey lovers score by filling gap for people fighting cancer
By Joseph Kenny | jkenny@archstl.org | twitter: @josephkenny2 Sports and charitable causes often go hand-in-hand. Many professional athletes donate their time and funds for programs in their...
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Soccer great reunites with trainer after knee replacement surgery
By Joseph Kenny | jkenny@archstl.org | twitter: @josephkenny2 Considered a true pioneer in sports medicine in St. Louis, Bill Hopfinger today is president of St. Louis Home Health, a...
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By Joseph Kenny | jkenny@archstl.org | twitter: @josephkenny2 Baseball and softball combined to rank as the team sport with the most participation in 2016, according to the annual report by the Sports...
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FAITHFUL FAN | Coach: Players respond to focus on a greater purpose
By Joseph Kenny | jkenny@archstl.org | twitter: @josephkenny2 When Amanda Pirih started coaching, her focus was on winning. But that left her unsatisfied. She asked herself if there were more to it,...
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FAITHFUL FAN | Good sportsmanship requires cultural awareness
By Joseph Kenny | jkenny@archstl.org | twitter: @josephkenny2 The student representatives of 13 schools in the Archdiocesan Athletic Association (AAA) got the message. There's plenty of reasons to...
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FAITHFUL FAN | Catholic guys help resurrect a colorful baseball team
By Joseph Kenny | jkenny@archstl.org | twitter: @josephkenny2 It should come as no surprise that a couple Catholic guys believe in a resurrection.In this case, "resurrection" refers to the St. Louis...
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FAITHFUL FAN | Author gives plenty of reasons to embrace Blues hockey
By Joseph Kenny | jkenny@archstl.org | twitter: @josephkenny2 Have faith, St. Louis sports fans. The Houston Astros baseball team began in 1962, and it took them 55 years to win the World Series. That...
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FAITHFUL FAN | CYC soccer teams, Musial Awards show sportsmanship is alive
By Joseph Kenny | jkenny@archstl.org | twitter: @josephkenny2 When athletes behave badly, the public knows about it. Take, for example, University of Oklahoma quarterback Baker Mayfield who last month...
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FAITHFUL FAN | St. Dominic High grads star for Quincy University soccer team
By Joseph Kenny | jkenny@archstl.org | twitter: @josephkenny2 The women's soccer team at Quincy University went 13-1 in conference play this past fall, with a 17-4-1 overall record — the second-most...
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Super Bowl player’s contributions far exceed on-field efforts
By Joseph Kenny | jkenny@archstl.org | twitter: @josephkenny2 Super Bowl Sunday is over, but it's hard to let the football season go without commending Philadelphia Eagles defensive lineman Chris...
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Faithful Fan | For Chaminade grad, no good deed goes unpunished
By Joseph Kenny | jkenny@archstl.org | twitter: @josephkenny2 Recently, there's been a fuss about Chaminade graduate Mike Lewis II, a sophomore guard on the Duquesne University basketball team.No, he...
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Faithful Fan | Cor Jesu grad is link to Notre Dame women’s basketball titles
By Joseph Kenny | jkenny@archstl.org | twitter: @josephkenny2 Niele Ivey, a 1996 graduate of Cor Jesu Academy in St. Louis, played a part in both of the University of Notre Dame women's basketball...
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Faithful Fan | Junior hockey player’s prayer of thanks got notice
By Joseph Kenny | jkenny@archstl.org | twitter: @josephkenny2 Jake Cox felt lost when the buzzer sounded ending the St. Louis Jr. Blues hockey team's season in the finals of the NA3HL Fraser Cup March...
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FAITHFUL FAN | Catholic schools make their mark in lesser-known sports
By Joseph Kenny | jkenny@archstl.org | twitter: @josephkenny2 Some high school sports get more attention than others. Football, basketball and soccer arguably are in the spotlight the most. Some...
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