Russell Korando

St. Charles

Senior Editor at Leader Publications (Missouri)

Have worked at the Journal since 1991, been sports editor for 11 years

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JCAA girls track and field championships: Tigers win for fourth straight year

6 days ago | myleaderpaper.com | Russell Korando

Four years and counting. That’s how long the Festus girls have put a hammerlock on the Jefferson County Activities Association track and field championship. The Tigers roared again April 30-May 1 at Hillsboro with top-four placers (good for all-conference recognition) in every event except the 100 meters.
JCAA boys track and field championships: Brown, Kalisch co-MVPs

1 week ago | myleaderpaper.com | Russell Korando

The Festus boys won four events and placed in the top four in nine others to win their second consecutive Jefferson County Activities Association track and field championship April 30-May 1 at Hillsboro. The Tigers easily outdistanced the host and second-place Hawks 174-127. “We take it very seriously and have a lot of pride in that,” Festus head coach Chris Partney said. “If we win conference, great. If we don’t, we start to focus on districts on a state level.
Ervin throws complete-game shutout over Bishop DuBourg

1 week ago | myleaderpaper.com | Russell Korando

Monday was Senior Day for the St. Pius X baseball team, hosting Bishop DuBourg on the Lancers’ spanking-new diamond, Sapaugh Field. Seniors Brennan Ervin, Gunnar Hosay and Jayden McGrath were honored before Ervin threw the first pitch to batterymate Hosay. McGrath started at second base. All three were catalysts in a 10-0 walk-off shutout that ended in the sixth inning on the 10-run mercy rule. St. Pius improved to 9-10 with five games left in the regular season. DuBourg dropped to 4-8.
EUREKA SPORTS ROUNDUP: Wildcat baseball, soccer fall in heartbreaking fashion

1 week ago | myleaderpaper.com | Russell Korando

A missed opportunity turned into a 1-0 loss for the Eureka girls soccer team Monday at Fort Zumwalt South, dropping the Wildcats below .500 at 4-5-2. The American flag behind the FZS goal was whipping straight out when Wildcat head coach Mike Hanna won the coin toss and made the easy choice to attack with the wind. But the first half ended scoreless with Bulldog senior goalkeeper Madison Clubb making some key saves.
Herculaneum graduate wins Maybelline half-marathon in NY

1 week ago | myleaderpaper.com | Russell Korando

Kaitlyn Fischer got a juicy bite of the Big Apple Sunday morning. A 2013 Herculaneum High graduate, Fischer won the Maybelline New York City women’s half-marathon in one hour, 18 minutes and nine seconds. That’s a pace of 5:58 per mile on the 13.1-mile course that made two loops through Central Park. In the span of 12 hours, Fischer’s whirlwind day started at a hotel near Times Square, then north for the race at Central Park and then her flight home to St. Louis.
THE COUNTY LINE: Jeffco’s Stringer in national spotlight with Legacy award

1 week ago | myleaderpaper.com | Russell Korando

It’s about time the spotlight found Jo Ellen Stringer again. In a 33-year career, the former head coach of the women’s volleyball team at Jefferson College led the Vikings to 1,262 victories, the most in the history of National Junior College Athletic Association volleyball. It also made her the winningest coach, at any level in any sport.
Windsor blanks Fox to finish third in Hillsboro tournament

2 weeks ago | myleaderpaper.com | Russell Korando

Separated by state classification and conference affiliation, the Fox and Windsor girls soccer teams nevertheless have met twice this year and could have played a third time in the Fox Invitational, but the teams were in different pools and missed each other.
Fox turned around Crystal City football program

2 weeks ago | myleaderpaper.com | Russell Korando

Dan Fox was hired as the activities director at Herculaneum High School at the Dunklin R-V Board of Education meeting April 15. Fox, 46, replaces Jason Gillman, who held that position since 2020. Fox teaches physical education at Fox High School and was an assistant coach for the Warrior football team last fall. His salary will be $82,000 under a contract that begins July 1. Fox was one of 14 applicants for the AD position and was selected by a committee after three rounds of interviews.
Lions look to stay undefeated in girls lacrosse

2 weeks ago | myleaderpaper.com | Russell Korando

With 35 seconds left in a Missouri State Lacrosse Association game between Northwest and Francis Howell in Cedar Hill on April 18, and the score tied 9-9, Raegan Shelton of the Lions took the game into her own hands. A senior midfielder, Shelton won the all-important draw, similar to a face-off in hockey, and rushed toward the Viking goal. “I knew in my mind, if we don’t get this (scoring chance) we’re going to overtime,” Shelton said. “So I said (to myself), it’s up to me.
THE COUNTY LINE: Former Hornet star used basketball to experience the world

2 weeks ago | myleaderpaper.com | Russell Korando

Maurice Mosby hasn’t spent this much time in his hometown since he was a student at Crystal City High School. Mosby, 63, graduated from Crystal City in 1979 and was part of a Hornets basketball team that year that lost 65-61 to Palmyra to finish second in the state in Class 2A. Crystal has sent five teams to the final four – the first in 1951 – but none brought the state championship trophy back to Glasstown.