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The Kirkwood Call

On Thursday, Nov. 24, the Kirkwood Pioneers look to cap off their season with their ninth straight win against the Webster Groves Statesmen at Moss Field.

Top five sports stories of 2022

TKC Staff December 29, 2022

This year was full of sport-filled events, from the annual Turkey Day game to the Men's FIFA World Cup. TKC did not shy away from covering, as well as voicing their opinions on various activities in the...

Almost all of my close friends have been involved in journalism, basketball or baseball. That’s not a coincidence.

Senior column: Hayden Davidson

Hayden Davidson, editor-in-chief April 27, 2022

College: Vanderbilt University Major: Neuroscience Where does personality come from? What makes you who you are? AP Psychology will tell you it’s some combination of innate characteristics, parenting...

The final compilation of the 37 submissions to Pep Nation's bracket challenge finds Gonzaga as the most commonly picked champion, with Gonzaga, Arizona, Kansas and Kentucky as the most commonly picked winners of each region.

KHS’s March Madness bracket

Hayden Davidson, editor-in-chief March 31, 2022

Every March, hardcore and casual basketball fans alike see their NCAA Basketball Tournament brackets crumble as the inevitable upsets occur. Personally, I watched quite a bit of college basketball this...

They used steroids, and from then on their legacies were tarnished. But for a substantial portion of their careers, Barry Bonds, Mark McGwire and Roger Clemens were among the most prominent players in baseball.

Baseball’s Hall of Shame

Hayden Davidson, editor-in-chief March 7, 2022

*Opinion Barry Bonds hit 762 home runs and won seven MVP awards. Roger Clemens pitched 4,672 strikeouts and won seven Cy Young awards. Yet neither of them are members of the National Baseball Hall of...

Jeff Spicoli, Regina George and Napoleon Dynamite are key characters in a few of the best high school comedies of all time.

Dynamite, excellent, fast, mean, smart high school movies

Hayden Davidson, editor-in-chief February 16, 2022

Movies can make us laugh, cry, think, flinch, empathize. This page is dedicated to the first one of that list. Specifically, high school comedy movies.  Now, these are not necessarily the top five...

From stories of influential mentors to columns from a specialty features issue and more, here are the top five features stories of 2021.

Top five feature stories of 2021

TKC Staff December 31, 2021

TKC's features staff aims to share the diverse stories of members of the community and exemplify people-first journalism. From stories of influential mentors to columns from a specialty features issue...

Sports: Jeremy Maclin: The experience - Henry Chappell and Marianthe Meyer

Top five sports stories of 2021

Henry Chappell, sports editor December 30, 2021

This year, TKC covered a wide spread of topics in the world of sports. From the perspective of the new KHS football coach Jeremy Maclin, to the importance of mental health for athletes, to covering the...

Breaking News: Hate crime at KHS.

Top five news stories of 2021

TKC Staff December 30, 2021

With COVID-19 disrupting normality in daily life and and different events occurring within KSD, there was no shortage of news in 2021. From COVID-19 updates, the Encompass Resolution sexual misconduct...

Shawn Greene, 1987 Webster Groves High School graduate, has researched past Turkey Day Games since the 1990s and authored Turkey Day Game Centennial 1907-2007, a book on Turkey Day Game history.

Turkey Day: Dedicated to the game

Hayden Davidson, editor-in-chief November 29, 2021

Why is the Webster Groves vs. Kirkwood football game played on Thanksgiving? What happened in the Turkey Day Game 100 years ago? What years did the Turkey Day Game end in a tie? These questions, and many...

For a high school freshman, Daisy has a mature appreciation for family.

For family

Hayden Davidson, editor-in-chief November 4, 2021

You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with, the saying goes. For Daisy Buckley, that would be Mom, Dad, Grace, Finny and Beckett. While the “average” part may not exactly...

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