“font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Verdana;”>The professional boxing world will showcase the city of St. Louis once again as local star Devon Alexander takes on the hard-hitting Marcos Maidana on Saturday night at the Scottrade Center.
“font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Verdana;”>Alexander will be making his debut at 147 pounds against the hard-hitting Argentinean, who is 31-3 with 28 knockouts. Alexander is 22-1 with 13 KOs to his credit. He will also be fighting for the first time for Golden Boy Productions.
“font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Verdana;”>Saturday night’s fight will be televised nationally on HBO’s Boxing After Dark. The Alexander-Maidana bout will be televised along with the co-main event, which features undefeated junior lightweight world champion Adrien Broner defending his title against Eloy Perez of Salinas, California.
“font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Verdana;”>The one thing I will always admire about Devon is that he is not afraid to take on the toughest opponents. After suffering his first loss to Timothy Bradley in a junior welterweight unification bout in January of 2011, he could have easily taken his next fight against a lesser opponent in a tune-up fight.
“font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Verdana;”>Instead, Alexander took on Argentinean brawler Lucas Matthysse six months later. Alexander survived a knockdown to defeat the tough Matthysse by a close decision in a fight that was held in St. Charles.
“font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Verdana;”>It should be another entertaining evening of professional boxing in The ‘Lou on Saturday night. I hope everyone gets a chance to take it in. “font-family: Verdana; font-size: 9pt;”>
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“font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Verdana;”>The small schools on the Missouri side of the river will begin to play in district basketball tournaments next week. The two big Class 3 districts in St. Louis will be District 5 at Vashon and District 6 at Whitfield. Cardinal Ritter drew the No. 1 seed at Vashon while Maplewood is the No. 2 seed. Ritter is led by 6’8” standout guard Cameron Biedscheid, who leads the St. Louis area in scoring. Maplewood has an excellent all-around team, led by junior guard Kahlid Hagens. The championship game will be held on Thursday, March 1 at 7 p.m.
“font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Verdana;”>In the Whitfield district, John Burroughs is the No. 1 seed, followed by No. 2 Lutheran North and No. 3 Whitfield. The Bombers are led by junior guard Foye Oloukon. Whitfield has a balanced team led by senior guards Zach Ellis and Darion Harris while North is led by junior guard Anthony Virdure. The championship game will be held on Friday, March 2 at 6 p.m. Bayless is the No. 1 seed at the District 4 tournament at Crystal City. Host Crystal City is the No. 2 seed. It’s championship game will be held on Friday, March 2 at 7:30 p.m. “font-family: Verdana; font-size: 9pt;”>
“font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Verdana;”>Verbal commitment “font-family: Verdana; font-size: 9pt;”>
“font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Verdana;”>Junior football standout Aarion Maxey-Penton of CBC recently gave a verbal commitment to attend the University of Missouri. The 5’11” 175-pound wide receiver/defensive back was a big part of the Cadets’ 13-1 team that advanced all the way to the Class 6 state-championship game. As a junior, Penton had 40 receptions for 482 yards and 18 touchdowns. On defense, he had 51 tackles and two interceptions. Penton is also a standout guard on the Cadets’ basketball team.
