Cheer
The PCH Cheer Team attended NCA Cheer Camp in July and earned blue Superior ribbons during evaluations. The cheer team also earned a Top Team Herkie Award, voted by other teams at the camp on the team that they think is an example of school spirit, sportsmanship, and leadership. Additionally, this year the team also completed the required NFHS credentials and earned a bid to Nationals. Multiple cheerleaders were nominated for All American, and from the tryout April Zhang was named an All-American and earned the title of Top All American, scoring the highest out of the tryouts. Throughout the summer pre-season and through football season the PCH Cheerleaders have been busy hosting clinics for the community, car washes, and other fundraisers, but also enjoying the free time with fun spent at a pumpkin patch and performing at a Cardinal’s game. Shoutout to the cheer seniors Indya Griffin and Alanna Stovall in their last year of high school cheer.
Cross-Country
(BOYS)
The boys cross country team had a historic season with 1st Place finishes at Cape Central, Washington and were Conference Champions in the Green Division. The boys finished 3rd at districts as a team and qualified for State for the 3rd year in a row. The team finished 13th place at State. Individually the following runners were All-Conference: Ajay Eisenberg, Alex Moresi, Brendan Alfonso, Stuart Tournier and Becket Friedman. Several runners were All-District as well: Alex Moresi, Brendan Alfonso, and Stuart Tournier. Captains for this year were senior Stuart Tournier and junior Ajay Eisenberg.
(GIRLS)
The girl’s cross country team showed massive improvement from the previous seasons.
Earning a number of medals throughout the year in the varsity and JV divisions. As a team the program finished second in the All Suburban Green Division. The freshman class were major contributors to the program both on varsity and against their grade level peers. The pinnacle for the 9th graders was winning the entire St. Louis area freshman division with Natalia Duvall winning as an individual. The Colts fell short of a qualifying spot to state due in large part to four private school programs dominating our region. Including the eventual champs Father Tolton from Columbia, Missouri. However, Sarah Williams still earned her first individual qualifying spot and finished as one of the top 100 females in the state of Missouri. The team shows a lot of promise and we are very excited to see what the future holds for our program with a number of varsity girls set to make another run at a state dream in 2023.
Dance
The Parkway Central Dance Team welcomed a new coach this year, Sommer Schaefer. With a new coach came some new changes, namely transitioning to strictly a varsity team.
The fall season was a success for PCDT as the girls choreographed each dance for the seven football games they performed at.
The team is preparing for a winter season full of basketball games and numerous competitions. They will be competing at the Yvonne Cole Invitational, Mehlville Invitational, Wentzville Holt Dance Regionals, and the MDTA State Championships in Kansas City, Missouri.We have 6 seniors this year that we will miss SO MUCH next year: Samantha Chen, Brooke Morley, Maeve Grant, Allison Herman and co-captains Dani Taylor and Emily Kane
Field Hockey
The Parkway Central Field Hockey teams celebrated their fourth year as a program since beginning in 2019. The 2022 season saw an increase in level of play for the varsity team with multiple, multiple-goal-games for the first time. Sophomore Elizabeth Korte became the new all time leading scorer in program history with 7 goals this season. Seniors Becca Gerbic, Natalie Simmons, MJ Konieczny, and Sophie Spicuzza became the first players in the program to have played for all four years of high school. The team finished fourth in their conference and lost a close playoff game to St. Dominic to end their season.
Senior All-Star Recognition
- Sophie Spicuzza
- Becca Gerbic
First Team All-Conference
- Elizabeth Korte – sophomore
Second Team All-Conference
- Sophie Spicuzza – senior
- Maggie Martin – junior
Football
The Parkway Central football team entered the 2022 season with a seasoned, but young team. Led by seniors Elliot Leong, Erich Buckland, Chris White, Michael Cooper, Ben Woodall, and Evian Page, the team started off the season strong with two wins. From there, the Colts worked through a pair of wins and losses, building confidence and gelling as a team. It was the final stretch of the season where the Colts got on a roll. The Colts rattled off three consecutive wins to finish the season, including winning the Mayor’s Cup. Central headed into the postseason with momentum, a number one seed in districts, and a first round bye. The Colts earned their way to the district final versus Vashon after winning a hard-fought game versus Clayton in the district semi-final. The Colts took on a tough and talented Vashon team and were fortunate to win their first district championship since 2017. The football season came to an end versus a well-coached, veteran ladened St. Dominic team in the state quarterfinals. Overall, Central went 9-3 on the season with the following All Conference accolades:
First Team All Conference
DJ Burgess (Running Back), Ben Woodall (Offensive Line), Elliot Leong (LB), Connor Lander (Punter), and Michael Crockett (Returner)
Second Team All Conference
Sam Sailors (Quarterback), Chris White (Offensive Line), Erich Buckland (Offensive Line), Caleb Mues (Defensive Line), Chris White (Defensive Line), Michael Cooper (Linebacker), Marvell Vails (Linebacker), and Brandon Macon (Defensive Back).
Eric Allen was selected as our all conference sportsmanship award.
Girls Golf
Districts – Team 10th Place Districts Overall (455)
- Tivana Hester– placed 25th at Districts (103)
- Anaiya Sewer– placed 36th at Districts (110)
- Grace Gettemeier– placed 37th at Districts (111)
Varsity Team Captains were senior Tivana Hester and sophomore Anaiya Sewer. There were 3 brand new golfers this season, and 2 of them played on Varsity – Anna Aslin and Grace Gettemeier. Not as many wins as we would have liked, but a lot of fun was had by all. Looking forward to building on what we have accomplished and growing next season.
Boys Soccer
Those are the breaks. That phrase usually is used to indicate bad luck, but that phrase summarized the 2022 season that witnessed 4 broken arms, 3 of them ended the player’s season.
Beyond the breaks, the team had some memorable moments and achievements. Led by senior captain Brady Blum, we were able to defeat perennial powerhouse Chaminade for our first win of the season. We overcame going down 2-0 in the first minute to Oakville to win 4-2, and we defeated rival Parkway West. Eli Lieberman, Sam McNeil, and Tommy Sasfai were named to the All-Tournament team in Hannibal, where the team brought home 2nd Place.
Our Individual Awards are:
- All Conference 1st Team – Brady Blum, Eli Lieberman, Lucas Levy
- All conference Sportsmanship – Zane Hungerford
- All Conference 2nd Team – spencer Jang, Sam McNeil
- All conference Honorable Mention – Tommy Sasfai, Cason Blatz
- All-state 2nd Team – Brady Blum
Softball
The girls varsity softball team finished their 2022 season with a 1-0 District loss, which was all tied at 0-0 through 5 innings. Overall, they ended up witha much improved record of 9-13. Individual honors include All Conference First Team Olivia Magruder, Kate Reynolds and Prisha Nigam. Second Team All Conference honors went to Kyndall Jesse and Audrey Dean. Elle Wujcik won the Sportsmanship Award. Second team All District honors went to Olivia Magruder, Kate Reynolds and Audrey Dean. Team captains were Seniors Alexis Chapman, Mari Cosmopoulos and Maggie Schaumburg.
Swim and Dive
The Parkway Central boys swim and dive team ended the season at the top of the podium for their first swim and dive state championship since 1978. They were led by senior captains Jake Hansen and Quin Wolff. Jake placed 3rd in the 200 IM, 1st in the 100 Breaststroke and was also part of two 1st place relays. Quin Wolff placed 7th in the 200 Freestyle, 6th in the 100 Freestyle and was on 1st and 2nd place relays. Junior William Jost received four 1st place medals at state (50 Freestyle, 100 Freestyle, 200 Medley Relay and 200 Free Relay), all of which were school records. The 200 Freestyle team (Quin Wolff, Tyler Bryant, Jake Hansen, William Jost) set a class 1 state record with their 1st place performance at state.
Girls Tennis
The girls tennis season was different this year in that the Varsity and JV teams played every match away. New tennis courts were under construction at PCH and we practiced offsite and we had no home matches. Thanks to everyone for being flexible.
The girls Varsity and JV tennis teams finished with a winning season and some individual accomplishments. Here are the highlights:
- The Varsity girls season record was 8-4.
- JV girls season record was 5-3.
- The Varsity girls team won 1stPlace in the Parkway Central Doubles Tournament that included PCH, Marquette, and Lafayette.
- The Varsity girls team took 2ndplace in their Team District competition.
- Individually the Doubles Team of Hayley Lerner and Emily Heller took 2ndin the District which qualified them for the State Tournament in Springfield.
Individual honors from our tough conference (our conference included the State Champion – Ladue) are as follows:
- 1stTeam All Conference Doubles for Emily Heller and Hayley Lerner.
- 2ndTeam All Conference Doubles for Evie Huff and Rachel Bivens.
- Evie Huff was the Sportsmanship award recipient for PCH.
Team captains this year were Hayley Lerner, Emily Heller and Evie Huff.
Volleyball
The girls varsity volleyball team finished the fall season of 2022 with a record of 21-14-1. They won first place in the bronze division at the Visitation Tournament and they took second place in the gold division at both the Pattonville and Lutheran South Tournaments. The girls finished off the season with a district championship and eventually losing in the state quarterfinals to Incarnate Word Academy. Individual honors include All Conference First Team Racel Ladd, All Conference Second Team Josie Robinson and Brooke Hemmen, and All Conference Honorable Mention Keri Piepho. Alyssa Ahrens was the Parkway Central selection for the All Conference Sportswoman team. All District First Team winners were Rachel LAdd, Josie Robinson, Brooke Hemmen and Keri Piepho and All District Honorable Mention went to Mychael Green and Lindsey Waxberg. Team captains this year were Rachel Ladd, Josie Robinson and Lindsey Waxberg.
