News of the Week: October 1 - 6

Practice Week of Oct.1st- 6th
Daily Practice time is 2:30-5:25 mon-thurs and 2:30 -4:50 on *fridays (unless otherwise noted)
Meet in your coach's classroom (Boys - Coach Simmons) (Girls - Coach Zoll)
* The activity bus only runs at 5:00pm on friday

Mon. 1st - carpool to O'Connor park 
Tues. 2nd - Bus to McNair park for Border War course preview
Wed. 3rd - PHS Campus.... finished by 4:15 activity bus (parent/ teacher conferences)
Thurs 4th - PHS Campus...finished by 4:15 activity bus (parent/teacher conferences)
Friday 5th - No School - Border War XC meet - Meet in commons at 2:45. Bus leaves at 3:00pm

Saturday Oct. 8 or Sunday Oct. 9 be sure to get a long run in one of these days. See your coach for specifics.

Border War Cross Country Meet Info.
Location: McNair Park
Date: Friday October 5th
  Meet at the commons at 2:30 pm.  The bus leaves at 2:45.
Race Schedule: 
4:15 Girls (JV and Varsity races run together) 5000 meter course
PHS girls team members will need to run under 25 minutes to be eligible to compete in our District meet on Oct. 20.
4:45 Boys (JV and Varsity races run together) 5000 meter course

Driving Directions to McNair Park:
I-70 west
Take the First Capital exit and turn right off the exit ramp
Left on West Clay
Right on Droste
Follow Droste until you see the park entrance on the right.

Upcoming Events:
Saturday Oct. 13- Suburban North Conference championships -Sioux Passage Park
Wednesday Oct. 17 - Pattonville Middle School Meet (during normal practice time- participation required) We are not running, but will host the meet for the Middle School at O'Connor park

News of the Week: Sept. 24 - 29

Practice Week of Sept.24- 29
Daily Practice time is 2:30-5:15 mon-thurs and 2:30 -4:50 on *fridays
 * The activity bus only runs at 5:00pm on friday
Meet in your coaches classroom 
(Boys - Coach Simmons) (Girls - Coach Zoll)

Mon. 24th - Carpool to O'connor
Tues. 25th - bus to Living Word United Methodist Church - tour the PKWY West course
Wed. 26th - Carpool to Creve Coeur
Thurs. 27th - PHS campus
Fri. 28th -PHS campus
Sat. 29th - Parkway West Invitational

Parkway West Invitational
Location: Living Word United Methodist Church
Date: Saturday Sept. 29
  Meet at the commons at 7:15am.  The bus leaves at 7:30.
Race Schedule: (All races are 5K)
9:00 JV Boys
9:30 JV Girls
10:10 Varsity Boys
10:40 Varsity Girls
11:10 Sophomore Boys
11:40 Freshman/Sophomore Girls
12:20 Freshman Boys

Directions to Living Word United Methodist Church from PHS:
-take Creve Coeur Mill Rd. south
-turn Left on the Maryland Heights Expressway
- turn right on Olive Blvd. Go 9.3 miles (stay on Olive as it becomes Clarkson after Hwy 40) 
- turn Right on Manchester Rd./ Hwy 100, go 3.9 miles 
- turn Left on Pond Rd.
The church is located on the southeast corner of Hwy 100 and Pond Rd. As  you are heading west on 100, Pond road is the next intersection after HWY 109. 
Church address: 17315 Manchester Rd, 63038

Upcoming Events:

Friday Oct. 5th - Border War XC meet - McNair Park 4:00pm (No school)

News of the Week Sept. 17-22

Practice Week of Sept. 17- 22Daily Practice time is 2:30-5:25 mon-thurs and 2:30 -4:50 on *fridays (unless otherwise noted)- Meet in your coaches classroom
 (Boys - Coach Simmons) (Girls - Coach Zoll)
* The activity bus only runs at 5:00pm on friday

Mon. 17th - carpool to Creve Coeur
Tues. 18th - Bus to Koch Park for course tour
Wed. 19th - PHS campus
Thurs. 20th-PHS campus
Fri. 21st - Hazelwood West Inv. at Koch Park (details below) Bus leaves commons at 2:35
Saturday -

Hazelwood West Invitational - Friday Sept. 21Location: Koch Park
Bus Leaves Stadium immediately after school at 2:35. We will not make it back for the activity bus, please make arrangements for a ride home from school after the meet.

Race times:4:00 Varsity Boys
4:30 Varsity Girls
5:00 Junior Varisty Boys
5:30 Junior Varsity Girls

Directions to Koch Park:
- take 270 east/north
- exit at McDonnell and turn left off exit ramp
- McDonnell becomes Howdershell - stay straight
Koch Park is located at the corner of Charbonier and Howdershell - Turn left onto Charbonier and then another left into the park.

Upcoming Events:September 29- Parkway West Inv. at Living Word United Methodist Church in Wildwood (a brand new course)

News of the Week -September 10 - 15

Practice Week of Sept.10- 15Daily Practice time is 2:30-5:25 mon-thurs and 2:30 -4:50 on *fridays(unless otherwise noted)- Meet in your coaches classroom (Boys - Coach Simmons) (Girls - Coach Zoll)
* The activity bus only runs at 5:00pm on friday
Mon. 10th - Carpool to O'Connor
Tues. 11th - Bus to Sioux Passage for a tour of the course
Wed. 12th - Carpool to Creve Coeur Upper level
Thurs. 13th - PHS campus
Friday 14th - PHS campus

Saturday, Sept. 15 - Paul Enke/Hazelwood Central Invitational at Sioux Passage County Park

Be at the High School Commons by 7:15 am
Bus leaves at 7:30am

Race Times and Awards:
9:00 Varsity Boys (40 medals/ 3 team awards)
9:30 Varsity Girls (40 medals/ 3 team awards)
10:10 JV Boys (30 medals, 1 team award)
10:50 JV Girls (30 medals, 1 team award)
11:30 Boy's & Girl's Freshman Combined (20 medals, 1 team award)
12:15 Awards (1-10 in each race and team awards)

Course Distance : all races will be 5k

Directions to Sioux Passage County Park

- I -270 North/East

- Take Exit 25B (go North) Lindberg

- Left on Old Halls Ferry Rd.

- Right on Vaile Ave

- Left on Old Jamestown Rd

- Follow Old Jamestown for just under 1/2 mile and look for the park entrance on your right.

- Once inside the park, follow the park road straight until you reach the gravel lot at the base of a huge hill.

UPCOMING MEETS: 
Friday Sept. 21 - Terry Meatheany/Hazelwood West Inv.- Koch Park

Other News:

Friendly reminder: Call for Photography from Parents and PHS XC fans : If you happen to have some photos from meets or other team activities during the season you are willing to share, we could really use the help in obtaining images for our season end slide show. They don't need to be just racing, but all the times in between are also appreciated, from group stretching, cheering or those crashed out in the tent after a hard race. If you would like to share we can send home a thumb drive on which you can quickly drop a copy of images. Thanks as always for your support and let us know if you can help.

Team T-shirts: We have a limited supply of team shirts left and available to family and freinds. The price is $10.oo a shirt (after previous purchase of the first team member shirt) and will be sold on a first come - first serve basis. Team members should see Coach Zoll to purchase these shirts.

-SWEATS - Starting this past weekend, it appears the cooler temps (great for running!) of Fall may actually occur on a regular basis . Be prepared and bring extra socks/shirt and sweats from here on out. As it gets cooler hats and gloves will also be necessary. Please remember meet sweats are only for meets. Don't spend a fortune on sweats, any nylon sweats from Target, Kohls or Walmart will work great. You can get cotton garden gloves for $1.00 at most stores and I found a great hat myself for two bucks at walmart.

- Meet Attendance- If for some reason you can not attend a meet (and it needs to be a really good reason), please let your Coach know as soon as possible. An email or simply a hand written note is fine. This information is very helpful to the coaches when entering meets.

News of the Week: Sept. 3rd-8th

Practice Week of Sept.3- 7 Daily Practice time is 2:30-5:25 mon-thurs and 2:30 -4:50 on *fridays(unless otherwise noted)- Meet in your coaches classroom (Boys - Coach Simmons) (Girls - Coach Zoll)
* The activity bus only runs at 5:00pm on friday 

Mon. 3rd- Labor Day - You should know what to do, but if not.. Run. (Girl's see last weeks post) 
Tues. 4th - car pool to O'Connor Park -finish at 5:15pm 
Wed. 5th - Car Pool to Creve Coeur Park- finish at 5:15pm 
Thurs. 6th - PHS Campus -finish at 5:15 
Fri. 7th -PHS campus - finished by 5:00 bus, although we will likely be finished earlier.

Saturday Sept. 8th - Forest Park XC Festival Information: website: http://www.bigriverrunning.com/fpxc.php 
Location: Forest Park Central Ball Fields - Directions below 
Times: Meet at the stadium no later than 6:45am (tardiness may mean missing the bus) 
Bus leaves for the meet at 7:00am sharp. 

Pattonville is in the "White Division" for all races, only our race times are listed below. 
8:10 JV Girls (5k) 
9:30 JV Boys (5k) 
10:35 National Anthem
10:40 Varsity Girls (5k) 
11:45 Varsity Boys (5k) 
12:40 Freshman Girls (3k) 
1:05 Freshman Boys (3k) 
2:00 Awards 

Directions: Forest Park Cross Country Course

The XC course is located on the Central Ball Fields in Forest Park.

- Hwy I- 70 east

- South on Hwy I- 170

- East on Forest Park Parkway (left turn off the exit ramp)

- Follow the Lindell Exit off Forest Park Parkway

- Left on Lindell (once on Lindell look immediately to your right for Government Dr. into Forest Park)

-Right on Government Drive into the park

- quick Left on Grand Dr. cross over a small bridge and you will be facing the Central Fields. Veer left on Grand on to Jefferson… OR right on to Union and find a parking spot.

UPCOMING MEETS: 
Saturday Sept. 15 - Paul Enke Invitational at Sioux Passage Park 9:00am