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FHHS Today

The Students News Site of Francis Howell High School

FHHS Today

The Students News Site of Francis Howell High School

FHHS Today

Senior Hayden Trezek finishes second at state

Senior Hayden Trezek finishes second at state

Abby Struble, Staff Member March 2, 2022

Senior Hayden Trezek advanced to the state wrestling title match, Feb. 19, at the MSHSAA Championships. Trezek became Howell's 59th state finalist in program history and extended the streak of having a...

Howell welcomes new coaches

Howell welcomes new coaches

Natalia Fletcher, Staff Writer March 2, 2022

Coach Clinton Tanner helped the girls track program as assistant coach until this February. Now head coach, Tanner works specifically with pole vaulters and jumpers. Tanner has trained high school, college,...

Boys varsity basketball takes eighth straight conference championship title

Boys varsity basketball takes eighth straight conference championship title

Natalia Fletcher, Staff Writer March 2, 2022

Boys varsity basketball won its eighth straight conference championship, Feb.18. The Vikings beat Holt 60-52. This was the 58th straight conference win for the program.  “We just wanted to go out...

DAG hosts fundraiser competition for Afghan refugees

DAG hosts fundraiser competition for Afghan refugees

Libby De La O, Website Editor February 28, 2022

The Diversity Awareness Group (DAG) will be hosting a competitive fundraising event from Feb. 28 until March 11. DAG seeks to help aid Afghani refugees who have come to the International Institute in St....

Sports recap of the Thrasher Invitational

Sports recap of the Thrasher Invitational

Harper Culbertson, Natalia Fletcher, Staff Writers February 22, 2022

Jan. 28, varsity boys wrestling hosted the Kyle Thrasher two-day Invitational. With 35 teams from Missouri and Illinois along with many returning state champions and medalists.  “It’s one of the...

Boys Basketball earns 56th straight conference win

Boys Basketball earns 56th straight conference win

February 22, 2022

Feb. 11, the basketball program hosted Troy in the GAC South matchups. The evening saw record crowds. After being down by 18 points in the second half, the boys basketball team came back to win 67-66 with...

Gabarini finishes second at GAC dive

Gabarini finishes second at GAC dive

Nat Fletcher, Staff Writer February 10, 2022

Sophomore Larissa Garbarini finishes second at the GAC dive meet. In her second season of diving, this is her highest finish at a GAC meet. Swimming every weekday from 8 to 10 p.m., the team has been preparing...

Snow days called in advance

Libby De La O, Website Editor February 10, 2022

Tuesday, Feb, 1, the district called off two days of school that night. Typically the district announces its decision at 5:30 a.m the morning of the snow day. However, this time, because of the governor’s...

Activities Department celebrates National Girls & Women in Sports Day

Activities Department celebrates National Girls & Women in Sports Day

Abby Struble, Staff Writer February 7, 2022

The Activities Department celebrated National Girls and Women in Sports Day, Feb. 2, by sharing what female student-athletes enjoy about being part of the Viking programs and the Howell Family.  “The...

Girls basketball loses Lindbergh tournament, Libby Brewster picks up 1000th point of her career

Girls basketball loses Lindbergh tournament, Libby Brewster picks up 1000th point of her career

Abby Struble, Staff Writer February 7, 2022

Senior Libby Brewster not only helped the Vikings pick up a win over a ranked Kirkwood team in the Lindbergh Tournament but also in doing so, picked up her 1,000th point of her career at Howell, Feb. 1.    The...

Kindness Week

Kindness Week

Libby De La O, Website Editor February 7, 2022

Student Council and Viking Edge are hosting a spirit week, named Kindness Week, throughout the week of Feb. 14, in order to celebrate kindness, along with selling shirts labeled “Choose Kind.” All...

Boys wrestling takes sixth at St. Charles West tournament

Boys wrestling takes sixth at St. Charles West tournament

Natalia Fletcher, Staff Writer January 28, 2022

Boys wrestling finished sixth at the one-day St.Charles West tournament, Jan. 17. Nine boys placed top eight in their weight class. Senior Hayden Trezek won the championship, weighing in at 170lbs. Trezek’s...

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