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The Kirkwood Call

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The Kirkwood Call

The KHS varsity boys’ basketball season will begin with three road games, starting with the season opener against Mehville.

KHS varsity basketball schedule for the 2021-22 season

Henry Chappell, sports editor December 6, 2021

The KHS varsity boys’ basketball season will begin with three road games, starting with the season opener against Mehlville on Tuesday, Dec. 7 at 7 p.m. The Pioneers’ first home game will take place...

The Kirkwood team carries the bell away after winning the Turkey Day game.

Photo gallery: Turkey Day Game Nov. 26, 2021

Kirkwood football played against the Webster Statesmen for the annual Turkey Day game Nov. 26, 2021. With a score of 65-0, Kirkwood took the win from Webster this year. Every year, with a few exceptions,...

Edwin Thorpe stands outside of Dierbergs next to his bike he rode there.

The road to Kirkwood

Rachel Finan, web editor November 13, 2021

He looks like he stepped straight out of a Dick’s Sporting Goods catalog and could go for a three-pointer any second. As for the Iowa State shirt — Thorpe grew up in Iowa, and he lived there six years....

Tickets for the Friendship Dance went on sale Monday, Oct. 25.

2021 Friendship Dance ticket information

Lydia Drake, features writer October 25, 2021

Tickets for the Friendship Dance went on sale Monday, Oct. 25. Tickets can be purchased for $10 at the Keating Theater box office located in the Walker Commons during both first and second lunch. In order...

Kirkwood steals the soccer ball from Mehlville shortly after a close goal.

Photo Gallery: Kirkwood Boys Freshman Soccer Game vs. Mehlville High School

Katie Bowers, photographer October 12, 2021

On Wednesday, October 6 at 4:15 p.m. Kirkwood High Schools's Freshman Boys Soccer team played against Mehville High School. They all gathered for a home game in Kirkwood's soccer field, and with lots of...

People with and without disabilities will come together to participate in the annual KHS Unified Night Lights game.

KHS hosting yearly Unified Night Lights event Wednesday, Sept. 29

Henry Chappell, sports editor September 29, 2021

At KHS’s upcoming annual Unified Night Lights event, hundreds of students will assemble at E. L. Lyons Memorial Field Wednesday, Sept. 29, starting at 6 p.m. Students with and without disabilities will...

Teleo Coffee opened for business on Aug. 15 in downtown Kirkwood.

Teleo opens to Kirkwood

Bella Ruzicka, features writer September 27, 2021

It’s 6:15 a.m., Teleo has only been open for fifteen minutes and Cass Clark, the shift lead, is already knee-deep in coffee orders. She works at Teleo Coffee, a coffee shop on Monroe Avenue. The shop...

Proposition R passed on April 6, 2021, with a 68% of the vote.

Prop R: Everything you need to know and more

Jane Roy, new staffer May 9, 2021

KSD is facing its own pandemic when it comes to its buildings. With seven out of the eight (K-12) schools over capacity, Prop R is intended to combat this problem.  After Prop S, a past proposition...

Art by Elena Sherwood. Picture of Phebe Hammond, senior, working her shift at Kaldis in Kirkwood.

Senior profile: Phebe Hammond

Lila Shepard and features writer May 3, 2021

Walking into work, the smell of roasting espresso beans fills her nose. Phebe Hammond used to bike to Kaldi’s when she was younger to get pastries and coffee; now she has been working there for over...

Charlie Hollocher, shortstop, played his entire career for the Chicago Cubs.

Charlie Hollocher: A lost legend

Daniel Tobias, political editor March 20, 2021

What does a gravestone say about the life of the person beneath it? In cemeteries, there are thousands of gravestones marking not only dead bodies, but the stories of the lives they lived. Instinctively,...

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