Intense. Passionate. Dedicated. These were the three words junior guard Kellen Rhimes used to describe his head coach, Jimmy McKinney.
For McKinney, boys basketball head coach, his passion for basketball...
With temperatures dropping and fall sports in the past, KHS athletics' focus shifts to a new season: winter sports. After months of hard work, teams are ready to see how they can preform against some of...
The Kirkwood hockey team played at the Kirkwood Ice Rink, Saturday, Dec. 4, 2021 against Chaminade. Kirkwood won the game 4-2, with a large student section to cheer them on.
"I love how every time our...
Last year, the Kirkwood Girls’ Swim and Dive Team brought home the first team state title in the history of Kirkwood. The banner hangs above the pool in the Walker Natatorium,  showing the history and...
For most competitive athletes, their dream is to get to the next level. According to the NCAA, almost 8 million high school athletes compete in sports each day, many of whom are looking to continue playing...
Despite the challenges of COVID-19, the KHS winter sports season continues on. Multiple sports are active at the moment, including girls swim and dive, boys and girls basketball (freshman, JV and varsity...
Despite the drawbacks from COVID-19 this 2020-2021 school year, winter sports have started up and been thriving. With girls' and boys' basketball, girls' swim and wrestling going on this winter, KHS students...
Kirkwood girls' swim and dive places second overall against Lafayette, Marquette, Parkway South, Villa Duchesne and Francis Howell in the second annual Kirkwood Invite on Friday Jan. 18. 2019.
"[The...
Marquette won against Kirkwood with a score of 128-56. This is their 5th meet this season, and they have 6 more meets before heading into state. "The best part of my job is to work with all these awesome,...
Kirkwood Varsity wrestling has practice on Nov. 13th, 2018 in the wrestling room. They've had no matches yet, but have been practicing a lot of different skills and techniques. Their first match is the...
![Olivia Inion, freshman, does a reverse flip off the diving board. She has been diving on and off since the age of 5. [The hardest part about diving is] the mental barrier, its really hard to think about what youre doing, Inion said. When youve been working hard on a pretty difficult dive, the moment when you finally get it is a really good feeling.](https://www.thekirkwoodcall.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/IMG_0157-e1545192225579-900x599.jpg)
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