The Cardinals have promoted John Mabry to hitting coach after the departure of Mark McGwire. McGwire announced last week he was leaving to take the same position with the Los Angeles Dodgers. St. Louis also promoted Blaise Ilsley to bullpen coach after spending the last five years in the same spot with Triple-A Memphis.
The KLPW Radio Athlete of the Week is Seth Schenck. The New Haven Junior won the state title in the the 800 meter run at Lincoln University in Jefferson City. His time of 1:59.20 set a new school record. Seth also took second in the 1600 meter run with a time of 4:30.49 and anchored the 4X800 relay team that captured seventh place. Seth also played basketball and ran cross country in his junior year at New Haven.
Undoubtedly, the capture of Boston marathon bombing "Suspect #2"--as named by law enforcement--has quickly brought the issue of Islamic terrorism to the forefront.
Union High School has hired a new girls basketball coach. Dusty Weiskopf is a graduate of Sullivan High School and University of Missouri-St. Louis. He replaces Grant Young who left Union to take the boys basketball coaching job at Washington High. His teaching duties include Health and PE. This past season, Weiskopf was an assistant coach at Waynesville High School, under Coach Chris Pilz.
