Posts Tagged ‘jacob o’connor’
CHS grad helping college athletes
When the NCAA changed its rules this past summer to allow college athletes to benefit from the use of their name, image and likeness, one young Columbia man set out…
Read MoreCHS senior hosting podcast
After winning the Monroe County startUP Entrepreneur of the Year award last year, Jacob O’Connor has shifted his focus to a new venture. That is the Venture Mentality podcast, which…
Read MoreR-T All-Local Boys Hoops Team
The Republic-Times coverage area featured plenty of solid high school boys basketball talent on local courts this winter, with several of the top players being underclassmen. Here’s this year’s Republic-Times…
Read MoreHoops teams take their lumps
It’s been a rough past several days for local high school boys basketball teams, and it comes at the worst time imaginable. Columbia came soaring into the final week of…
Read MoreBulldogs snap long losing streak to Columbia
The Waterloo High School boys basketball team won its first game against Monroe County rival Columbia in six years at the Sparta Mid-Winter Classic on Wednesday night, 57-45. Ty Lenhardt…
Read MoreEagles dethrone Marquette to win holiday tourney
Alton Marquette was going for its fourth straight Columbia-Freeburg Holiday Tournament championship Saturday night, but the host Eagles had something else in mind. Columbia fought tooth and nail with the…
Read MoreCHS student wins Entrepreneur of the Year
The night before students in the Monroe County startUP program needed to select a business idea, Jacob O’Connor had nothing. The Columbia High School junior had an idea for a…
Read MoreEagles down ‘Dogs again
The Columbia Eagles are the last local high school boys hoops team still playing following a hard-fought victory Monday night over Monroe County rival Waterloo at the Class 3A Freeburg…
Read MoreEagles, Hawks soar at home
In a busy weekend of boys basketball action, Columbia came through with an impressive win on its home court and Gibault honored its legendary 1999 squad in style. Columbia (14-6)…
Read MoreCHS Freshman-Sophomore Basketball | Team of the Week
The Republic-Times Team of the Week is the Columbia High School freshman-sophomore basketball team. The Eagles recently won the Sparta Torrence Freshman-Sophomore Tournament on a buzzer-beater by Jacob O’Connor to…
Read MoreEagles place third at tourney; ‘Dogs win at buzzer
The final day of action at the Columbia-Freeburg Holiday Basketball Tournament on Saturday proved victorious for three local teams. Columbia closed out tourney play on its home gym with an…
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