Earl Austin

St. Louis Jeremiyah Love of Notre Dame entered the 2025 season as one of the top running backs in college football. The former CBC standout has lived up to the preseason hype and then some. Love’s strong season has him on track to break a Notre Dame record that has stood since 1979. Through eight […]

Earl Austin Jr. is celebrating his 30th year as the sports editor of The St. Louis American. To commemorate the occasion, Earl has put together a list of 30 of the top high school games that he’s witnessed during those 30 years. In his latest installment, Earl takes a look at the 1996 Missouri Class […]

I have been covering high school sports for nearly 40 years, and I can say I have seen just about everything one can see. Or so I thought. However, I was not prepared for what I saw on a video sent to me earlier this week capturing what happened on the field after Washington High […]

Earl Austin Jr. is celebrating his 30th year as the sports editor at the St. Louis American. To commemorate the occasion, Earl has put together a list of 30 of the top high school games that he’s witnessed during those 30 years. The next installment features a tremendous girls’ state tournament game between Cor Jesu […]

Earl Austin Jr. is celebrating his 30th year as sports editor at the St. Louis American. To commemorate the occasion, Earl has put together a list of 30 of the top high school games that he’s witnessed during those 30 years. The next installment features the great high school basketball rivalry between Webster Groves and […]

Earl’s Pick Game of the Week Wentzville Liberty (3-0) at North Point (3-0), Friday, 7 p.m.  One of the top matchups of the weekend will take place in Wentzville between these two undefeated teams. The two teams played two very close games last season. Liberty won the regular season game 15-12 while North Point came […]

Earl Austin Jr. is celebrating his 30th year as the sports editor at the St. Louis American. To commemorate the occasion, Earl has put together a list of 30 of the top high school games that he’s witnessed during those 30 years. The next installment is a memorable state playoff football game in November of […]

American women’s tennis legend Venus Williams is turning back the clock in her return to the game at this week’s US Open. Williams, 45, and her 21-year old doubles partner Leylah Fernandez have made an impressive run through the tournament. Williams and Fernandez defeated Zhang Shuai and Ekaterina Alexandrova 6-4, 6-3 in a fourth-round match […]

Earl Austin Jr. is celebrating his 30th year as the sports editor at the St. Louis American. To commemorate the occasion, Earl has put together a list of 30 of the top high school games that he’s witnessed during those 30 years. The second installment is a Class 5A state football quarterfinals game in the […]

I have had the opportunity to watch some very special athletes during my nearly 40 years of covering high school sports in the St. Louis area. In addition to witnessing the accomplishments of these athletes, I have also gotten to know many of their parents and family members over the years. One of those truly […]