I'm very excited to announce that I will be joining the
@DScoreboards
team as a Regional Sales Consultant!
I look forward to partnering with schools & organizations as they look to enhance their facilities & grow their brand in a variety of ways!!
SPARTAN Nation....it is with mixed emotions that I announce that after 28 years in education, 17 as an AD & the last 14 at my beloved HOWELL CENTRAL, that I will be retiring at the end of this school year.
I can't thank you ALL enough for allowing me to be YOUR A.D.!!
#Family
Pretty special moment after coaching 100’s of kids in my 12 years as a HS coach & now being an AD to 1,000’s of kids in my 14 years, after 26 years involved with HS sports, my son appeared in his 1st Varsity game today as a sophomore for
@FHC_Baseball
#ProudDadMoment
We lost an original SPARTAN today. Jim Greco, former FHC Head Football Coach and longtime Asst. in FB & Baseball passed away today after a 6 month battle with cancer. Jim spent a career in education & impacted THOUSANDS of young people. He will he missed!
#RIPJim
A VERY special moment at FHC tonight! After welcoming home 25 years of
@FHCWrestling1
alums, the ONLY Head Coach in SPARTAN history,
@SteveCross14
, received a 3+ minute standing ovation as a small “Thank You” from EVERYONE in attendance!!
#OneOfAKind
The FHC Activities Department is very proud to announce that Malach Radigan has been named Head Coach of the SPARTAN Football Program. He becomes the 9th Head Coach in program history.
He has spent 6 years as an Asst. FB Coach in the FHSD & is currently Head Strength Coach @ FHC
1,000 for Yani!!! Senior Yani Curry becomes the 5th player in
@FHCgirlsbball
history to score 1,000 career points!! Congrats to Yani and her family on this amazing milestone!
#FHCPride
Proud dad moment…. 366 days after walking off the mound for the last time,
@llaneharris
faces hitters & appears in a game!!
Words can’t describe how proud I am of his work ethic, perseverance & commitment!! Still a ways to go but another positive step!
This may have been my PROUDEST moment EVER in SPARTAN Nation!! From the AMAZING performance by these students to the STANDING OVATION from over 1,800 SPARTANS.....WOW!! What an AMAZING school we have!!
#FHCPride
“When life gives you lemons......”, you add some
#FHCPride
to it!! HUGE S/O to the Art Club students who went to work right away on this project! FHC F.A.M.I.L.Y.!!!
Congrats to Mackenzie Jones on being named the Large School “Most Outstanding Senior Athlete” by the St. Charles County Hall of Fame!! She will earn ELEVEN Varsity Letters in FOUR sports & is an All-State performer (Soccer) & multiple time State Qualifier (Tennis)!
#FHCPride
What a night for GAC Football!!
Troy, FZ West & Howell are 3 of 8 remaining teams in Class 6...that’s 1/2 of the GAC South!
Throw in FZ North & Liberty from the GAC Central....WOW!
Congrats & best of luck to all!
#GACPride
This guy has been by my side for 18 GREAT years!!
Bittersweet day full of emotions as we moved
@llaneharris
into college as a proud
@UCWV_Baseball
student-athlete.
I could not be more proud of his perseverance & dedication in all he does!
Best of luck & enjoy every day!!
Join me.....and about 100 other SPARTANS who got to “celebrate” OUR own
@FHC_RFetsch13
who found out she was CANCER FREE!! The quarantine can’t stop her F.A.M.I.L.Y. from “stopping by” to say hello & congrats!
#WEareFamily
#FHCPride
A very special congrats goes out to OUR own
@Hayley_Leake
! With tonight's 56-53 OT win over Lutheran North in the Lutheran St. Charles Tournament, she picked up her 100th career win as a High School Head Coach!! Coach Leake is a TREMENDOUS leader & role model for OUR girls!
Congrats to my WONDERFUL Assistant, Annette, on being named the FHC “Support Staff Employee” of the year!! She does an AMAZING job for so many students, parents, coaches, teachers & community members each day! I cannot thank her enough for what she does for me & OUR office!
Congrats again to Sophia Tran on a night of FIRSTS!!
- 1st Female Wrestler in FHC History
- 1st win by a female in FHC History
- 1st pin by a female in FHC History
#FHCPride
Congrats & a HUGE Thank You to Coach Scott Dauve! VERY proud to honor him tonight for 29 years of teaching & 18 years of coaching basketball at FHC & FHHS! Coach Dauve has impacted THOUSANDS of students in the classroom & on the court!
#ClassAct
A HUGE congrats to
@fhc_track_field
Senior All-Stater Abigail Green & her entire family on her appointment to the United States Military Academy at West Point! What an AMAZING honor!
#FHCPride
#USAPride
FHC is very proud to announce the hiring of Brian Cissell
@fhcspartanbball
as the 2nd Head Coach in Boys Basketball program history. Brian has taught at FHC since the school opened in 97 & has spent FIFTY seasons as a coach in 5 sports as a SPARTAN, including 21 as Asst. Boys BB
Some disheartening conversations with some student-athletes returning to school today when I asked them if they were playing a certain sport this year.
Several responded....." my (fill in the sport) club coach told me to not play (fill in the sport) for high school this year"
Very emotional “Dad moment” as
@llandryharris
faces batters and pitches live for the first time in 17 months…..such a LONG road back after surgery!!
So proud of her perseverance & determination to come back for her Senior year!!
Down in Atlanta taking in a
@Braves
game and run into my good friend & recently retired “Twitterless” Joe Sutton (aka FZN Principal)!! My man is already enjoying the “retired life”. What a class act!
Well.....this just hit me & it is just ANOTHER example of why I am the most fortunate A.D. around.........the last team event that I will EVER supervise will be for a STATE CHAMPIONSHIP!!!!!
It does not or could not get ANY better than that!!!!
What a way to end my AD career!!
A HUGE S/O & THANK YOU to Coach Scott Dauve
@bnstlmo
who is coaching his final FHC game tonight! An AMAZING teacher of almost 30 years & 18 years of coaching at FHHS & FHC! A GREAT teacher, coach, mentor & FRIEND! Has impacted 1,000's of young adults over the years!
#ClassAct
WOW!!! Talk about some SERIOUS
#FHCPride
!! A HUGE T/Y and S/O to OUR WONDERFUL “Class of 2019” for purchasing these gym wall-pads as their “Senior Gift”!!
#leaveyourmark
Hitting the road home after one of the most exhilarating days of my life.
After a lifetime in sports as a player, Coach, Dad and AD, I have been a part of thousands of games in multiple sports but I don’t think I have ever experienced a 10 hour period quite like today.
I really want to give a HUGE T/Y & S/O to ALL of the area AD's, especially my guys out here in the GAC, EVERYONE is working so hard & accommodating all changes/postponements/etc., doing EVERYTHING they can to allow student-participants to get as many games & matches as possible!!
After winning 4 straight come from behind games,
@FHCSpartanSB
drops a heartbreaker 6-5 on a walk-off to finish as the Class 5 State Runner-Up!!
Words cannot describe the joy that these ladies brought SPARTAN Nation during this run!
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Congrats to
@FHCgirlsbball
's own
@Hayley_Leake
on being named the GAC South Girls Basketball "Coach of the Year" for the 18-19 season by IAABO (Officials Assoc.)! A well-deserved honor for Coach Leake & this is the 2nd time she has received this honor!
#RelationshipsMatter
The FHC Activities Office is excited to announce the hiring of
@CoachBeckmann
as the next (2nd ever) Head Baseball Coach of the SPARTANS.
Coach Beckmann, FHC Class of 2000, has also been a Social Studies Teacher at FHC (2020 Teacher of the Year) for the past 15 years.
Congrats to a SPARTAN Legend, Steve Cross, as he steps down as the only Head Coach in
@FHCWrestling1
history!!
Stay tuned & follow this thread for his AMAZING resume of THIRTY-FOUR years of coaching in the FHSD & TWENTY-SIX as OUR Head Coach!!
After 180+ Senior Night ceremonies & events as a coach & AD, I had my favorite (and most emotional) one as a dad!! Congrats to
@llaneharris
on this day & for all he has had to overcome & persevere to get here! Good luck moving forward at
@UCWV_Baseball
!
After 8+ years as a VERY proud employee of
@FrancisHowell
& FHC, today is my proudest moment as I became a FHSD PARENT when Lane & Landry became SPARTANS at
@SaegerMiddle
! A new meaning of “SPARTAN Family”!!
Happy 18th Birthday to
@llaneharris
, my favorite SPARTAN Baseball Player!!
So very proud of your hard work, perseverance and “never give up” attitude.
Enjoy the day & the rest of your Senior season/year!
Congrats to Abigail Green, the 2018 “Post-Dispatch Scholar-Athlete” honoree for FHC!
- Top 5% of Class
- 4.0+ GPA
- U.S. Military Academy appointee - Track & Field participant
- 2017 State Runner-Up in Discus
- FHC Record Holder in Discus & Shot Put
- Active in 4 clubs
TWENTY years ago today I married the kindest, most caring & most supportive person that I've EVER known!!
There is NO way I make it 28 years in Education as a teacher, coach & the last 17 years as an A.D. without Carie!
It takes a VERY special person to be a Coach/AD's wife!!
VERY proud to present Mackenzie Jones her award for being named the 2020 St. Charles County ‘Large School’ female Athlete of the Year! ELEVEN Varsity letters & All-State/State Qualifier in multiple sports!
She was also named the
@STLhssports
‘Scholar-Athlete’ for FHC!
A HUGE T/Y to EVERYONE on the FHC event staff that allowed us to host 4 State Quarterfinal Basketball games on VERY short notice.
4 games
8 schools
13 Hours
lifetime of memories for the student-athletes!
The BIGGEST S/O goes to my AMAZING Assistant, Annette Herdt!!
Coach Bizzell was one of the most inspirational people I have ever been around. After a lifetime spent fighting a terrible disease he was ALWAYS encouraging & positive to EVERYONE around him! Last thing he told me was “how excited he was to have my daughter in class this year.”
We are very proud to announce the hiring of Aaron Pearson (
@aepearson5
) as the fifth Head Softball Coach in
@FHCSpartanSB
program history!!
Coach Pearson:
- FHC Class of 2001
- 15 years at teacher in FHSD (Bryan M.S.)
- 9 years as FHC SB Asst.
- 12 years as FHC Baseball Asst.
We lost a true SPARTAN this afternoon. Current Asst Football & Asst Track & Field Coach, Todd Bizzell, passed away today after a VERY courageous fight against cancer that spread over 44 years. Coach Bizzell, who taught at Saeger M.S., impacted thousands over his career.
#RIP
We lost a great man, mentor, coach, father figure, and most importantly a friend. Coach Bizzell's fight with cancer is over. You will be missed forever. You are the toughest person I know. Thank you for being my friend my life will forever be changed. I love you.
#SpartanPRIDE
HENDO!! Congrats to Howell Central Senior Aidan Hernandez from
@FootballFHC
@FHCWrestling1
&
@FHC_Baseball
on being named the 2023 SC County “Most Outstanding Senior Athlete” by the SC County Hall of Fame Committee!!
A TREMENDOUS honor on being chosen from an OUTSTANDING group!
Very fortunate to spend time with family the last 2 days & got some WONDERFUL presents but the best, by far, was playing catch with my son for the 1st time in over 9 months after he recovered from shoulder surgery! It is amazing what you take for granted!
#littlethings
An emotional goodbye tonight as after working side-by-side with Debbie for the last 14 years, this was her last night on the job before retiring officially tonight at 11:00 pm.
We have hosted HUNDREDS of events together & she LOVES our school & our community!!
Good luck!
What an AMAZING job by
@FHCgirlsbball
!! Ladies fall to Jefferson City by 25 six weeks ago & turn it around with a 1-point win to advance to the State Quarterfinals!!
Congrats to OUR
@FHC_Sensations
on advancing to the NATIONAL FINALS in the “Hip Hop” Division! S/O & Best of luck to one of the hardest working programs I have EVER seen!! They
#CompeteWithClass
EVERY time out!!
#FHCPride
Congrats to
@SteveCross14
on his “Howell of Fame” recognition!! Leads one to the top DECA & Wrestling programs in the state! VERY well deserved!
#FHSDLegend
So sorry SPARTAN Nation..........my phone went dead with two outs in the bottom of the 7th!!
Final score from FHC:
Howell Central 10 Hazelwood West 0! SPARTANS advance to the Class 4 State Quarterfinals for only the 2nd time in program history (2008)!!
Congrats ladies!!