Panthers’ championship dreams dashed in the state quarterfinals

By Stephen Glover, For the Call

March 26, 2020

One of the last team sports games played in the country before the full shutdown for the coronavirus was a heartbreak for Mehlville Panthers basketball. After leading 21-20 at halftime in the Missouri Class 5 quarterfinal, the Mehlville High School boys basketball team suffered an 8-21 onslaught in...

Mehlville basketball prepares for next year after loss in Elite Eight

March 15, 2019

By Stephen Glover For the Call  Of all the teams that play in the Missouri Class 5 boys basketball tournament, only one team ends the season with a win. The Mehlville Panthers will not be that team this year after a 69-56 loss to CBC in the state quarterfinal last Saturday. Despite the loss, head coach Andy...

Mehlville basketball ranks in Elite Eight in state as sectional champ

March 14, 2019

By Stephen Glover For the Call At the start of the 2018-2019 season, the Mehlville High School boys basketball team set a goal of being one of the top teams in the state. The Panthers did just that as they defeated Jackson 40-32 in the Class 5 state sectional game March 6 at Jefferson College in H...

Mehlville basketball scores a district championship

March 5, 2019

By Stephen Glover For the Call As the Mehlville High School boys basketball team enters its first Missouri Class 5 state sectional game this week, it’s hard to fathom that not one player on this year’s squad was born the last time the Panthers won a district championship. To put things into pe...

Flyers boys basketball is one of the better teams in area after win against Panthers

January 23, 2019

By Stephen Glover For the Call As the 2018-2019 boys basketball season enters its final month of regular play, Lindbergh is proving to be one of the better programs in the area. The Flyers (10-6) proved that on Jan. 15 with a 49-42 win at home against Mehlville. The win against the Panthers (12-5) w...

Local boys’ basketball teams look for wins as 2017-2018 season starts to wind down

February 23, 2018

By Robert Chalupny For the Call The 2017-2018 high school varsity basketball regular season is winding down and local teams have less than a handful of games to play before starting their postseason bids. Among the three high schools in the Call’s circulation area, the Mehlville High School boysâ...

Mehlville boys capture Southside Classic

December 7, 2017

By Robert Chalupny For the Call The Mehlville High School varsity boys’ basketball team won the annual Southside Classic Tournament last weekend. Panthers head coach Andy Guethle said winning the tournament championship was a great start to the 2017-2018 season for his squad. “It’s my first...