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I FOOTBALL PREVIEW I 29
The Parkway Central Colts clash with the Oakville Tigers in 2017.
[Photo by Anthony Zuanich, Parkway Central Class of ‘18]
Returning starters: 4 on offense; 2 on
defense
Captains: Cameron Foster, Jalani Williams
and Bryce Allen
Offense: Spread
Defense: 3-4
Players to watch this fall: Senior S
Jalani Williams, senior QB Cameron
Foster, senior R C.J. Boone, senior OT
Juron Bridgeforth, senior LB Kohl Williams,
senior LB Caius Buckley
Newcomers expected to contribute:
Senior RB Lucian Thibodeaux
Team strengths: A team competitive
attitude.
Goals: To play together as a team like
many North teams of the past. Focus on we
and not me.
Favorites to win the Suburban Central
Conference: Ladue
Final thought: “Our football program
took a hit last year as we underachieved
with a 5-6 record,” Bunton said. “This
2018 group has worked very hard this offseason
to return our program to its roots of
a team-first mentality and unselfish play. I
really believe that can be the difference
between an average season and a successful
one. The start of the football season
and school is always an exciting time of
the year.”
PARKWAY SOUTH PATRIOTS
2017 record: 3-7. Went 1-3 to finish
fourth in Suburban West American Division.
Lost 24-14 to Webster Groves in the
first round of Class 6 postseason play.
Coach: Joe Rosewell, entering seventh
year as head coach
Assistant coaches: Offensive coordinator
Ryan Evers, defensive coordinator John
Barnabee, Korey Eggleston, Hosea Franklin,
Drew Jennings, Jason Kipp, Brian
Kreinberg, James Lake, Zach Mitchell and
Brad Zerman
Returning starters: 4 on offense; 4 on
defense
Offense: Pistol, veer
Defense: 3-4
Players to watch this fall: Senior LB/
RB Ty Osby, a second-team all conference
LB; senior OL/DL Trent Myrick, a secondteam
all-conference OL; senior CB/WR
Joe Audiffred; senior CB/WR Trey Jones;
senior S/RB Charlie Held; senior OL/DL
Chris Thomas; senior DL/OL Jevon Livingston;
sophomore LB/QB/RB/K Mali
Walton
Team strengths: We have some very talented
skill position players on both sides
of the ball.
Goals: Improve each week. Be playing
our best football going into districts.
Favorites to win the Suburban West
Conference: Until somebody knocks them
off, it’s Eureka.
Final thought: “We have a team with
loads of playing experience, though not
starting experience,” Rosewell said. “We
have lots of weapons that we will be
developing during the season as we head
towards districts.”
PARKWAY WEST LONGHORNS
2017 record: 8-3. Went 2-2 to third in
Suburban Central Conference National
Division. Lost 21-21 to Rolla in the second
round of Class 4 postseason play.
Coach: Jeff Duncan, entering 10th year
at Parkway West
Assistant coaches: Melvin Bethany,
Kevin Bueltemann, Peter Boyer, Zaven
Nalbandian, Kody Stricklin, Jahmal
Thomas, Mel Trotier, Kevin Wallace and
Scott Weissman
Returning starters: 4 on offense; 2 on
defense
Offense: Pro [split back]
Defense: 4-2-5
Players to watch this fall: Senior QB
Collin Krewson, senior QB/FS Jackson
Barnhart, senior OL Jacob Swihart, senior
OL Gabriel Rennard
Newcomers expected to contribute:
Junior OL Walker Piles, junior LB Luke
Ward
Team strengths: Return experience at
quarterback and on the offensive line.
See FOOTBALL, page 31
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healing power of physical therapy – both
through his patients’ success and his own
personal experience.
“I do what I do because I was on the
patient side of the table,” Aaron said.
“I had a fairly debilitating injury in
college.”
Aaron was diagnosed with Guillain-
Barré syndrome, which attacks the
nervous system and can cause ascending
paralysis. It impaired his ability to walk.
“I had a very dynamic, young physical
therapist who I spent almost four months
with, three times a week,” Aaron said. “I
credit her for getting me back to where
I wanted to be, which helped drive me
into athletic training and subsequently
into physical therapy. That ability to go
through a difficult recovery – and achieve
a full recovery – shaped my career in
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terms of wanting to go out and help other
people.”
20 Years of Experience
Aaron began his career in Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania, where he gained experience
working as an athletic trainer for the
Pittsburgh Steelers and as a physical
therapist at a clinic devoted to shoulders.
“When I came to St. Louis, I brought a
lot of that knowledge with me. I like the
shoulder because it’s a challenge; it makes
you think. The shoulder is what we hang
our hat on at the end of the day.”
Though he considers the shoulder to be
his specialty, Aaron treats a wide variety
of conditions and age ranges – including
athletic, geriatric, post-surgical, motor
vehicle accident and workers compensation
cases.
He has been helping patients achieve
full recoveries for 20 years.
Personalized Care
After working for a number of local
corporations, Aaron decided he wanted to
provide more.
“I wanted to be able to really spend
time with patients, understand their
plight, and come up with better plans
and better treatment options,” he said.
In May of 2016, Aaron opened
ApexNetwork Physical Therapy Des
Peres, an independently owned and
operated practice. He and his wife, Karen,
Apex Des Peres’ director of marketing
and operations, designed a comfortable,
home-like atmosphere where patients
receive the utmost level of individualized
physical therapy.
“We’re a small, ‘boutique’ kind of
clinic. We don’t see the volume that some
of our competitors see, and we do that
intentionally,” Aaron explained, “to try
to slow down and take time with patients
and be able to give them the one-on-one
care they deserve.”
ApexNetwork Des Peres is a contrast from
the traditional hospital-like environment;
the office offers a warm, welcoming, notso-sterile
atmosphere.
“Patients are our No. 1 priority,”
Karen expressed.
“We value clients as people and
individuals and not just another person
walking through the door,” Aaron said.
Loyal Client Base
Aaron’s client base is a direct reflection
of his talents.
“He has people who have followed
him since he first started treating in St.
Louis in 2000, who have followed him
around when he would switch clinics or
organizations. We have people who drive
over from Illinois,” Karen said. “I just
think that speaks volumes to the kind of
care he gives patients.”
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(314) 394-3319
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