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 third installment is a rivalry day in Mid-October of 1994 when he witnessed two big high school football showdowns. It was Hazelwood East vs. Hazelwood Central and East St. Louis vs. East St. Louis Lincoln.

The day of October 15, 1994 was a memorable one for me during my career of covering high school football.. It was a big “Rivalry Day” with several matchups between long-time adversaries on the schedule. I love those rivalry games.

I had several choices as to which of the games I would attend that day. In my neighborhood in North County, Hazelwood East was

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