"Getting a chance to practice and play with these guys some more is huge for all of us," Edwardsville senior Gavin Frey said. Catch up on the basics from Week 9 of the high school football season.

"It's the minute details that really kind make or break football teams," Ladue senior quarterback Jack Hensley said.

Three days ago there were a half dozen US Navy ships parked in blue water off the coast of Venezuela, including the wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima and a sub. The ships were leeward of ...