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The Kirkwood-Webster Groves rivalry celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2007. Newly found evidence shows that 2007 also celebrated the 100th known football game since 1898 between the two schools (whether or not there were games played during the 1899, 1900, and 1905 seasons still remains unknown) and the 77th game played on Thanksgiving Day between the varsity teams of the two schools.
Webster Groves High School (Webster Groves, Missouri) Kirkwood High School (Kirkwood, Missouri) 58–51–7 1898; 127 years ago () Played on Thanksgiving Day in 1907 as the first championship game in St. Louis County. It is the oldest current Thanksgiving Day rivalry west of the Mississippi River. [1] [56] Galion High School (Galion, Ohio)
The Kirkwood High School Pioneers and Webster Groves Statesmen alternate as hosts of the annual Turkey Day Game, the longest-running football high school Thanksgiving Day rivalry west of the Mississippi. The 100th anniversary game was in 2007. [13] The winner of the Turkey Day Game receives the Frisco Bell, while the loser gets the Little Brown ...
Webster Groves vs. Kirkwood Turkey Day Game Main article: Missouri Turkey Day Game The contest between Kirkwood High School 's Pioneers and Webster Groves High School 's Statesmen, two teams based in the suburbs of St. Louis, has traditionally been played on Thanksgiving since 1907.
Webster Groves High School marching band at the 2012 Turkey Day game vs Kirkwood at Moss Field. Webster Groves High School offers over 60 clubs for its students to participate in, covering a wide range of student interests. Students may organize their own clubs as long as they are accompanied by a faculty sponsor and chartered by the student ...
(It remains unclear why Excelsior Springs was singled out while the association continued to sanction other Thanksgiving football games in the state, such as Kirkwood vs. Webster Groves, still played to this day). After the 1951 contest, which featured two opponents from outside the area, the high school Mineral Water Bowl was discontinued.
In 2009, the district established Vista, a separate setting in its own building with alternative programming for middle and high school students enrolled in the Kirkwood and Webster Groves school districts. Students learn their lessons via computer and work at their own pace; homework is optional.
Webster Groves High School. Serving grades 9-12, [3] WGHS opened 1889, as a 9th grade general course. In 1996, then-President Bill Clinton visited WGHS to commend the district's drug and violence prevention efforts, the same year that their basketball team won the District 4A State Championship against West Plains High School.