ST. LOUIS — At the beginning of each week, Operation Food Search delivered 15 empty barrels to the two schools competing against each other.
St. Dominic Catholic High School in O’Fallon, MO, collected the most food, at nearly 11,000 pounds.
Here are the weekly totals for Tackle Hunger III, the St. Louis area high school football event for Operation Food Search.
WEEK 1, Aug. 30:
- Pattonville High School: 1,210 pounds
- Fort Zumwalt North High School: 353 pounds
- Weekly total: 1,563
WEEK 2-Sept. 6:
- Mater Dei High School: 4,237 pounds
- Breese Central Community High School: 3,205 pounds
- Weekly total: 7,442
WEEK 3-Sept. 13:
- St. Dominic High School: 10,830 pounds
- St. Francis Borgia High School: 3,349 pounds
- Weekly total: 14,179
WEEK-4, Sept. 20:
- Timberland High School: 610 pounds
- Troy High School: 5,858 pounds
- Weekly total: 6,468
WEEK-5, Sept. 27:
- Alton Marquette High School: 1,422 pounds
- Althoff High School: 2,286 pounds
- Weekly total: 3,708
WEEK-6, Oct. 4:
- Triad High School: 6,532 pounds
- Mascoutah High School: 1,137 pounds
- Weekly total: 7,669
WEEK-7, Oct. 11:
- Francis Howell Central High School: 1,501 pounds
- Francis Howell North High School: 2,447 pounds
- Weekly total: 3,948
WEEK-8, Oct. 18:
- Cardinal Ritter College Prep: 284 pounds
- DeSmet High School: 5,835 pounds
- Weekly total: 6,119
WEEK-9, Oct. 25:
- Jerseyville High School: 2,219 pounds
- Columbia High School: 597 pounds
- Weekly total: 2,816
St. Dominic’s had to call Operation Food Search to ask for more barrels, twice, and one more time, to request pallets!
Congratulations and thank you to all cooperating school districts.
