ST. LOUIS • Cornelius Johnson sprinted at a dummy, shortening his stride as he got closer. He wrapped his arms around the dummy and flattened it onto the grass — a form tackle from a defensive end in the making.
The sun beat down on Cornelius, 8, and a whole group of other children outside the Herbert Hoover location of the Boys & Girls Clubs on North Grand Avenue on Wednesday.
Music boomed onto the field, and volunteers who work for the St. Louis Rams and Dr Pepper tossed around water bottles.
The volunteers came out to lay sod on the football field — part of a $75,000 facelift for the club’s field.