Netzel’s Spark Leads Soccer Team The senior, a Xavier recruit, leads the team with 33 goals by Kylie Dawn Beard Reporter
Senior Chloe Netzel represents the varsity girls soccer team’s hard work, dedication, and passion. Netzel, who has been playing soccer since she was 4 years old, has received a soccer scholarship from Xavier University (of Ohio). Her message to anyone Chloe Netzel scored four goals in an 8-0 victory against Zumwalt else out there who East on April 13. She is the team leader in goals with 33. is determined to photo by Caleb Simmons accomplish their goals. “If you want something, go get it and keep working hard.” “Chloe is a great representation of our team. She plays with passion and she has grit,” Coach Kleekamp said. “She never gives up and is never satisfied. She shows up everyday with a great attitude and a desire
to get better. She is very consistent with her effort and attitude every day on and off the field. Netzel elevates the play of her teammates.” Netzel’s determination is unbeatable and always stands out. “Chloe is always one of the hardest working players on the field. She is very competitive and she doesn’t like to lose. She is very offensive minded and is always looking for a way to get to the goal. When she plays with confidence, she is unstoppable,” Kleekamp said. But what motivates Netzel? How does she do it? When asked what her motivation is, Netzel states: “I would say my family is what motivates me. My brother and parents have always been so supportive.” What helps Netzel get into her competitive state? How does she prepare for games? “I listen to music and do our warmups. Sometimes I like to watch old game footage, that helps,” she said. There’s no doubt, whatever she is doing seems to work. This season alone, Netzel has already scored 33 goals, along with 11 assists – the most goals scored by any player in the GAC Central Conference. As of May 5, the team is 11-4 and in second place in the GAC Central, behind undefeated Fort Zumwalt South. Kleekamp also shares the goal of the varsity girls. “Our goal is to first win a district championship and then make a run at a state title. Our overall goal is to create a competitive environment where every player is playing to full potential while having the best high school experience possible.”
Girls Soccer
Track and Field
Coach Tutterow What are some highlights so far this season? We have had many school records broken this season; many of which have stood for several years. Ally Kruger just recently broke the 1,600 meter meet record at one of the oldest track meets in the state of Missouri. The record had stood for 30 years. What are some goals you have for the rest of the season? We want to win the GAC championship in boys and girls track. We also have several athletes that are ranked in the top 8 in Missouri Class 5 and believe each of them will win a medal at the state track meet on May 27.
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Boys Tennis
Coach Campos What is your record? The Boys current Tennis Record is 14-1; GAC North/Central champions How is your season going? The season is going great and awesome. Since week 2, the team is currently on an 11 match win streak. What are some highlights so far this season? Seeing the growth of this team when not being able to play last year and playing well during the season. Highlight also was recently medaling 9 out of 12 members in the Hannibal Tournament and winning the tournament as a team. What are some goals you have for the rest of the season? Would like to win the GACS conference as a team.Would like to win the team districts. Qualify both individuals and team towards states.
Boys Golf
Coach Lindsay What is your record? Our record is 4-1 in conference play How is your season going? The season is off to a great start. Both varsity and JV started out 3-0 and then took a tough loss against Zumwalt South. What are some highlights so far this season? Ro Razavi, Trevor Campbell, and Ben McCaffery all got 79 and placed in the Warrenton tournament. What are some goals you have for the rest of the season? The goal will be to win our conference. This will be possible if we have a great conference tournament. Our goal is to have as many of our five golfers as possible make it out of district, and qualify for the state tournament.
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Coach Kleekamp What is your record? 10-4 How is your season going? This is the best record in our program’s history. We are winning the games that we should be winning but we need to learn how to create a more competitive game with our tough opponents. Overall I’m extremely proud of our growth as a team each week. What are some highlights so far rhis season? As a team, we were really proud of pulling ourselves out of a hole in our game against FZN. We were down 0-2 at half and we came back to win it 6-2. We are very proud of our record and we continue to finish strong the rest of the season.
Baseball
Coach Clements What’s your record 13-8-1 How is the season going? Good. We started off not the way we wanted to. We started off a little slow. Our first three games we lost two and we tied one. Then we started figuring some things out and some guys started to get more consistent in the field and batting. Now things are starting to fall into place. What are some highlights from the season? Early in the season we had a doubleheader at Webster Groves where we played the Saint Louis Patriots, who are a really good team, and we played Webster Groves, who is also a good team. We won both of those games. We scored 26 runs against the Patriots and 21 against Webster Groves. So, we scored 47 runs in two games. Victor Quinn had four home runs against the Patriots, Kyle Bermudez hit a home run that day, Peyton Vieluf hit a home run that day, Peyton Braile hit a home run that day. That was a huge highlight. Last Monday, we had a walk off win against Holt. We tied and played nine innings, so we played two extra innings. We scored in the bottom of the ninth. Also, our win against Fort Zumwalt South on Senior Night. What are some goals you have for the rest of the season? Some team goals, not just goals that I have, these are goals that the boys have that we have talked about at the beginning of the season. They want to win conference, which they can do. We have three more conference games left, one against Zumwalt South and two against Howell North. If we win those three games, we would win the conference, or at least have a tie. I know they want to win districts, which they have a very good chance of doing that as well.
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