FALL SPORTS UPDATE by Ally Schniepp, Sports Editor of the Ledger
The girls cross country team Coach Micheletti finished the season strong by 11-15 competing at McNair park and Some of our season highlights were placing first in the GAC to become surpassing last year’s win total. We also Central conference champions won six straight games. We defeated this season. Senior Ally Kruger the defending state champs, Webster took first place in the meet with Groves, 8-4. We had a player, Kylee a time of 18:57. The girls also Orf, break the single season hit record. placed first at two other meets this We had another player, Ella Evans, earn season. Kruger broke her school 100 career hits which has only been record this season running 17:55 done by 4 others. and senior Adrianne Rockette has Our season went well and we took a lot become the second fastest runner of positive strides forward this year. It in the program, running 19:22. isn’t always about winning and losing, but watching the girls come together and play through some adversity was my favorite part of the season. We finished the season At the GAC meet, the boy’s winning 6 out of our last 7, and that’s because the girls were truly invested in the team took third in conference softball program. and eighth overall. Freshman Cale Eldridge crossed the Coach Campos 10-3 finish line with a time of 17:58, 13-4 Golf had a tremendous season where becoming the first Eagle to fly Second place as a team in the Troy Doubles Tournament, they won their GAC in the North Champions of the Francis Howell Central Doubles Central division. Five out of six golfers over the finish line in 30th place with senior Dylan Carlson on Tournament, 2021 GACS North-Central Champions. placed: Kyndall Stubbelfield placed his heels with a time of 18:02. first overall, Madalyn The season went great as the team accumulated their wins The JV team took sixth place Breckenridge placed sixth, Sophie to position themselves for the North-Central GACS. We Chenot placed ninth, Mollie Banstetter overall with sophomore Nolan medaled both days. Isabella Gamm & Kaylie Brockmann, placed 10th and Layla Bane placed Schlattman placing first overall, Carly & Laney Torbit, Abbi Witzke & Riley Torbit, Lief 11th. Stubblefield also won the honor completing the race with 18:29. & Logan Richter doubles were all 1st place champions, of Player of the Year in their division. and Madeline Dubois & Brooklyn Rudolph doubles At the state tournament, Stubblefield were 2nd place finishers. Day 2, Isabella Gamm, Laney finished 14th, and Chenot placed Torbit, Kaylie Brockmann, Abbi Witzke, Riley Torbit, 22nd. Abbi Kuhn, & #8(Maddy Kuhn) singles were all 1st place 11-6 champions. Carly Torbit singles was 2nd place finisher. “The highlight of our season was winning the Troy Team States we beat Troy 1st round. Lost to Timberland tournament,” junior setter Riley Watson said. 2nd round which ended our season. Watson and junior outside hitter Savannah Meyer Coach Luedecke both have 12 aces so far this season. Meyer also 12-4-2 holds the highest amount of kills on the team, We won the St. Dominic Super Cup and Francis coming in with 92 kills even with an injury this Howell Central Round Robin tournament. We are season. The team has had a rough year with the currently ranked 9th in large schools in St. Louis. health of their teammates. Other than Meyer’s The season is going very well. Our defense and goalie injury, there have also been four other injured have been incredible. We have had 13 different players and one quarantine this year. players score. Goals are to win conference and districts. After that, we’d like to make a run at the state championship.
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Coach Whitmore 3-7 Highlights 5th place at FZW Invitational (13 teams), 5th place at FZN Invitational (16 teams), currently have achieved 6 cuts for the state meet in November. Season Overview Our guys are consistently dropping time in their individual and relay events, and have been performing well in meets. Our record shows 3 wins and 7 losses, but many of those meets are triangular meets with more than one team where we have achieved second place. Our team has performed very well this season.
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3-6 The team has competed hard this season, winning nearly all road games. Sophomore quarterback Noah Kuehner leads the team in touchdowns with six so far this season and junior kicker Charlie Hebden has completed 11 extra points for the Eagles. Junior Ethan Weiler has a total of 466 yards in 74 attempts, leading the team in yards. Senior Alex Fillner leads the team in receiving yards, coming in with 223 for the season. Junior Justin Little leads the defense with 44 total tackles this year while senior Sam Arrington leads the defense in interceptions.
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