Fall Sports Update

by Ally Schniepp, Sports Editor of the Ledger

GOLF GIRLS XC

The girls cross country team finished the season strong by competing at McNair park and placing first in the GAC to become Central conference champions this season. Senior Ally Kruger took first place in the meet with a time of 18:57. The girls also placed first at two other meets this season. Kruger broke her school record this season running 17:55 and senior Adrianne Rockette has become the second fastest runner in the program, running 19:22.

10-3 Golf had a tremendous season where they won their GAC in the North Central division. Five out of six golfers placed: Kyndall Stubbelfield placed first overall, Madalyn Breckenridge placed sixth, Sophie Chenot placed ninth, Mollie Banstetter placed 10th and Layla Bane placed 11th. Stubblefield also won the honor of Player of the Year in their division. At the state tournament, Stubblefield finished 14th, and Chenot placed 22nd. At the GAC meet, the boy’s team took third in conference and eighth overall. Freshman Cale Eldridge crossed the finish line with a time of 17:58, becoming the first Eagle to fly over the finish line in 30th place with senior Dylan Carlson on his heels with a time of 18:02. The JV team took sixth place overall with sophomore Nolan Schlattman placing first overall, completing the race with 18:29.

BOYS XC

11-6 “The highlight of our season was winning the Troy tournament,” junior setter Riley Watson said. Watson and junior outside hitter Savannah Meyer both have 12 aces so far this season. Meyer also holds the highest amount of kills on the team, coming in with 92 kills even with an injury this season. The team has had a rough year with the health of their teammates. Other than Meyer’s injury, there have also been four other injured players and one quarantine this year.

VOLLEYBALL

Coach Micheletti

11-15 Some of our season highlights were surpassing last year’s win total. We also won six straight games. We defeated the defending state champs, Webster Groves, 8-4. We had a player, Kylee Orf, break the single season hit record. We had another player, Ella Evans, earn 100 career hits which has only been

SOFTBALL done by 4 others. Our season went well and we took a lot of positive strides forward this year. It 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 winning 6 out of our last 7, and that’s because the girls were truly invested in the softball program.

Coach Campos

13-4 Second place as a team in the Troy Doubles Tournament, Champions of the Francis Howell Central Doubles Tournament, 2021 GACS North-Central Champions. The season went great as the team accumulated their wins to position themselves for the North-Central GACS. We medaled both days. Isabella Gamm & Kaylie Brockmann, Carly & Laney Torbit, Abbi Witzke & Riley Torbit, Lief & Logan Richter doubles were all 1st place champions, and Madeline Dubois & Brooklyn Rudolph doubles were 2nd place finishers. Day 2, Isabella Gamm, Laney Torbit, Kaylie Brockmann, Abbi Witzke, Riley Torbit, Abbi Kuhn, & #8(Maddy Kuhn) singles were all 1st place champions. Carly Torbit singles was 2nd place finisher. Team States we beat Troy 1st round. Lost to Timberland 2nd round which ended our season.

GIRLS TENNIS

Coach Luedecke

12-4-2 We won the St. Dominic Super Cup and Francis Howell Central Round Robin tournament. We are currently ranked 9th in large schools in St. Louis. The season is going very well. Our defense and goalie have been incredible. We have had 13 different players score. Goals are to win conference and districts. After that, we’d like to make a run at the state championship.

BOYS SWIM

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. FOOTBALL

BOYS SOCCER

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.