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Saturday, November 21, 2009

High School Sports

Notre Dame falters in overtime at Class 2 state soccer semifinals (11/20/09)
Bolivar defeated Notre Dame 2-1 in overtime at the Class 2 boys soccer final four Friday. The Bulldogs will face Helias in Saturday's third-place game.
ND 'Underdogs' resume state title quest today (11/20/09)
One team sticks out after a quick glance at the records of the four teams involved in the Class 2 boys soccer final four. Notre Dame's 12 losses are seven more than St. Dominic and Bolivar and eight more than Helias. But that doesn't mean Notre Dame coach Brad Wittenborn thinks his team will be overmatched...
Nail-biters energize state-bound Notre Dame boys soccer team (11/19/09)
Notre Dame senior Ethan Huber claimed the Bulldogs' propensity for nail-biters this season is a conspiracy. "I'm just making my mom and everybody else scared," he said with a laugh. "That way they cheer louder." Overtime became the norm during Notre Dame's run to the Class 2 District 1 title. The Bulldogs downed De Soto in the opener with a goal early in the first overtime session then needed penalty kicks to oust Hillsboro in the semifinals and Farmington in the championship game...
Notre Dame's leading scorers shoot for the ultimate goal (11/18/09)
Jake Pewitt's hat trick against Hillsboro earlier this season sparked a rivalry between Notre Dame's top two scorers. Now Pewitt and Joe Froemsdorf, a pair of seniors, enter the Class 2 boys soccer final four tied with 12 goals apiece. They also both have nine assists...
Eagle Ridge wins season opener (11/18/09)
Eagle Ridge broke out to a 15-point lead by halftime as it defeated Westwood Baptist Academy 65-36 in its season opener played at home. Sam Davis led the Eagles (1-0) with 26 points, while Jonathon Rockhill added 14 and Josh Carbaugh had 10. Eagle Ridge limited Westwood to nine points in each of the quarters...
Central senior Gramling earns all-state honors (11/15/09)
Central senior Sam Gramling earned all-state honors in the 200 and 500 freestyle races Saturday at the Missouri Swimming and Diving Championships in St. Peters, Mo. Gramling placed sixth in the 500 freestyle with a time of 4 minutes, 48.48 seconds in the final. Parkway South junior Andrew Kilkenny ran away with the title as he finished in 4:35.08 to beat the runner-up by more than four seconds...
Late goal sends Notre Dame soccer to fourth final four in a row (11/13/09)
FARMINGTON, Mo. -- Jacob Pewitt threw both arms in the air and started to run toward his bench with them extended like airplane wings. The Notre Dame senior wasn't sure what to do after scoring with 4 minutes, 39 seconds left in Thursday's Class 2 state quarterfinal soccer game...
ND takes crack at another final four in boys soccer (11/12/09)
Notre Dame boys soccer coach Brad Wittenborn made a push to bolster his team's schedule this season. He wanted to test his team early and often, and he's already seeing the benefits. "We went into the game with Farmington and we're just a game or so above .500 and they'd only lost one game," he said. "We were able to hold on and win against them. I think the schedule we played had us well-prepared. I think that as the game went on, they maybe weren't used to not being ahead in the game...
Jackson's season ends in Class 3 soccer sectional (11/11/09)
FENTON, Mo. -- It only took 10 seconds for the Jackson boys soccer team to realize it was up against an elite team Tuesday night in the Class 3 sectional at the Anheuser-Busch Center. That was the amount of time the Vianney Golden Griffins needed from the opening tip for senior Jon Roeckle to rifle a 35-yard shot that Jackson goalkeeper Cody Boehme just managed to deflect over the crossbar...
Southeast Missourian Player of the Week: Mikah Simpson (11/11/09)
Shortly after her team wrapped up its victory in the Class 2 state championship game Scott City volleyball coach Haley Jennings joked that sophomore hitter Mikah Simpson had had a message for her senior teammates, who often talked of making the most of their final high school season...
New Salem cruises in girls basketball opener (11/11/09)
The New Salem girls basketball team opened its season with a lopsided victory Tuesday in St. Louis. The Eagles defeated Thomas Jefferson 47-7 behind 25 points from Marti Poole. Kelsey Barlow added 18 and Leah Jones four in the win. New Salem led 27-4 at halftime and extended the lead to 41-5 after three quarters...
Jackson finds tough sectional assignment (11/10/09)
Jackson's two leading scorers weren't on the team the last time the Indians played in a Class 3 sectional soccer game. But sophomores Ryan Schlick and Law Duncan will need to find the back of the net if their team hopes to buck Jackson's recent history in the sectional round...
Scott City beats rival to capture state volleyball championship (11/08/09)
The Rams defeated Hermann, a team that they hadn't won a game against in three previous matches, to win the the school's first volleyball championship.
Notre Dame falls short in third-place volleyball match (11/08/09)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The members of the Notre Dame volleyball team reluctantly left the line in which they were standing when they received their medals. Their trip to the Class 3 final four had not ended as they hoped, but there still were droves of parents wanting one last photo of the team -- this time with the latest state trophy for the Notre Dame athletic program...
Saxony Lutheran falters in boys soccer district title game (11/08/09)
MANCHESTER, Mo. -- While the championship pairing in the Class 1 District 1 soccer tournament Friday night was a bit confusing, it did guarantee one outcome: An upset. Top-seeded Saxony Lutheran entered the contest with credentials that included defending district champion and the No. 5 ranking in the state...
Fast tempo, competitive teams wear down ND at volleyball final four (11/08/09)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Senior Meghan Dohogne said after her team's loss in the Class 3 third-place match Saturday that it was too early to think about what the team had accomplished this season. The state-tournament experience she could discuss. "It was pretty neat," she said, holding her team's fourth-place trophy. "It's not what I expected. It was intense."...
Young Oak Ridge boys squad nabs second place in Class 1 at state cross country (11/08/09)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Oak Ridge coach Jason Niswonger wants to put the Class 1 cross country community on notice. After his team finished second at the state meet Saturday, Niswonger said Oak Ridge is going to stay in the top tier of teams. Plus, he thinks the view from the top of the award stand is pretty good...
Shemonia finishes second in Class 2 boys cross country race (11/08/09)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Scott City sophomore Brandon Shemonia knew the duel was coming. Shemonia and Arcadia Valley junior Caleb Sutton already had battled three times on the cross country course this season. Shemonia had won two of the three races against Sutton entering Saturday's Class 2 boys race at the state meet. But Sutton won districts last week and was hitting his peak...
McClellan leads Notre Dame boys to third at state cross country meet (11/08/09)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The streak lives. The Notre Dame boys captured their seventh consecutive trophy at the cross country championships Saturday. "We did what we had to do, that's basically it," Bulldogs coach Bill Davis said. "It makes it a good day when you do that."...
State cross country notebook: Saxony Lutheran girls earn team's first trophy (11/08/09)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Long johns were required to view the races at last year's state cross country meet. This year, it was the opposite, with the temperature topping out at 78 degrees by the time the final race concluded. The championships featured a 45-minute delay before the start of the Class 4 boys race due to medical complications from an earlier race and concern for the safety of the runners...
Chaffee's Boschan brings home Class 1 state cross country title (11/08/09)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The first thing Chaffee junior Luisa Boschan did after winning the girls Class 1 cross country championship Saturday morning was run over to the sidelines. Boschan went to cheer on her Red Devils teammates as they finished the race. That's because Boschan feels like they're family after leaving Germany in August to spend the year as a foreign exchange student...
Scott City rallies after slow start at volleyball final four (11/08/09)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The Scott City volleyball team's second trip to the final four did not start as planned. The Rams entered pool play Friday morning knowing they first would face Hermann, which defeated them in the state championship match a year ago...
Scott City sisters celebrate state title victory in last volleyball match together (11/08/09)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- As her sister Brooke Simpson was handed the state championship trophy Saturday, Mikah Simpson stood at the end of a line of Scott City players with her right arm stretched above her head, one finger up to denote the Rams' place in Class 2 volleyball...
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