Batesville 7th grade escaped with a 33-29 win over Crosstown Rival St. Louis school.
Batesville was up 11 at half and scored only 4 points over the last 8 minutes of the game. Batesville was led in points by Cooper Williams with 10, Trey Heidlage with 6, and Sam Haskamp with 5. Defensively, Heidlage did a great job defending St. Louis’s top scorer. Luke Belter was a monster on the glass recording 11 rebounds. Alex Westerfeld came off the bench to provide a spark with 5 rebounds and 4 points. Sam Haskamp also led the team with 5 deflections.
“Our offense is very inconsistent. We’re moving the ball and getting open looks, but we’re having trouble making those shots. We still have work to do defensively, but it’s getting better. The lack of practice time over the last week is showing up in the games so we desperately need to work on more fundamentals to get better for January.” Batesville Coach Eric Feller.
BMS will be in action Thursday night vs Sunman Dearborn.
Submitted by Batesville Coach Eric Feller.
Batesville 8th beat St. Louis 51-31.
1Q – 11-10 SLS; 2Q – 22-20 SLS; 3Q – 37-27 BMS.
A very impressive 2nd half of team play led the Bulldogs to victory.
BMS had (8) players score in the game. They were led by Isaac Barker with 18 points, Dylan Flannery 8 points, while Jayden Beal and Lane Westerfeld each had 6.
BMS improves to 3-5 on the season.
SLS was led by Meyers with 13 points and Siefert had 6.
Submitted by Batesville Coach Terry Giesting.
The St. Louis 8th Grade Cardinal basketball team hosted cross-town rival Batesville Monday night by the score of 51-31.
The Cardinals played a fantastic first half of basketball, leading at half-time 22-20. Starters Stuart Lamping, Kyle Siefert, Jack Kellerman, and Chandler Meyers sparked St. Louis’s offensive attack in the first two quarters. Gavin Koester played well defensively off the bench, forcing a few Batesville turnovers.
Despite the halftime lead, Batesville held the Cardinals to just 9 second half points with pressure defense and solid shooting.
Meyers led the Cardinals with a season-high 13 points and played his finest overall game of the season.
The boys return to action Wednesday night, hosting St. Bartholomew.
Submitted by STL Coach Jon Temple.