Cardinals And Pirates Split Games

basketballThe St Louis 7th grade boys basketball team started the new year off on a winning note as they hosted the visiting Greensburg Pirates and came away with another victory 42-27.

The game was close in the first quarter as both teams played good solid defense and the quarter ended with St. Louis up 7 – 6. The Cardinals continued to play tough defense in the second quarter creating some turnovers overs and got some buckets on the inside allowing them to pull away from the Pirates. The half ended with a with a buzzer-beating 3 point shot by Jack Forbeck that put St. Louis up by the score of 24-11. The second half saw the Cardinals continuing to play good defense not allowing the Pirates to get close and the game ended with St Louis winning 42-27.

St Louis scoring consisted of Jack Abplanalp with 2, Kurt Siefert 3, Jack Forbeck 5, Wil Freeland 2, Andrew Oesterling 11, Lleyton Ratcliffe 13 and Same Voegele 6. Defensively the Cardinals were led by Riley Schebler on the perimeter and Voegele and Ratcliffe pulling down the rebounds. The Pirates were led by Toby Brogan with 7 points and Devin Winkler with 6 points.

The Cardinals record now goes to 19-2. The next game is this Thursday at home against Sunman Dearborn. The game time is 6:00.

Courtesy of Cardinals Coach Jim Oesterling.

The St. Louis 8th grade boys basketball team lost to a very talented Greensburg team by a final score of 55 to 19.

Jacob Deutsch, Adam Cox and Charlie Dice provided the scoring for St. Louis.

Courtesy of Cardinals Coach Mike Burkhart.