Cardinals Split Battle With Bulldogs

st-louis-schoolThe St. Louis Cardinals came up short 46-37 in the hometown game versus
Batesville Middle School.Coach Pierson did a nice job of putting together the right chemistry and firepower to nullify a great effort on the court by Thomas Raver and Abe Streator. Raver led in scoring followed by Streator and Cody Mohr.

Courtesy of Cardinals Coach Jim Mohr.

The St. Louis 8th grade travelled across town last night to play in the annual cross-town shootout against the host Batesville Bulldogs winning 61-34.

It was a much anticipated game in front of a packed house as both schools were well supported by their fans. The Bulldogs came out and took an early lead as Calvin Sherwood knocked down a couple threes to start the game. However the Cardinals managed to fight back by going inside for their scoring and led the Bulldogs 12-8 at the end of the quarter. The second quarter was closely played by both teams until late in the quarter when St. Louis got a steal by Andrew Oesterling for an easy bucket. Then the Cardinals got another basket on an assist from Kurt Siefert to Wil Freeland as time was running out. St. Louis led 26-19 at intermission.

The difference in the game came in the third quarter as St. Louis outscored Batesville 19-6. St. Louis maintained their lead in the fourth quarter and went on to win 61-34.

The scoring for St. Louis consisted of Kurt Siefert with 4, Jack Forbeck 2, Lleyton Ratcliffe with 11, Wil Freeland 14, Sam Voegele 2, and Andrew Oesterling had a season high of 28 points. Batesville was led by R.J Powell with 12 and Calvin Sherwood had 10.

The Cardinals’ next home game will be 8th Grade Night against St. Lawrence on Monday December 12th.

Courtesy of Cardinals Coach Jim Oesterling.