The St. Louis Cardinals ended their season in the first round of the SEITournament at home losing to Jac-Cen Del 50-12.The Cardinals played hard to the end but could not provide the firepower needed to keep their season alive. Leading the scoring and rebounding for the home team was Abe Streator followed by Cody Mohr and Thomas Raver with 2. Good defensive minutes were played by Spencer Mack and Kyle Salatin. Cayden Pohlman kept the fast break alive for St. Louis but nothing could overcome the turnover
margin the visiting team produced.
The Cardinals finished a long season and demanding road schedule with a .500 record. The young team continued to practice and play hard the entire season and were certainly able to surprise a few teams.
Courtesy of Cardinals Coach Jim Mohr.
St. Louis 8th Grade defeats JCD 41-27.
The St. Louis 8th Grade Cardinals hosted the Jac-Cen-Del Eagles in the 1st round of the SEI tournament last night and were able to pull off a victory. The first half saw both teams struggle on offense as shots from close range were not able to get thru the cylinder. The half ended with the Cardinals leading JCD only 16-9. After the break, St. Louis got the offense going r as they were able to extend their lead to 30-18 after three quarters of play. In the fourth quarter, the Cardinals were able to hold the Eagles at bay and went on to win 41-27.
Sam Voegele led the team in points and Kurt Siefert also had a solid performance offensively as he handled the ball very well and hit some big buckets when needed. The scoring for the Cardinals consisted of Siefert with 7, Andrew Oesterling 4, Will Freeland and Lleyton Ratcliffe each had 8 and Sam Voegele knocked in 14. Defensively the team played well to hold the potent JCD offense to just 27 points.
St. Louis now plays Sunman-Dearborn in the second round of the tournament on Tuesday January 17th. The game will be played at Jac-Cen-Del High School.
Courtesy of Cardinals Coach Jim Oesterling.