Cards Split Battle With St. Mike’s Trojans

The St. Louis 5th Grade Boys Basketball hosted St. Michael’s on Thursday night. St. Louis went out to an early lead and finished the first quarter ahead 6-0. The Cardinals were able to hold their lead and finished the first half ahead 12-4. St. Michaels rallied back and the third quarter ended in a tie 14-14. St. Louis refused to give up and outscored St. Michaels in the fourth to win the game 28-19. Caleb Mohr lead the scoring with 12 points, Jaiden Kuria had 10 points, Tyler Reder had 4 points and Jack Freeland had 2 points. The 5th Grade team plays their last game of the season Wednesday (12-12) at home against Greendale Middle School. Courtesy of Cardinals Coach Tim Reder.

The St. Louis 6th Grade Boys Basketball team took on St. Michael’s on Thursday, December 6th and lost by a score of 43-17.  The Cardinals were led in scoring by Adam Meer and Ryan Duerstock who score 4 points each.  Others scoring were Christian Mack, Sully Hill, Zavier Tekulve, and Sam Laloge with 2 points.  Ben Miller did a nice job setting up his teammates with 2 assists, 2 steals, and 1 point.  Henry Wanstrath and Max Amberger also did a great job with 2 assists.  Laloge led the team in rebounds with 5 followed by Meer with 4, Amberger, Mack, and Duerstock with 3, Santiago Schutte with 2, and Marc Meneses with 1.  The Cardinals are in action again when they will participate in the Battle of Saints tournament on Saturday, December 8th. Courtesy of Cardinals Coach Ryan Tekulve.