The St. Louis Cardinals were able to “right the ship” and pick up a nicewin versus the home team St. Bartholomew’s Irishmen in Columbus 31-22.A very stingy zone defense by the host team made for sporadic scoring by the
Cardinals in the first half but the St. Louis youngsters were able to convert off of their different defensive sets in the second half.
Thomas Raver once again lead the team in scoring with 12 followed by Abe Streator, Adam Vogelsang, Ryan Reder and Joseph Suttmann. Cody Mohr had a good game handling the point, rebounding and winning the turnover margin for the Cardinals.
Courtesy of Cardinals Coach Jim Mohr.
The St. Louis 8th grade finished their regular season on Thursday night as they visted the host St. Bartholomew Fighting Irish of Columbus winning 38-25.
The Cardinals played great defense in the first quarter as they were able to shut out the Irish in the quarter by the score 9-0. The Irish stayed within 10 points for most of the game but in the fourth quarter were able to cut the lead to get within five points after some good shooting of their own. However, the Cardinals answered with some easy buckets underneath and a couple three point baskets from Lleyton Ratcliff and Jack Aplanalp to put the Irish away by the final score of 38-25.
The scoring for the Cardinals consisted of Jack Aplanalp with 3, Riley Schebler 6, Jack Forbeck 3, Andrew Oesterling 4, Lleyton Ratcliffe 10, Wil Freeland 4, Karson Macke 2 and Sam Voegele had 6. Defensively the team was led by Sam Voegele and Tyler Kuntz.
The Cardinals next game is against Jac-Cen-Del in the first round of the SEI Tournament on Monday January 16th at St. Louis.
Courtesy of Cardinals Coach Jim Oesterling.