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April 6, 2009 Check Out previous Blogs
Baseball has always been about pitching. Throw to good spots, have some movement, stay ahead in the count. It sounds so simple. Things haven't really changed. Some excellent pitching performances this week....
Shae Simmons (Scott City) hurled a one-hit shutout, striking out 18 in his 7 inning 1-0 win over Sullivan. There are only 21 outs in a 7 inning gameso Simmons took care of 18 himself! Simmons is headed to Southeast MO State after this year of pitching for the Rams (2-2).
After some shaky pitching performances by his teammates, Ryan Hafner (Lee Summit West) hurled the Titans to a 5-1 victory over Belton. Retiring 13 of the first 15 batters then picking off a runner during the first offensive challenge, Hafner helped the Titans raise their mark to 3-2.
Other goose-egg games this week: Sullivan 1 Herculaneum 0 Ft Zumwalt South 2 Helias 1 (Howell Tourney) Lutheran South 3 J Burroughs 1 Ritneour 2 Lutheran North 1 Ft Zumwalt West 3 Jefferson City 1
Our compliments to Tony Perkins (Howell) who has assembled a terrific early season tournament. Bringing in many of St. Louis best teams as well as OOT teams. In fact, Tony brought in Innisdale from Canada this year. Some other OOT teams this year were Helias, Ray-Pec, Smith-Cotton. The Howell tournament has 4 pools of play followed by the Championship brackets. YOU better have some pitching for this week of baseball!! You can hear the replays of the 3rd place game (Ft Z South-Helias) and the Championship game (FT Z West-Howell North) on www.prepcasts.com.
On the other side of the coin, people love hitting. Players will gladly take BP all year long hoping to get that "stroke". How about these "Run"ning wild games for this week:
St Dominic 14 DuBourg 13-- the Cavaliers score 9 runs in the top of 5th to take a 13-2 lead! St Dom answered with 8 runs in their 5th, and 4 more runs in the 6th. I suppose both teams were exhausted by all the base running and neither team scored in the 7th!
St. Charles West 11 Ft Zumwalt East 9 (game was tied 6-6 after 3 innings so it was tight and exciting throughout)
Helias 12 Ray-Pec 11 (Howell Tourney-probably going deep down the pitching chart) Branson Lady Pirates had a FIRST this week! Branson, in their first year of girls soccer, won their first Varsity win over Van Buren Ark 3-1. Congrats on numero uno and we're sure that there will be many more!!
Shutout season? The St Joseph Angels (4-0-0)and Nerinx Hall Markers (3-0-0) have yet to surrender a goal during this season. The Angels have outscored their opponents 23-0 while the Markers are 12-0 in the scoring column against their foes. The SJA-N Hall game of Apr 28 will be on www.prepcasts.com Obviously, it should be a defensive battle!
It's always refreshing to see a program "turn-around" its fortunes. Well that's what is happening at Hickman Girls Soccer in 2009. After going 2-17-3 last year with unique, unsettling situation (long time coach Jon Strodtman died only weeks prior to the season), the Lady Kewpies are 4-1 after knocking off Moberly 4-1 this week. Congrats, and best wishes on a continued strong 09 season.
It's not always how many hits/HR you have but when they occur. The Morris OK (11-2) baseball team belted out 3 Homeruns in the 9-6 victory over Neosho(1-2). The back-breaker was a 3 run blast in the 5th that broke open a 4-4 tie game. Please note the difference in games played. Missouri teams do have an extra challenge when competing against warm weather teams.
RALLY OF THE WEEK ! The Oakville Tigers (9-0)were down 6-2 after 3 innings against Ft Zumwalt East. The Tigers plated one run in the 6th and 4 more in the thrilling 7th to remain perfect.
HOT TEAMS TO WATCH ! Of course Oakville is 9-0 ! Their upcoming battle with Lafayette this week should be a dandy. Lutheran South (5-0) is thriving under first year Coach Steve Pfund. Coach Pfund took the St. Dominic Crusadors to STATE last year. Hillsboro (6-1) often gets overlooked since they compete in the Jefferson County area. Parkway West (6-1) will rely on the robust offense most of the year. Ladue (3-0) a longtime power will have three tough games( MICDS, Webster Groves and McCluer) against larger schools. Pacific (3-0) will also have 3 games this week with Sullivan (who has hurled 2 shutouts) as the premier game.
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