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High school girls swimming: Parkway South 400 free relay team members Samm Crocker, Kirstie Crook, Jenna Wilkes and Cece Etter with coach Sara Gerth
By WARREN MAYES
High school wrestling Eureka won the recent Fort Zumwalt East Invitational for the second consecutive year. The Wildcats finished first in the 17-team event with 203 points, far ahead of Fort Zumwalt North’s 151 second-place total. “This was a pretty big win for us,” Eureka coach Tim Yancey said. “We went into the tournament with a lot of confidence that we could take home a championship, but still the boys still had to wrestle the matches. I would have to say the competition was pretty good.” Luke Seiler won the 126-pound division, going 5-0 in the meet. He defeated Jesse Czerniewski, of Fort Zumwalt South, 12-6. The win hiked Seiler’s record to 23-0. “Luke Seiler is wrestling outstanding right now,” Yancey said. Matt McClimens captured the 195-pound class to also go 5-0 in the tourney. McClimens defeated Lynzell Owens, of McCluer, 6-3 to remain unbeaten this season. “Matt is also wrestling great,” Yancey said. Overall, the Wildcats took 13 wrestlers to compete and 11 of them came home with medals. At 106, Makoto Sullivan took second; at 113, Christopher Kirkwood took fourth; at
120, Clayton Wegener took second; at 132, Brendan Krask took second; at 138, Justin Slattery took second; at 145, Ben Schroeder took third; at 160, Zach Seiler took second; at 170, Luke Gentry took second; and at 182, Mitchell McCain took fourth. The Wildcats will be busy this month. Coming up, the team has the St. Louis Suburban Conference tournament, the St. Charles West tournament, and the Winnetonka tournament. “Our big duals will be with Lindbergh, Lafayette and Northwest,” Yancey said.
High school girls swimming Parkway South captured the Lindbergh Invitational with 436.5 points to run away with the championship. Park Hill South was a distant second with 379 points. MICDS was fourth with 220 points in the 15-team meet. “It was fun to win the meet,” Parkway South coach Sara Gerth said. “We knew Park Hill South and MICDS would be strong. The goal was just to go win your heat and swim the best you could for your team.” Junior Samm Crocker won the 50 freestyle in 24.88 seconds and the 100 free in 53.33. Senior CeCe Etter claimed the 200 free for the Patriots with a time of 1 minute,
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57.70 seconds. “CeCe also swam well for us. Her 200 free was great and she won,” Gerth said. “I put her in the 100 fly, an off event for her, to give her a break from swimming her usual events and to see what she could do in it. She got fourth and a state cut.” The 400 free relay also won with a time of 3:45.22. Girls on the relay are Crocker, sophomore Kirstie Crook, sophomore Jenna Wilkes and Etter. “Our 400 free relay is our strongest relay this year,” Gerth said. “It was not a record, but I won’t be surprised if they do break some records in that event this year. They broke the meet record at Marquette Relays.” The time at the Marquette Relays by the team was 3:41.91, which topped the old mark of 3:43.54 set in 2009 by Lafayette. Achieving state cuts so far this season for the Patriots are Crocker, Etter, Wilkes, Crook, Maddie Heutel and all three relays teams. “I’m very happy about our season so far,” Gerth said. “I have a fast group, but also a very nice group and that makes it even more rewarding.”
All-star soccer game Chaminade midfielder Jason Pesek had an assist on the game-winning goal to help the West defeat the East 3-2 in the 2012 High School Soccer All-American game in Birmingham, Ala. With just under three minutes left in the game, Charlie Constantino, of East Kentwood, Mich., scored off an assist from Pesek. Chaminade coach Mike Gauvain was the head coach for the West team. “Jason played very well,” Gauvain said. “He had that assist on the winning goal. He made a nice play.” Eric Lynch, of Bellbrook, Ohio, opened the scoring for the East on an assist from Sam Bascom, of Madiera, Ohio. Just before the half, Niko Hansen, of Sacramento Jesuit, Calif., tied the game on an assist from Alex McBride, of Marquette Jesuit, Wis. The second half saw more chances for both teams. Zieko Lewis, of Berkshire School, Mass., scored on a penalty kick for the east, only to be answered by the west less than two minutes later. Michael Vieth, of Reitz Memorial, Ind., scored on an assist from Kaba Alkebulan, of Sacra-
mento Jesuit, Calif. Defender Xhovani Dokaj, of CBC, and defender Curtis Shillingsford, of Chaminade, also played in the game. “Curtis and Xhovani both played wonderful, too,” Gauvain said. “It was just a great experience for everybody.” Of the 40 players participating, Gauvain was 32 already have college scholarships. “There are a lot of these kids who are going to a lot of nice places to continue playing soccer,” Gauvain said. “Of the ones who are not committed, they got a lot of looks from all the college coaches who were there.”
Other soccer news Local players making the NSCAA allregion boys team are Parkway Central goalie Andrew Chekadanov, Chaminade forward Tom Barlow, Summit goalkeeper Sean Clancy, CBC defender Xhovani Dokaj, Chmainade defender Curt Shillingsford, and Chaminade midfielder Jason Pesek. Incarnate Word midfielder Mel Donaldson made the NSCAA all-region team. The Missouri State High School Soccer Coaches Association recently released its boys all-state squads. Some players and coaches earned special honors. Chekadanov was named the Class 2 Player of the Year. In Class 3, Barlow was named the Player of the Year. Dokaj was named the Defensive Player of the Year. CBC’s Nathan Griffin was a co-goalkeeper of the year. CBC’s Terry Michler was named the private school Coach of the Year. Marquette’s Chris Kenny was named the public school Coach of the Year.
Youth girls volleyball The West County Ascension Aces competed in the 2012 CYC City-County volleyball championship in the Midget Division. The fifth-graders enjoyed an undefeated season, winning all 10 of their regular league matches in the B division. The team then went on to qualify to compete in the West County CYC playoffs against A division teams. These girls were comeback kids fighting for each match, beating the No. 1 seed in A division and then winning the final championship match two out of three games