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April 5, 2017
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Like Kunin, of Chesterfield, is congratulated by his fellow Badgers.
sports
briefs
By WARREN MAYES
Chesterfield’s Luke Kunin is now
a professional hockey player
After Wisconsin’s season ended, the
Badgers’ captain agreed to a three-year,
entry-level contract with the Minnesota
Wild, the NHL club that drafted him in the
first round in 2016.
Kunin, a 19-year-old sophomore, now
plays for the Iowa Wild in Des Moines,
Minnesota’s American Hockey League
affiliate. That’s where Kunin will play the
rest of the year – including 12 regularseason
games – after signing an amateur
tryout contract.
Kunin led the Badgers in goal-scoring in
both of his collegiate seasons. He signed
a standard three-year, entry-level deal with
the Wild that will start next season. It pays
the rookie maximum $925,000 per year
plus performance bonuses at the NHL level
and $70,000 annually in the minors.
“We all thought it was the right decision,”
Kunin said. “I feel like I’m ready to make
the jump. I’m just excited to get going here
with my pro career. I’ve been thinking about
it for a while. It’s tough to leave Wisconsin,
but I’m looking forward to the future.”
Kunin’s departure was not unexpected
by the Badgers, whose season ended with
a double-overtime loss to Penn State in the
Big Ten Conference championship game.
“I think it’s a great thing for him because
I think he’s ready for it,” Head Coach Tony
Granato said. “He’s worked hard for it. I
think the part we’ve got to remember is
his loyalty and his commitment to us really
is something that we should appreciate
and be thankful that he gave us all he did,
because last year, he had the opportunity
to potentially sign and not come back. He
came back, gave us everything he had and
now, he’s ready for that next challenge.”
Kunin led Wisconsin with 22 goals this
season after scoring 19 as a freshman. He
was named a second-team All-Big Ten
pick after a 38-point sophomore campaign
in which the Badgers made a 12-victory
improvement over the previous year.
High school racquetball
The Missouri all-state racquetball teams
were recently named. Teams are voted on
by the league’s coaches.
2017 boys first team all-state: Lukas
Bell, Lindbergh; John Dowell, Kirkwood;
Mark Duffie and Jason Sauer, Parkway
West; and Chris Schulze and James Storgion,
SLUH. Doubles: Joe Boyce and
Roman Visintine, SLUH.
2017 girls first team all-state: Bella Bertarelli,
Lindbergh; Sam Coleman, Nerinx
Hall; Allison Darmody, Cor Jesu; Elyse
Duffie, Amber Hayes, Katy Moran and
Erin Slutsky, Parkway West; and Alice
Reider, Kirkwood. Doubles: Natalie Bell
and Jessie Le, Lindbergh.
Second team boys: Carlos Ayala, Matthew
Hayes and Jacob Sullivan, SLUH;
Ian Bjorn, Lindbergh; and Alec Dickison
and Evan Riganti, Vianney. Doubles:
Andrew Deadwyler and Will Meyer, Parkway
West.
Second team girls:
Madelon Belaska and Bridget Turney,
Notre Dame; Nicki Horn, Nerinx Hall;
Kate Keuss, Grace Matthes and Maggie
Porterfield, Cor Jesu. Doubles: Natalie
Bianchino and Jenna Mikitin, Ursuline.
Honorable mention boys: Kyle Anderson,
Daniel Barrett and Blake Selm,
Parkway West; Adam Delaney, Lafayette;
Adam Gordon, De Smet Jesuit; Adam
Hanson, SLUH; Nick Tzianos, Lindbergh;
Sam Visintine, Vianney; Ian Wolf, Kirkwood;
and John Yeager, Chaminade. Doubles:
Jimmy Halfmann and Will Theodore,
Lindbergh.
Honorable mention girls: Jillian Bommarito,
Maggie McClanahan, Molly
McClanahan and Emily Shaper, Lindbergh;
Sidney Burke, Cor Jesu; Sarah
Lovett and Esther Plants, Kirkwood; and
Kelly Maeda, Lafayette. Doubles: Claire
Lux and Anna Messina, Cor Jesu.
2017 MOHSRA Sportsmanship Award
recipients: The MOHSRA Sportsmanship
Award is awarded to the girl and boy who
best represents the ideals of sportsmanship.
The award is voted on by all of the league’s
coaches. Coaches may not vote for their
own players; they must select someone
from another school. The recipients were
Sam Coleman, Nerinx Hall; Elyse Duffie,
Parkway West; John Dowell and Alice
Reider, Kirkwood; Bridget Turney, Notre
Dame; and Ian Bjorn, Lindbergh.
High school hockey
The high school hockey season ended
recently. Here are the award winners from
the Mid-States Club Hockey Association.
In the Challenge Cup, the game MVP
went to CBC’s Jack Caruso. In the Wickenheiser
Cup, the MVP went to Westminster
Christian Academy’s Jason Kelley. In the
Founders Cup, the MVP went to Wentzville
Holt’s Tyler Davis.
Rich Palo earned Referee of the Year.
Jason Walker of Edwardsville earned
Coach of the Year.
Dan Rupp of Duchesne earned The Harrison
Award.
Two athletes earned scholarships, the
Wickenheiser Scholarship went to Luke
Horn of Eureka and the Kreigshauser
Scholarship went to Jeffrey Au of Priory.
College women’s golf
Southern Illinois
University senior
Brooke Cusumano
recently was named
the Missouri Valley
Conference Co-Golfer
of the Week for her
performance in the
Cusumano
Bradley Spring Break
Invite in Dallas.
Cusumano finished tied for fourth with
Wichita State’s Taryn Torgerson, her fellow
Golfer of the Week; both shot eight-strokes
over par. In the final round, the Westminster
Christian Academy graduate went onestroke
under par through her final six holes
to help propel her to an eighth-straight
top-10 finish and her fourth top-five of
the season. She shot a 72 in the opening
round and 76 in the second. Cusumano and
Torgerson tied for third in the event in par 4
scoring at 4.16 strokes per hole. The Saluki
senior carded five birdies, the fourth most
at the tournament.
This is the third time this season and the
fifth time in her career that Cusumano has
been named as the Golfer of the Week.
College baseball
Junior Jake Burger, a Missouri State
third baseman, recently earned another