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The Principia girls basketball team at the Affton Tournament
sports
briefs
By WARREN MAYES
Principia girls win tourney
The short-handed Principia Panthers
won their second basketball tournament
of the season with a 58-49 decision over
Brentwood in the eighth annual Affton
Winter Classic.
“I laugh a little at this because, in some
ways, we were just trying to survive. Due
to school trips, players not feeling their
best or physically able to play, we played
this entire tournament with six varsity
players the first game, and five the last
two games,” Principia coach Shad Nichols
said. “For the last game, we only had
six players total, including one up from
the JV.
“It concluded a stretch of four games
in five days with only five players. It was
tough but the team showed up each day
excited to play with what they had, and
persevered through four quarters with
minimal to zero substitutions.”
Senior Kate Hinds had a career-high 26
points in the title game over Brentwood.
Hinds and teammate Jordan Fredrickson
were named to the all-tournament team.
Whitfield girls win tourney
For a second consecutive year, the Whitfield
girls basketball team scored a 59-51
win over Metro in the 38th annual Queen
of Hearts Tournament at Villa Duchesne.
Junior forward Aijha Blackwell scored
a game-high 31 points. Junior guard Nia
Griffin added 11 points for the Warriors.
Senior Taylor Lawson-Hicks and junior
forward Tajah Foster-Walker each contributed
nine points each.
MICDS girls win tourney
The MICDS Rams girls basketball team
reached its third tournament championship
game and captured its second title of the
season.
MICDS defeated Ladue 66-57 to win the
recent Lindbergh Tournament. Sophomore
forward Jessica Brooks led the Rams with
24 points. Senior forward Lindsey Parks
added 23 points.
Both Brooks and Parks were named to
the all-tournament team. This was MICDS’
second year playing in the tournament. The
Rams lost in the championship game to
Jackson last season.
Earlier this season, the Rams fell 61-60 to
Lutheran North in the Lutheran St. Charles
Tournament. In December, the Rams won
their own MICDS Holiday Tournament.
High school hockey
It was a record-breaking season for the
Priory Rebels hockey team.
The Rebels finished with a sparkling
20-1 record in the regular season. That was
good enough to get Priory back to playing
in the Challenge Cup, the top postseason
tournament in the Mid-States Club Hockey
Association.
Coach Jeff Smith is happy with how his
team played this season.
“The team has exceeded all expectations,”
Smith said. “The boys led Mid-States in
total goals and goal differential for the first
time in team history. Given our youth, we
can’t ask for much more.”
The 20-1 regular-season record is the
best in team history.
“Two current assistant coaches are Priory
alums who played on the Wickenheiser
Cup championship teams roughly a decade
ago [2007]. Both say the talent on this team
exceeds the talent back then. We’re incredibly
proud,” Smith said.
The only blemish on the Rebels’ record
came Jan. 1 to MICDS. The Rams scored
a 3-1 victory. Earlier in the season, Priory
had beaten MICDS 6-1.
Senior Scott Berni sparked the offense.
He scored 41 goals in the regular season,
leading the league for the most goals scored.
“Scott is a terrific leader. His impact is
beyond words,” Smith said. “He’s highly
skilled and patient with the puck. He led
Mid-States in goals and overall scoring this
season, so that tells you a lot. That’s not
where it ends with him though. He makes
everyone on the ice with him better due to
his selflessness. He’s also a 4.0 student and
a mentor to junior schoolers at Priory. Not
sure there’s a more well-rounded young
man at the school.”
But the Rebels were not a one-man band.
Smith noted that everyone plays a role in
the success of the team.
“Sean McAtee and Jesse Au have been
rocks on our blue line,” Smith said. “Both
goalies finished in the top 10 in goals
against with save percentages over .900.
Logan Boatright and Sawyer Lownsdale
are both sophomores who finished in the
top 20 in overall scoring.
“Those are the numbers guys, but we’ve
gotten great leadership from juniors Chris
Friemel, Sean Dolan, Mike O’Keefe and
Patrick Carr who never miss a team event
and work incredibly hard to get better
every day. They lead the young guys by
example.”
High school wrestling
The defending Class 1 state champ Whitfield
Warriors won the Kyle Thrasher Tournament
at Francis Howell.
Whitfield captured the two-day, 36-team
event with 201 points. Defending Class
4 champion Staley of Kansas City was
second with 190.5 points. Lafayette finished
third with 172.5 and Eureka was
fourth with 136.
Warriors senior Mike McAteer, a threetime
state champion who signed with Army
last November, won at 126 points. McAteer
earned a 6-2 decision over Eureka’s
Ryan Lester. It was his second Thrasher
MICDS Rams at the Lindbergh Tournament See SPORTS, page 18