West Newsmagazine 11-18-20
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The MICDS girls state tennis champions<br />
sports<br />
briefs<br />
By WARREN MAYES<br />
High school girls tennis<br />
The MICDS girls tennis program saw<br />
several individual Rams and the whole<br />
team perform well at the recent Class 2<br />
state meet in Springfield, Missouri.<br />
MICDS freshmen Mikaela Mikulic and<br />
Rachel Li lost 6-4, 6-3 to Visitation senior<br />
Sophia McLellan and her sophomore sister<br />
Suzanna McLellan in the doubles championship<br />
match. In singles play, junior<br />
Journee White finished third in the competition.<br />
As a team – with eight freshmen in<br />
the top 12 and three in the top six – the<br />
Rams came in third.<br />
MICDS coach Patrick Huewe described<br />
Mikulic and Li as “great contributors to the<br />
team this season.”<br />
“Their presence helped lift the team to<br />
the school’s first team district title,” Huewe<br />
said. “In the team match, Mikaela and<br />
Rachel were up 7-5 in the eight-game proset<br />
but ended up losing 9-7. The freshmen<br />
showed a lot of maturity and poise in both<br />
matches and gained valuable experience<br />
that they can use later.”<br />
He predicted that the two freshman have<br />
bright futures in the program.<br />
“They played No. 1 and No. 2 singles<br />
during the year, which gave them an opportunity<br />
to play some of the best players in<br />
the area. I look forward to them improving<br />
each year and competing at the state tournament<br />
in the future,” Huewe said.<br />
White made her third straight trip to the<br />
state tournament. It also was her third time<br />
medaling. As a freshman and sophomore,<br />
she played doubles and finished fifth and<br />
fourth, respectively. This was her first time<br />
competing in singles and she moved up yet<br />
again to finish third.<br />
White lost to the eventual state champ,<br />
Visitation’s Laura Finnie, 6-2, 6-1 in the<br />
semifinal. However, she overcame that<br />
loss to claim third place, stopping Parkway<br />
Central’s Akansha Negi 7-5, 4-6, 10-4.<br />
“It’s always difficult to bounce back and<br />
play your best in the third-place match,”<br />
Huewe said. “Journee asserted herself by<br />
playing aggressively in the tiebreak and<br />
took control early to win the match.”<br />
The last time the Rams reached the state<br />
final as a team was in <strong>20</strong>17.<br />
<strong>20</strong><strong>20</strong> marked the first year for MICDS to<br />
play in the new classification system and in<br />
Class 2. It proved to be a good outing for<br />
them. While MICDS lost 5-0 to Visitation,<br />
the eventual state champ, in the semifinal,<br />
(Source: MICDS)<br />
the team rebounded to claim third.<br />
“We knew were going to have to play<br />
our best tennis of the season to beat Viz,”<br />
Huewe said. “Their top four included<br />
the state doubles champions, the singles<br />
champion and the singles runner-up. Their<br />
bottom two players also medaled in state<br />
doubles so they held a huge advantage in<br />
depth that proved too difficult to overcome.<br />
Hats off to their coach and team for an<br />
amazing run to the title.”<br />
In third place, MICDS scored a 5-0 win<br />
over Republic.<br />
Marquette Mustangs girls volleyball team<br />
“Despite losing to Viz, I felt like it was<br />
one of our stronger performances as a team<br />
because we had some good opportunities,”<br />
Huewe said. “It was a memorable season<br />
because of all of the changes and precautions<br />
necessary to keep everyone safe.<br />
“I am very proud of this group for the<br />
way they handled everything and for showing<br />
great team spirit all the way through<br />
to the end of the season. Our captains<br />
(Kashish Kane, Stella Kreisel and Kashish<br />
Motwani) did a fantastic job of leading<br />
the team and making it a fun season for the<br />
girls. I feel very fortunate to be the coach<br />
of this group and look forward to seeing<br />
many of them back next year.”<br />
Kane is the only senior on the team so<br />
the Rams will be returning many players<br />
next season.<br />
High school girls volleyball<br />
9/28/<strong>20</strong> 2:31 PM<br />
The Marquette Mustangs girls volleyball<br />
team has won its first district championship<br />
since <strong>20</strong>13.<br />
The Mustangs topped Francis Howell<br />
North 25-21, 25-<strong>18</strong>, 25-12 to secure the<br />
Class 5 District 5 championship. The title<br />
is the sixth overall district crown for the<br />
program.<br />
“I felt very confident with this team heading<br />
into the postseason,” Marquette coach<br />
Tammy Becker said. “Although our record<br />
Source: Marquette High)
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