West Newsmagazine 10-6-21
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High school girls softball<br />
Marquette finished second in the St.<br />
Louis Suburban Softball Showdown played<br />
recently at the Kirkwood Athletic Association.<br />
The tournament was a 12-team affair.<br />
Undefeated Summit blanked Marquette<br />
3-0 in the championship game.<br />
The Mustangs defeated Kirkwood 9-3,<br />
Fox <strong>10</strong>-4, Lafayette 11-3 and Hillsboro 1-0<br />
to reach the title game.<br />
High school girls golf<br />
St. Joseph’s Academy senior Mia Rallo<br />
shot a 4-under-par 66 to win medalist<br />
honors in the Angel Classic girls golf<br />
tournament held at The Quarry at Crystal<br />
Springs Golf Club. It was her personal best<br />
score.<br />
In winning the tournament by five strokes,<br />
Rallo had a round that included four birdies<br />
and an eagle. It was the second tournament<br />
victory of the season for Rallo. She won The<br />
River Challenge earlier this fall.<br />
There were 18 teams and <strong>10</strong>3 girls competing<br />
in the event.<br />
As a team, St. Joseph’s Academy won<br />
the Angel Classic for the fifth year in a row.<br />
St. Joseph’s Academy won by five strokes<br />
with a team score of 309.<br />
Senior Izzy Arro finished in the top five<br />
for the Angels. She shot a 6-over 76 to wind<br />
up in fifth place. Junior Rylie Andrews<br />
shot an 82 to tie for 16th place while senior<br />
Ellie Davenport was just behind with an 85<br />
to tie for <strong>21</strong>st place. Sophomore Isabella<br />
Buckley had the fifth score for the Angels,<br />
shooting a 90 to tie for 26th place.<br />
by Carter Murawski who swam a time of<br />
57.24 seconds in 2020. The meet record<br />
was 57.88 seconds set by Cape Girardeau<br />
Central’s Sam Hahs in 2017.<br />
Bonnett also won the 200 IM in 1:52.78.<br />
He swam the breaststroke in the 200<br />
medley relay that placed first in 1:42.80.<br />
He anchored the second-place 400-free<br />
relay that had a time of 3:20.77.<br />
“It was a well-earned nomination as<br />
all the coaches voted from all the teams,”<br />
Sumner said about Bonnett being named<br />
MVP. “He has been working hard toward<br />
some big season goals, leading this team<br />
and having some fun along the way.”<br />
Sumner liked what she saw from all<br />
three of her divers. They all placed in the<br />
top eight. The team’s lone freshman, Cabot<br />
Murawski, finished fifth and seventh in<br />
the 200 and 500 freestyle events. Daniel<br />
Budiman finished second in the 50 free and<br />
<strong>10</strong>0 back and was on the first-place medley<br />
relay and second-place 400-free relay.<br />
“This group started out strong and ready<br />
for the season, many of them are coming<br />
off an undefeated water polo season where<br />
they were the state champs,” Sumner said.<br />
“Many have also trained in the offseason.<br />
Together, they have set some big personal<br />
goals and team goals.<br />
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“Currently, they are working toward getting<br />
a strong state team in individual events<br />
and all three relays. All three of our divers<br />
are qualified for districts competition and<br />
we are looking for state spots at that meet.”<br />
At press time, the Longhorns were undefeated.<br />
“Just looking forward to keeping the<br />
momentum going from our undefeated<br />
season so far and to see what they can do<br />
come the championship part of the season<br />
during conference and state,” Sumner said.<br />
“Building the depth of our team is very<br />
key for us in potentially finishing on the<br />
podium at state.”<br />
High school boys swimming<br />
Parkway <strong>West</strong> won the 20<strong>21</strong> Cape Rock<br />
Invite boys swim meet, and senior Will<br />
Bonnett was named the meet’s MVP.<br />
The Longhorns finished first with 330<br />
points in the recent 19-team event in Cape<br />
Girardeau. John Burroughs was a distant<br />
second with 293 points.<br />
Parkway <strong>West</strong> won the meet in 2019, its<br />
first time to participate in the event. There<br />
was no meet last year due to COVID-19.<br />
“The team was very excited for this<br />
meet, mainly for the good competition<br />
and friendly rivals,” Parkway <strong>West</strong> coach<br />
Coleen Sumner said. “It was an outdoor<br />
meet with <strong>10</strong> lanes and was a great chance<br />
to travel as a team and compete for some<br />
personal best times. That win was definitely<br />
a team effort. We finished first through<br />
16th in every event. It took everyone that<br />
competed to earn that first-place finish.”<br />
Bonnett, who won a pair of championships<br />
at the Class 1 state meet in the<br />
200-yard individual medley and the 500<br />
freestyle last year, broke the Parkway <strong>West</strong><br />
record in the <strong>10</strong>0 breaststroke with a time<br />
of 55.78 seconds. That also broke the meet<br />
record. The Longhorns record was held
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