Volume 4 – March 2015 WELCOME TO THE PATTONVILLE PIRATE ATHLETIC NEWSLETTER It is our great pleasure to welcome you to our 2014-2015 Pattonville Pirate athletic and activity year. We look forward to many exciting athletic and activity events this fall and throughout the year as we engage in exciting contests with the best scholastic competition within the state of Missouri. STAY UP TO DATE WITH PHS ATHLETICS BY VISITING OUR WEBSITE: http://pirates.psdr3.org/athletics PATTONVILLE SUMMER SPORTS CAMPS Pattonville High School is excited to announce the expansion of its summer sport camp offerings along with a NEW online registration process. Pattonville High School is committed to the development of student athletes. It is the intention of our staff to provide quality instruction to all camp participants. All of our camps teach fundamentals and sportsmanship while exposing campers to sports strategies, challenges and skill development, all while having a great experience! Visit the following website to register for all Pattonville High School sponsored sport camps. www.pattonvillecamps.com INCLUDED IN THIS EDITION: WINTER END OF SEASON REPORT & SPRING SPORTS PREVIEW Winter END OF SEASON REPORTS Boys Basketball Head Coach Kelly Thames The varsity boy’s basketball team finished with a 12 – 12 record. Highlights from the season included a 3rd Place finish at the Chaminade Christmas Tournament along with a 3rd place finish in the new Suburban South Conference. The boy’s team received a #2 seed for the MSHSAA district basketball tournament held at De Smet High School. Our boy’s team lost to the host team in the district semi-final game. At the conclusion of the season two team members received All Suburban South recognition as Richard Henderson Jr. was named 1st Team All Conference while Destan Williams received a 2nd Team All Conference award. Coach Thames is happy to report both boys are only sophomores. The boys program will lose 5 seniors to graduation and expectations are going to be high as many players return after logging many varsity minutes. – GIRLS BASKETBALL Head Coach Craig Gregory The Pattonville Girls Basketball team had a successful year with all three levels gaining valuable experience for upcoming seasons. The freshman, coached by Lisa Foust, ended up being (12-7) with several girls moving up to the junior varsity and varsity level. The junior varsity coached by Kaitlin Childs had a record of (10-10) and ended the season with a four game winning streak showing the improvement of the team. The varsity’s record ended up (11-13). The team will lose it’s only senior Cyrah Bryant, but will be returning nine juniors that should have a lot of varsity experience which should help the team next year. Being in the new Suburban XII South the Pirates were able to get some recognition from the other teams. Freshman Tyra Brown, first team all-conference, Juniors Marnae Brown and Cassie Callahan, honorable mention, Senior Cyrah Bryant sportsmanship award, and Juniors Rachel Kerwin and Tamera Shelton made the academic all-conference team. WRESTLING – Head Coach Brent Mueller The 2014-15 wrestling season was exciting. Seniors Tommy O’Brien and Trevor Beck led the way for this team to become Suburban South Conference champs. Many under classman battled for the varsity team during the season. The wrestling team went undefeated in dual meets in conference play. Tommy O’Brien was the team’s lone state qualifier as he finished the year with a record of 41-5. The team is setting the bar high for the 2015-16 season – GIRLS SWIM & DIVE Head Coach Anna LeBlanc The girls swim and dive team had another exciting season. We started off the season with a bang placing first at the McCluer North Relay Invite. The team also took 6th overall at the FZN Invite with Julianna Basler placing on the podium. Our overall record was 6-9. At the Suburban 12 South Conference meet we had many girls place in the top 16 in their events. Those students are as followed: Valerie Brockman, Becky Kaufman, Haley Raftery, Allison Van Buren, and Mandie Wilson. Julianna Basler, Felicity Tso, Emma Luem, Kara Myers, and Avi Levy placed top 8 in at least one swim event or diving event. Our 400 Freshmen Relay placed 3rd consisting of Emma Luem, Felicity Tso, Allison Van Buren, and Julianna Basler. The team captain this year was Allison Van Buren. There are many opportunities to join a swim or dive team in the spring, summer, or fall. Please contact Coach LeBlanc at [email protected] for more information. DANCE – Head Coach Katie Funderburk The Pattonville High School varsity drill team placed second in the Class 5A division during the Missouri State Dance Team Championships on Feb. 28 at the St. Charles Family Arena. The team placed second in the state after earning a first-place trophy for its pom routine and a second-place trophy for its hip hop routine in the 5A division. Earlier in the season, the drill team placed 12th in the nation at the National Dance Team Championships in Orlando, Florida. They competed against 52 teams in the small hip-hop category. The team also finished in the Top 20 out of 72 teams in the small pom category. Members of the team are Erin Bailey, Brittany Bell, Samantha Byrne, Anise Glenn, Katie Greenwell, Maddie Hunsaker, Briana Kitchell, Katelynn Maierhoffer, Amber Maxwell, Jerica Robinson, Kyla Robinson, Chelsea Sharp, Natalie Siegel, Brianna Westmoreland and Samantha Yancey. Katie Funderburk is the head coach and Grace Burgos is assistant coach. – CHEERLEADING Head Coach Kali Hunt The Pattonville Varsity Cheerleaders are wrapping up the season with success. The group has been together the full year and has made many incredible accomplishments. The Cheerleaders attended camp at MIZZOU this summer. At camp nine out of the seventeen athletes were announced that they made the National Cheerleaders Association All American Team and the four senior girls were asked to become staff members. The VRAHS also competed this year at the regional and state competitions. At regionals, the team placed third out of six. At the state competition the team placed fifth place out of twenty other small coed schools. This is the first time in nine years that the cheerleaders placed top five at state. The cheerleaders finished their season with outstanding performances at the Varsity Drill Teams Variety show. Not only are the Varsity cheerleaders highly skilled performers they also high achieving in the realm of academics. Eight cheerleaders finished the year with above at 3.3 GPA (mind in motion) and one received Academic All Conference with a 4.0 GPA. At the cheerleaders banquet three cheerleaders finished with specialty awards; Maddy Clark with 110% award, Stacy Manjarrez with Most improved, and Jessica Burgess with the Pirate award. The coaches, Kalli Hunt and Kevin Gostling, could not be more proud of the success the VRAHS accomplished this year. We wish the seniors the best with their college and future, and look forward to working with the returning cheerleaders next year. – Spring season previews BASEBALL - Head Coach Rob Simpson The varsity baseball team is extremely anxious to get our season started. We have a very upbeat, energetic clubhouse eager to begin play in our new conference. We have a seventeen-man roster this year comprised of eight seniors, eight juniors, and one sophomore. Our returning starters are Right fielder and pitcher Jake Stroker, Third baseman and pitcher Mike Jacobson, Shortstop and reliever Anthony Green, and center fielder Micah Evans. With very strong returning leadership mixed with young very athletic players who are eager to make a name for themselves at the varsity level, the Pirates our poised to win a conference championship while competing in their first year in the new Suburban South conference. Our post-season aspirations are simple: To win our new district championship and there can be no stopping us from there on out. BOYS GOLF – Head Coach Scott Hutson Golf season has begun and the teams are getting ready for another successful campaign on the links. We have high hopes for this year's Varsity squad as we return many of our key players from last season. Last season we won our conference championship with a perfect 6-0 record, won the Hazelwood West Tournament and finished second in the Pattonville Invitational. Grant Cushman, Connor Hogan and David Treat will return this spring to help seniors Alex Caldwell, Brock Morris, Matt Anderson and Kyle Baldwin lead the charge to another conference championship. Hogan, Treat and Anderson finished last season by qualifying for sectional play, narrowly missing the opportunity to play for a state championship. We expect bigger and better things from our team heading into this season. It is a strong possibility that this year's team could produce up to five sectional and state qualifiers. We have the opportunity to do some special things on the golf course this year, and we are looking forward to making this a season to remember. The JV team is also poised to have a strong season with newcomers Sam Stanek and Shawn Hulahan joining returning players such as Kyle Rhodes, Cooper Schneider and Mitch Stringer on this year's squad. We look to build upon a strong showing from last year, and it is our hope that by season's end many of our JV players will be competing for positions on the Varsity team. GIRLS SOCCER – Head Coach Tom Iffrig The Pattonville Soccer Program is off and running! The freshmen are working hard on their ball skills and eager to play in their first match on March 27th vs. Lafayette. The JV squad has been working hard on ball skills, Fitness and Speed/Agility and they are excited for their first match vs. Parkway Central as part of the Kicks-4-Cancer game scheduled for March 27th at 4:30. All of the proceeds from the Kicks-4-Cancer game will benefit the Cardinal Kids Cancer Center at Mercy! The Pattonville Varsity Soccer Team (PVS) are returning this year after a 6th consecutive District Title where they placed 3 girls on the All-STL Region team and 1 on the All-State team! The Pirates are led by Seniors; Hailey Womack, Kayla York and Megan Anth, along with standout juniors LeeAnn Graff and Kristin Barringhaus and they also return leading goal scorer, Madison Utley. The Varsity squad open up their season away against Class 1 State Champion, Duchesne on March 24th @ 6:00. PVS has high expectations again this year with hopes of a 7th consecutive District Title and a trip to Kansas City to play in the State Final Four! BOYS TENNIS – Head Coach Jeff Grass We are all excited about the 2015 tennis season and look forward to the tough competition in our new conference. Four of our top six players graduated, but we have some athletic younger guys ready to take on the challenge of being a varsity tennis player. Even though we are in a rebuilding mode, our hopes are high for this season. We believe the two returning varsity athletes, Andre Santa-Maria and Brian Jennings, will be our top two players. Several other players to keep an eye on include Mihir Boara, Aman Khurana, Donnie Learch, Reggie Ewing, Josh Czopek, Carter Yarnell, Daniel Burns, and Sam Ung. GIRLS TRACK – Head Coach Rob Lamb Pattonville Women's Track has many returning varsity members. The Sprint relays have many returning starters including Fatima Richards, Allison Sanders, Erykah White, Tamera Shelton and many others. In throwing events we have Moyrah Eldridge, Fatima Richards (Jr.) Jasmine Kenny (Sr.) and in the pole-vault we have high hopes for this year as Jasmine hopes to return to the state meet for a second year. This year we have the largest women's team in several years with many new athletes and we are training hard to make a great showing this season. This season we have several home meets on Tuesday and hope to see a great crowd in the stands. Our first home meet is the Green and White at 3 o'clock on March 23. Some of our varsity weekend meets include the Timberland Invitational on April 7th, the Corey Seibert Invitational on April 18th at Rockwood Summit, and the Marion Freeman Invitational on May1st and 2nd at Clayton Field. Hope to see you out at the track. BOYS VOLLEYBALL – Head Coach Becky Middendorf The start of the 2015 season is upon us and it brings an almost all-new varsity boys’ volleyball team. With 6 players graduating last year, this year’s line-up will look brand new. Returning from last season are seniors Daniel Noles (setter) and Nathan Kirchoff (outside hitter). They will be the only players with significant varsity experience and will shoulder a lot of responsibility this year. Helping them at the setting position will be senior Noah Cwiklowski and the rest of the team is juniors and sophomores. At this early point in the season, positions are still being filled and the boys are working hard to make the starting line-up. We will be facing several new teams in our schedule because of the realignment of the suburban conferences. We have not had a conference for many years and are excited to compete with these schools. The boys have committed to work hard and get better every time we take the court. BOYS TRACK – Head Coach Jeremiah Simmons The boy’s track team has high expectations heading into the 2015 season. This season ushers in a new conference and new classification as Missouri has expanded to 5 classes in track and field. The team has a lot of new faces this season, but also welcomes back some strong talent from last year’s squad. The boy’s track team will be led this year by Chris Gleghorn (JR), a 2-event state-qualifier from last year. Gleghorn is a top-ten returner in the state in both the 200 (10th) and the long jump (3rd). He hopes to improve on his All-State 5th place finish in the long jump from last years state meet. Gleghorn and the rest of the jumps team look to be the strongest area for the boys track team this season. C.J. McDaniel (SR) qualified for sectionals last year and hopes to qualify for state as the 2nd best returner in the section. Brad Jenkins (JR) is the 5th best returner in the section for triple jump. Newcomers Tyrone Eastern (SR), Isaiah Davis (SO) and Derrick Boyce (FR) should also contribute in the jumps. The sprint team is very young this year and will be led by many of the jumpers listed above. Darnell Johnson (SO) and Tyrell Miles (FR) have looked strong in the early season and should contribute to the varsity team. In the throws, the Pirates will be led by Jordan Wilkes (JR). Wilkes qualified for sectionals last year in the shot put and is a top 2 returner in the section. He is also the 7th returner in the discus. Jalen Allen (SR) joins Wilkes in the discus as the other returner from last years team. Marcus Thornton (SR) rejoins the team after a year off and looks to contribute to the team in the shot put. Micah Tompkins (SO) and Francisco Rosales (SR) will lead the distance team. Tompkins showed a lot of potential with a strong indoor track season this winter and Rosales is a two time state qualifier in cross-country. Azim Djuraev (JR), Josh Jackson (JR), and Jack Wallis (JR) should contribute in the mid-distance events. The boy’s track team starts its season on March 27 at Seckman High School. The team will compete in highly competitive meets this year at Timberland, Rockwood Summit, Ladue, and Clayton. The team travels to Parkway North on May 7th and 8th for the first Suburban XII conference track met and then to Lutheran North on May 16th for the Class 5 District 3 meet. GIRLS LACROSSE – Head Coach David DiPasquale Pattonville Ladies Lacrosse is excited to start the first varsity season. Two previous seasons of junior varsity competition have the team prepared for the season ahead. The team has set their goal on creating a winning culture with a winning record and follow up with a conference championship in our inaugural varsity season. The team has three seniors committed to compete at the collegiate level in 2016 and there are many players ready to fill those big shoes. The future looks bright for Pattonville Lacrosse WATER POLO – Head Coach Marcus Christian After finishing 2nd in the Missouri State Tournament in 2014, the Pattonville Coed Water Polo team will be making the leap to varsity this year. Lead by captains Colin Parker and Max Bodde, the boys and girls of water polo are looking to make a splash. The Pattonville Aquatics Center will be hosting the first ever Pattonville Water Polo invite on March 27th and 28th. This will be a great opportunity for players to test their skills and fans to show their support! Announcements NFHS online courses (Reminder) FREE online courses are available compliments of the National Federation of High Schools. Visit http://nfhslearn.com/courses to register online to receive FREE courses on the following topics: NCAA Eligibility Heat Illness Prevention Concussion in Sports Positive Sport Parenting Sportsmanship Sports Nutrition A link to these courses can also be found on the Pattonville High School Athletics homepage. http://pirates.psdr3.org Good luck to all our Pattonville Pirates! Pattonville Sports Team Hotline: (314) 213-TEAM (8326)
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