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Day: September 13, 2020

Swimming: Webb City takes third at Cape Rock Invitational

Posted on by Jason Peake

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — Competing against stellar competition, the Webb City Cardinals took third place at the Cape Rock Invitational swim meet in Cape Girardeau on Saturday.
“We are pretty thrilled with this one,” Webb City coach Shawn Klosterman said. “Some of the teams there are traditional powerhouses at the state level.”
In a field of 12 teams, Notre Dame took first with 372 points. Rock Bridge took second with 313 and Webb City was third with 234.
Webb City’s Carson Forcum won the 1-meter diving competition with a finals score of 337.15. Teammate Eric Keeling was fourth (247.5).
In swimming events, Webb City finished fifth in the 200-yard medley relay, with Judah Ritchie, Micah Brouwer, Emiliano Vasquez and Ethan Shipley competing.
The Cardinals were seventh in the 200 freestyle relay, with Zion Wood, Cody Herndon, Aiden Patterson and Steve Kenlee swimming. Webb City also finished seventh in the 400 free relay, with Vasquez, Shipley, Brouwer and Steve Kenlee competing.
Webb City had a number of individuals finish in the top 10 of their respective events.
Ritchie finished fifth in the 100 backstroke, Brouwer placed seventh in both the 200 individual medley and the 100 breaststroke, while Steve Kenlee was seventh in the 500 freestyle.
Wood took eighth in the breaststroke, Shipley placed ninth in both the 200 freestyle and the 500 free, while Vasquez was 10th in the 100 butterfly and 12th in the 50 free.
Also for the Cardinals, Jonathan Kenlee took 11th in the backstroke and 12th in the butterfly, Lucas Lowery was 12th in the 500 free and Herndon was 13th in the 100 free.
Klosterman noted the team is off to a solid start to the 2020 season, as the Cardinals took second at Joplin’s outdoor invite and are 5-0 in duals.
The Cardinals will compete at Monett on Saturday.

The Webb City Cardinals brought home this unique trophy from the Cape Rock Invitational.

Cross Country: Joplin boys take fifth at Ray-Pec invite

Posted on by Jason Peake

PECULIAR, Mo. — In a field of 23 teams, the Joplin High School boys cross country team finished fifth in the team standings at Saturday’s Raymore-Peculiar Invitational.
Rock Bridge (43) and St. Joseph Central (76) were the top two teams, with Liberty (92), Rockhurst (158) and Joplin (189) rounding out the top five.
Joplin’s Hobbs Campbell finished 25th in 17:12. Also for the Eagles, Ian Horton was 41st, Nicholas Horton took 42nd, Zaben Barnes was 44th and Evan Matlock took 47th.
Ashton Ventura (115th), Max Russell (122nd) and Patrick Beranek (140th) also competed for the Eagles.
There were 203 runners in the boys race.
In the girls race, Joplin’s Alexandra Carson finished 19th in 20:42 and Jennalee Dunn was 21st with a time of 20:45. Joplin’s Allie Keizer was 45th and Sage Mitchell was 48th.
Also competing were Mairi Beranek (136th), Cylee Gilreath (137th), Jackaline Triplett (149th).
Joplin’s girls were ninth in the team standings (266). Rock Bridge (71) and St. Teresa’s Academy (76) were the top two teams.

CARTHAGE RESULTS
Fresh off their own invite, the Carthage Tigers also competed at the event.
Mariques Strickland finished 21st in the boys race with a time of 17:10.
Miguel Solano was 55th, Joseph Wyrick took 58th, Malcolm Robertson finished 70th, Richard Contreras was 78th and Coltyn Herrera was 81st.
Ty Lewis (119th), Landen Schrader (143rd), Caleb Fewin (163rd) and Joel Pugh (167th) also competed.
Carthage finished ninth in the boys team standings.
On the girls side, Kimberly Hernandez was 96th (23:00) and Lauren Wilson took 99th (23:09).
Also running for the Tigers were Hadley McBride (111th), Morelia Reyes (138th), Diana Pichardo (142nd) and Lilian Vasquez-Perez (171st). Carthage’s girls finished 18th in the standings.
There were 21 full teams and 179 runners in the girls event.

Volleyball: Joplin takes third at Hillcrest Tournament

Posted on by Jason Peake

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — A long day of volleyball ended on a positive note for the Joplin High School volleyball team, as the Eagles claimed third place at Saturday’s Hillcrest Invitational Volleyball Tournament.
“I was thrilled,” Eagles coach Staci Saunders said. “I thought we played a really good day of volleyball. We had a few letdowns against Camdenton and Webb City. But for the rest of the day, we played aggressively and did a really good job overall.”
In pool play, Joplin earned wins over Waynesville (26-24, 25-19) and Hillcrest (25-19, 25-16) and lost to Camdenton (26-24, 25-14).
In the tourney’s semifinals, Webb City defeated Joplin 25-22, 25-14.
“Our serve-receive was not great against Webb City,” Saunders said. “It’s hard to do things when you can’t receive the serve. They definitely did a better job in that area than we did.”
In the third-place match, the Eagles defeated Waynesville 25-16, 25-23.
Joplin senior setter Addison Saunders compiled 50 assists, 25 digs, 22 service points and 11 kills, while senior outside hitter Aubrey Ritter contributed 25 digs, 23 kills and 23 service points.
Kaylie Anderson had 50 digs, while Angelina Schramm recorded 16 service points and 14 kills. Allie Lawrence had 18 service points, 17 kills and nine digs, while Emma Floyd had 10 kills and four blocks.
Also for the Eagles, Kacy Coss contributed 14 kills and four blocks, while Baileigh Riley had 25 assists, 17 service points and eight digs.
The Eagles (5-3) are at Aurora on Monday.

Volleyball: Webb City wins Hillcrest tourney

Posted on by Jason Peake

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Webb City avenged an early-tourney setback en route to capturing the championship plaque at the Hillcrest Invitational Volleyball Tournament on Saturday.
In the tourney’s title match, Webb City defeated Camdenton 25-16, 12-25, 25-23.  Camdenton had beaten Webb City 25-21, 25-21 in pool play earlier in the day.
The Cardinals beat Joplin 25-21, 25-14 in the semifinals.
In earlier action, Webb City earned wins over Lebanon (25-20, 25-14) and Hillcrest (25-20, 25-15). The Cardinals split two sets with Waynesville (25-18, 24-26).
For the tourney, Maddy Peeples recorded 52 kills and 42 digs, while Brenda Lawrence had 31 kills and nine digs and Kenzie Storm contributed 19 kills and 11 blocks.
Kyah Sanborn compiled 63 assists and 33 digs, while Abby Stork contributed 16 digs and three aces and Avery Westhoven had 54 assists and 15 digs. Kearston Galardo had 10 aces and seven digs, while libero Sage Crane had 42 digs and seven aces.
Webb City travels to Seneca on Tuesday night.

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