Not In The Cards For Lady Bulldogs

For the third time this decade and first since 2003 the Notre Dame Lady Bulldogs finish second in the state. The Class 4 Title goes to the Webb City Cardinals.

Notre Dame was strong in the first half building a 5 point lead only to see it slip to a one point advantage (26-25) at halftime. The Bulldogs had to muscle through most of the second quarter after senior center Jane Morrill reaggravated her injured ankle. She did return to the game favoring her ankle at times, but still powered in 16 points. Junior guard Allyson Bradshaw scored a team high 18 on 8-15 shooting.

Notre Dame trailed by eight with 5:38 remaining in the game but thanks to a Bradshaw jumper with 2:57 to go cut the deficit to three at 49-46. That is as close at the Lady Bulldogs would get.
Webb City quickly built a 9 point lead and held on to win 60-53.

Countdown to Girls Class 4 Championship

Early in Friday's Class Four Semifinal I was beginning to think the Notre Dame Lady Bulldogs run to the school's first Girls Hoops Title since 2002 would come to an end thanks to the sharp shooting of St. Dominic. But as most good teams do Notre Dame willed itself back into the game eventually pulling away late in the fourth quarter.

So here we are Notre Dame (26-4) and Webb City (29-1) just minutes from tipping off in a what has the potential to be a classic. Webb City finished third last season in Class 4 and has yet to win a Girls Basketball State Championship.

The Lady Cardinals start only one underclassman (junior Kaitlin Jaeger). She will be a handful for Notre Dame to defend. Jaeger is leading the team in scoring with 18.4 per game. She is one of three Webb City players putting up double figures in points (Hailey Roderique 15.3 and Kyndal Clark 12.3).

One thing to keep an eye on (at least early in the game today) is the health of Notre Dame 's Jane Morrill. The senior center suffered a mild injury to her ankle in the second half of Fridays Semifinal win over St. Dominic.

"It's fine," Said Morrill. "I tweaked it before then I got caught on a girls foot and I rolled it again, but it's fine." "I'll tape it up and be good to go."

Notre Dame and Webb City tipp off at 2:50 today.

The team is headed back to Cape tonight following the game.

Missouri State Soccer Awards

The Missouri State High School Soccer Coaches Association announces it's 2009 All State Teams.

Class 1

First Team:
Brent Rodewald (senior) Saxony Lutheran

Second Team:

Trevor Mcbuce (senior) Saxony Lutheran

Honorable Mention:
Shawn Hadler (junior) Saxony Lutheran


Class 2

First Team:
Joseph Froemsdorf (senior) Notre Dame

Second Team:

Jack Mocherman (senior) Notre Dame

Jacob Pewitt (senior) Notre Dame


Class 3

Second Team:

Clayton Baker (sophomore) Jackson