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Geoff Davis, director of H2 Saint Louis, announced that Alli Beining, assistant varsity coach at Lutheran High School South, will serve as head coach for the 18 Cardinal team this season! You can hear from Alli herself on her plans for the season by visiting her link on H2TV1 on the website.

We are thrilled to have such a talented young lady join us for what will surely be a great season!

H2 14 Black player Claire Whitehouse has been named to the USA Volleyball High Performance National A2 team.  Claire tried out for the USA High Performance program at the tryouts held during the Mideast Qualifier.  While this is Claire’s first time on a national team, she is no stranger to the High Performance program, being selected for a Midwest region team last year.  Claire’s selection to the National A2 team places her in the top 200 players in the country.

The High Performance Program works to advance volleyball talent and build a broader and stronger pipeline of athletes and coaches for our USA Olympic Teams. The High Performance Program bridges the gap between our USA National Teams and youth volleyball programs across the country. This is done through a system of national tryouts which then qualify athletes for training programs, camps, and Youth and Junior National Teams. The HP Program at USA Volleyball is the “Pipeline” for volleyball athletes who aspire to reach the elite level of their sport and is intended to grow the pool of talented young players who may someday compete for a spot on the USA National and Olympic Teams.

Great job Claire!!

The girls of 14 Cardinal prepare for the trip to USAV NATIONALS  Representing the Gateway region in a couple of weeks in the 14u open division. Good luck Girls!

18 Cardinal Outside hitter Mary Grace Masters signs with Jefferson College!

H2 Saint Louis 15 South officially forms as a team and joins our H2 family of players this week.  Selected to play on the team are five Lutheran High South freshman basketball players, Sarah Rivers, Emily Miller, Mollie Schultz, Erin Moellenhoff and Abigail Howard.  Also joining the team are Elizabeth and Erica Unnerstall, who are freshman at Christ Our Savior High in Prairie Du Rocher, Ill.  Currently, 15 South is open to adding one or two more players.  The H2 family is large enough that as our schedule unfolds, opportunities will likely exist for some additional H2 members to play with the team as their schedule permits.

Primary practice locations will be at Our Savior Lutheran in Fenton, & Ladue High School, but we plan on having the team venture to scrimmage other teams in the club as well. 

Photo by Bill Brinkhorst

Congratulations to Colene Hamilton (OH -15 Cardinal), for being selected to the 2014 Presidents Day All-Tournament Team. Your stellar play, show of good teamwork, sports-woman-ship, and desire to win showed through. With the few that were nominated, and still fewer that were selected, you were noticed and recognized, for what you showed on the court.  For that you should be proud!

Again, CONGRATULATIONS to you and thank you for representing, yourself, 15 Cardinal, family, and H2, SO WELL..WELL DONE AND GOD BLESS!!

18 Cardinal player, Hayley Richardson, signed her letter of intent to play collegiate ball for Jefferson College! Congratulations Hayley!!

H2 16 Highland proved to be a team to be reckoned with at the Gateway Girls Fest on Feb. 1st and 2nd.  With a 3-1 record on day one of the tourney the girls came back strong on day two to beat Missouri Thunder 25-19, 15-25 and 15-12.  Powerhitters 25-19 and25-17 and finally Franklin County in the the championship match 25-21 and 25-20.

Congrats on your accomplishments H2 16 Highland!

Starting Saturday with two easy victories over Harvesters Hurricanes 16s 25-11,25-4 and Aftershock 16 Black 25-14,25-11. The afternoon pools found 14 Cardinal up against Peak Performance 16 Black of Oklahoma. Winning 25-17,25-12 and then downing STL Powerhitters 16-1 25-8,25-11.

Sunday proved to be a challenge. Starting with a very good Midwest Xplosion 16-1 from Springfield MO 14 Cardinal found themselves in a fight, falling in 3 sets 20-25,25-23,9-15.

14 Cardinal came alive in bracket play. Consecutive victories over Rockwood 15 White 25-11,25-15 and then defeating CYC 14-1 25-19,25-16 in the semis to reach the championship match against the tournament’s top seed TESL 15 Red. After getting kicked around early in set one down 4-14, 14 Cardinal turned it around to battle back and win set 1 28-26. Set 2 14 Cardinal again dug out of a huge whole 2-12 to pull out a thrilling final 25-23.  What an incredible comeback by the girls to win this over a very tough TESL team.

Last weekend 15 Cardinal as well as numerous other H2 teams traveled to Memphis, TN to play in the annual MLK weekend tournament. After arriving the whole team took a trip to Beale Street for some sight-seeing and dinner at an old school diner called Dyers. Old school should be taken very literally as the grease they used to make the hamburgers is the same grease they have been using since 1912! Happy with a full belly the girls traveled back to the hotel to dream of volleyball and gold. The next morning the girls came out ready to play with the pursuit of gold in mind, and ended up with a record of 3-0 sending them to the gold bracket. Sunday morning the girls started off a little slow, but were able to keep it together and win their first match. After that each game got better and better. There were some hiccups in serve receive and coverage, however the defense was passing nails allowing our offense to really shine. Midway through the day one of our setters got ill, but the girls rallied together and persevered heading into the final match without skipping a beat. This was one of the best games 15 Cardinal has played. The middles were a force to be reckoned with at the net, both in blocking and hitting, with a very memorable kill for Hilary Hightower. The defense was very aggressive and the offense was smart. With both aspects working well together 15 Cardinal was able to get the win and the gold!  The team is now 39-3 and has won all three tournaments they have participated in. The coaches were really impressed with the strong serving they saw all weekend, it was key in getting the girls out of some jams. We also want to congratulate all of the other H2 teams on their success!

17 Cardinal kicked off its 2014 season with an 18s tournament at Greenville College last Saturday. Despite falling to Rockwood 18 Mizuno in the final match, H2 17 Cardinal finished with second place honors after a tremendous semi final match against the current first place team in the Gateway Region, Show Me Rox 171. With the help of Madison Ruble from 17 Black, the team was able to over come two injuries and defeat Show Me in two sets (19-15, 19-14). “I’m really proud of how the girls came together in that match,” say head coach Alex Hess. “Every single player contributed to this victory. We still have a few kinks to work out, but this was certainly a terrific way to start to the season.”

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