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Ashley R. earned 2nd team honors as an infielder in the Four Rivers Conference.
Brittany earned All-Conference 1st Team in the Four Rivers Conference and Class 3 District "9" All-District 1st Team honors as a pitcher. Union High School won their District and advanced to the State Quarterfinals where they lost to Webb City High School, who ended up the MO State Champions in the Class 3 division. Brittany was also named MVP of the Capital City Invitational Softball Tournament and earned Varsity Athlete of the Week at Union High School for the week of 9/10/07.
Holly played at Seckman High School where they won their district and lost in their Sectional Game to Oakville High School. Holly earned Class 4 Suburban South All-Conference 1st Team, District "1" 1st Team, and All-Region 2nd Team honors as an infielder.
Jenna received All-Conference 1st Team in the Class 4 GAC North Conference, 1st Team All-District, and Honorable Mention All-Metro honors as an outfielder. She led the conference in stolen bases. Jenna also made the All-Tournament team at the Seckman Jaguars Invitational.
JJ received 1st Team All-District in Class 2 District "3", 1st Team All-Conference in the Metro Women's II Conference, 1st Team All-Region, 1st Team All-State, and 1st Team All-Metro honors for the 2007 season. She led her conference in batting average, on base %, slugging %, walks, doubles, triples, RBI's and runs scored. The Principia Panthers won their District and advanced to the State Quarterfinals where they lost to Kelly High School. JJ was also the Cardinals Suburban Journals Athlete of the Week for the week of October 3, 2007.
Keri earned Class 4 District “7” 1st Team and Suburban North All-Conference 1st Team honors as an infielder.
Lindsay earned Class 4 District "6" 1st Team, Suburban South All-Conference 1st Team, and All-Region 1st Team honors as a pitcher. She also set the single game (13), single season (146) and career (249) strikeout records for Parkway Central Softball. At the end of the regular season, Lindsay led her conference in saves, games pitched, complete games, innings pitched and batters faced.
Molly played at Seckman High School where they won their district and lost in their Sectional Game to Oakville High School. Molly earned Class 4 Suburban South All-Conference 2nd Team and District "1" 2nd Team honors as an outfielder.
Sarah earned Class 4 Suburban South All-Conference 1st Team and Honorable Mention All-Metro honors as an outfielder.
Shanna earned Class 4 Suburban West All-Conference 1st Team and District "3" 2nd team honors as an outfielder.
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2008 St. Louis Diamond Cats 18U - USFA Northern Nat'l Champions
Front row: Ashley R., Molly, Lauren, Sarah, JJ Middle row: Holly, Brittany, Lori, Lindsay, Ashley M. Keri, Jenna Back row: Coach Donn, Shanna, Coach Neil, Coach Tony
Cats' High School/College Updates!
Monday, September 25th - The Cats do well in their high school debuts for the 2008 season! All 5 high schools (PCH, PSH, McCluer, Howell, Washington) that played won their season openers, and 3 of the 6 cats that played hit home runs! Congrats to Lori (grand slam!), Shanna and Keri! Go, Cats!!!!
Wednesday, September 27th - PCH and PSH played each other in the championship game of the Parkway Invitational. PSH won that game 6 - 1. Click here for the Post Dispatch Story! McCluer got 4th place in the Summit Tournament. All the Cats had good games! Lauren got her 1st homerun of her high school career as she led Howell to a victory over Zumwalt South. Great job, Cats!
Monday, September 8th - Lindsay pitched a perfect game as PCH defeated PNH 8 - 0! No hits and no baserunners allowed! Way to go Lindsay! Holly had a perfect day at the plate going 4 for 4 as Seckman defeated Webster Groves! Great job, Holly!
Wednesday, September 17th - Lindsay is named the Suburban Journal Athlete of the Week! Amazing week! Click here for the story on STLToday!
Saturday, September 20th - Sarah and Ashley made their college debut appearances for Maryville University in the College Exhibition Tournament at ABC Park. Sarah played centerfield and leftfield, and Ashley played in right field. In one game, Sarah went 3 for 3 and Ashley had a pinch hit RBI double! Way to start out your college careers, Cats!
Monday, September 22nd - As of today, Brittany has 122 strikeouts and 0 walks! She is third in the area in strikeouts AND leads all pitchers in strikeout/walk ratio! Lindsay is third in the area in strikeout/walk ratio! Great job, Brit & Lindsay!
Wednesday, September 24th - Brittany is named the Suburban Journal Athlete of the Week! Our second player to received such an honor! Great week! Click here for the story on STL Today!
Thursday, October 9th - Congrats to Keri at McCluer, Lori & Shanna at Parkway South, Brittany at Union and Lauren at Francis Howell for advancing in District Playoffs! Keri had a homerun and Lori went 2 for 3! Great job! Nice season to Holly and Jenna!
Friday, October 10th - Congrats to Lori & Shanna at Parkway South for winning their District. Also, to Lindsay at Parkway Central and JJ at Prin for advancing in District Playoffs! Lindsay pitched another perfect game! Great job! Nice season to Brittany, Keri & Lauren! Brittany ended her season by throwing 222 strikeouts and just 2 walks...that is amazing!
Saturday, October 11th - Congrats to Lindsay at Parkway Central and JJ at Principia for winning their District. Great seasons to all the Diamond Cat girls! Now, let's go watch some softball at Sectionals on Wednesday!
Thursday, October 16th - Congrats to Lori and Shanna at Parkway South for winning their Sectional game! They both had 2 hits and and 1 RBI apiece to help their team defeat Nerinx. Great job, girls! Good season for Lindsay at Parkway Central and JJ at Principia! You all did your schools proud. Lindsay pitched 10 shutout innings against Lafayette and did not give up an earned run in the 11 inning 3 - 0 loss. JJ was walked every time she went to the plate against Fatima proving that she is one of the most feared hitters in the state! Let's all go out and support Lori and Shanna at Ballwin on Saturday against Oakville in the Quarterfinals.
Saturday, October 18th - Congrats to Lori and Shanna at Parkway South for winning their Quarterfinal game! They beat Oakville, the State Runners Up from last year, by a score of 8 - 4. Both girls had great games! Good luck in St. Joe on Friday and Saturday!
Friday, October 24th - Congrats to Lori and Shanna at Parkway South for winning their Semifinal game! They beat Howell Central, by a score of 11 - 1. Lori started the game with a leadoff double and 2 RBI's and threw out a runner trying to steal. Shanna got a walk and reached on a FC and caught a tough fly in right field. Great job by all the South girls! Good luck on Saturday! Click here for the story on STL Today.
Saturday, October 24th - Congrats to Lori and Shanna at Parkway South for an amazing season. A second place finish in the Class 4 Championships is amazing! We are very proud!
Cats Win USFA Northern National Championship!
The Cats beat a very good Southern Illinois Dirt Dawg team to win the USFA Northern National Championship. We had 4 great games with them and we won 2 and they won 2! What a great fight for the championship. We played good games with the St. Louis Legion of Doom (Dierkes) and Missouri Heat (Abbott), too.
In the stifling heat and humidity, with a whole day rained out, and with a lot of grit and determination, the Cats managed to beat the Dawgs in the "IF" game of the championship round. The Cats took the easier road to the finish by staying in the winner's bracket until the first round of championship play. The Dawgs came into that game with a bit more fight in them after battling the Heat to get there. The Cats came out in the second game ready to play, though. Even though they got down early, they battled back and beat the Dawgs in the last inning 4 - 3.
Thanks to the Dawgs for some great games! Good luck in the future!
Way to go, Cats! Not many teams get to end their season with a win! We are proud of you! Good luck in high school and college ball and we will play together again at the Fall Exposure Tournament! We will be there to watch those high school games!
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