Preview: Area Teams Poised For Spring Postseason

The next three weeks will feature postseason competition across each of the spring sports. Here is a preview and quick-hit look at where area teams will be playing over the next several days:

DISTRICT GIRLS SOCCER

Class 3 District 8 at Troy Buchanan

Top-seeded Fort Zumwalt West has a bye, and will play the winner of Monday’s match between fourth-seeded Fort Zumwalt North (7-15) against fifth-seeded Holt (5:30 p.m.) in the semifinals. That match will be played at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday.

Zumwalt West is 15-6-1, and won the Gateway Athletic Conference South with a 4-1 mark. The Jaguars have relied on a well-balanced offense and supreme goalkeeping from senior Emilee Johnson, who sports a 0.60 goals-against average and has 11 shutouts. Sophomore forward Maggie Richard leads the team with seven goals and 20 points.

The district championship match is slated for 5 p.m. on Thursday.

Class 2 District 8, at St. Dominic

Top-seeded St. Dominic beat No. 4 Warrenton at home on Saturday, 4-0. The Crusaders are 18-6 and won the Archdiocesan Athletic Association at 7-0. Leading the charge for the state-title hopeful team has been sophomore Cristina Rodriguez with 15 goals, including one on Saturday. Freshman goalkeeper Megan Swanson has an amazing 14 shutouts.

St. Charles West (16-5) beat Duchesne, 3-2, in overtime on Saturday in the other district semifinal. The Warriors will face St. Dominic in the district final at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday.

Class 1 District 7, at Orchard Farm

O'Fallon Christian (4-10) will face top-seeded Orchard Farm at 4:30 p.m. on Monday. The winner will play the winner of the match between second-seeded Barat Academy vs. Lutheran St. Charles at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday.

Barat is 6-9, but is capable of an upset behind potent striker Sarah Lammers. She scored 11 goals and added nine assists this season.

DISTRICT BASEBALL

Class 4 District 8 at Fort Zumwalt West

In one of the top districts around St. Louis, sixth-seed Fort Zumwalt West (12-13) plays third-seed Zumwalt East (17-8) at 4 p.m. on Monday, and No. 4-seed Zumwalt North (14-7-2) plays No. 5 Zumwalt South (11-9), also at 4 p.m. That game will be played at Zumwalt South.

Zumwalt North has been led by a trio of offensive stars this season. Senior Joey Siegler is batting .493 and has 10 doubles. Senior Wade Rothermich is hitting .452 and has a team-high 38 hits and six home runs. Sophomore Dre Gleason is batting .419 and has a team-best 34 runs batted in.

On the mound, Siegler is 5-2 with a 3.24 earned-run average in 41 innings.

Zumwalt West features junior Tommy Hager, who is hitting .420 with 27 RBI. Jaguars pitcher Tyler Kummer is 6-3 with a 3.45 ERA in a team-best 47 innings.

St. Dominic (16-8), an 8 seed, will face top-seed and state-title hopeful Francis Howell (22-3) at 1:30 p.m. at Zumwalt South on Monday.

The semifinals (Tuesday) and district championship game on Thursday will be played at the host site.

Class 3 District 6 at Winfield

Sixth-seeded O’Fallon-Christian (10-11) will play No. 3-seed Orchard Farm at 6:30 p.m. on Monday. The semifinal games will be at 4:30 and 7 p.m. on Tuesday.

Class 2 District 5 at Brentwood

Barat Academy plays Crossroads on Monday afternoon. A victory would send Barat to the semifinals (TBD). Barat is 12-7, and features pitcher Cody Heying, who is 3-1 with a 2.14 ERA. Offensively, senior Blake Besancenez is hitting an astounding .568 with 30 runs and 21 RBI.

STATE GOLF

At the Class 4 state championship (Monday and Tuesday) at Twin Oaks Country Club in Springfield, Mo., Connor Brady from Zumwalt West will be competing.

The Class 2 meet, also on Monday and Tuesday, will be at Rivercut Golf Course in Springfield. Barat’s Trevor William Cronin and Evan Marcks from Christian O’Fallon will be among the participants.

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