Black Narrowly Edges SLAP

It was a back and forth game as the Cats couldn't find any consistency on the defensive end. SLAPers Michael Schonoff and Danny Holtgrewe ran their famous backdoor play countless times as the Cats refused to adjust to the SLAP offense. SLAP also ran an effective righty-lefty double-hole which confused the Cats, leading to matchup problems. Furthermore, our inability to matchup on restarts led to a few "home run" passes leading to quick goals. To quote goalie Matt Hohenberger: "I can't believe they scored six goals on me that quarter."

It's not all bad stuff as player of the game John Savio led a solid offensive effort distinguished by good passing and ball protection. Will Page, Steve Sigman and Pat Maloney were also big contributors to the 14 goal morning.

Points of emphasis: filling the middle on defense, getting the matchups we want, press hard on the perimeter and driving through on offense when your man drops.

-Coach T

JCWP Yellow Trounces Parkway, Narrowly Misses Shut-Out

The 'Yellow' team pushed its record to 2-0, following up last week's hard fought OT victory with a dominant 16-1 effort against an under-manned Parkway squad. Ben Castro & "Country" Bob Morrissey pitched a shut-out in the first half before regular goalie Dylan Jungels took over in the second half. The only thing keeping the trio from a clean sheet was a scored 5M penalty shot awarded with :04 left on an interesting call. Offensively, the scoring was spread around, led by usual-suspect Matt Stipanovich, who got help from friends Dan Pike, Marty Ruzika, et al. Despite the convincing win, the team noted in the post-game meeting that there were still some things to work on: press defense, 6-on-5 patience, and setting up a half-court offense. But, overall, it was all smiles as the team heads to the holiday break from the leauge. See you in 2009!

-Coach P

High School League and Middle School League

The addition of the Brown team does not change any other game times. So the schedule as I currently read it is as follows.

Dec. 20: Black at 11:20, Yellow at 3:05, Green at 3:55, Orange at 4:45, Brown at 5:35
Jan. 10: Orange at 12:20, Yellow at 1:10, Green at 3:10, Black at 4:00, Brown at 6:30
Jan. 17: Orange at 2:50, Yellow at 3:40, Black at 4:30, Green at 5:20, Brown at 6:10
Jan. 24: Yellow and Black at 2:15, Green and Orange at 3:05, Brown at 5:35
Jan. 31: Black at 8:10, Yellow at 9:00, Orange at 3:40, Green at 4:30, Brown at 6:10
Feb. 5-8: Kuppa Tournament, teams and times TBA

Also, Kittens, your schedule is as follows. (Your games are at Ladue, not MICDS.)
Jan. 10: 11:30, Jan. 17: 11:30, Jan. 24: 10:45, Jan. 31: 11:30, Feb. 7: 12:15, Feb. 14: 10:45

JCWP Brown

In an attempt to thin out our rosters and create more playing time for everyone, each Saturday, some of you will NOT play with your regular team (Black, Yellow, Orange, or Green) but will instead play for JCWP Brown. Please find yourself in the rosters below. No one should be listed more than once, and a handful of you do not appear.

Coach Baud
baud@sluh.org

Brown, December 20:
*Archer, Pat
Brockgreitens, John
Castro, Darrian
Derdeyn, Pieter
Erlinger, Sam
Faddis, Colby
Going, Trent
Heafner, John
Helling, John
Maloney, Patrick
Meyer, Mitch
O'Neill, Michael
Savio, Michael
Schmidt, Dan
Sigman, Michael

Brown, January 10:
*Jungels, Dylan
Allen, Luke
Auinbauh, Jake
Bowers, Michael
Buelter, Jack
Champion, Kenny
Gleason, Brett
Hagerty, Michael
Keao, Nick
Kimbrough, Ben
Lewis, John
Maloney, Daniel
Morgan, Thomas
Neuberger, Travis
Stolwyk, Matt
Tucci, Scott

Brown, January 17:
*Lauber, Chris
Castro, Ben
Debandt, Nick
Digman, Misha
Gerber, Charles
Goeddel, Dan
Golterman, Robert
Harris, Eddie
Kabance, Joe
Lauber, John
Myers, Peter
Piening, Nick
Pike, Daniel
Seiff, Tom
Smith, Zach
Vierod, Alistair

Brown, January 24:
*Wahl, Max
Archer, Charlie
D'Alessandro, Dave
Dell'Orco, Tom
Emnett, Ben
Gleason, Patrick
Mayer, Rob
Milburn, Joe
Moorkamp, Sam
Murphy, Erin
Panchot, Shane
Paniello, Andrew
Slaughter, Michael
Tanner, Michael
Wilson, Evan

Brown, January 31:
*Chisholm, Jake
Burggraf, Nate
Chisholm, Robert
Dodds, Nick
Faust, Danny
Garlock, Robert
Gresick, Joseph
Kaufmann, Nick
Kennedy, Chris
Kramer, Mitch
Ladd, Elliot
Luhmann, Bill
Maurer, John
Morrissey, Bob
Tucker, Jim
Wall, Patrick

No Practice on December 15

Chaminade has cancelled all evening activities for December 15. We will attempt to make up the missed practices at a later date. Please check back here for more details.

Games Saturday

This Saturday, December 13, Orange plays at 1:10 PM, Green plays at 2:00 PM, Yellow plays at 3:10 PM, and Black has a double-header at 5:40 PM and 6:30 PM. All games are at MICDS. Please arrive 20 minutes before your game time.

Kittens games will not begin until January 10, and those games will not be at MICDS. I think they will be at Ladue.

Schedules should be available at mowaterpolo.com but are not yet.

Change in Lions Practice

The Lions practice scheduled for Monday, December 8 has been moved to Tuesday, December 9. Practice time is still 8:30 PM to 10:15 PM.

Rosters

Rosters for the winter league games are below. Once a schedule is made, it will be available via www.mowaterpolo.com.

Black
*Hohenberger, Matt
*Lauber, Chris
Auinbauh, Jake
Champion, Kenny
Debandt, Nick
Derdeyn, Will
Digman, Misha
Faddis, Colby
Faust, Danny
Gerber, Charles
Gleason, Brett
Maloney, Patrick
Meara, Jack
Meyer, Mitch
Page, William
Rose, Ed
Savio, John
Sigman, Steve
Tucker, Jim
Vierod, Alistair
Wall, Patrick

Yellow
*Archer, Pat
*Jungels, Dylan
Buelter, Jack
Castro, Ben
Dodds, Nick
Goeddel, Dan
Going, Trent
Golterman, Robert
Hagerty, Michael
Heafner, John
Kaufmann, Nick
Keao, Nick
Lewis, John
Maurer, John
Morrissey, Bob
Neuberger, Travis
O'Neill, Michael
Pike, Daniel
Ruzicka, Marty
Stipanovich, Matt

Orange
*Chisholm, Jake
Brockgreitens, John
Burggraf, Nate
Chisholm, Robert
D'Alessandro, Dave
Emnett, Ben
Harris, Eddie
Helling, John
Kabance, Joe
Kimbrough, Ben
Kramer, Mitch
Lauber, John
Luhmann, Bill
Mayer, Rob
Moorkamp, Sam
Panchot, Shane
Piening, Nick
Schmidt, Dan
Stolwyk, Matt
Tanner, Michael
Tucci, Scott

Green
*Wahl, Max
Allen, Luke
Archer, Charlie
Bowers, Michael
Derdeyn, Pieter
Erlinger, Sam
Garlock, Robert
Gresick, Joseph
Kennedy, Chris
Ladd, Elliot
Maloney, Daniel
Milburn, Joe
Morgan, Thomas
Murphy, Erin
Myers, Peter
Paniello, Andrew
Savio, Michael
Seiff, Tom
Slaughter, Michael
Smith, Zach
Wilson, Evan

Kittens
Castro, Darrian
Castro, Victor
Critchfield, Tom
Gleason, Bradley
Jellinek, Justin
Losby, Todd
Lumley, Graham
Mayer, Richie
Pike, Monika
Rechtien, Matt
Schumacher, Keith
Sigman, Michael