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Mehlville's Aris Nukic Named Athlete of the Week

Catch news and notes from the Suburban West Conference.

Turnabout was fair play for the Oakville softball team last week.

The Tigers suffered only one loss in their state championship season in 2010. That was a regular season loss to Parkway South, which was avenged in the playoffs.

Parkway South was the team with the perfect record this season until it met up with the Tigers. The Patriots were coming off an exciting 2-1 victory over Eureka the day before, but it was all Oakville and freshman pitcher Jordan Michalski Sept. 20.

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Michalski gave up just three hits in going the distance in Oakville's convincing 6-0 victory. Savannah Fedorchak has been clutch at the plate all fall for the Tigers and she was once again against South as she had a pair of doubles and three RBI.

Oakville and Parkway South entered the weekend with identical 5-1 league marks. Parkway South was 17-1 overall while Oakville was 13-3. Eureka is 4-1 in the league.

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Tennis

The Lafayette tennis team continued its memorable 2011 season with the championship in the "A" Flight of the Suburban South/West Conference Tournament.

Lafayette won with 14.5 points. Clayton was second with 9.5 followed by Ladue with eight and Parkway West with four.

Lafayette's Haleigh Chobanian won the upper singles flight while Abby Carpenter won the lower singles flight. Theresa Brands and Anne Perry won the lower doubles flight.

Lafayette is undefeated in regular season conference play.

The feature match of the conference tournament came in the championship match in upper singles. Chobanian defeated Cam Newton of Ladue 7-5, 6-3. Newton is a defending state doubles champion.

"The level of play in that match was exceptional," Lancer coach Donna Staufer said. "Both players showed their skills and sportsmanship throughout the match."

Volleyball

The Northwest volleyball team had a huge 25-20, 16-25, 25-23 win over Rockwood Summit last week. Alyssa Arnold had 18 kills for the Lions against the Falcons, who are the co-leaders in the Suburban South Conference.

Oakville came back after suffering to .

Lindbergh and Lafayette are red-hot teams. Both entered the weekend undefeated in the league along with Oakville. Lafayette dominated the Glendale Tournament in Springfield while Lindbergh has won seven of its last eight matches.

Cross Country

Conference athletes as a whole, and Eureka in particular, dominated the Fox Warrior Invitational Cross Country Meet Tuesday.

Eureka won both the boys and girls events in dominating fashion. The boys finished with 23 points. The host Warriors were a distant second with 83. Eureka had five runners in the top 10, including medalist Ethan Lambert who won with a time of 16:25.

The Wildcat girls were even more dominant with seven girls in the top 10. They finished with 23 points. Seckman was second with 98 points.

Eureka freshman Hannah Long won the event in 18:53. Oakville sophomore Melissa Brown was in second in 19:09. The third place finisher was 90 seconds behind Brown.

Parkway South senior Lauren Redmond won the Suburban West Conference Golf Tournament Wednesday at Aberdeen. Redmond won with a score of 84. Eureka's Brennan Pfeil was second with an 87.

Lafayette won the team tournament, totaling 369. Marquette was second with a 384.

Patch Athletes of the Week

Girls: Lafayette's Haleigh Chobanian has been named the Patch Suburban West Conference Female Athlete of the Week. She defeated Cam Newton of Ladue 7-5, 6-3. Newton is a defending state doubles champion.

Boys: Mehlville's Aris Nukic has been a standout in just a short period of time. Nukic leads the league with 21 goals. He has done so in just a dozen games.

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