Oakville Girls Break Six-Game Winning Streak

The Oakville girls soccer team is now 6-1 with impressive 1-0 wins last week.

Goalkeeper Tina Haberberger had 12 saves in a 1-0 win over St. Joseph's Academy Tuesday and Lauren Fussell scored the game's only goal.

Haberberger and the Tigers made it two shutout wins in a row with a 1-0 victory over Hazelwood West Friday in the Parkway College Showcase at the Anheuser-Busch Center. Abby Bergman scored the only goal of the game.

Oakville has outscored its opponents by a combined score of 20-5 in its six victories.

The Tigers' first loss came in the showcase against Francis Howell, 2-1. 

Baseball

The Lutheran South baseball team lost its first game of the spring last Saturday, falling to De Soto 7-6. But they responded with impressive wins over Park Hills Central (21-3), St. Francis Borgia (7-3) and O'Fallon Christian (11-1).

Brandon Downey had a big game at the plate against Park Hills Central. He was 5-for-5 with a pair of doubles, four runs scored and four RBI. 

Nicholas Bohlmann also had a memorable game against Park Hills Central with five hits, three runs scored and two stolen bases. Bohlmann is one of eight Lancer regulars who are hitting over .350. Bohlmann leads the team in runs scored (17) and stolen bases (12).

Trevor Jost (.522) and Ryan Strohm (.500) are the top average hitters. Sam Gieg leads the team with 17 RBI while hitting .481.

Nathan Dehn (.478), Dirk Otterstein (.381), Downey (.375) and Dalton Schumer (.357) are also off to fast starts.

Lutheran South has scored 110 runs in its 10 games and have scored at least six runs in every game and scored 10 or more six times.

MSHSAA Establishes New Football Districts

A new playoff format means new district assignments for area football teams.

The Missouri High School Activities Association announced the new districts needed for the new playoff format.

In recent years, there have been four teams in most districts with the final three games of the season determining which two teams from each district moved on to the post-season.

This year, there will be as few as six and as many as eight teams in each district. The regular season will now be nine games instead of 10.

Lindbergh, Mehlville, Northwest and Oakville will be joined by Eureka, Lafayette, Marquette and Parkway South in District 1.

CBC, DeSmet, Francis Howell North, Hazelwood Central, Hazelwood West, Pattonville, Ritenour and SLUH will be in Class 6, District 2.

The Class 5, District 1 field includes just six teams but there will be some traveling involved as Jackson and Poplar Bluff join Fox, Rockwood Summit, Seckman and Vianney.

Affton and Lutheran South will compete in Class 4, District 2 along with Imagine, Miller Career, Roosevelt, St. Mary's, Vashon and Windsor.

Ladue, Pacific, Priory, St. Clair, Borgia, Sullivan, Union and Westminster Christian are in Class 4, District 3 while Clayton, Gateway Tech, Jennings, MICDS, Normandy, St. Charles, St. Charles West and University City are in Class 4, District 5.

Patch Female Athlete of the Week: Sophomore goalkeeper Tina Haberberger had 12 saves in a 1-0 win over St. Joseph's Academy Tuesday. 

Patch Male Athlete of the Week: Brandon Downey went 5-for-5 with a pair of doubles, four runs scored and four RBI for Lutheran South. He also pitched the complete game against O'Fallon Christian. He allowed eight hits in seven innings and did not issue a walk.