Blake 13, Ehrnman 9, Beirne 7, Barrett 3, LeRoy 2, Holt 1)
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It's party time! The Stars relaxed and celebrated Christmas with a party, kindly hosted by Mrs. Blake! It was great fun, and quite interesting, as you can see by the pics...
question...what possibly could Brenna (in the backround) be doing?
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The Stars kicked off 2009 by facing off against Kansas rival St. Thomas Aquinas. The Stars showed a little rust against Aquinas giving too many offensive boards away, but held their own putting up 13 points in the first half. Aquinas had 13 as well, until a last second, very long shot sent the game into halftime with the Stars down, 13-16. After regrouping and digging deep the Stars came out with tenacious defense and better rebounding in the 3rd quarter holding Aquinas to only 2 points. The Stars were still a little rusty offensively, but managed to put up 9 points of their own. However, the 4th quarter went to Aquinas with complete board dominance, especially offensively giving themselves multiple attempts, and ultimately putting 15 more points on the scoreboard. The Stars struggled with the increase in pressure defensively, but managed to build some momentum in the end, but the time ran out, as the Stars lost, 30-34. Katelyn Ehrnman led all scorers with 14 points, hitting one from downtown in the 4th quarter as the Stars tried to come back. Jennifer Blake put up 7 points, hitting a 3 pointer early in the game. Emily Holt contributed with 4 points. Katelyn Ehrnman continued to hit the boards, getting 8 rebounds and joining her was Mary LeRoy with 6. (Ehrnman 14, Blake 7, Holt 4, LeRoy 2, Beirne 2, Barrett 1)
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The Stars licked their Aquinas wounds and came out fighting against O’Hara on Wednesday afternoon. Led by Katelyn Ehrnman’s dribble penetration and 5 points, the Stars put up 11 points to O’Hara’s 4 in just the first quarter! O’Hara would not back down and came out stronger in the 2nd, outscoring the Stars 8-6, making the score 17-12 going into the half with the Stars having a slight advantage. Determined to take the game completely away from O’Hara, the Stars unleashed an offensive strike in the 3rd quarter almost doubling their entire first half score, putting 16 points on the board. Leading the charge were Jennifer Blake and Emily Holt who both put up 6 points in the 3rd. Emily Holt finding her sweet spot behind the arc, putting two 3’s on the board, while Jennifer Blake showed strength in knocking down her own 3 pointer while getting fouled and accepting the 4 point play, knocking one down from the charity stripe. The 4th quarter showed a concerted team effort as nearly every Star put points on the board. Meg Nulton led the charge in the 4th, putting up 4 points of her own. Mary Cate Feuerborn added 2 to her 5 point game total. Lauren Barrett proved that size does not matter as she dominated the boards, tearing down 6 rebounds. Katie Beirne showed her court vision getting 5 assists, and Gigi O’Brien showed her defensive ability at finding the ball, leading with 5 steals. Brenna Scott had a steal of her own, along with 2 rebounds. The Stars finished with a decisive victory, winning 40-27.(Blake 11, Ehrnman 7, Holt 6, Feuerborn 5, Nulton 4, LeRoy 4, O’Brien 2, Beirne 1)
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The Stars faced off against cross state rival, Visitation Academy, who traveled from St. Louis to play all three STA teams on Saturday. It was a tough battle as both teams fought hard in each and every quarter, matching point for point with ties and lead changes every basket. It was a 7-7 game at the end of the first quarter with Jennifer Blake leading the Stars with 5 points. At the end of the half, the Stars were down by 1, with a score of 14-15. It was a defensive battle in the 3rd quarter as each team only put up minimal points, 4 for the Stars and 3 for Visitation, tying the game at 18-18 going into the 4th. Jennifer Blake led all scorers in the first half, putting up 8 points, including one from behind the arc. Jennifer went down hard in the 3rd quarter, though, spraining her ankle, out for the rest of the game. However, the Stars stood strong without their leading scorer and stayed in the game. Katelyn Ehrnman stepped it up offensively scoring 10 points in the 4th quarter. The Stars had a 3 point lead with just minutes left in the game, but Visitation would not go away. After a couple of inopportune turnovers by the Stars, Visitation was able to convert and take a 1 point lead. Katie Beirne was able to penetrate baseline to take a tough shot, but as the refs swallowed their whistles, she was unable to get the call. The Stars made a tough defensive stop once again, giving themselves the opportunity to squeak out a shot, but time expired before they were able to get one off and the Stars fell short, losing to Visitation 28-29. Leading all scorers was Katelyn Ehrnman with 14 points, followed by Jennifer Blake who put up 8 in one half of play. Emily Holt and Mary LeRoy dominated on the boards each leading with 7 rebounds. And Katie Beirne showed her defensive tenacity with 6 steals, while Mary LeRoy hung out like a vulture in the front court taking away 4 steals of her own. (Ehrnman 14, Blake 8, LeRoy 2, Beirne 2, Holt 1, O'Brien 1)
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As a little girl grows up in this area, some questions come to her attention many times throughout grade school, ”Will you go to Sion or will you go to St. Teresa’s Academy? Will you be a Star or will you be a Storm? Will black and gold permeate your wardrobe or purple and white?" One thing is known for sure, once you make that decision, there is no going back and you are a Star or a Storm for life and the competition begins between you and those that choose differently…
It is the BIGGEST rival in our school’s history; the Sion Storm came into our gym for what always promises to be an extremely competitive game against the Stars. Both teams came out strong defensively in the first quarter, the Stars putting up just 2 more points than the Storm, with Mary LeRoy leading the way with 4 points. The Stars began to pull away in the 2nd quarter, outscoring the Storm once again, and going into halftime with a 5 point lead, 15-10. The Stars remained steady in the 3rd quarter continuing their scoring with Katie Beirne and Meg Nulton taking offensive control, each putting up 4 points. The Stars led by 8 going into the 4th, but the Storm only grew in strength as they fought to comeback, hitting a three pointer and hitting 4 for 5 from the free throw line. However, the Stars stayed strong, taking care of the ball, holding onto the lead, and winning 31-28. Leading all scorers was Katie Beirne, who put up 9 points to go with her all around stats of 3 assists, 3 steals and 4 rebounds! Mary LeRoy and Katelyn Erhnman both dominated on the boards each pulling down 6. Mary LeRoy led in steals, getting 5 takeaways. It was a Star studded effort as 5 Stars tied for second leading scorer, each with 4 points – Mary Cate Feuerborn, Lauren Barrett, Mary LeRoy, Meg Nulton, and Katelyn Ehrnman. (Beirne 9, Feuerborn 4, Barrett 4, LeRoy 4, Nulton 4, Ehrnman 4, Holt 2)
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The Stars went to Lawrence once again this season to face off against Lawrence South, a team the Stars had beaten at home the previous month. However, this time would prove to be a more difficult game as Lawrence South came out stronger and more determined to make it a tough game. The Stars came out strong offensively outscoring LS 17-8 in the first half. Lauren Barrett led in the first half with 5 points, hitting one from downtown in the 1st quarter. Showing her own range, Katie Beirne put one in from beyond the arc in the 1st quarter as well. Defensively, the Stars gave little opportunity for LS to attempt shots as they dominated in ball control getting 15 steals in the first half alone. Mary LeRoy was a vulture on defense, swooping in to take any pass in her direction. She had 5 steals in the first half, and continued in the 2nd half, ending the game with 8 steals! Lauren Barrett and Katie Beirne added to the list of takeaways, with 5 and 6 steals. The second quarter showed great ball movement for the stars as Shannen Freeman and Mary Cate Feuerborn put up 2 points each. The Stars came out strong in the 3rd quarter, putting another 9 points on the board, but LS showed they had some fight left and put 9 points of their own on the board. They continued to claw their way back in the 4th, knocking down a couple of 3’s, but time ran out and the Stars held on, winning 30-25. Katelyn Ehrnman was a monster on the boards, ripping down 12 rebounds. Mary LeRoy contributed with 9 boards of her own. Leading all scorers for the Stars was Katie Beirne with 7 points. The scoring was well spread as 3 stars tied for second in scoring, each scoring 5 points; Mary LeRoy, Lauren Barrett and Katelyn Ehrnman. Katelyn Ehrnman showed her excellent court vision by contributing 5 assists. (Beirne 7, Barrett 5, Ehrnman 5, LeRoy 5, Holt 4, Feuerborn 2, Freeman 2)
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The Stars went out to Lee’s Summit to play in the Lee’s Summit Freshmen B Tournament. They faced off against William Chrisman in their first game, taking early control and showing complete defensive dominance. Brenna Scott came out like the Tasmanian devil on defense ripping away 5 steals in the 1st quarter alone! Shannen Freeman came out on fire offensively knocking down 6 points in the 1st quarter. Gigi O’Brien took over in the 2nd quarter putting up 6 points of her own. Brenna Scott and Lauren Barrett each put up 4 points in the first half, helping the Stars take a 22-2 lead into halftime. The 2nd half was all Stars as Meg Nulton lit it up, putting up 6 points, along with Shannen Freeman, who refused to be stopped, as she put up 6 more points, adding to her 12 point game total as the leading scorer! Gigi O’Brien did not back off, as she put up 3 more points, along with Lauren Barrett who put up 3 more as well. It was all Gigi, Lauren and Paige Wendland on the boards, as Gigi ripped down 9 rebounds, Lauren 8, and Paige 7. Brenna Scott showed no mercy in the second half and finished the game with a ridiculous 14 steals. A season high on the freshmen team. Lauren Barrett followed close behind with an amazing 8 steals to add to her stats along with her 6 assists. The Stars finished the game victorious winning 44-6. (Freeman 12, O’Brien 9, Barrett 7, Nulton 6, Scott 4, LeRoy 4, Wendland 2)
The Stars went on to the winners’ bracket to face off against Staley for the Championship of the Lee’s Summit Freshmen B tournament. It was a defensive battle in the 1st quarter as both teams only put up 4 points. However, the Stars picked up the tempo in the 2nd quarter and put up 8 points while holding Staley to 0 points, taking a 12-4 lead into halftime. It was Mary Cate Feuerborn leading the offensive charge in the 1st quarter, putting up 5 points, hitting one from downtown. However, Staley came out swinging in the 3rd quarter, outscoring the Stars 8-4. But the Stars held strong in the 4th, getting scoring from 5 different players and consistent free throws from Mary LeRoy, who put down 3 for 4 from the charity stripe. Jennifer Blake knocked one down from downtown, and Brenna Scott kept her offensive strike going as she put up another 2 points in the 4th, leading all scorers with 6 points. Lauren Barrett also led with a total of 6 points. The Stars finished strong, winning their first tournament, 30-20. Brenna Scott was once again a demon on defense, leading the Stars with 6 steals, followed closely behind by Lauren Barrett with 4 steals. Paige Wendland and Gigi O’Brien tagged teamed on the boards, each ripping down 5 rebounds. It was a supporting cast in the scoring department as both Marys contributed 5 points, Mary Cate Feuerborn and Mary LeRoy. Paige Wendland put up 4 points as well. (Scott 6, Barrett 6, Feuerborn 5, LeRoy 5, Wendland 4, Blake 3, Freeman 1)