The Lindenwood tournament once again turned out a solid series of early-season games for teams in the middle of the country.
When all nine varsity games were done, St. Thomas Aquinas had logged two impressive victories, KC Jr. Blues and Notre Dame de La Salette split their games, Archbishop Moeller lost twice but had their moments, Bixby was competitive, and SLUH showed well.
St. Thomas Aquinas defeated Westside Black Swarm 24-14 on Saturday. Max Doerfler once again was player of the game but there were other solid performances. Cooper Coates and Carson Kraft led a good forward effort while in the backs Owen Charlton had a good day.
Also in the tournament, Bixby defeated Moeller 17-11 and Notre Dame de la Salette beat the St. Louis Jets.
For Aquinas, Head Coach Tim Kluempers said he was just pleased his side stepped up against a physically larger opponent.
“I was just pleased they had the confidence to get stuck in and smash somebody,” he said.
KC Jr. Blues and SLUH battled it out on Saturday. SLUH went up 5-0 after knocking on the door for much of the first half. In the second half KC scored 17 unanswered points to win 17-5.
On Sunday Aquinas stormed out to an early lead and never looked back against Moeller, ultimately taking that contest 46-17. Michael Doerfler was outstanding at flyalf running the attack and unleashing STA's speed.
"He just did a really nice job all weekend," said Kluempers.
Moeller lost to Bixby and STA and their Varsity B side beat Eureka in a close one. This was one of Moeller's first runouts of the season. They had previously tied Notre Dame de la Salette 19-19.
