Westminster Christian Academy News

Cats struggle to find identity.

2010-09-02T11:06:41-05:00

WCA Cats, struggling to find their offensive touch, and key players out injured, faced a similar opponent tonight in the Eureka Wildcats. WCA came out playing fast and moving the ball nicely, even controlling the play. Unfortunately, we were not able to break through the stubborn Eureka defense. After the strong initial 20 minutes, it was back and forth the rest of the way, with Eureka creating most of the scoring chances. Tim Miller refused to budge in the back, and must have touched the ball 200 times during this game. He tried to will his team to victory, with tremendous work rate, and vocal leadership, but tonight it would not happen.

After a scoreless first half, Eureka earned a corner kick off a bad clearance by the WCA defense. The ensuing corner, struck very hard, deflected off of Buffa into the WCA net, for an own goal. This proved to be too much for the offensively challenged WCA. It was all Eureka after that, with Tim Miller and his defensive partners time and time again clearing the ball. WCA had their hands full and struggled to get into the offensive third, firing only 2 shots all night with two coming from our defense. Late in the game, a Eureka forward stole a clearance pass out of our defensive third, swept in between our outside and center back quickly and deposited the ball nicely around a diving Mike Hall. 2 - 0 Eureka. The game game concluded with lots of long balls from both defenses and not much action by either squad.

Great start to volleyball season.

2010-09-02T10:07:31-05:00

The volleyball season got off to a great start last night as the freshman, JV and varsity volleyball teams each defeated Whitfield in 2 straight sets. The Wildcats take on Lindbergh here at home today. The JV (new gym) and freshman (old gym) both play at 4:00, and the varsity plays in the new gym at 5:15. The Lady Cats would love to see (and hear!) you there!

Great start to volleyball season.

2010-09-02T10:05:45-05:00

The Lady Wildcats volleyball season is underway. The Whitfield Warriors welcomed the Lady Wildcats to their home court. With an opening kill down the line, a couple of unforced errors, and a serve that trickled over the net, the Lady Wildcats quickly found themselves trailing 4-0. But the tide was about to turn. Erin Bognar was in the house. After a near perfect pass by Kristen O’Leary and a beautiful set by Kira Stewart, Erin Bognar finessed the ball to the back corner to put the Wildcats on the board. She followed with a tip, then a booming kill shot after a back and forth rally. Kaylee Rosen served up an ace and the score was tied at 4-4. Kira back-set to a slide by Hannah Stipanovich who buried it cross court. Hannah foiled the next Warrior attack with a block. Karlee Heinemann joined in with a cross court kill to the back corner to put the Cats up 8-5. With the Cats up 13-9, the Warriors went on a 5-0 run to take the lead at 14-13. Trading points for awhile the Cats eventually took the lead at 19-17 and never looked back. After an Ace by Bognar, Whitfield called a time out trailing 23-17 trying to stem the tide. Stipanovich finished ‘em off with a quick smashing kill from the middle. The Cats notched their first win 25-19.

Game 2 was much like game one. But this time Sarah Hall served up two aces to open the game. Kaylee Rosen went cross court from the right side for a kill, then blocked an attempted tip by the Warriors. She followed by serving up a couple of aces and the Cats were quickly up 7-1. By the time the Warriors called time out trailing 17-14, Sarah Hall had pounded the ball off attempted blocks, Kaylee had blocked another tip attempt and had served up another ace. The defense had held behind good passing and digging from O’Leary and Mari Knehans. The time out didn’t slow the Cats down though. They simply caught their breath and kept on going. Bognar pounded the ball down the line putting the defender on her back, Stewart served up an Ace, Stipanovich registered another kill, Hall tipped over the block and O’Leary put the nail in the coffin with an Ace to end the game 25-18.

Come cheer on the Lady Wildcats at their home opener tonight (Thursday September 2).

Great start to volleyball season.

2010-09-02T10:03:52-05:00

The volleyball season got off to a great start last night as the freshman, JV and varsity volleyball teams each defeated Whitfield in 2 straight sets. The Wildcats take on Lindbergh here at home today 9/2. The JV (new gym) and freshman (old gym) both play at 4:00, and the varsity plays in the new gym at 5:15. The Lady Cats would love to see (and hear!) you there!

Wed. 9/1 MWAA tourney will be held at Sunset at 4:00pm.

2010-09-01T14:17:03-05:00

Location change because of weather.

TONIGHT'S GAMES -9/1- TIME CHANGE: VARSITY WILL PLAY AT 4:00, JV/F to FOLLOW AT 5:00.

2010-09-01T13:13:34-05:00

Whitfield plays their Varsity games first - 4:00pm. Then JV and F will follow at 5:00pm.

TONIGHT'S GAMES -9/1- TIME CHANGE: VARSITY WILL PLAY AT 4:00, JV/F to FOLLOW AT 5:00.

2010-09-01T13:11:29-05:00

Whitfield plays their Varsity games first - 4:00pm. Then JV and F will follow at 5:00pm.

TONIGHT'S GAMES 9-1 TIME CHANGE VARSITY WILL PLAY AT 4:00, JV/F to FOLLOW AT 5:00.

2010-09-01T13:08:28-05:00

Whitfield plays their Varsity games first - 4:00pm. Then JV and F will follow at 5:00pm.

Winning streak reaches 3 games

2010-08-31T19:16:57-05:00

The lady 'Cats ran their winning streak to three games as they beat Villa in their home opener 11-5. Ellie Huffman, Katie Matheny, and Andria Graeler each had three hits and multiple RBI's. Jocelyn Sheffield belted a mammoth two-run Home Run to right center field as well as starting two double plays from left field. Rebecca Nixon pitched 6 strong innings for her first Varsity win on the mound.

Cats win opener but lose player for the year.

2010-08-31T11:27:31-05:00

Last night began a new season for the Cats! Coming off their most successful season ever, and the loss of a strong Senior class, Coach Legters' team knows they have a huge challenge in front of them. Led by Senior captains, Tim Miller and John Hunsicker on defense, and Jacob Appelbaum in the midfield, the cats got off to a tentative start. Early on both teams seemed content to pass around their back 4 and were very cautious. Only 6 minutes into the game, things took a terrible turn for Westminster when super sophomore, Jack Dohr was severely injured in a battle for a loose ball. The extent of the injury was not known at the time, but play was stopped and Jack had to receive treatment from paramedics and was rushed to the emergency room with an injured (dislocated?) ankle. The team and the entire WCA family is praying for Jack and his family. We pray for a quick recovery, and healing. Further details can be obtained from Coach Legters and Mr. Miller.

After Jack's injury, the Cats seemed more motivated. They dominated play and were rewarded with a goal with 23 minutes to play. Abaum had a shot deflected out of bounds and the resulting corner by Jacob fell nicely to the feet of John Hunsicker after Andrew Beck kept it alive in the box, and John smashed it home for the first goal of the season. Triad was not able to get any offense going but did create one dangerous chance off a long throw in, that was dropped by goalie Mike Hall. Fortunately, he quickly recovered. The Cats had several near misses from strong crosses by Dudley, Stump and Burgess.

Both teams struggled to create much, with best chances coming from long set pieces or long throw ins. In the second half, WCA continued to dominate, and Anthony Pritchett had several shots on goal and quality chances. The goalie from Triad made a beautiful diving save to rob Pritchett with 23 minutes to go. Even though it was a quiet night for our goalie, Mike Hall saved the day with around 8 minutes to go when a low shot off a set piece was smothered at the goal line. Last chance of the night came when Abaum lifted a nice ball to Pritchett, who was in alone, only to see his shot sail high over the net.

Game ended 1 - 0 WCA for their first win of the year. Tonight they play against Oakville, who won their first game 5 - 0, so it should be a very challenging game.

Goals WCA- Hunsicker from Beck