The track team hosted the Charlie Beck Invitational track meet on Saturday April 9. There were 31 teams with both a JV and Varsity at the meet and the weather was beautiful. Fort Zumwalt West won the girls varsity division with the Lions finishing 6th overall. Hazelwood Central won the boys varsity division with U City finishing 10th overall. U City star performers included: Emmanuel Price (Champion in the long jump), Darion Boure (Champion in the triple jump), Lydia Bohlen (3rd in the 400) and Kayla Heidelberg (2nd in the 200). Thanks to everyone that supported the teams by attending the meet, the coaches for running the meet and all of the event volunteers that helped it run smoothly.

The water polo team competed in the Founder’s Cup Invitational for the week of April 4. Thanks to everyone that volunteered on Monday and Friday, as U City did a nice job hosting two rounds of the tournament. The team earned a tie with Mehlville 4-4 behind Dante McKinnie’s 6 saves. Dan Egan has been the leading scorer the past few games with 4 goals against Kirkwood and 3 against Ladue.

The baseball team is currently 6-5 on the season after dropping 3 out of four this week. The Lions dropped a one-run game, 8-7 to Clayton; James Lenard was 3 for 3 with two RBIs and Will Kneller drove in an extra-inning run to beat Affton 6-5; The Lions dropped a 15-5 game to Lindbergh; and Kevin Looby homered in a 12-10 loss to Mehlville. The JV Lions finished their pool play action at 2-1 in the University City/Balls-N-Strikes JV Tournament for a share of first-place.

The boy’s volleyball team has won 3 out of 7 games and is 1-3 in matches so far this season. The highlight was a 2-0 sweep of St. Francis Borgia (25-23, and 25-21). The Lions won the first game 25-21, but dropped the match with 17-25 and 20-25 games against Fox (Avion Ashford had 4 kills).

The golf team has completed five matches this season and is improving each time out. Bryce Balber is the team leader in points and shot 41 in nine holes in each of the last two matches.

The girl’s soccer team is 2-4 on the season and is playing well while learning a new system and adapting to the new coaching staff. They dropped contests to Lutheran North, Parkway North, and Webster over the past week. The Varsity plays in the Webster/Kirkwood Invitational this week, while the girls compete in the Warrenton JV Tournament on Friday and Saturday.

The boy’s tennis team plays Bishop DuBourg at home on Tuesday, April 12. They competed well last week in matches against Parkway North and Clayton.