Today v. SLUH

The Red Devils are taking on the SLUH Jr. Bills today at Forest Park Community College. The JV game starts at 4:15PM followed by the Varsity game at about 5:15PM. We will be short Seniors Jack Benage and Kevin Rejko who both missed last game and must sit this game as well and Junior Danny Faust who is sick today. This is a blow as these guys are great defenders who would really help defending SLUH's vicious counter-attack.

SLUH is without a doubt the best team in the area right now. They boast, in my opinion, the three best 2M's in the state: Senior Tim Dale, and Juniors John Heafner and Will Page. I would also argue that Senior Mike Sizemore, who went to grade school with our Kevin Arnold and Michael Kubik, and Junior Michael O'Neill are two of the best defenders in the state (although we got some boys who could challenge them for that title).

We have an interesting advantage over other teams when it comes to SLUH though. First of all, I went to SLUH and played under head coach Paul Baudendistel and played with JV coach John Penilla. Secondly, I coach Jungle Cats with Paul and John and have also coached every single player on SLUH's team. The advantage is that I know everyone there and I know the system (it's essentially the same system we run).

So if both teams know what system is being run and what the other team is trying to do, then the game will hinge upon execution. Whoever executes the system the best will certainly win the game. Unfortunately for Chaminade, we have been running the system for 4 weeks and SLUH has been running their system for 4 years (for the seniors). Should be an interesting game. I imagine a lot of learning will occur.

Starters for Varsity:
#1 Blake Stabler
#3 Michael Kubik
#5 Kevin Arnold (c)
#6 Jake Entwistle
#9 Peter Hoette
#12 Chris Watkins
#13 Chris Duncan