GRR: Kingfishers
Going into 2024 St. Martin’s out of Kansas has already set the tone for what could be a very nice follow-up to a strong 2023.
The Kingfishers played Gregory the Great in a December season warmup and followed that up with a game against a KC Alliance U19 team.
St. Louis University High held an all-Catholic-School tournament this past weekend and the Kansas City area did fairly well, with St. Thomas Aquinas and St. Martin's Kingfishers both winning all of their games.
Since Aquinas and Kingfishers are slated to play each other soon, they didn't play each other in the tournament, so both came out undefeated.
St. Louis University High is hosting a All-Catholic-School tournament this weekend, bringing in several ranked teams to St. Louis.
St. Thomas Aquinas, ranked #6 among school teams at the moment, headlines a group that includes SLUH (ranked until recently), #44 Father Ryan, #48 St. Martin (Kingfishers), #37 Notre Dame de la Salette, and an up-and-coming Chaminade.
The Woodlands HS team traveled from Houston to the Kansas City area to play the Kansas City Jr. Blues and St. Thomas Aquinas.
St. Thomas Aquinas defeated Kingfishers 33-7 Saturday in a big match between well-regarded Kansas school teams.
Payton Ptasnik and Nick Jurczak were named players of the game.
In the B-side match, Aquinas won 43-10 and were led by Chris Glenn and Austin Turner.