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Justin Hotop August 17, 2017
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Cardinals
must trade
for Stanton
It’s game time
The biggest slugger is
now on the market. Miami
PHS and SV volleyball kick off the season with jamborees
Marlins rightfielder
Giancarlo Stanton cleared By Justin Hotop
jhotop@perryvillenews.com
waivers on Tuesday.
Which
The players and coaches have
means he
been waiting for this moment for
is avail-
months. Well, kind of. Tuesday
able to be
marked the start of the volleyball
traded.
season as Perryville and St. Vincent
I’ve said it
competed in a 4-team jamboree
before and
with Valle Catholic and Ste. Genei-
I’ll say it
JUSTIN again, the evieve.
HOTOP Cardinals Jamborees don’t count toward
need to season records, but they still matter
BETWEEN
THE WHITE go after as to what the coaches can go back
LINES
him, like and work on before the official reg-
yester- ular season kicks off on Tuesday.
day. There are plenty of “It counts for me and the play-
big spenders around the ers,” Perryville Coach Cindy Cis-
league like the Boston sell said. “It might just be a prac-
Red Sox and Los Ange- tice, but it’s the beginning of a
les Dodgers that have the whole new season.”
wallets to go after the Each team played six sets on the
slugger and the remaining night, two against the three other
$295 million left on his teams to 15 points. But that didn’t
10-year contract. But no mean fans didn’t see some interest-
one has the assets to give ing matchups.
up the farm for the man. Perryville got a sneak peak into
From Harrison Bader, their season opening match when
Magnus Sierra, Stephen they took on Valle, the state run-
Piscotty to anyone in be- ner-up for last season. The Pirates
tween, there is no one that looked strong in the first set taking
is off limits for Stanton. advantage of numerous service er-
Why? rors on the part of the Lady War-
Let’s run through a few riors to climb out to an 8-3 lead,
numbers. After Tuesday eventually claiming the set 15-6.
night’s games, Stanton “You have to take advantage of
had hit a homerun in six everyone’s errors when they make
straight games and 11 of them,” Cissell said.
his last 12. He currently But as customary to any Valle
leads the majors in at 44. team they came back and claimed
And don’t get me the second set 15-11.
started abut money. The But the main focus for Cissell
Cardinals are one of the during the jamboree was to get
most profitable teams in everyone involved in the matches.
the league, and that in- Everyone on the bench participated Republic-Monitor/JUSTIN HOTOP
cludes revenue from Ball- and played some during the event. Macy Robinson (center) celebrates with teammates after an ace during the jamboree.
park Village and the new “It was the way the whole night
television contract that was set up,” Cissell said. “We want- nah Layton and Maci Hotop gave “We started the night out well,” “Valle is always tough and they
will pay them over one ed our reserves to play against the Perryville the first set 16-14. Umfleet said. “But as the night went are well coached,” Umfleet said.
billion dollars. The Cardi- other teams’ reserves so that every- “The offense will be there,” Cis- on we fell flat and were back on our “We want to compete with them,
nals have the deep pockets one could play and try to get better sell said. “That’s not something heels. We talked a lot this summer but at times tonight I saw we still
available to pay the mid- as a team.”
I’m worried about. I’m focused on about being strong in games, which have to progress to get there by dis-
dle-of-the-order-bat. Perryville took the middle two
the defense and I thought we did we did, but we have to play with tricts.”
This is not an Albert sets with Ste. Geneieve 15-9 and
Pujols situation either, 17-15 to set up the main event of well with our blocks and moving. I that same intensity on every point.” Perryville will start the season
where they would have the night and a match-up of the two couldn’t be more pleased. The intensity was there at times on Tuesday against Valle, while St.
paid the former Cardinal Perryville teams. St. Vincent took the second set to against Valle. A timeout by Umfleet Vincent travels to Jackson on open-
and future Hall-of-Fam- Perryville jumped out to a 7-2 end the night as Umfleet preached with Valle leading 12-7 helped pro- ing night.
er well into his twilight lead, thanks to some good defense, to the girls to find a consistency. duce a 4-0 run to climb back to a “We couldn’t be more excited to
years. and a timeout by St. Vincent coach St. Vincent started the night against 12-11 score. But Valle finished the get the season started and we will
Stanton would be in Amy Umfleet calmed her team Ste. Genevieve and won the first set 15-11. The Lady Indians fell take the time we have left to work
the top of the lineup for down and they raced back to take set 15-9, but then lost the second to Valle in last year’s district title on the things I saw tonight, which is
at least five years of his a 12-11 lead. But Perryville proved set and the two sets to Valle before game and hope to compete with what this jamboree is for,” Umfleet
prime. Who wouldn’t too strong in the set as kills by Han- splitting with Perryville. them again in 2017. said.
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