Jackson Patillo (Willard, Sr), Taylor Arens (Catholic, Sr), Luke Straus (Catholic, Jr) and Lucas Moore (Nixa, Jr) spent last weekend playing for the Missouri State Olympic Development Pool (ODP) 1993 team in the Region II Tournament. The 18 player squad was pulled from over 50 players that were evaluated over the course of the past year as Head Coach John Roeslein toured the state holding tryouts and practice games.

Front Row L to R: Jack West, Shane Woods, Kyle Martin, Drew Dempsey, Edin Husejinovic, Luke Straus.
Middle Row Kneeling L to R: Law Duncan, Danny Gustafson, James Lewallen, Luke Moore, Taylor Arens
Back Row Standing L to R: Coach John Roeslein, Nick Cherry, Jackson Patillo, Grant Wilson, Ray Lee, Will Lukowski, Conor Parrish, Asst. Coach Jason Roeslein, Aaron Van Wormer.

Here is Coach Roeslein’s email regarding the tournament:

Just want to update everyone on the weekend 93 Boys ODP Team and Tournament Results. Also, I want to thank all the club coaches for the hard work they do all year long with these boys. The Regional Pool will be published on the Region II web site and on they MYSA website as soon as I can get it. These boys received a lot of compliments from the Regional Coaching Staff and particularly the Head and Asst. coach from this age group. I want all of you to know this is a reflection of the great work you are doing with the boys during the year. Thank you for working with me this year and congratulations.

Group Play (Friday and Saturday)
93 Missouri – 4 vs 93 Ohio North – 0
93 Missouri – 1 vs 93 Michigan – 1
93 Missouri 0 6 vs 93 Kentucky – 1

93 Missouri – 7 pts in bracket
93 Michigan – 5 pts in bracket
93 Kentucky – 2 pts in bracket
93 Ohio North – 1 pt in bracket

Semi Final
93 Missouri – 0 vs 93 Indiana – 0 Indiana advances on PK’s 4-5

Final
93 Indiana – 1 vs 93 Michigan – 1 Indiana is champion on PK’s 4-5

The Regional Pool will be announced soon. Normally they did this after the tournament, but because some of the teams had long distances to travel they released teams early and said they would be published on the Region II web site.

I was very proud of the team and the way they played and how they conducted themselves at the tournament.