Saint Thomas Aquinas finished their regular season on Monday with a sweep of Blue Valley West 8-1 and 9-1, going undefeated in the East Kansas League and claiming the unblemished EKL crown.

Game 1

Saint Thomas Aquinas hosted their 11^th annual Saints Classic at Mid America West on Friday.  Teams competing were Holton, Blue Valley Northwest, Marysville, Blue Valley West and Aquinas.  Congratulations to Blue Valley Northwest for their championship win.

Scores summary:

Saint Thomas Aquinas hosted ELK rival Blue Valley Northwest on tax day for a marathon defensive struggle.  The Saints won the first game of the double header 1-0 in the bottom of the 10^th inning.

The Huskies stranded two runners in the first inning on two hits by Koziol and Brooke Thomason.  The Saints countered by stranding two runners of their own on two walks by Ellen Drummond and Ashley Dobbie in the bottom of the inning. 

Gardner-Edgerton hosted defending 5A State Champions Aquinas on Wednesday for the Saints first action of the 2009 softball season.

Aquinas won game one 13-0 in 5 innings by rune rule.  Saints junior pitcher Kellie White pitched a 1-hit shutout, striking out 8 and walking 2 in 5 innings.  Senior outfielder Janessa Swinney and Freshman catcher Halie Horn both had home runs in the game.