Incarnate Word 19-4-1 4 Juniors Drea Barklage,
Blake Miller should lead
St. Joseph's 24-1-1 1 Last year's top team
graduated eight key players
Zumwalt West 23-5-2 2 State finalist returns
area's top player, others
Granite City 24-2-1 3 Veteran team seeks
third consecutive state trip
Nerinx Hall 15-8 6 New coach, fresh start and
plenty of returning talent
Oakville 18-6-2 8 Traditional area power
returns core players
Cor Jesu 16-8-1 7 Chargers are always
competitive, skilled
Lafayette 20-4-1 5 If Lancers can find the
net, they'll make some noise
Althoff 20-4-2 10 Has averaged 22 wins per
season since 2003
Zumwalt South 16-5-3 Three-sport star Ashley
Runion (19 goals) is back
On the bubble: Belleville East (14-4-1),
Belleville West (19-5-1), Collinsville (7-12-2), Edwardsville (11-7-4), Eureka
(14-4-2), Howell North (15-6-4), Pattonville (17-9), Parkway Central (16-8-3),
Summit (14-5-2)
Small Schools Team Record, Rank, Quick hit
Duchesne 18-5-1 2 Could be the year for
young, talented Pioneers
Visitation 19-8-3 1 Vivettes won Class 1
titles in 2004 and 2006
St. Dominic 19-7-1 5 Crusaders always seem to
be in final four contention
Burroughs 15-9-2 8 With Maggie Kistner,
Bombers are always a threat
Columbia 17-6-1 3 Class A runner-up will rely
on youngsters