Lafayette Lancers Reach Midwest Field Hockey Championship Finals
INCLUDES VIDEO: Lafayette High School field hockey team becomes first public school ever to go to a final game, blanking MICDS 4-0.
The weather conditions were frightful Thursday. On a dreary, cold, rainy November afternoon, Lafayette High School Lancers cashed in four first half goals, and went on to beat host MICDS 4-0 in the semifinals of the 2011 Midwest Field Hockey championships. Kate O'Connell's Lafayette 21-1 team has won a berth in the championship game, at 2 p.m. Saturday at John Burroughs against either Cor Jesu Academy or Nerinx Hall. Kate Barber, a Lafayette junior, a human scoring machine drilled the ball past Rams' goal keeper Anna Clarkson three times. Barber has 26 goals and 87 points to lead all St. Louis area scorers. The first goal came just 1 minutes and 58 seconds into the game. Danielle Biernacki followed with the second goal at 12:06 and then …
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