The Ladue and MICDS soccer teams certainly got off on the right foot in the MICDS season-opening tournament this week.

Although John Burroughs dominate much of the game with the ball mostly in the Ladue end of the field, the Rams of Ladue edged the Bombers 1-0. Joe Maenza, a junior midfielder scored the only goal of the contest. Daniel Israeli did a good job of preventing Burroughs from switching the ball and fed it to Maenza for the game winner.

“Our team played badly in the first half. We played a bit harder and were able to sneak one in,” said the winning coach Matt Prange.

Assistant coach Dave Aaronberg said these early tests might pay off. “We learned a lot from our games at the Quincy tournament. We did some good team bonding. We will learn more here (at MICDS), then we go,” said Aaronberg. Ladue is 2-2, Burroughs is 0-1.

Meanwhile, MICDS came back from a 2-0 deficit in the early going to defeat Soldan International Studies, 4-2. The Rams ran off consecutive goals from J.T. Thiermann, Steven Mattingly, Tom Hereford and Peyton Mach.

The tournament continues this week with the championship on Saturday.

Look for more photos on the Ladue-Frontenac and Olivette Face Book pages.