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Sunday, December 9, 2012

St. Joe Girls Stay Unbeaten With Impressive Hoops Win Over Nerinx Hall

Angels shake off slow start for big win over previously unbeaten league rivals from Nerinx.

FRONTENAC -- After beginning the season with three straight brilliant victories over Troy, Jefferson City and Ursuline Academy, the St. Joseph's Academy girls basketball team was bound to have a stinker somewhere along the way. And for the first five minutes of play on Saturday afternoon against MWAA rival Nerinx Hall, at the SJA Wellington Athletic Complex, it looked like that stinker might come in the Angels' matchup against the Markers.  Instead though, the final 27 minutes were nothing but St. Joe brilliance, as the Angels rallied back and eventually pulled away from the Markers for a 59-40 victory. "I'm pleased," St. Joe head coach Julie Matheny said in an interview with Prepcasts.com following the game. "It's kind of par for the …

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