Looking back and ahead: Cahokia Conference Kaskaskia Division

Don Halling

July 15, 2018 @ 07:22 PM

Throughout the last week we have taken a look back at the conferences in Southern Illinois and the results of the 2017-2018 season. We have looked at the standings and the All Conference/Top players that will return for the 2018-2019 season. we will share a little insight and then later on in the summer/fall we will get more in depth by team in a full preview of next season. Our last conference to review is the Cahokia Conference Kaskaskia Division. The standings for last year were: 1. Lebanon 12-0 2. Red Bud 9-3 3. Steeleville 7-5 4. New Athens 6-6 5. Marissa 6-6 6. Dupo 2-10 7. Valmeyer 0-12 With the strong 2018 class Lebanon has dominated the conference the past three years, not losing a conference game in that span. They made a run to the state tournament last year which culminated in a 3rd place finish. It was a special season with Kendra Bass returning from what was thought to be a season ending knee injury. Her will and determination allowed her to get back on the court and help her team to a special run. The top returning players in the conference are: <ul> <li>Emily Reinneck Senior Wing Lebanon</li> <li>Abby Reinneck Senior Wing Lebanon</li> <li>Danika White Junior Forward New Athens</li> <li>Karley Kothe Senior Forward Steeleville</li> <li>Hailey Krause Junior Forward Marissa</li> <li>Emily Smith Sophomore Guard Marissa</li> <li>Annalese Gill Junior Forward Dupo</li> <li>Tinleigh Jakimauskas Sophomore Forward Valmeyer</li> </ul> Lebanon lost 3 of their 5 starters only returning the Reinneck twins. Emily can score and will most likely be counted on to carry and even bigger part of the load this year. Abby is a defensive stopper that will most likely need to score more if they are going to make another strong run in 2018-2019. Red Bud loses most of their scoring as does Steeleville. New Athens made a strong tourney run and has a special player in White returning. She is about 5'10 and very athletic which causes problems at the top of their zone. It would look like Lebanon may still be the front runner but we will look further in depth and provide some predictions later in the summer/fall.  