Visitation Christmas Tournament Preview

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The Visitation Christmas Tournament is annually one of the top girls events in the state during the holiday season. As usual, the field is loaded with teams that will be state championship contenders in the month of March. The action begins on Saturday, December 23</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The top seed is national power Incarnate Word Academy, which is riding a winning streak that is in excess of 100 games. The Red Knights are followed by John Burroughs, Cardinal Ritter and Lift for Life. A pair of newcomers to the field are Columbia Hickman and Cape Notre Dame.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Here is a look at the upcoming schedule for Visitation along with a few players to watch.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Saturday, December 23 (First Round)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>4 Lift for Life vs. 13 Highland (IL), 10 a.m.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>5 Hickman vs. 12 Edwardsville (IL), 11:30 a.m.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>3 Cardinal Ritter vs. 14 Visitation, 1 p.m.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>6 Pattonville vs. 11 Parkway West, 2:30 p.m.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>8 Cape Notre Dame vs. 9 Ursuline, 4 p.m.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>1 Incarnate Word Academy vs. 16 Westminster, 5:30 p.m.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>2 John Burroughs vs. 15 Nerinx Hall, 7 p.m.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>7 Cor Jesu vs. 10 Eureka, 8:30 p.m.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>*******</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Tuesday, December 26 (Quarterfinals)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Lift for Life-Highland winner vs. Hickman-Edwardsville winner, 3:30 p.m.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>IWA-WCA winner vs. Notre Dame-Ursuline winner, 5 p.m.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Cardinal Ritter-Viz winner vs. Pattonville-Parkway West winner, 6:30 p.m.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Cor Jesu-Eureka winner vs. JBS-Nerinx Hall winner, 8 p.m.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>*******</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Wednesday, December 27 (Semfinals)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Semifinal Games at 6:30 and 8 p.m.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>******</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Thursday, December 28 </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Seventh Place, 2:30 p.m.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Fifth Place, 4 p.m.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Third Place, 6 p.m.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Championship, 8 p.m.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>********</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Players To Watch</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>2024</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='194395' first='Kaylynn' last='Janes'] (Incarnate Word)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='202412' first='Allie' last='Turner'] (John Burroughs)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='194408' first='Hannah' last='Wallace'] (Cardinal Ritter)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='424401' first='Ai'Naya' last='Williams'] (Cardinal Ritter)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='366817' first='Zoe' last='Best'] (Incarnate Word)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='194421' first='Ashtyn' last='Klusmeyer'] (Hickman)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='644556' first='Zoe' last='Newland'] (Pattonville)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='350196' first='Bailey' last='Boulay'] (Eureka)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='773859' first='Chase' last='Giddings'] (Lift for Life)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Monet Witherspoon (John Burroughs)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='302377' first='Brooke' last='Boyce'] (Pattonville)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Kyrstyn Walker (Cardinal Ritter)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>******</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>2025</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='624398' first='Nevaeh' last='Caffey'] (Incarnate Word)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='303297' first='Jayla' last='Griffith'] (Hickman)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='453247' first='Sy'Rae' last='Stemmons'] (Hickman)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Alaunna Ward (John Burroughs)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='509644' first='Kennedy' last='Horton'] (Pattonville)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='302784' first='Peyton' last='Hill'] (Incarnate Word)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='424774' first='Hannah' last='Fenton'] (Pattonville)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='411084' first='Addie' last='Kane'] (Westminster)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1005562' first='Siena' last='Snyder'] (Parkway West)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>******</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>2026</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='554959' first='Evelyn' last='Shane'] (Ursuline)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='460896' first='Lauren' last='Ortwerth'] (Cor Jesu)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='351778' first='Savannah' last='Stricker'] (Incarnate Word)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='351820' first='Moriyah' last='Douglass'] (John Burroughs)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='317348' first='Nevaeh' last='Lucious'] (Cape Notre Dame)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='514887' first='Peyton' last='Olufson'] (Incarnate Word)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='317336' first='Kate' last='Rubel'] (Cape Notre Dame)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='317351' first='Brie' last='Rubel'] (Cape Notre Dame)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>******</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>2027</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='803070' first='Amaya' last='Manuel'] (Lift for Life)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='803071' first='Cara' last='Manuel'] (Lift for Life)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->