SLUH's David Ziegler and CBC's Gino Valenti give chase to a 50-50 ball near the sideline. (Paul Kopsky/STLtoday Prep Sports)

FENTON — Jack Twellman saw the opening and took the shot. And what a shot it was.

Twellman's 35-yard blast, into the upper-right corner of the net, highlighted a solid effort as St. Louis University High knocked off CBC 2-0 on Saturday in the title match of the 53rd annual CYC-Bob Guelker Memorial Soccer Tournament at Anheuser-Busch Center.

SLUH, ranked fourth among Post-Dispatch large schools, improved to 12-1-1 and avenged a 3-2 loss to the Cadets in defending their CYC-Guelker title. Third-ranked CBC is 11-2-1.

Has Twellman ever hit a ball better? "Probably not," he said "I knew I hit it well, but it's not like I was placing it. ... Coach tells us to aim for the middle because the ball probably won't end up there anyway.''

The shot came with about 14 minutes to play and was the SLUH senior's second goal of the match. In the first half, he converted a penalty kick to put the Junior Billikens on top.

Luis Soffner had the shutout.

In the other CYC-Guelker title matches Saturday at A-B Center, Collinsville (7-4) won 4-3 in overtime over Granite City (9-4) for the Msgr. Larry Walsh Cup, and Lutheran South (7-3) posted a 1-0 victory over Mascoutah (6-5-3) to win the Fr. Charles Maxwell Division.

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Eric Stanowski came up with a pair of stops in penalty kicks, lifting Howell North (6-2-2) to a 3-2 victory over No. 7 Lafayette (8-1) in the title game Saturday. North went up 2-0 on goals by Logan North and Max Nagel. The Lancers rallied, thanks to a pair of goals from Sean Butler.

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