Area Sports

BY MICHAEL BOYD JR. HERALD SPORTS EDITOR DE SOTO  —  The battle of the Dragons went the way of Ste. Genevieve at DHS last Tuesday. The Dragons erased a 26-12 deficit with six straight wins and held on from there. They won six matches by pinfall and two more by forfeit, but losing four matches…

BY MICHAEL BOYD JR. HERALD SPORTS EDITOR IMPERIAL  —  Ste. Genevieve settled for seventh place at the Seckman Jaguars girls’ wrestling tournament Saturday at SHS. Paityn Basler took second place in the 110-pound, A-class bracket. Also in the A-class tournament, Hollyn Zangaro (120), Addison Geiler (125) and Maggie Price (130) each took third place. In…

BY MATT KING AND MICHAEL BOYD JR. BETTER NEWSPAPERS, INC. STE. GENEVIEVE, Mo. — Chloe Staffen scored a career- and game-high 25 points on the Peggy J. Johnson Memorial Gymnasium floor, but the Black Knights spoiled all her fun. Ste. Genevieve cut its 16-point debt down to seven twice in the final quarter, but could…

MATT KING PARK HILLS DAILY JOURNAL SPORTS EDITOR IRONTON, Mo. —  After being moved around by Valle Catholic throughout most of the first half, the Arcadia Valley girls chose to accelerate the tempo with their own aggressive streak on defense. A dominant third quarter helped the host Tigers emerge from their original 11-point deficit, and set…

BY MATT KING AND MICHAEL BOYD JR. BETTER NEWSPAPERS, INC. STE. GENEVIEVE, Mo. — Tyler Gegg scored a team-best 19 points, but Valle Catholic suffered its fifth straight basketball loss after a home pickup game with Kennett in a battle of tribes at VCHS Saturday afternoon. The two tribes battled close the entire way, but…

BY MICHAEL BOYD JR. HERALD SPORTS EDITOR FARMINGTON  —  Six players scored in double figures, but it was the host Knights who prevailed in conference basketball action Friday at FHS. Both teams started out on fire in the first quarter, but Farmington stayed hot hitting 12 total 3-pointers and held on to win 75-64 for…

BY MICHAEL BOYD JR. HERALD SPORTS EDITOR DE SOTO  —  Four Warriors settled for fourth place as Valle Catholic wrestled to an eighth-place overall in the 46th annual Bob Georger Classic Saturday at DHS. The Warriors’ Easton Koetting (113 pounds), Kalan Fallert (126), Conner Clanton (132) and heavyweight (285) Espn Reed each took fourth place…

BY MICHAEL BOYD JR. HERALD SPORTS EDITOR PARK HILLS  —  Junior Bri Abt scored 15 points and Lexi Warren added a career-high 12 points, but it was not enough as the O’Connor girls combined for 30 points to lead Central to a 69-35 victory Thursday at CHS in a battle between conference leaders. The host…

BY MICHAEL BOYD JR. HERALD SPORTS EDITOR POTOSI  —  Devin Flye and Alex Basler combined for 26 points, but Ste. Genevieve did not muster much on offense in a 68-35 conference road loss on the host Trojans’ winter homecoming at PHS on Friday. The boys’ basketball game was only one of a few sports contests…

BY MICHAEL BOYD JR. HERALD SPORTS EDITOR SIKESTON  —  Jacob Schweigert stayed undefeated, and he joined fellow standouts Drake Meyer and Gage Gross as conference champions as the trio helped Ste. GEneveive to a fourth-place finish out of 18 teams at the Southeast Missouri Conference Tournament over the weekend. The three grapplers left the Sikeston…