Statewide high school football rankings, as compiled by a 10-member panel of sportswriters and broadcasters. Panel is made up of Dion Clisso, PrepsKC; Cole Young, PrepsKC; Dave Kvidahl, STLHighschoolsports.com; Tom Rackers, Jefferson City News-Tribune; Chris Parker, Ozone Sports; Joe Andrews, Warrensburg Star Journal; Tommy Rezac, KFEQ St. Joseph; J.B. Connoley, KRES radio; JC Reeves, Southeast…
BY MICHAEL BOYD JR. HERALD SPORTS EDITOR The night before, Valle Catholic had no ace serves. This time they had 10 aces. Unfortunately, the end result was the same. Another undefeated team, another three-set loss despite seven players with an ace on the short night on Thursday, Sept. 15 at SLHS. The Warriors (4-8) posted…
BY MICHAEL BOYD JR. HERALD SPORTS EDITOR Dru Koetting served up six aces and had 10 kills, while Ste. Genevieve provided another 34 kills and 43 digs with its sweep of the Ironton-based Tigers at the Johnson Gymnsium on Wednesday, Sept. 14. The Dragons (10-2-2) rolled over Arcadia Valley in straight sets 25-15, 25-20, 25-8.…
BY MICHAEL BOYD JR. HERALD SPORTS EDITOR Photo gallery ST. CHARLES, Mo. – Full moon. Farmland everywhere. … Everywhere. Scenes from a horror movie, right? Ah, but Halloween is seven weeks away, so the only thing scary was how Ste. Genevieve put up six touchdowns without its primary weapon. The Dragons got off to a rough…
By MICHAEL BOYD JR. HERALD SPORTS EDITOR Photo gallery Valle Catholic’s reintroduced itself to the Mississippi Area Football Conference as its defense continued its dominance with a 59-0 shutout of Fredericktown Friday night at FHS. They hit ‘em like a MACK truck, mainly Carson Tucker, who scored two defensive touchdowns in the opening quarter to…
BY MICHAEL BOYD JR. HERALD SPORTS EDITOR Jesse Martinelli, a mixed martial arts fighter with Shamrock Fighting Championships, has a date for his next fight, set for Friday, Sept. 16. An opponent has yet to be named for the Ste. Genevieve High School graduate and athlete as of this post, but the flyweight will fight…
Thursday, July 14, 2022 By Michael Boyd Jr. Herald Sports Editor LATHROP, Mo. — The Ste. Genevieve Post 150 freshmen baseball team rallied to defeat Union (Post 297) via a score of 8-6 late Thursday afternoon during the winners’ bracket semifinals at the Missouri Freshmen American Legion Baseball state tournament at John W. Burns Memorial…
By Michael Boyd Jr. herald sports editor Winning pitcher Zach Boyer was a home run shy of hitting for the cycle and 8-9 batters Aaron Eftink and Rylan Fallert were clutch from the bottom of the lineup as all three powered Ste. Genevieve to victory, winning this rematch 13-4 over nondistrict foe Jackson Post 158…
By Michael Boyd Jr. herald sports editor The state representatives of the head coaches for the Missouri High School Fastpitch Coaches Association and the Missouri High School Baseball Coaches Association recently announced their all-state teams for the 2022 spring sports season. A total of eight local diamond stars – five softball and three baseball – …
PREP BASEBALL MHSBCA ALL-STATE TEAMS Class 4 Aiden Boyer, Ste. Genevieve Dragons Josh Bieser, Valle Catholic Warriors Aiden Heberlie, Valle Catholic Warriors
By Michael Boyd Jr. Herald Sports Editor The Ste. Genevieve Jaycees Racing Series finally revved up its 2022 kart season at its brand new dirt track Saturday night at the Ste. Genevieve Jaycees complex. While opening night was all about the young – and young-at-heart – competing for fun, the large crowd in attendance watching…
BY MICHAEL BOYD JR. HERALD SPORTS EDITOR The Ste. Genevieve Jaycees Racing Series opened up its 2022 kart season Saturday night on its brand new race track, now located at the Jaycees’ home base south of town on U.S. Highway 61. With plenty of fanfare in attendance, racers — both local and from around the…
PREP SOFTBALL Missouri High School Fastpitch Coaches Association ALL-STATE SPRING SOFTBALL TEAMS 2022 Five local high school softball players were just named to the 2022 MHSFCA all-state teams for this past spring. Class 2 2nd team Chloe Walker, sr., INF (2B), Ste. Genevieve Dragons Isabel “Izzy” Basler, sr., OF (CF), Ste. Genevieve Dragons Class 1…
BREAKING NEWS By Michael Boyd Jr. Herald sports editor Valle Catholic girls take second place at the MSHSAA Class 1 girls’ track and field championships in Jefferson City. The Lady Warriors scored 41 total points as Drexel wins the title with 44 points. Team results coming later tonight here on the Herald’s Facebook page and…
BREAKING NEWS By Michael Boyd Jr. Herald sports editor CLASS 3 SECTIONAL MEET at Tiger Stadium, Festus (Mo.) HS The MSHSAA Class 3 state sectional track and field meet involving the Ste. Genevieve Dragons and Lady Dragons at Festus high school has been postponed till Monday, May 23.
By Michael Boyd Jr. Herald sports editor The MSHSAA Class 1 and 2 state championship track meet is still going on today despite rain delays. Action for all events NOW is expected to begin at 1 p.m. and hopefully they can get in all of Day 2 events before an expected second wave of storms…
Samantha Loida won the state championship in the 800-meter run Friday afternoon, smashing her own school record in the process as Valle Catholic leads the girls’ competition after Day 1 at the MSHSAA Class 1 track and field meet at Jefferson City High’s Adkins Stadium. Loida, a senior, broke her own school record in the…
COLLEGE TRACK and FIELD The nationally-ranked Mineral Area College men’s track and field team took second place at the NJCAA Division III national championships in Troy, N.Y., over the weekend. It was held at the Hudson Valley Community College, which is a branch of State University of New York. The Cardinals featured four former local…
By Michael Boyd Jr. Herald sports editor The Ste. Genevieve girls’ track and field team won the MSHSAA Class 3 District 1 championship Saturday at Notre Dame Catholic High in Cape Girardeau, Mo. There were 11-teams competing in both girls’ and boys’ events. The lady Dragons advanced 9 student-athletes to the state sectionals in 15…
COLLEGE TRACK AND FIELD Pictured from left, Mitchell Meyer, Cory “C.J.” Stoll and Jordan Bales, all former Valle Catholic High student-athletes and members of the nationally-ranked Mineral Area Cardinals track and field teams, currently are in Troy, New York, competing at the 3-day NJCAA National Championship Division III meet Thursday through Saturday, May 12-14. Meyer…
PREP SOFTBALL By Michael Boyd Jr. Herald sports editor The Valle Catholic softball team, head coached by Kurt Basler, will meet the Plato Eagles in the Class 1 state quarterfinals on Tuesday, May 17. The top-seeded and fifth-ranked Eagles defeated second-seeded and ninth-ranked Crane Pirates 5-0 in the District 4 championship game Wednesday in Fordland.…
By Michael Boyd Jr. Herald sports editor Marysa Flieg, a Southeast Missouri State true freshman, won the Ohio Valley Conference javelin championship a few hours ago. She posted a mark of 45.22 meters (148 feet, 36 inches or 49.45 yards) on her first attempt Wednesday to win the conference crown. Earlier in the season, the…
By Michael Boyd Jr. Herald sports editor The Ste. Genevieve Dragons softball team reached the MSHSAA Class 2 District 3 championship game by upsetting the top-seeded Potosi Trojans 4-1 today in the semifinals at Potosi. In her first year as head coach, Rebecca Keim has the Dragons at 18-7, thus setting a new school record…
BREAKING NEWS PREP BASEBALL MAAA TOURNAMENT Friday, May 6, 2022 Saturday’s 11 a.m. championship baseball game of the Mineral Area Activities Association Conference Tournament has been moved to Yanks Field from Alumni Field due to the continuous rainfall throughout the entire region. The top-seeded Valle Catholic Warriors (22-6) will meet second-seeded Park Hills Central Rebels…
BREAKING NEWS PREP SOFTBALL MSHSAA CLASS 2, DISTRICT 3 TOURNAMENT Friday, May 6, 2022 The FIRST ROUND only of the MSHSAA Class 2 District 3 high school softball tournament set to begin today has been moved to Leon Jokerst Field here. There are three first-round games to play out at 4 p.m., 5:30 p.m. and…
By Michael Boyd Jr. Herald Sports Editor mboydjr@stegenherald.com Sophomore Mason Nix was a home run shy of hitting for the cycle as he and Aiden Boyer provided most of Ste. Genevieve’s offense in a 9-4 loss to St. Pius X Friday in Festus. The Dragons outhit the Class 3 No. 2-ranked Lancers 12-7, but they…
By Michael Boyd Jr. Herald sports editor Ste. Genevieve responded to a heartbreaking loss the night before with a its second thumping of nonconference foe Steelville, 13-1, Friday at Leon Jokerst Field for a Class 2 District 3 tournament preview. The two teams will meet for a third time in the district tournament’s opening round…
By Michael Boyd Jr. Herald sports editor The eighth-ranked Road Warriors outlasted their intercity rival Dragons after a fantastic pitchers’ duel between two players whose last names both go back ages for their respective schools. Valle Catholic sophomore Grant Fallert and Ste. Genevieve junior Aiden Boyer put on quite a show Thursday at Yanks Field…
By Michael Boyd Jr. Herald Sports Editor A frustrated senior Mia Weiler just needed a hit. She was 0 for 3 in the game. Valle Catholic just needed a win, having lost the last three games. They got both in dramatic fashion last Wednesday at Challenger Park during part deux of the annual Old Settlement…
Ste. Genevieve freshman Kale Clements (pictured) broke the SGHS girls’ 400-meter dash record with a time of 59.40 seconds Friday at the MAAA Conference track and field meet. The old mark was set by 2006 graduate Erin Donze. (PHOTO BY MICHAEL BOYD JR./Herald staff)