BY MICHAEL BOYD JR. and MATT KING BETTER NEWSPAPERS, INC. RABBITVILLE, Mo. — Kiki Asher was a prime offensive catalyst for the second straight game, scoring 10 of her 22 points in the third quarter, and Ste. Genevieve cruised past 10th-seeded West County 65-33 during the opening round of the Mineral Area Activities Association conference…
BY MATT KING AND MICHAEL BOYD JR. BETTER NEWSPAPERS, INC. RABBITVILLE, Mo. — Brooklyn Weibrecht netted a game-high 13 points, and sixth-seeded Valle Catholic beat 11th-seeded Valley 53-20 in the first round of the Mineral Area Activities Association conference tournament on Saturday, Feb. 3 at Kingston High. Ade Weiler finished with 10 points while Madelyn…
BY MATT KING AND MICHAEL BOYD JR. BETTER NEWSPAPERS, INC. POTOSI, Mo. — Tucker Reed produced a double-double with 21 points and 11 rebounds, and Ste. Genevieve defeated Bismarck 70-56 during the first round of the Mineral Area Activities Association boys’’ basketball tournament first on Saturday, Feb. 3, at Potosi High. Devin Flye added 12…
BY MATT KING AND MICHAEL BOYD JR. BETTER NEWSPAPERS, INC. POTOSI, Mo. — Fredericktown forced 16 turnovers, and mounted a 14-0 scoring run on Saturday, Feb. 3, evening to overtake Valle Catholic 42-38 in the first round of the Mineral Area Activities Association boys’ basketbal l Tournament. The ninth-seeded Blackcats surrendered only 10 points in the…
BY MATT KING AND MICHAEL BOYD JR. BETTER NEWSPAPERS, INC. POTOSI, Mo. — Fredericktown forced 16 turnovers, and mounted a 14-0 scoring run on Saturday, Feb. 3, evening to overtake Valle Catholic 42-38 in the first round of the Mineral Area Activities Association boys’ basketball Tournament. The ninth-seeded Blackcats surrendered only 10 points in the second…
BY MICHAEL BOYD JR. HERALD SPORTS EDITOR ST. LOUIS — Valle Catholic had four wrestlers claim first place and therefore left Lift for Life High with the tournament title in hand Saturday, Feb. 3. The Warriors scored 121.5 team pointes and left the big city having claimed the Lift for Life Winter Classic title easily…
BY MICHAEL BOYD JR. HERALD SPORTS EDITOR PARK HILLS — Addison Geiler and Hollyn Zangaro both claimed first past to help the Ste. Genevieve girls’ wrestling team win the sixth annual Lady Rebels Invitational Saturday at the T.J. Foulon Fieldhouse at Central High. Four other Dragons also reached the finals of their respective brackets, and…
BY MICHAEL BOYD JR. HERALD SPORTS EDITOR PARK HILLS — Ste. Genevieve claimed seven first-place finishes and saw three others reach their bracket finals, and therefore won the 24th annual Rebels Invitational wrestling tournament Saturday, Feb. 3, at the T.J. Foulon Fieldhouse at Central High. The Dragons rolled to the tournament title with 276.5 points.…
Senior Ade Weiler, a three-sport letter-winner at Valle Catholic, has signed a national letter of intent to play volleyball at Missouri Science & Technology (S&T) in Rolla next season. Joining Weiler in the photo are her younger sister, Reese, her parents Ben and Robyn Weiler, and her grandparents Bob and Sheryl Fallert.
COLLEGE BASEBALL NLI SIGNING Ste. Genevieve senior three-sport athlete Aiden Meyer (sitting center) recently signed a national letter of intent to continue his academic and baseball career at Mississippi Valley State University, also known as “V State,” an NCAA Division I and HBCU (Historically Black College and University) school in Itta Bena, MS. Meyer, who…
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…
BY MICHAEL BOYD JR. HERALD SPORTS EDITOR SIKESTON — Addison Geiler, Hollyn Zangaro and Anna Fischer each brought home individual conference championships over the weekend at the Southeast Conference wrestling tournament at the Sikeston High Fieldhouse. Despite temperatures reaching 0° outside, the three girls rolled through their respective brackets to claim the prestigious league championships…
BY MICHAEL BOYD JR. HERALD SPORTS EDITOR SIKESTON — Valle Catholic finished 11th out of 16 teams at the Southeast Missouri Conference Tournament over the weekend at the Sikeston Fieldhouse. Easton Koetting (113 pounds) and heavyweight Espn Reed (285) both finished in fifth place overall, while Tucker Bertrand (175) settled for sixth place. Hillsboro ran…
BY ANNELISE HANSHAW THE MISSOURI INDEPENDENT A bill to allow home-educated students to participate in Missouri public school activities is back for the upcoming legislative session — and has been coupled with provisions rolling back state oversight of homeschooling families. Sen. Ben Brown, a Washington Republican, pre-filed a 52-page bill that largely resembles the version…
BY MICHAEL BOYD JR. HERALD SPORTS EDITOR STE. GENEVIEVE, Mo. — Reigning state champion Addison Geiler pinned her opponent in 52 seconds to open the 2024 calendar year as the Ste. Genevieve girls’ wrestling team rolled over Hillsboro, 54-12, last Wednesday at SGHS’s Peggy J. Johnson Memorial Gymnasium. Geiler pinned Brook Butner in the first…
BY MICHAEL BOYD JR. HERALD SPORTS EDITOR STE. GENEVIEVE, Mo. — Two state-ranked wrestling squads in Ste. Genevieve and Hillsboro squared off to open the 2024 calendar year last Wednesday at SGHS’s Peggy J. Johnson Memorial Gymnasium. In a fantastic dual, Class 3’s No. 1-ranked Hawks defeated the host 48-27 in boys’ action as Hillsboro…
MICHAEL BOYD JR. HERALD SPORTS EDITOR STE. GENEVIEVE, Mo. — Ste. Genevieve held on to defeated North St. Francois County 58-51 as the two basketball squads opened up large-schools divisional action of the Mineral Area Activities Association conference Friday night. Devin Flye scored 14 points and Zach Henderson added 13 more on the Peggy J.…
BY MATT KING / PARK HILL DAILY JOURNAL SPORTS EDITOR and MICHAEL BOYD JR. / STE. GENEVIEVE HERALD SPORTS EDITOR BETTER NEWSPAPERS, INC. BISMARCK, Mo. — In a battle of girls basketball programs sharply on the rise, Valle Catholic achieved the higher degree of execution against Bismarck on Thursday night. Brooklyn Weibrecht produced game highs…
MICHAEL BOYD JR. / STE. GENEVIEVE HERALD SPORTS EDITOR and BY MATT KING / PARK HILLS DAILY JOURNAL SPORTS EDITOR BETTER NEWSPAPERS, INC. STE. GENEVIEVE, Mo. — A career-, season- and game-high 37 points from junior Tyler Gegg helped Valle Catholic snap a two-game skid and survive a 68-59 MAAA small-schools conference victory over Bismarck…
BY MATT KING PARK HILLS DAILY JOURNAL SPORTS EDITOR LEADWOOD, Mo. — Valle Catholic forced 27 turnovers, and defeated conference rival West County, 39-28, to place fifth in the eight-team, two-site First State Community Bank Christmas Tournament on Saturday (Dec. 30). Brooklyn Weibrecht compiled 12 points, six rebounds and three steals for the Warriors, who surrendered…
BY MATT KING PARK HILLS DAILY JOURNAL SPORTS EDITOR STE. GENEVIEVE, Mo. — Valle Catholic emerged from a recent perimeter slump to connect 14 times from 3-point range on Friday afternoon (Dec. 29), and snapped a five-game losing streak in the process. Tyler Gegg compiled a double-double with 27 points and 11 rebounds, and the…