By ERIC X. VICCARO EVICCARO@STEGENHERALD.COM FESTUS — The competition was tough; however, there were still bright spots for Ste. Genevieve High School boys’ and girls’ track and field teams. The three M’s paced the Ste. Genevieve girls — Maci Reynolds, Megan Aubuchon and Marysa Flieg. The boys also picked up some points. Scoring points wasn’t…
By ERIC X. VICCARO EVICCARO@STEGENHERALD.COM Ste. Genevieve High School second baseman Adrien DeRousse delivered a pair of hits and scored twice. Teammate Nathan Selby provided a near-flawless performance on the bump, allowing just one earned run on five hits. Those were two parts to the puzzle last Wednesday as the Dragons dominated visiting Perryville 15-1…
By ERIC X. VICCARO EVICCARO@STEGENHERALD.COM VALLEY PARK — The Ste. Genevieve High School softball team earned its first victory of the season on Saturday, downing host Valley Park 12-11. Ste. Genevieve R-II School District athletic director Dr. Jeff Nix added this game to the Dragons’ schedule before the regular season began. Ste. Genevieve head softball…
By ERIC X. VICCARO EVICCARO@STEGENHERALD.COM JACKSON — Valle Catholic’s Austin Burnett tossed a four-inning no-hitter on Friday afternoon as the Warriors opened their 2021 season in grand style. Burnett allowed just one Fredericktown baserunner — by virtue of a walk — as Valle Catholic belted the Blackcats 17-0 in the Old Settlement Tournament. Valle Catholic…
By ERIC X. VICCARO EVICCARO@STEGENHERALD.COM Ste. Genevieve baseball player Payton Matthews drew a walk in the bottom of the fifth during Friday’s Old Settlement Tournament game versus North County. Aiden Boyer scored on the play — and thanks to relievers Nathan Selby and Carter Klump — the Dragons opened the season with a slim 8-7…
From STAFF REPORTS Like all other spring sports, it’s been 22 months since boys’ golf has been part of the athletics landscape. The Ste. Genevieve High School boys’ golf team opened the regular season with a home triangular on Monday versus Windsor and St. Pius X. The home cooking continues at 3:30 p.m. today with…
By ERIC X. VICCARO EVICCARO@STEGENHERALD.COM CAPE GIRARDEAU — The Ste. Genevieve High School girls’ track and field team has plenty of senior talent. That talent was full display Saturday at the season-opening Frozen Invitational on the Cape Notre Dame Regional High School campus. Senior college prospects Megan Aubuchon (Central Methodist) and Marysa Flieg (Southeast Missouri…
By ERIC X. VICCARO EVICCARO@STEGENHERALD.COM Ste. Genevieve High School winter sports teams recalled grand successes during a special recognition program. The two-hour, 30-minute program took place last Wednesday the Ste. Genevieve R-II Performing Arts Center on the high school campus. The special recognition night was made possible by the Ste. Genevieve All-Sports Boosters. R-II athletic…
By ERIC X. VICCARO EVICCARO@STEGENHERALD.COM INDEPENDENCE — Writing history is really nothing new for Valle Catholic High School 145-pound junior wrestler Josh Bieser. After all, back in January, Bieser became the first-ever Southeast Missouri Regional Wrestling Conference league champion for the Warriors. The stakes were indeed higher at the Missouri State High School Activities Association…
By ERIC X. VICCARO EVICCARO@STEGENHERALD.COM INDEPENDENCE — For Ste. Genevieve High School 126-pound senior Dalton McNeal, this marked the end of a glorious road. Meanwhile, the journey is only beginning for Dragon 106-pound freshman Gage Gross. Both Gross and McNeal earned fourth-place medals at the Missouri State High School Activities Association Class 2 Tournament on…
By ERIC X. VICCARO EVICCARO@STEGENHERALD.COM INDEPENDENCE — Ste. Genevieve junior wrestlers Isabel Basler and Maggie Myracle both showed they belonged on the state’s grandest stage. Basler recorded a fourth-place finish in the 127-pound weight class while classmate Myracle fought hard for fifth at 195 pounds during the Missouri State High School Activities Association state meet…
By ERIC X. VICCARO EVICCARO@STEGENHERALD.COM The pinging sound of an aluminum bat fell silent last spring when the country was in the grips of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic lockdown. Last year’s Old Settlement Opening Day Tournament was scrapped when the Missouri State High School Activities Association shut down spring sports. Well, it’s “game on” this…
From STAFF REPORTS Twelve members of the Valle Catholic High School cross team were recently named to the Missouri Track and Cross Country Coaches Association academic all-state team. This is a yearly honor the MTCCCA hands out to runners across the state. In order to qualify for the academic all-state team, students must be nominated…
By ERIC X. VICCARO EVICCARO@STEGENHERALD.COM New Ste. Genevieve Middle School head track and field coach Joe Cox participates in ultra marathons. Ultra marathons are footraces longer than the typical 26-mile, 385-yard competition — either covering a specified distance such as 100 miles or route or for a predetermined period of time. Cox said his main…
By ERIC X. VICCARO EVICCARO@STEGENHERALD.COM Both the Ste. Genevieve and Valle Catholic High School football schedules were released last week. Even though the Dragons had to make several changes to the 2020 schedule due to the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic, Ste. Genevieve R-II school district athletic director Dr. Jeff Nix said he’s going to honor the…
By ERIC X. VICCARO EVICCARO@STEGENHERALD.COM INDEPENDENCE — Nine Ste. Genevieve and two Valle Catholic High School wrestlers will compete at the Missouri State High School Activities Association state meet this week. Returning state qualifier Josh Bieser and first-year competitor Brandon Giesler will represent Valle Catholic today at Cable Dahmer Arena. Nine Ste. Genevieve wrestlers will…
By ERIC X. VICCARO EVICCARO@STEGENHERALD.COM The Valle Catholic High School boys’ basketball team’s dream of playing in Springfield this week didn’t come true. Campbell, a squad with more depth and overall scorers than Valle Catholic, downed the Warriors 68-61 in a Missouri State High School Activities Association Class 2 quarterfinal game on Friday here in…
By ERIC X. VICCARO EVICCARO@STEGENHERALD.COM POTOSI — The Ste. Genevieve High School girls’ basketball team chiseled and chiseled some more. But, the Dragons never found the desired results. That’s because Park Hills Central bolted to a 15-6 lead by the end of the first quarter, forcing Ste. Genevieve to play what proved to be a…
By ERIC X. VICCARO EVICCARO@STEGENHERALD.COM POTOSI — Ste. Genevieve High School forward Aiden Boyer followed a Dragon miss with 2:12 remaining in the third quarter. That gave Ste. Genevieve a 42-36 lead. The Dragons were comfortably ahead, right? Wrong. Park Hills Central outscored Ste. Genevieve 19-7 during the final 10-plus minutes of the game as…
From staff reports Both Ste. Genevieve and Valle Catholic High School spring sports teams have begun practices. The first allowable date for practice — under Missouri State High School Activities Association guidelines — was on March 1. Ste. Genevieve began practices in the following sports: boys’ golf, boys’ and girls’ track and field, baseball and…
By ERIC X. VICCARO EVICCARO@STEGENHERALD.COM The Ste. Genevieve and Valle Catholic High School wrestling teams vied to qualify for state at two different sectionals on Saturday afternoon. Enjoying home cooking, the Dragons will send nine wrestlers to state based on their performances at the Class 2 Section 1 meet at Peggy J. Johnson Gymnasium. “We…
By ERIC X. VICCARO EVICCARO@STEGENHERALD.COM INDEPENDENCE — Even though the Missouri State High School Activities Association state girls wrestling meet is just three years old, Ste. Genevieve already has a rich history. During the 2019 meet, the Dragons placed third as a team, and last year four girls were state qualifiers. This year, Ste. Genevieve…
By ERIC X. VICCARO EVICCARO@STEGENHERALD.COM The Valle Catholic High School boys’ basketball team resembled a classic rock band this past week. Tour stops were in Patton at Meadow Heights, Oran and Advance — as the “Road Warriors” conquered everyone en route to the Class 2 District 3 championship. Valle Catholic, seeded fifth in the tournament,…
By ERIC X. VICCARO EVICCARO@STEGENHERALD.COM PATTON — Valle Catholic High School boys’ basketball player Carter Hoog added another accomplishment on Tuesday, Feb. 23. That achievement? Hoog established a new school recorded for points in a career when he passed Bryan Meyer with a 21-point game against Meadow Heights in a Class 2 District 3 first-round…
By ERIC X. VICCARO EVICCARO@STEGENHERALD.COM PERRYVILLE — Valle Catholic post player Emma Christine forced overtime with a basket inside during the closing moments. However, St. Vincent had a little more depth then Valle Catholic — and the Indians outscored the Warriors 7-2 during the extra frame en route to a 52-47 victory on Wednesday in…
By ERIC X. VICCARO EVICCARO@STEGENHERALD.COM The Ste. Genevieve High School boys’ basketball team had been desperately searching for teams to play in the aftermath of recent poor weather. The Dragons scheduled regional powerhouse Cape Notre Dame Regional on Monday, Feb. 24. Ste. Genevieve (15-8 record) stayed stride for stride with Cape Notre Dame early; however,…
By ERIC X. VICCARO EVICCARO@STEGENHERALD.COM The Ste. Genevieve High School girls’ basketball team wrapped up the regular season on Feb. 25 with an impressive 51-44 win over Class 6 Francis Howell North. “They were a tough, physical team,” said Ste. Genevieve head coach Jordanna Walk-Robison, “which will help us for districts because we will see…
From STAFF REPORTS The Ste. Genevieve High School cheerleading squad will be putting on a elementary school clinic this coming Saturday, March 6. The clinic will run from 9 a.m. to noon in the Peggy J. Johnson Gymnasium. Students will put what they have learned in practice into a performance at noon that day. The…
By ERIC X. VICCARO EVICCARO@STEGENHERALD.COM Valle Catholic High School quarterback Chase Fallert and his contemporary at Ste. Genevieve, Aiden Boyer, will be seniors during the 2022 football season. Not only that, but Fallert and Boyer will be conference rivals. That’s because Valle Catholic has joined the Mississippi Area Football Conference White Division, with the Warriors…
By ERIC X. VICCARO EVICCARO@STEGENHERALD.COM ST. CLAIR — Two Ste. Genevieve High School girls took different paths in order to qualify for state wrestling tournament coming up in nearly three weeks. And the Section 1 Tournament had enough twists and turns to turn a pretzel green with envy at St. Clair High School this past…