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By Editor | February 16, 2021
By ERIC X. VICCARO
PARK HILLS Smell that.
That’s the aroma of home cooking in the very near future for the Ste. Genevieve High School boys’ wrestling squad.
Twelve of 14 Dragons advanced to sectionals based off of top-3 performances at the Missouri State High School Activities Association Class 2 District 1 Tournament this past Saturday at Central High School’s Foulon Field House.
The Dragons also claimed their ninth district championship under award-winning head coach Jared Bonnell.
“I’m really happy,” Bonnell said. “We had 12 wrestling in the finals, and we’re happy to have four champions.”
The Dragon program has lofty standards, and the coach said some of the wrestlers thought they were mentally tight and others might have been too aggressive taking chances with their shots.
By Editor | January 6, 2021
By ERIC X. VICCARO
EVICCARO@STEGENHERALD.COM
PARK HILLS The Ste. Genevieve High School girls’ basketball team was aiming for a second straight Bob Sechrest Jr. Christmas Tournament title.
However, a sluggish third quarter doomed Ste. Genevieve as hometown Central defeated the Dragons 67-59 at Foulon Field House.
Central twice built a 14-point lead in the third quarter, including at 45-31 as Sophia Horton the game’s leading scorer with 29 points scored on one of her many putback baskets.
“They started crashing the boards on offense,” said Ste. Genevieve head coach Jordanna Walk-Robison, “and we didn’t do a good enough job on Horton to keep her from getting in there.”
By ERIC X. VICCARO
EVICCARO@STEGENHERALD.COM
PARK HILLS Coming into Sechrest Tournament, the Ste. Genevieve High School boys’ basketball team was scheduled to play Arcadia Valley.
However, COVID-19 (coronavirus) forced Arcadia Valley out of the longtime event, and that put the Dragons in the uneasy position of playing host Central’s junior varsity unit.
All sorts of scenarios on the outcome of the game danced in Ste. Genevieve head coach Robert Coleman’s mind.
In the end, the Dragons downed the Rebels 81-50 in front of an expected decidedly partisan crowd at Foulon Field House.
“I’m glad we were able to pull away, and all 12 guys played and scored,” Coleman said, sounding relieved.
By ERIC X. VICCARO
EVICCARO@STEGENHERALD.COM
PARK HILLS Ste. Genevieve High School girls’ basketball player Abby Moore did a little bit of everything in Saturday’s Sechrest Christmas Tournament quarterfinal game.
“Abby had a really good game for us on the boards, which gave her more confidence,” said Ste. Genevieve head coach Jordanna Walk-Robison.
Walk-Robison said it was pleasing to see Moore be in position to be successful.
Moore grabbed a game-high eight rebounds, swiped three steals and had a pass deflection as the Dragons defeated Potosi 67-46 at Central High School’s Foulon Field House.
She also sank a 3-pointer and seized a few contested possessions, doing the little things that normally go unnoticed helping Ste. Genevieve advance to the tournament semifinals.