By ERIC X. VICCARO
EVICCARO@STEGENHERALD.COM
The Ste. Genevieve and Valle Catholic softball programs wound up playing each other a whopping four times during the 2021 season.
For the second time this year, the Dragons topped the Warriors by three runs this time, 6-3, at Leon’s Field on Thursday afternoon.
This marked Senior Day, with both Ste. Genevieve and Valle Catholic seniors walking to the middle of the infield for special recognition.
Ste. Genevieve has five seniors while Valle Catholic has two in Macy Shuh and Lexi Van Elzen. The Dragons seniors are Brittney Kreitler, Autumn Basler, Morgan Schwent, Emma Johns and Briana Watts.
By ERIC X. VICCARO
EVICCARO@STEGENHERALD.COM
Both the Valle Catholic High School boys’ and girls’ basketball teams found replacement games over the past weekend.
The Warriors met with mixed results as the boys downed Jefferson R-7, 69-58, on Saturday evening bouncing back from Friday’s 97-69 loss to Farmington.
The Valle Catholic girls also suffered a loss to the Knights, 49-27.
Under the circumstances, with poor roads and frigid temperatures, it was simply a blessing to play on back-to-back days inside the cozy confines of Valle’s main gymnasium.
“It was good to see our guys bounce back and get a win on Saturday,” Valle Catholic head boys’ basketball coach Tyler Search said. “I’m happy we came out ready to play, and won all four quarters.”
By ERIC X. VICCARO
EVICCARO@STEGENHERALD.COM
The Valle Catholic High School girls’ basketball team found a carbon copy of itself this past Thursday.
On the Missouri State High School Activities Association website, there is a tab called match-up, which takes the browser to a game preview with all sorts of statistics.
Two of those statistics are points scored and points allowed per game, and both Valle Catholic and Chaffee had been averaging 38 points while surrendering 43 per contest.
“I thought Chaffee was similar to us, so I figured it would be a challenge,” said Valle Catholic head coach Brian Bauman.