By Editor | May 5, 2021
By ERIC X. VICCARO
EVICCARO@STEGENHERALD.COM
The Ste. Genevieve High School baseball team accomplished something not too many others have this season against state-ranked Valle Catholic.
The Warriors were extended the full seven-inning game, and Valle Catholic blanked Ste. Genevieve 7-0 at Yanks Field.
This “Old Settlement Showdown” game was originally scheduled for Alumni Field in Valle Springs; however, field conditions prompted the move to Yanks. The Warriors were the officially the “home” team.
“Ste. Genevieve is a quality baseball team, and they made some outstanding defensive plays in our game,” Valle Catholic head coach Nathan Gegg said. “They made plays when they needed to, and made big pitches in big spots. They made us work for all seven innings.”
By ERIC X. VICCARO
Ste. Genevieve High School starting pitcher Zach Boyer pitched well enough to win.
Teammate Aiden Meyer made sure he did with the only extra-base hit in this Mineral Area Activities Association Large School Division game at Yanks Field a 4-3 conquest for the Dragons last Wednesday.
“Zach kept pounding the strike zone for a majority of the game,” Ste. Genevieve head coach Michael McDaniel said. “He was able to keep his pitches to a minimum and give us an opportunity to win.”
Zach Boyer spread 86 pitches over a complete-game seven-inning performance, with 57 strikes. He surrendered three earned runs on seven hits with three walks and five strikeouts.
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Protecting your own basketball court can become a cherished entity.
That’s what recently happened on a recent Saturday afternoon at Peggy J. Johnson Gymnasium and Peggy would have been proud of the Ste. Genevieve junior varsity boys’ basketball team.
The Dragons won their own “Old Settlement Tournament” on Jan. 23 under 10th-year coach Jonathan Robinson.
“When you have a week where you play six games in seven days, you find out the character of your team,” Robinson said.
“I thought we played good team basketball, guys accepted their roles and did the little things it takes to win,” the coach added.