By ERIC X. VICCARO
EVICCARO@STEGENHERALD.COM
Ste. Genevieve High School’s Abby Moore made a putback basket and then a free throw to give the Dragons a 15-0 lead with 2:50 left in the first quarter during a Monday, Feb. 1 game versus rival Park Hills Central.
The Rebels never completely shoveled out from that early hole.
And Ste. Genevieve claimed its third consecutive Mineral Area Activities Association Large School Division regular-season title with a 53-41 conquest over Central.
Ste. Genevieve girls took a photo after the game, holding three fingers up with enough smiles to make a dental commercial.
It was a far cry from Central’s 67-59 victory over St. Genevieve in the championship game of the Bob Sechrest Jr. Christmas Tournament when the Dragons fell behind early and committed 22 personal fouls.
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.”