May 18, 2012

PERRYVILLE – More than 30 boys have completed the Perryville Pirate Youth Basketball Camp at Perry County School District No. 32.

They learned basic skills like shooting, dribbling, defense, passing and sportsmanship from PHS coaches Justin Dreyer, Josh Cole and Joel Roth.

The youth are pictured on the last day of camp. They include third graders Treyton Scruggs, Thomas Hayden, Cole Richardet, Tyler Lappe, Keaten Meyer, Eli Brown, Wyatt Neal, Rhylan Kirn and Blake Head; fourth graders Caleb Lappe, Brandon Coffelt, Bradley Coffelt, Kyle Underwood, Ian Kurre, Christopher Ernst, Bradley Ernst, Aaron Ernst, Kaleb Whistler, Trent Friedman and Brock Neace; and fifth graders Seth Rousseau, Jack Lindhorst, Kellen Winschel, Keeten Winschel, Rylee Huber, Eric Roth, Tyler Roth, Brent Bohnert, Hasten Blaylock, Trevor Ochs and Chase Brown.

May 17, 2012

ST. LOUIS – The St. Louis Cardinals are inviting graduates of all ages to attend the first annual Graduation Day at Busch Stadium on Sunday, July 1. The event will allow recent graduates to celebrate their diligence with a day at the ballpark.

Graduates of elementary schools, middle schools, high schools, college, or any other type of graduation are welcome to walk in a pre-game parade around the field sporting their cap and/or gown. The parade will begin at 12:10 p.m. culminating with a 1:15 p.m. game in which students and former students may stay and watch the St. Louis Cardinals take on the Pittsburgh Pirates.

"We are excited to offer this new event honoring recent graduates for their achievement," said Joe Strohm, Vice President of Ticket Sales. "This is a wonderful opportunity for the Cardinals to congratulate each graduate as we join them in celebrating this important academic milestone."

Tickets for the day are on sale now for $15 and include Pavilion level seating as well as a voucher for a free hot dog and soda. All ticketed fans ages 15 and under will also receive a Yadier Molina Rawlings Bat.

To purchase tickets, visit cardinals.com/graduation, or groups of 25 or more can call 314-345-9500. Tickets will be available through July 1. Help celebrate your graduate’s special day by reserving a spot today.

May 16, 2012

PERRYVILLE -- St. Vincent came in seventh in the state tournament held Monday and Tuesday at the Fremont Hill Country Club in Nixa.

The Indians had a two day 705, a 354 on Monday and a 351 on Tuesday.

Sacred Heart High School won the tournament with a 641, 314 on Monday, 317 on Tuesday. Drexel came in second with a 650, (329, 331), and Linn was third at 668 (331-337). La Plata came in fourth (669, 346, 323) followed by Louisiana (672, 340, 332), Tipton (685, 352, 333), St. Vincent (705, 354, 351), Mound City (763, 376, 387) and Mid Buchanan (773, 389, 384).

Individual Results

Levi Gotto led the Indians with a two-day 167, 84 on Monday and 83 on Tuesday. He was in 15th overall.

Sean Martin and Kelly Welker tied for 39th with a two-day 178. Martin had a 91 Monday and an 87 Tuesday. Welker had an 88 on Monday and a 90 on Tuesday.

Tim Schumer tied for 53rd with a two-day 182. He had 91s both days.

Zac Heberlie finished in 88th place with a two day score of 209. He had a 116 Monday and a 93 Tuesday.

Complete results:

Team Results

Individual Results

JACKSON -- Saxony Lutheran's lone entry in the Class 2 State Tournament at the Twin Oaks Country Club in Springfield, Collin Sprandel finished in a tie for 15th with a two day 160. He had a 76 on Monday and an 84 on Tuesday.

Team Results

Individual Results

May 14, 2012

PERRYVILLE -- Bryce Weibrecht, a senior at Perryville High School, has signed a letter of intent to play basketball at Mineral Area College.

He is pictured with (from left) assistant MAC basketball coach Eric McCrary, his parents David and Marilyn Mitchell, and head MAC basketball coach Corey Tate.

While at PHS, Weibrecht played for both the basketball and soccer teams and served as the captain of the soccer squad this season. He is a member of Student Council, NHS, PSI and has earned A-Honor Roll all four years. His athletic honors include earning All-Conference, All-District and All-State awards in soccer, and All-Conference and All-District in basketball.

He will attend MAC on a scholarship and will student pre-pharmacy.

CAPE GIRARDEAU – Perryville fell to Dexter 5-3 Saturday in the Class 3 District 1 tournament at Notre Dame High School in Cape Girardeau.

The Pirates end their season at 17-8.

CHAFFEE – St. Vincent lost to Valle 12-0 Saturday in the Class 2 District 3 Tournament at Chaffee.

The Indians close out their season with a 9-14 record.

CHAFFEE – Saxony Lutheran lost to Jefferson 10-0 in the Class 2 District 3 Tournament at Chaffee Saturday.

The Crusaders end their season with a 15-10 record.

FESTUS – St. Vincent downed Hancock 12-1 Saturday in the Class 1 District 1 Tournament at St. Pius X High School in Festus.

The Indians improve to 20-4 on the season and will face 22-2 St. Pius today at 5:30 for the district crown.

St. Pius is 22-2 on the season after defeating Saxony Lutheran 6-1 on Saturday.

FARMINGTON – Perryville faces Farmington at 7 p.m. tomorrow night in their first game in the Class 2 District 1 Tournament at Farmington.

The winner will advance to play Notre Dame, Sikeston or Fredericktown for the district crown.

PERRYVILLE -- Tryouts for the Etzold Packing Perryville Men's baseball team will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. at the Veterans Memorial Field.

May 11, 2012

PERRYVILLE -- St. Vincent downed Leopold 5-4.

The Indians have drawn the seventh seed in the district tournament at Chaffee Saturday.

They will face second seed Valle at noon.

The Warriors are coming off a win over Notre Dame.

PERRYVILLE -- Perryville lost at De Soto 4-3.

The Lady Pirates next play in the district tournament which get underway Saturday.

May 10, 2012

PERRYVILLE -- It was senior night at Perryville and all nine starters are seniors. After taking a five inning 11-1 win over Fredericktown, the seniors and their parents were introduced to the crowd.

The departing seniors are Kody Martin, Kirk Hadler, Jake Dobbelare, Colby Brown, Ross Moldenhauer, Alex Green, Bryce Orf, Cale Regelsperger and Tyler Blessing.

Perryville wraps up the regular season with a 17-6 record.

They will be off until 4 p.m. Saturday when they face Dexter in the District Tournament at Notre Dame.

They lost to Dexter earlier in the season.

PERRYVILLE – St. Vincent came in first and Perryville was fifth in the Jeffco Conference Tournament held at the Ste. Genevieve Golf Course.

The Indians had a 335 for first, Grandview was second with a 352 and Hillsboro came in third at 359. Festus was fourth at 361, followed by Perryville (366), St. Pius (367), Windsor (382), De Soto (426) and Herculaneum (488).

St. Vincent finished the conference season with an 8-1 record for the best record in the conference.

Individually:

Sean Martin led St. Vincent with a 80 which was good for second place in the conference, Levi Gotto had an 81 for third place , Kelly Welker had an 86 for seventh place and Tim Schumer and Zac Heberlie each had an 88 for a 15th place tie. Matt Prost had a 103.

Perryville had three all conference selections: Brett Schnurbusch, Caleb Streiler and Scott Sanders each had an 88.

PERRYVILLE -- Perryville fell to visiting Saxony Lutheran 2-1.

The Lady Pirates play at De Soto today.

ST. LOUIS – The St. Louis Blues have been purchased by an all-local group led by Tom Stillman, previously a minority owner of the club. The new ownership group includes several prominent business and civic leaders.

"We are honored and humbled to take ownership of the St. Louis Blues," said Stillman. "Our new ownership group is 100 percent local, and we are 100 percent committed to the Blues and to St. Louis. We see the Blues as an important civic institution, and we know what the Blue Note means to this city and to the best fans in the NHL."

NHL Commissioner Gary B. Bettman, attending today’s announcement, said "We are extremely pleased to welcome Tom and his group, who are so devoted to the Blues and to the community. Success on the ice, an outstanding home arena, tremendous fan support and Tom's passionate commitment all point toward an extremely positive future for the franchise."

The purchase, which closed yesterday (May 9), also includes the Scottrade Center lease, the Peoria Rivermen franchise (the Blues’ American Hockey League affiliate) and a substantial interest in the Peabody Opera House.

"We are fortunate to be taking over one of the best teams in the NHL, with a strong, mostly young nucleus and a very bright future," said Stillman. "Our top priority will be to put a serious contender on the ice year in and year out and to establish the Blues as an elite NHL franchise."

The Blues just completed the 2011-12 season, in which they compiled 109 points (tied for second in the league), advanced to the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs, and set a number of franchise records.

"We plan to put the franchise on solid financial footing and to make the Blues stable and sustainable, right here in St. Louis, for generations to come," said Stillman. "To accomplish that, we will need the support of Blues fans, local businesses large and small, and the rest of the St. Louis community."

The members of the new Blues ownership group are as follows:

•Thomas H. Stillman - Chairman & CEO, Summit Distributing

•Jerald L. Kent - Chairman & CEO, Suddenlink Communications, CEO, Cequel III

•Donn S. Lux - Chairman & CEO, Luxco

•James A. Cooper - Managing Partner, Thompson Street Capital Partners

•Jo Ann Taylor Kindle - President, Enterprise Holdings Foundation

•W. Stephen Maritz - Chairman & CEO, Maritz Inc.

•Edward M. Potter - Private investor

•Mr. & Mrs. Andrew C. Taylor - Mr. Taylor is Chairman & CEO of Enterprise Holdings, Inc.

•David L. Steward - Chairman, World Wide Technology, Inc.

•James P. Kavanaugh - CEO, World Wide Technology, Inc.

•John C. Danforth - Partner, Bryan Cave LLP, Former U.S. Senator, Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations

•Christopher B. Danforth - Owner & CMO, Kennelwood Pet Resorts

•James L. Johnson - Senior Vice President, Stifel Nicolaus & Co.

•Scott B. McCuaig - Former President, Stifel Nicolaus & Co.

•John S. Ross, Jr. - President, Summit Development Group

•Thomas F. Schlafly - Partner, Thompson Coburn, Founder, The Saint Louis Brewery

May 7, 2012

PERRYVILLE – St. Vincent came in second in the sectional golf tournament held over the weekend at The Golf Club at Deer Chase in Crocker.

Linn came in first at 311, St. Vincent had a 347 and Thayer came in third at 354. The Fulton School at St. Albans came in fourth (362), followed by Lutie (374), Bloomfield (386) and Gainesville (410).

Next up for St. Vincent: the MAAA Conference Tournament at Ste. Genevieve on Wednesday.

Team Results

Individual Results

PERRYVILLE -- Perryville had two golfers in the Class 3 Sectional 1 at the Franklin County Country Club. Brett Schnurbusch came in 23rd at plus 17 and Scott Sanders came in 41st with a plus 31 score.

Next up for Perryville, the Jeffco Conference Tournament on Wednesday.

May 4, 2012

PERRYVILLE -- Perryville won at Hillsboro 4-2 yesterday. The game also counted for the Hillsboro tournament and gave the Lady Pirates are first place finish in the tournament.

Perryville plays at Farmington today at 4:30.

FARMINGTON – Perryville came in third and Ste. Genevieve placed sixth in the district golf tournament at Crown Pointe Golf Course in Farmington held late last month.

The Pirates had a 388 and the Dragons a 410.

The sectional tournament is being held today in Franklin County.

Sectional qualifiers are in bold.

Team Results

Individual Results

May 3, 2012

PERRYVILLE -- St. Vincent took second place in the Class 1 Sectional 1 Tournament.

The Missouri State High School Activities Association website has the individual scores:

Team Results

Individual Results

The Indians advance to the state tournament Monday, May 14th and Tuesday, May 15th.

STE. GENEVIEVE -- Perryville boys came in sixth and the PHS girls were fourth at the Ste. Genevieve JV Invitational.

Ste. Genevieve boys had 117 points for first place, Festus was second with 106.5 and Valle came in third with 93.5. Farmington was fourth (82.5), followed by Fredericktown (64), Perryville (60), Cape Central (59), De Soto (42), Windsor (35.5), St. Pius X (12) and Park Hills (6).

Ste. Genevieve girls had 138 points for first, Valle came in second with 111.5 and Cape Central was third with 87. Perryville came in fourth (72), followed by Farmington (68), Festus (67.5), St. Pius X (36), Windsor (25), Fredericktown (23), Park Hills (14) and De Soto (4).

Click here for individual results:

ST. LOUIS –The St. Louis Cardinals announced their Minor League Player and Pitcher of the Month for April by honoring right-handed pitcher Seth Maness and outfielder Oscar Taveras for their accomplishments on the field.

Taveras, 19, a non-drafted free agent signed out of the Dominican Republic in 2008, batted .340 (32-94) with 6 HR and 21 RBI during the month of April at Springfield (AA). His 17 extra base hits ranked 8th in all of Minor League Baseball and his 21 RBI were tied for the most in Double-A and led all of the Cardinals affiliates.

The left-handed swinging outfielder, played last season in Low-A Quad Cities and was declared the Midwest League batting champion after at-bats were added to his non-qualifying total plate appearances to register the highest mark. Taveras is rated as the No. 3 prospect in the Cardinals organization by Baseball America. He was the Cardinals Minor League Player of the Month for July last season.

"Oscar worked extremely hard during spring training on improving all aspects of his game," explained Cardinals Farm Director John Vuch. "It's gratifying to see that hard work carry over into success in the regular season after making a challenging jump from low-A to Double-A."

Maness, 23, the Cardinals’ 11th round selection out of East Carolina University in the 2011 first-year player draft, posted a 3-0 record and an 0.67 ERA in four starts allowing just two earned runs over 27.0 innings pitched at High-A Palm Beach during April. The right-hander did not walk or hit a batter all month, as the only way on base was via the 21 hits he allowed. His 0.67 ERA ranked the sixth lowest in all of Minor League Baseball.

"Seth has performed extremely well for us since being drafted last June," said Vuch. "His combination of excellent control and ability to induce ground balls has enabled him to have success at each level he's pitched with us, and he has gotten off to a solid start so far this season."

May 2, 2012

ST. LOUIS – The St. Louis Cardinals announced Tuesday that the team will retire former manager Tony La Russa’s uniform No. 10 prior to the Cardinals’ Friday, May 11 game (7:15 p.m. CDT) against the Atlanta Braves.

La Russa, the winningest manager in St. Louis Cardinals franchise history, announced his retirement last October after a record 16 seasons as the team’s manager and after guiding the Cardinals to their 11th World Championship. He left the game ranked 3rd all-time in managerial wins (2,728) behind only John McGraw (2,763) and Connie Mack (3,731).

"Tony’s managerial tenure with the Cardinals will always stand out as one of the greatest eras in Cardinals history," said Bill DeWitt, Jr., Cardinals Chairman and CEO. "His passion for winning and his leadership skills were hallmarks of a style that Cardinals fans will always remember with fondness. We look forward to May 11th as we will honor Tony for his historic achievements as a Cardinal."

La Russa’s uniform No. 10 will become the 12th retired by the Cardinals and the first since Whitey Herzog’s No. 24 in 2010. La Russa will join Herzog as the only managers who did not play for the team to have their uniform numbers retired. Red Schoendienst (No. 2 in 1996), Ken Boyer (No. 14 in 1984) and Rogers Hornsby both played and managed for the Redbirds.

Other Cardinals whose uniform numbers have been retired include Stan Musial‘s No. 6 – the first ever to be retired by the Cardinals in 1963; Ozzie Smith (No. 1 in 1996), Enos Slaughter (No. 9 in 1996), Dizzy Dean (No. 17 in 1974), Lou Brock (No. 20 in 1979), Bruce Sutter (No. 42 in 2006), Bob Gibson (No. 45 in 1975) and former owner August A. Busch, Jr. (No. 85 in 1984). The Cardinals have also commemorated Hornsby (in 1997) and Hall of Fame announcer Jack Buck (in 2002) for their legacies with the team. Note: Major League Baseball retired Jackie Robinson’s No. 42 in 1997 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of his breaking the big-league color barrier.

La Russa, who was named the Cardinals 48th manager on October 23, 1995, guided the Cardinals to a franchise record 1,408 wins. He led the Cardinals to eight division titles (1996, 2000-02, 2004-06 & 2009), three National League pennants (2004, 2006 & 2011) and two World Championships (2006 & 2011).

La Russa is 2nd all-time in games managed with 5,097, including stints with the Chicago White Sox (1979-86) and Oakland A’s (1986-95). He ranks 1st on the Cardinals all-time games managed list with 2,491.

La Russa’s Cardinals teams finished above .500 in 13 of his 16 seasons. They recorded 105 wins in 2004 and 100 wins in 2005, making La Russa just the second Cardinals manager to oversee two 100-win seasons. La Russa, in 2011, became only the second manager to win two World Championships with the Cardinals, joining Billy Southworth (1942 & 1944). La Russa and Sparky Anderson are the only managers to have led both a National and American League team to World Series titles.

La Russa, who is currently working as a consultant with Major League Baseball, will manage the National League All-Star team at this year’s Major League Baseball All-Star Game in Kansas City, Mo. on Tuesday, July 10.

Fox Sports Midwest, the Cardinals television partner, and KMOX radio – The Voice of the Cardinals - will provide exclusive coverage of the Tony La Russa retirement ceremony.

As part of the La Russa uniform number retirement celebration, the team has scheduled a Tony La Russa retirement figurine promotional giveaway, sponsored by Ameren Missouri, to the first 25,000 fans ages 16 and older with a paid admission to the May 11 game.

Tickets for the May 11 pre-game ceremony and game versus the Atlanta Braves can be purchased online at cardinals.com or by phone at 314-345-9000.

ST. LOUIS – The St. Louis Cardinals announced today that they have recalled infielder/outfielder Allen Craig from his injury rehabilitation assignment at Memphis (AAA) and activated him from the 15-day disabled list for tonight’s series opener against the Pittsburgh Pirates.

To make room for Craig on the team’s 25-man active roster, the Cardinals have designated outfielder Erik Komatsu for assignment. Komatsu, 24, was a Rule 5 selection by the team last December.

Craig, 27, was sidelined from the beginning of the season as he continued recovery from right knee surgery that took place last off-season.

The right-handed hitting Craig hit a pair of homers last night for Memphis while playing first base and completed his rehab assignment with the Triple-A team by batting .353 (6-for-17) with 7 RBI in four games. He batted .364 (4-for-11) with a homer and RBI in three games at Palm Beach (A) prior to his transfer to Memphis.

Craig batted .315 with 11 homers and 40 RBI in 75 games for the Cardinals last season and he added four home runs (three in the World Series) during last season’s postseason, capping it all off by catching the final out of World Series Game 7.

May 1, 2012

CHESTER -- The Chester Yellow Jackets improved to 14-7 on the season after beating the Perryville Pirates 4-3 at the Gordon "Bud" Cohen Sports Complex Monday afternoon.

Perryville got on the board first. Tyler Blessing led off the game with a walk and stole second. After Ross Moldenhauer struck out, Jake Dobbelare singled, scoring Blessing from second and the Pirates had a quick 1-0 lead.

Chester tied the game in the bottom of the frame. After Caleb Arbeiter flew out to right field, Matt Heberlie followed with a single. Casey Venable then tripled, scoring Heberlie from first, and tying the game 1-1.

The Yellow Jackets scored twice in the second. Boyd Miles led off the inning with a single and then stole second. Chris Schwartz was then hit by a pitch, giving Chester runners on first and second. Both runners moved up on a pass ball. Then Alec Weir drove in Miles with a base hit and Schwartz would later score on a throwing error by Perryville pitcher Colby Brown. The Yellow Jackets led 3-1.

Although the Yellow Jackets scored a run in the fifth, it could have been a much bigger inning for Chester. The Yellow Jackets had the bases loaded with no one out.

Caleb Arbeiter led off the inning with a single, Matt Heberlie followed by reaching on an error by Perryville catcher Kirk Hadler and Casey Venable followed up with a single to load the bases. Dalton Misuraca flew out to right field but Arbetier tagged up to score the lone run of the inning. On the same play, Heberlie tagged up and headed to third but he was thrown out on a bang-bang play. Boyd Miles brought the inning to an end when he struck out but Chester took a 4-1 lead heading to the sixth.

Here come the Pirates.

Moldenhauer led off the inning by lining out to Heberlie in centerfield. A Jake Lochhead pitch to Dobbelare went behind the right handed batter however the home plate umpire said Dobbelare was hit by the pitch and was granted first base. Colby Brown followed with a double that scored Dobbelare from first and Brown would later score on a basehit by Kody Martin.

The Pirates had two on with one out but Lochhead got Cale Regeslperger to fly out to center field and Trent Green popped up to him to end the inning.

Matt Heberlie pitched the top of the seventh for Chester and retired the Pirates in order to preserve the one-run win.

April 30, 2012

PERRYVILLE -- St. Vincent topped Notre Dame of Peoria, Illinois 2-0 Friday in the Adidas Tournament of Champions in Burlington, Iowa.

Storm French scored the first goal unassisted.

Holly Cissell scored the second goal with an assist from Abby Ruessler.

Miranda Unterreiner was in goal.

PERRYVILLE -- The Perryville Parks and Recreation Department is holding its 26th Annual Mayfest 5 K Run on Saturday, May 12 with the race starting at 8 a.m. Registration is going on now and will continue through Friday, May 4 at 9 p.m.

Age divisions include girls and boys 14 years old and under to men and women 61 years and older. The starting and ending point of the race is at the front of the Perry Park Center. The race takes a scenic route through City Park and winds through residential areas of the City of Perryville.

Register before the deadline to ensure receiving a shirt that will feature the Mayfest 2012 theme of BACK TO THE ‘80’s!

For more information please call the Perry Park Center at 547-7275.

April 27, 2012

PERRYVILLE -- Perryville downed visiting Jefferson R-VII 10-0.

The Pirates play at Oak Ridge Saturday at 10 a.m.

April 26, 2012

STE. GENEVIEVE -- Derek Brown scored the game winning run on a Perryville throwing error in the 10th inning, making the final score Ste. Genevieve 5, Perryville 4 in a wild one Wednesday at Yanks Field.

Perryville coach Don O'Keefe said later that high school baseball will sometimes be like this.

"That's baseball, man...errors aside, both teams wanted it, both teams were intense, good crowd today, that's baseball. I'm happier about the way we played today than we did against Jackson Tuesday. Got great pitching, and despite the errors, we turned critical double plays when we had to."

PHS had three double plays on the day, including two that ended innings when Ste. Genevieve threatened.

Dragon coach Mike McDaniel agreed with O'Keefe on several levels.

"Unique would be one way to put it. But, we had all our errors early on, and after we settled down, I thought we played good, hard-nosed baseball...the kind I like to see all the time."

Nick Vaeth pitched three scoreless innings in relief of Andrew Suiter for the win.

Perryville hosts Jefferson R-VII today at 4 p.m.

Ste. Genevieve plays Valle today at 4:30 at Yanks Field. Hear the game at 4:15 on AM 98 KSGM and online at ksgm980.com

PERRYVILLE -- St. Vincent advances to the sectional tournament Wednesday after their second place finish in a district tournament at the Oak Meadow Golf Course in Rolla. Valle finished in seventh out of eight teams with a 441.

Linn won the district with a 309. St. Vincent had a 348. Russellville was third with a 368. Fulton at St. Alban's (372) came in fourth, followed by Fr. Tolton Catholic (398), Crocker (403), Valle (441) and Bismarck (522).

Individually Levi Gotto and Sean Martin were at 82, Kelly Welker had a 90 and Tim Schumer had a 94. Zach Heberlie also played and had a 96.

Martin, Gotto and Welker all won district medals for placing in the top 15.

PERRYVILLE -- Perryville came in third and Ste. Genevieve was sixth in the Class 3 District 1 Tournament.

Notre Dame won it with a 330. Sikeston was second at 338 and Perryville had a 388 for third. Farmington came in fourth (390), followed by Dexter (394), Ste. Genevieve (410), North County (428), Salem (429), Potosi (462), Fredericktown (472) and Park Hills (488).

JACKSON -- Saxony Lutheran came in sixth in the Class 2 District 1 Tournament.

Arcadia Valley won it with a 382. Kelly was in second with a 391 and Grandview came in third at 393. Doniphan was fourth (410), followed by Kennett (415), Saxony Lutheran (429), West County (430), Clearwater (432), New Madrid County Central (437), Caruthersville (481) and Malden (497).

PERRYVILLE -- St. Vincent downed Jackson 2-1.

Storm French scored the first goal with an assist from Abby Lappe.

Holly Cissell scored the game winner unassisted.

Miranda Unterreiner was in goal for her first win.

St. Vincent travels to Burlington, Iowa Friday for the Tournament of Champions. Their first opponent will be Notre Dame of Peoria, Illinois.

April 25, 2012

PERRYVILLE -- St. Vincent defeated Perryville 3-1.

Abby Lappe scored the first goal for the Lady Indians with an assist by Holly Cissell.

Storm French scored the second goal, unassisted.

Kala Winkler scored the third goal, assisted by Kayla Seabaugh.

Abby Ruessler was in goal and got the win.

St. Vincent hosts Jackson today at 5 p.m.

Perryville hosts St. Pius on Monday at 4:30.

PERRYVILLE -- Perryville lost at Jackson 10-0 Tuesday.

The Pirates play at Ste. Genevieve today.

Hear the game at 3:50 on AM 98 KSGM and on line at ksgm980.com.

Colby Brown, second baseman and pitcher for the Perryville Pirates has signed a letter to play baseball for the Mineral Area College Cardinals.

At the signing are his mother, Kendra Brown (left), Colby and his father, Bob Brown. Standing in back are PHS Head Baseball Coach Don O’Keefe and Stan Walden, head baseball coach at Mineral Area College.

PERRYVILLE -- Shooting Starz Gymnastics has promoted the following students to new levels of gymnastics and tumbling.

April 24, 2012

PERRYVILLE -- Perryville downed St. Pius 11-1.

The Pirates play at Jackson today at 4 p.m.

PERRYVILLE -- St. Vincent defeated Saxony Lutheran 174-217.

Sean Martin had a 42, Levi Gotto had a 43, Zach Heberlie had a 44, Kelly Welker had a 45. Other scores: Tim Schumer was at 47 and Matt Prost was at 58.

The Indians play in their district tournament on Wednesday at Fort Leonard Wood.

PERRYVILLE -- Gymnasts from Shooting Starz Gymnastics traveled to Poplar Bluff for the Shamrockin' Invitational in March. Following are the results of the competition.

Level 5 results:

Kendall Williams of Chester placed third in the all around. She took fourth on floor, third on beam and bars, and second on vault. Kendall is the daughter of Tara and Nathan Williams.

Lauren Friess is the daughter of Mary Friess and Steve Friess of Chester. She placed third on vault and floor, second on bars, and fourth on beam. She also took fourth in the all around.

Dru Hemmann received fifth place all around, with fifth on vault, sixth on floor, and fourth on beam and bars. Dru is from Perryville, and is the daughter of Tracy and Mike Hemmann.

Samantha Schnabel was sixth in the all around, placing sixth on vault, bars, and beam, and fifth on floor. Sam is the daughter of Emmanuel and Terri Thomas of Perryville, and Marc Schnabel of Jackson.

Annie Christisen also competed as a level 5 gymnast, taking fifth in the all around. Annie is the daughter of Angela and Jim Christisen of Perryville. She also received 6th on floor and beam, fifth on bars, and fourth on vault.

Level 4 results:

Kamryn Wingerter of Chester competed, taking the seventh place spot in the all around. Kam is the daughter of Terri Wingerter and Larry Wingerter. Kam also received fourth on vault, fifth on bars and floor, and eighth on beam.

Maggie Ponder, daughter of Cindy and Tom Ponder of Perryville, competed at her first gym meet, and took eighth place on vault, 11th on beam, floor, and bars, and 11th all around.

Sydney Spears received third place all around, with second on vault and bars, and third on beam and floor. Syd is the daughter of Yvonne and Scott of Perryville.

McKenna Webb, daughter of Amy and Mark of Perryville, took 10th all around, with 10th on each event.

Sidney Buerck is the daughter of Gina and Jamie of Perryville. Sid took first place in the all around, with second on vault and bars, third on beam, and fifth on floor.

Carly Green competed level 4 also, and she's the daughter of Lara and Jeff Green of Perryville. She received eighth place all around, with first on vault, eighth on bars and floor, and seventh on beam.

Macy Pruett scored seventh in her division in the all around competition. She took fourth on vault, fifth on bars, seventh on beam, and sixth on floor. Macy is the daughter of Kim and Wes Pruett of Perryville.

Marissa Cooper took seventh place all around. She is the daughter of Keith and Wendy Cooper of Perryville. Marissa got eighth on vault and beam, fourth on bars, and seventh on floor.

Jill Morris of Perryville received sixth all around, sixth on floor, seventh on bars, fifth on beam, and third on vault. Jill is the daughter of Lisa and Grant Morris of Perryville.

April 20, 2012

PERRYVILLE -- Perryville downed Hillsboro 5-4.

Ross Moldenhauer was the winning pitcher striking out 10.

Colby Brown pitched the last third of an inning and was three for three at the plate.

The Pirates scored their five runs on seven hits with two errors.

Hillsboro had four runs on six hits with two errors.

Perryville hosts St. Pius Monday at 4 p.m.

PERRYVILLE -- Perryville downed visiting Festus 2-0.

Libbi Schnurbusch scored the first Perryville (8-4) goal with an assist from Alex Spears.

Kaitlyn Ellsworth got an assist from Katlyn Lukefahr on the second goal.

Miranda Stortz got her sixth shutout of the season. She stopped five shots.

The JV Pirates play in the Jackson Tournament today and tomorrow. The varsity is back in action Monday when they host Windsor at 4:30.

JACKSON -- Saxony Lutheran downed Sikeston 2-0.

Sarah Winningham scored the first goal in the 15th minute of play unassisted.

Jordon Hoff scored the second goal assisted by Kristy Winter in the 25th minute.

Abby Goeckeler got the shutout as the Lady Crusaders go to 9-4.

PERRYVILLE -- Ste. Genevieve came in fifth, Perryville was sixth and St. Vincent seventh in the eight-team Perryville Junior Varsity Golf Tournament.

St. Vincent individual scores: Alex Lipe 55, Matt Julian 57, Courtney Gross and Ethan Holdman 60 and Brett Lottes 64.

Poplar Bluff came in first with 164. Jackson came in second with 176 points. Notre Dame was third at 198. Sikeston was fourth (199) followed by Ste. Genevieve (208), Perryville (229), St. Vincent (232) and Windsor (249).

The Perryville varsity is off until their district tournament on Wednesday.

The St. Vincent varsity is off until their district tournament on Wednesday at Fort Leonard Wood.

CAPE GIRARDEAU – Mark Alnutt, senior associate athletics director for administration at the University of Missouri, has been named director of athletics at Southeast Missouri State University.

The announcement was made yesterday during a news conference in the Aleen Vogel Wehking Alumni Center at Southeast.

Alnutt participated in an off-campus interview April 12 in St. Louis and was on campus for final interviews today. He was among two finalists for the position following a national search conducted by a search committee including representatives from the Board of Regents, faculty, staff, students and the community.

Alnutt begins his new duties at Southeast on or about May 21. He replaces John Shafer who retired last June. Cindy Gannon has been serving as interim director of athletics since that time.

"Mark brings with him a tremendous breadth of experience and the caliber of credentials to move our program forward and into the future," said Kenneth W. Dobbins, president of Southeast Missouri State University. "All of us are looking forward to having Mark join us at Southeast."

Alnutt has been serving as senior associate athletics director for administration at the University of Missouri after spending three years as the associate athletics director for administration.

Mike Alden, director of athletics at the University of Missouri, said, "I think Southeast Missouri State University is getting a terrific leader in Mark Alnutt. We will miss him here, but our loss is Southeast’s gain and all of us here are very proud of Mark and all that he has accomplished."

In his current role, Alnutt serves as the administrative liaison for football; supervises track and field, cross country, gymnastics and golf; spearheads the department’s project management team; serves as the primary point person for the Athletic Department, overseeing all aspects of facility project master planning, development, management and implementation; and is involved with external department operations, including development, game operations, marketing, media relations, Mizzou Sports Properties and ticket operations.

Alnutt also manages postseason travel arrangements for each of the University of Missouri’s 20 intercollegiate sport programs. He oversees Missouri’s Nike contract, the Big Wheels and Flying Tiger programs and the department’s relationship with Old Hawthorne Golf Club. In 2009, he oversaw a $5 million video board project through the University of Missouri Sports Complex with the centerpiece being a new board at Faurot Field. He also oversaw the design and construction of the new Golden Girls/Gymnastics practice faculty completed last fall. He also has been actively involved in the solicitation and stewardship efforts of capital gift giving.

Alnutt spent the previous six years at the University of Missouri as director of football operations, adding an assistant athletic director title prior to the 2005-2006 season. In that role, his duties included coordinating the team’s travel plans, oversight of the football budget, handling compliance issues, scheduling of facilities, assisting with recruiting operations and managing the day-to-day operations of the football program.

He coordinated public relations and community service events for football, and oversaw all organizational aspects for the University of Missouri’s trips to the 2003 and 2005 Independence Bowl games played in Shreveport, La. He also represented the football program as part of the design team that planned the $16 million expansion and renovation project which turned the Tom Taylor Building into the Missouri Athletics Training Complex.

Alnutt was a three-year letterman for the University of Missouri as a linebacker and tight end from 1993-1995 and was voted the team’s champion of the year as a senior. He earned a degree in sociology in 1995 and went to work for Major Brands as a senior salesman in Kansas City from February 1996 to August 1997. He returned to the University of Missouri to pursue a master’s degree in public administration with an emphasis on sports psychology. He joined the Missouri football staff in 1998 as an administrative/video graduate assistant. Alnutt completed his master’s degree in May 2000 and took over as director of football operations that August.

A native of Kansas City, Alnutt served as president of the board of directors for Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Boone County and was selected to participate in the 2002-2003 NCAA Leadership Institute for Ethnic Minority Males. In June 2005, he was recognized by Columbia Business Times as one of the Columbia’s 40-Under-40 business leaders for his work in the community.

He has participated in the Division I-A Athletic Director’s Institute, attended the NACDA Mentoring Institute and was appointed to and now chairs the NCAA Women’s Gymnastics committee. In 2010, he was the recipient of an Outstanding Chancellor’s Staff recognition and the Barbara S. Uehling Award for Administrative Excellence at the University of Missouri.

Alnutt and his wife, the former Kate Hankins, are the parents of four children, Jaren, Kinleigh, Mason and Aidan.

April 19, 2012

PERRYVILLE -- Perryville came in third and St. Vincent came in fifth out of 16 teams at the Festus Invitational played at Crown Point Wednesday.

Perryville had a 361 and St. Vincent had a 384.

Individually:

The Pirates were led by Brett Schnurbusch with an 85. Caleb Streiler had an 88 and Scott Sanders and Garrett Zoellner each had 94s.

The Indians were led by Levi Gotto with an 80. Zach Heberlie had a 91. Kelly Welker had a 94 and Matt Prost and Josh Pingel each had 119s.

Whitfield had a 316 to win it. Sikeston was in second with a 317. Perryville was third with 361. Hillsboro came in fourth (379) followed by St. Vincent (389), Festus and Potosi (391), St. Pius (392), Festus (394), Fredericktown (398), Farmington (407), Windsor (414), Park Hills (451), De Soto (452) and Herculaneum (511).

Perryville hosts St. Vincent and other teams in a junior varsity tournament today at 11 a.m.

The Perryville varsity is off until their district tournament on Wednesday.

The St. Vincent varsity is off until their district tournament on Wednesday at Fort Leonard Wood.

PERRYVILLE -- Perryville lost to Notre Dame 1-0.

The Lady Pirates host Festus today at 5 p.m.

PERRYVILLE -- Perryville High School rung up 11 hits and 20 total base runners in a 10-0, five inning win over St. Vincent Wednesday.

St. Vincent coach Jose Robles said his team played well defensively, but that alone won't get you wins.

Jon Petzoldt took the loss for St. Vincent.

Jake Dobbleare allowed only one hit on the mound for PHS, something that wasn't lost on coach Don O'Keefe.

SV 0 1 0

PHS 10 17 0

Perryville hosts Hillsboro today at 4:30. The junior varsity Pirates are at Hillsboro at 4:30.

St. Vincent hosts Herculaneum today at 4 p.m.

PERRYVILLE -- Coach Justin Dreyer will host a basketball camp at Perry County School District 32 in May for boys currently in Grades 3-5.

The camp will be held from 3:15-5 pm May 14-17 in the Perryville High School gymnasium.

The camp fee is $25 and includes a t-shirt.

The registration form, which is available at www.perryville.k12.mo.us, and payment should be returned to the PHS office by May 8.

Those with questions can call Coach Dreyer at 547-7500 ext. 457.

When one is presented with the opportunity to attend the Masters Golf Championship at beautiful Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia, in an "official" capacity, well ….you jump on it like a turkey on a June bug.

As one might expect, television does not do this majestic venue justice…not even close. We did, however, miss the azaleas by two weeks. I can only imagine how much more elegant this ‘heaven on earth" golf Mecca would have been. Next year.

The golf played and the Southern elegance and charm of the Deep South was truly extraordinary. As anticipated. The players and Media Personnel at Augusta National could not have been more accommodating. Class bunch, those Georgians.

The week came and went, and the leader board had its share of excitement. But, one of the residuals of being at such a storied event is you just never know who you are going to bump into. That is this story.

Sitting by my lonesome at 7:45 Sunday morning in the Media dining/viewing area, half way through a "Georgia Peach" omelet---they name everything in the South----a gentleman and his apparent daughter….seriously, for real…. came in and sat next to me. As we exchanged pleasantries, I learned that this gentleman and his daughter, Swann, (how Southern) were from Savannah. I shared a very pleasant experience Dee and I had when visiting a friend’s mother for a significant birthday in Columbus, Ohio, several years back. I explained that she and I had a little time on our hands, and we decided to slip on down to Savannah. You know, just check it out. No golf clubs, knowing no one, and no pre-conceived idea of what we were getting into, we caught a flight. I further explained that Dee had just finished an intriguing book by John Berendt, "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil". A true, murder mystery situated in the 1980’s Georgia town of Savannah. Plus, we wanted to see the bench that Forrest Gump sat on.

Well….that opened a whole ‘nother (‘nother is Southern-ese for ’another’) conversation with this gentleman. He proceeds explaining to me, in great detail and with more colorful language than an 80 year old New Orleans Blues singer, how he was Mr. Jim Williams’ attorney in the trial. I’ll back up…Mr. Jim Williams was an eccentric, gay, flamboyant, high-end antique dealer in Savannah, who had been accused of shooting to death his 25 year junior homosexual lover. There, I said it. Whew!

Frank W. "Sonny" Seiler represented Mr. Williams in one of the most noteworthy murder trials of the day. Sonny (I call him Sonny cause we’re tight now) goes into much detail about how the evidence was mishandled, misconstrued, lost, and plain ole lied about. After much ado and several trials, Sonny finally got a change of venue for Mr. Williams’ trial to Augusta, Georgia. As we visited, I could see Mr. Sonny really getting into this story. He must have told it hundreds of times, but each time it gets better, is my guess.

In the book and subsequent movie, there is an important character named The Lady Chablis. Chablis is a very ‘in your face’ flamboyant, cross dressing, drag queen. If you didn’t know ‘Chablis" was actually a "Charles", you’d drop your jaw. A tall, silky black, leggy, "I’ll blush you with my abruptness", kinda a gal…guy, what ever. In real life, The Lady Chablis is …. well, a real person. A bordello performer and a damn good one, Chablis played an intriguing part in dropping little crumbs of evidence here and there, and helped piece together the bowels of the book and movie. However, on this cool, unassuming sunny Sunday morning at Augusta National, Mr. Sonny leans in, looks over his shoulder like he’s about to tell an off color joke in front of his momma, and whispers loudly….."Mr. Williams NEVER knew Chablis. It’s all poetic license and Hollywood". "Made for a damn more colorful movie and book, though", he says.

Some eight years and four murder trials later, one of the key witnesses and holder of important, not yet divulged evidence, passes. With this, Sonny finally gets Mr. Jim Williams acquitted.

Sonny leans back in his soft leather Augusta Green chair, sips his coffee, lights a big, black stinkin cigar with "no smoking" signs everywhere¸ and gives me that big ear to ear grin as though expecting applause. It was indeed an oratorical masterpiece of a story. I look over at Swann. She just grins and gives me one of those daunting Southern Belle eye rolls.

It gets better.

Sonny also explained in great detail, as he is want to do, that when the movie of the trial was being cast, Clint Eastwood approached him to play the part of the original Judge in the real trial…Judge White. "Hell, Mr. Eastwood, I don’t know the first thing about actin". Clint cracks back, "Sonny, you’re a lawyer. That’s good enough for me.

Besides, I’ll teach you everything else you need to know to pull this off." Well, three days later Sonny was sho’ nuff (more southern-ese for "sure enough") knee deep in Hollywood. Before you know it, "another star is born", according to Mrs. Swann. Sonny grins, then chuckles, and fills the room with aromatic cigar smoke. Interestingly, no one EVER asks him to douse the smelly thing.

Must have done a pretty good job though, because he later played roles in the movie, "The Legend of Bagger Vance", a golf movie with Matt Damon, Will Smith, and Jack Lemon. That’s a movie definitely worth seeing a couple of times. He also landed a role in the movie, "The Gingerbread Man." Never seen it. Sonny’s law offices in the Armstrong House in Savannah were used in the original movie, "Cape Fear" in 1962, starring Gregory Peck and Robert Mitchum. Sonny gets around.

"Daddy, tell him ‘bout Uga, go ahead, he’ll appreciate that too."

We’re off and running. Round 2.

Mr. Sonny shares with me that while he and his beautiful fiancée, and later his wife, Cecelia Gunn, were sophomores at the University of Georgia in 1956, a friend of Miss Cecelia’s gave her a pedigreed, pure white English bulldog. Sonny didn’t have a clue with what to do with such an ugly dog, but Miss Cecelia fell in love with it immediately. Mr. Sonny, knowing the very impetus nature of his young fiancée, in lock step, quickly did the same. If I failed to mention it, Sonny IS smart. Guess who named the dog? "Uga"! "As close to "Ugly" as I could get without letting on." Said it was short for University of Georgia…UGA! Yeah, right Sonny.

So, in September of 1956, Sonny and his lovely Cecelia took Uga with them to Sanford Stadium for the Georgia Bulldogs home opener against The Seminoles of Florida State. A sportswriter noticed Uga, and suggested to then head football coach Wally Butts, that Sonny and Cecelia have Uga attend subsequent games as their new official mascot. ANOTHER star is born. Uga, or one of his prodigies, has stood rank over the University of Georgia’s football program since 1956. In 1997, Sports Illustrated named Uga the nation’s best college mascot. Coincidentally, Uga is the only dog to ever grace the hallowed halls of the Georgia State Building. Pretty sure Mr. Sonny had a hand in that, too.

The morning leaves quickly, and the players are beginning to hit the course, and Mr. Sonny is getting nervous. Afraid he’s gonna miss something. We leave the Media breakfast building and saunter over to the walk way at hole #1. Sonny extends his hand. We shake. Mrs. Swann leans in and gives me the Southern Hospitality kiss on the cheek and graciously thanks ME for MY time. How Southern. Sonny makes me promise that if Dee and I decide to ‘come on back down" to Savannah, I must give him a call. If he’s not in town, Mrs. Swann will get us on some good courses, and if he IS in town he’ll show us parts of Savannah most tourists don’t see. Something tells me it’s gonna be worth the trip.

April 17, 2012

PERRYVILLE -- St. Vincent's junior varsity came in ninth in the nine team Windsor Junior Varsity Tournament.

Sullivan won it with a 326, Ste. Genevieve and Farmington tied for second at 366, Windsor was fourth (376), followed by Perryville (390), Hillsboro (405), De Soto (416), St. Pius (425), and St. Vincent (437).

Individually: Alex Lipe and Ethan Holdman led the JV Indians with 111s. Matt Julian had a 118 and Zac Baudendistel had a 131. Courtney Gross and Luke Prost had a scramble score of 104.

The varsity Indians play Herculaneum and Perryville at Joachim today.

PERRYVILLE -- St. Vincent beat Poplar Bluff 8-0.

Kayla Seabaugh had two goals to lead the Indians. Kiley Baer scored her first career goal. The other goals were scored by Holly Cissell, Brook Monier, Holly Blanford, Katie Taylor and Abby Lappe.

There were six assists: Storm French had three of them. The others were scored by Courtney Heberlie, Holly Cissell and Kayla Seabaugh.

Abby Ruessler was in goal for 50 of the game's 80 minutes. She recorded four saves. Brett Schario was in goal 30 minutes.

The Lady Indians improve to 12-1 and play a Jefferson County Conference game at Festus today.

PERRYVILLE -- Perryville downed North County 7-0. The Lady Pirates host Notre Dame Wednesday at 5 p.m.

April 16, 2012

PERRYVILLE -- The men’s team from Shooting Starz Gymnastics of Perryville attended the MUG February Face Off in Belleville, Illinois at World Class Gymnastics.

The results are as follows:

Levi Vogt, son of Jennifer and Shawn Vogt of St Mary, took 3rd place on high bar with a score of 14.6, and 5th on floor with a straight up 13.0. His total all-around score for his age group was 79.7.

Joel Koenig of Farrar took 1st on floor with a score of 14.6, 7th on the pommel horse with 9.9, 2nd on rings with 14.4, 4th on vault with a 14.5, 2nd on parallel bars with 13.5, and 6th on high bar with a 12.8. Joels all around score in his division was 79.7. Joel is the son of Robyn and Tim Koenig of Farrar.

April 13, 2012

JACKSON -- Saxony Lutheran downed Meadow Heights 17-3 and Leopold topped Woodland 4-3 in the Oak Ridge Tournament.

Leopold plays Meadow Heights today at 4 at Saxony Lutheran.

Saxony plays for the tournament championship at 2 p.m. Saturday at Oak Ridge.

PERRYVILLE -- The Pirates were scheduled to host Festus Thursday, but the game was postponed to Friday, April 20th at 4 p.m., so that the Pirates can head to Louisville, Kentucky for a four-team wooden bat tournament Friday and Saturday.

PERRYVILLE -- Perryville defeated Saxony Lutheran 185-196 at the Cape Country Club.

Brett Schnurbusch had a 42, Caleb Streiler had a 45, Scott Sanders had a 47 and Kyle Thieret had a 51.

The Pirates travel to Herculaneum Tuesday at 3:15.

PERRYVILLE -- St. Vincent came in first in a tri-match with Hillsboro and Crystal City.

The Indians had a 176, Hillsboro a 188 and Crystal City a 257.

Sean Martin had a 42, Levi Gotto and Kelly Welker each had a 44 and Zach Heberlie had a 46. Tim Schumer had a 47 and Matt Prost had a 53.

The St. Vincent junior varsity also won, topping Hillsboro 218-220.

Ethan Holdman had a 54, Josh Pingel had a 55, Courtney Gross had a 59 and Alex Lipe had a 60.

St. Vincent hosts Saxony Lutheran today at 3:30.

Northwest won it with a 323, Fox had a 330, Hillsboro had a 345, St. Vincnet had a 350 and Windsor had a 408.

Individually Levi Gotto and Kelly Welker tied for sixth place medals in individual scores, Sean Martin was 12th and Tim Schumer was 14th.

Welker and Schumer came in third in the best ball competition.

Matt Prost and Josh Pingel scrambled for an 88.

St. Vincent hosts Hillsboro and Crystal City today.

PERRYVILLE -- Perryville downed Ritenour 4-0 in the Hillsboro Tournament.

It's the third straight shutout for Lady Pirate goalie Miranda Stortz.

The win puts Perryville into the championship game Saturday at 3 p.m.

STE. GENEVIEVE -- The boys team results from Ste. Genevieve's Old Settlement Meet were released by Valle track coach Jake Martin.

Valle tied with Notre Dame of Cape Girardeau for first place with 135 points each. Chester came in third with 101, Ste. Genevieve was fourth with 98, followed by Park Hills (75), Saxony Lutheran (27), Arcadia Valley (27), Chaffee (22), Crystal City (21), Fredericktown (17), Jefferson R-VII (15), St. Pius (12), St. Vincent (10), Dexter (3) and Grandview (3).

April 12, 2012

PERRYVILLE -- Pirate hitters roughed up Chester pitching, compiling 17 hits in a 12-2, five-inning PHS win in Perryville yesterday.

PHS starter Colby Brown went the distance, allowing just two runs on four hits, and facing the minimum amount of batters through the first four innings.

PHS head coach Don O'Keefe said pitching, defense and hitting all came together.

Jacket coach Jeremy Blechle said his team has hit a bit of a bump in the road after a good start.

PHS 12 17 0

CHS 2 4 1

WP-Brown

LP-Alec Weir

The Pirates were scheduled to host Festus today, but the game has been postponed to Friday, April 20th at 4 p.m., so that the Pirates can head to Louisville, Kentucky for a four-team wooden bat tournament Friday and Saturday.

PERRYVILLE -- Perryville won the second annual Warrior-Dragon Golf Invitational held Wednesday afternoon.

The Pirates 369. Ste. Genevieve finished eighth at 375 while Valle finished ninth at 425.

Four area golfers finished in the top 10.

Joel Moulton of Valle and Brett Schnurbusch of Perryville tied for second with a round of 82.

Perryville's Caleb Streiler finished sixth with a round of 87.

Ste. Genevieve's Christian Meyer also claimed a top 10 finish with a round of 91.

Perryville is back in action this afternoon for a match against Saxony Lutheran at the Cape Country Club. Tee time is 3:30pm.

Valle plays a tri-match with Farmington and Potosi at Farmington today.

Ste. Genevieve hosts Arcadia Valley, Bismarck and Park Hills today at 4.

PERRYVILLE -- St. Vincent came in fourth in the five team Mid-East Tournament at Union Hills.

Northwest won it with a 323, Fox had a 330, Hillsboro had a 345, St. Vincent had a 350 and Windsor had a 408.

Individually Levi Gotto and Kelly Welker tied for sixth place medals in individual scores, Sean Martin was 12th and Tim Schumer was 14th.

Welker and Schumer came in third in the best ball competition.

Matt Prost and Josh Pingel scrambled for an 88.

St. Vincent hosts Hillsboro and Crystal City today.

PERRYVILLE -- Perryville downed Maplewood 9-0 at the Hillsboro Tournament which continues through Saturday. The Lady Pirates play at North County Monday at 4:30.

STE. GENEVIEVE -- Ste. Genevieve hosted its Old Settlement Meet Wednesday.

Boys team scores were not available this morning.

Click here for individual boys scores:

Valle was second, Ste. Genevieve third, Chester fifth, Saxony Lutheran tied for 10th and St. Vincent finished in 12th place in the 15-team girls meet.

Notre Dame of Cape Girardeau won the girls meet with 129 points. Valle came in second with 95 and Ste. Genevieve was third with 93. Dexter came in fourth (83), followed by Chester (58), Park Hills (55), Chaffee (44), Arcadia Valley (29), Crystal City (24), Jefferson R-VII (23), Saxony Lutheran (23), St. Vincent (15), Grandview (13), St. Pius X (11) and Fredericktown (7).

Click here for individual girl scores:

St. Vincent travels to Oakville Friday.

Ste. Genevieve and Valle travel to Farmington for the Simpson Relays Friday.

April 11, 2012

PERRYVILLE -- St. Vincent defeated Notre Dame 3-0 to improve to 9-0.

The first goal was scored by Holly Blanford with an assist by Storm French. The second goal was scored by Kala Winkler, with an assist by Storm French. The third goal was scored by Abby Lappe, unassisted.

Abby Ruessler recorded the shut out in goal.

The Lady Indians play Alton, Illinois Friday.

PERRYVILLE -- Perryville shut out St. Clair 7-0 in the Hillsboro Tournament. The Lady Pirates play Maplewood today.

April 9, 2012

ST. LOUIS – The St. Louis Blues have released its play-off schedule:

Game 1 in St. Louis Thu April 12 at 6:30

Game 2 in St. Louis Sat April 14 at 6:30

Game 3 in San Jose Mon April 16 at 9

Game 4 in San Jose Thu April 19 at 9:30

Game 5 in St. Louis if needed Sat April 21 at 6:30

Game 6 in San Jose if needed Mon April 23 at TBD

Game 7 in St. Louis if needed Wed April 25 at TBD

April 5, 2012

PERRYVILLE -- Perryville downed Windsor 12-10. The Pirates host Chester on Wednesday.

PERRYVILLE -- St. Vincent won a tri-match with Windsor and Grandview.

The Indians had a 162. Windsor had a 194 and Grandview had a 216.

Levi Gotto led the Indians and all golfers with a one over par 37. Kelly Welker and Sean Martin each had a 40. Tim Schumer had a 45. Zach Heberlie had a 47 and Matt Prost had a 53.

The St. Vincent junior varsity topped the Windsor JV 198-215.

Courtney Gross led the Indians JV with a 47. Matt Julian had a 48. Zach Baudendistel had a 49. Josh Pingel had a 51. Luke Prost had a 60 and Alex Lipe had a 62.

The Indians are off until Wednesday, when they play in the Mid-East Tournament at 8 a.m.

PERRYVILLE -- Perryville lost at Jackson 4-0.

The Lady Pirates play in the Hillsboro Tournament which starts Monday and runs through Saturday, April 14th.

April 4, 2012

PERRYVILLE -- St. Vincent downed visiting Kelly 7-3.

The Indians play at Grandview Thursday.

JACKSON -- Saxony Lutheran downed Egyptian 11-2.

Golf: Perryville wins tri-match

PERRYVILLE -- Perryville won a tri-match with Grandview and Crystal City at the Teamsters' Country Club in Pevely.

The Pirates has a 171, Grandview 174 and Crystal City 244.

Brent Schnurbusch led Perryville and was the medalist with a even par 36. Caleb Streiler had a 42. Scott Sanders had a 43. Garrett Zoellner had a 50.

Perryville hosts De Soto Thursday at 3:30 p.m.

PERRYVILLE -- St. Vincent downed Saxony Lutheran 3-1.

Holly Cissell scored the first goal. Katie Taylor scored the second with an assist from Abby Lappe. Courtney Heberlie scored the third goal, with an assist by Lappe.

Abby Ruessler was in goal for the first time this year and scored her first varsity win, making five saves on six shots.

St. Vincent plays St. Pius at 5 p.m. today at the Perryville Soccer Complex.

April 3, 2012
Baseball: PHS tops Meridian

PERRYVILLE -- Perryville won at Meridian 12-4.

The Pirates were scheduled to play at Herculaneum today but the game was canceled due to a broken water line.

Next up for Perryville, a varsity-only game at Windsor at 4:30 tomorrow afternoon.

PERRYVILLE -- Perryville lost to St. Pius 182-184 at the Joachim Golf Course.

The Pirates' scores were 41, 44, 49 and 52.

Perryville plays at Crystal City today.

PERRYVILLE -- Perryville downed visiting Cape Central 2-0.

The Lady Pirates play junior varsity and varsity games at Jackson Wednesday beginning at 5 p.m.

JUPITER, Florida – The St. Louis Cardinals announced today their anticipated rosters for the team’s minor league affiliates Memphis (AAA), Springfield (AA), Palm Beach (A) and Quad Cities (A). All four teams open their 2012 seasons on Thursday, April 5.

The Cardinals, who were tabbed by Baseball America as "Organization of the Year" last season, will be looking to defend titles in both the Midwest League and Appalachian League in 2012.

Cardinals 2011 Minor League Player of the Year Matt Adams and Pitcher of the Year Shelby Miller will headline the roster at Triple-A Memphis along with 2010 first round draftee Zack Cox.

The Cardinals Springfield (AA) club will feature 2011 top draft pick Kolten Wong and top prospect Oscar Taveras along with pitcher Trevor Rosenthal who made strong impressions this year in his first Big League camp. First baseman Xavier Scruggs, a standout from this year’s minor league spring camp, will also begin the 2012 season on the Springfield roster.

Cardinals pitching prospects Carlos Martinez and Tyrell Jenkins will start the year at Palm Beach (A) and Quad Cities (A), respectively.

The complete projected rosters for the Cardinals minor league affiliates are attached.

April 2, 2012

PERRYVILLE -- Perryville High School senior Marissa Erwin will play volleyball next year for the Greenville, Illinois College Panthers.

She is pictured (front, center) with her parents Robin and Damon Erwin of Perryville. Back – PHS assistant volleyball coach Danielle Yamnitz, head coach David Mirly and assistant coach Josh Cole.

Erwin is the granddaughter of Karen Erwin and the late Preston Erwin, and Wanda Winkler and the late Robert Winkler.

She is a member of NHS, FFA and is a volunteer at Watkins Wildlife Rehabilitation Center.

In her senior season with the Lady Pirates.

Erwin was named to the All-Conference second team, All-District and All-Regional first teams and earned an honorable mention on the All-State team.

JUPITER, Florida – The St. Louis Cardinals announced today their anticipated 25-man roster for the team’s 2012 season opener Wednesday, April 4 (6:15 p.m. CDT) at Miami.

The Cardinals plan to open the season with 12 pitchers, two catchers, six infielders and five outfielders. Three players (Chris Carpenter, Allen Craig and Skip Schumaker) will be placed on the disabled list. Manager Mike Matheny has tabbed Kyle Lohse as the Cardinals starting pitcher for Opening Day.

The Cardinals projected 2012 Opening Day roster is as follows:

PITCHERS (12): Mitchell Boggs (41), Jaime Garcia (54), Scott Linebrink (40), Kyle Lohse (26), Lance Lynn (31), Kyle McClellan (46), Jason Motte (30), J.C. Romero (16), Marc Rzepczynski (34), Fernando Salas (59), Adam Wainwright (50), Jake Westbrook (35);

CATCHERS (2): Tony Cruz (48), Yadier Molina (4);

INFIELDERS (6): Lance Berkman (12), Matt Carpenter (13), Daniel Descalso (33), David Freese (23), Rafael Furcal (15), Tyler Greene (27);

OUTFIELDERS (5): Carlos Beltran (3), Matt Holliday (7), Jon Jay (19), Erik Komatsu (44), Shane Robinson (43);

DISABLED (3): Chris Carpenter (29), Allen Craig (21), Skip Schumaker (55).

COLUMBIA – Football district assignments for the next classification cycle were released Saturday by the Missouri State High School Activities Association, as approved by the Board of Directors.

The enrollment breaks for the new classification cycle are as follows:

8-man

21 schools

44-165

Class 1

64 schools

80-239

Class 2

64 schools

241-423

Class 3

64 schools

426-701

Class 4

64 schools

719-1220

Class 5

51 schools

1233-1783

Class 6

32 schools

1792-2954

Only schools with enrollments of 200 or less may choose to play in the 8-man division. In 11-man football, the largest 32 schools based on student enrollment in grades 9-12 are classified in Class 6, while the smallest 64 schools are assigned to Class 1. The next-largest 64 schools are then classified in Class 2, the next 64 in Class 3, and the next 64 in Class 4. The remaining schools are assigned to Class 5. Schools are grouped into districts within each classification based on geographical location.

The first-allowable practice date for 2012 will be on Monday, August 6. The preseason interscholastic scrimmages will take place August 17-18, and the first-possible contest date will be Friday, August 24.

In 8-man football, there is one new program with Rock Port joining the division. Union Star has also restarted its football program after a two-year absence.

Changing to Class 1 for 2012 and 2013 is former Class 2 schools Adrian, Cole Camp, Crystal City, McAuley Catholic. Cole Camp and McAuley Catholic dissolved cooperative sponsorships with Green Ridge and College Heights Christian, respectively, thus moving out of Class 2. Entering into a cooperative sponsorship are Liberal and Bronough for this cycle. Rock Port and Lincoln will not be playing 11-man football at the varsity level beginning with 2012. Rock Port will play 8-man football, while Lincoln will not participate in the state series this cycle.

In Class 2, the following schools move up from Class 1: Cleveland NJROTC and University Academy Charter. Four schools are entered in football districts for the first time, including: Father Tolton Regional Catholic and Calvary Lutheran, in a cooperative sponsorship, Derrick Thomas Academy Charter and ACE at Southeast. Bowling Green, Holden, Lutheran North, Mountain Grove and North Callaway have moved to Class 2 from Class 3. Transportation and Law and Beaumont will enter into a cooperative sponsorship, hosted by Transportation and Law, to form a Class 2 squad.

In Class 3, five schools move up from Class 2, including: Centralia, Christian, Hogan Prep Academy Charter, Hollister, Lift for Life Academy Charter and Macon. Sumner also joins Class 3 from Class 4. Southwest Early College Campus will be new to the state series in Class 3.

Moving up to Class 4 from Class 3 are six schools: Imagine College Prep Charter, Lutheran South, Pleasant Hill, Priory, Nevada and Van Horn (Independence). Changing from Class 5 to Class 4 are Normandy and Raytown South. Beaumont was a Class 4 squad in the last two-year cycle. However, for this cycle, the Bluejackets will enter into a cooperative sponsorship with Transportation and Law.

In Class 5, a total of three schools enter for the new cycle. Kearney jumps up to Class 5, while McCluer North and Fox move from Class 6.

Two programs move up to Class 6 from Class 5 with Lee’s Summit and Timberland slated to compete in MSHSAA’s largest classification. Rock Bridge will host Columbia Independent in a cooperative sponsorship.

There are eleven 11-man and seven 8-man cooperative sponsorships in the sport of football for the next classification cycle. Cooperative sponsorships permit smaller schools to collaborate in sponsoring a program to create more participation opportunities for students. The enrollments of the two cooperating schools are combined for classification purposes.

The 2012 and 2013 seasons conclude with the annual MSHSAA Show-Me Bowl at the Edward Jones Dome in St. Louis. The championship dates for 2012 are November 23-24, while the event will be held November 29-30 in 2013.

LUMBIA, Mo. – Beginning with the 2012-13 and 2013-14 two-year classification cycle MSHSAA will no longer use the ‘Standard Enrollment Breaks’ to determine classification breaks for basketball and music. Previously, all MSHSAA member schools were used to determine the classification breaks for the two activities. This included schools that were not registered to participate in music activities or in the basketball playoffs. This change now addresses only those member schools that register to participate in the postseason competition for both activities.

Classifications in basketball will begin with the smallest 128 schools registered for the sport in Class 1. The next 128 schools, based on enrollment, will be in Class 2, followed by the next 128 in Class 3. Class 4 will have the next 96 schools with all remaining schools in Class 5. If there is an enrollment tie across classification break, the tied schools will be moved to the lower class. As boys basketball currently has more schools registered in the sport, it was used to set the classification breaks.

The activity of music will now place the largest 96 schools registered for districts in music (based on official enrollments) in Class 5, the next 96 largest school in Class 4, then places the smallest 128 schools in Class 1 and the next smallest 128 schools in Class 2. The remaining schools comprise Class 3. As with basketball, any ties across a classification break will send the tied schools into the lower class.

Based upon the schools registered for basketball and music districts for the 2011-12 school year the classification breaks have been set for the next two-year cycle (2012-13 and 2013-14) and are listed below. Please refer to the MSHSAA website for a complete listing of 2012-13 and 2013-14 School Enrollments. Basketball district assignments will be announced on Friday, September 21, 2012; while District music assignments will be released on Friday, December 7, 2012.

Basketball Enrollment Breaks for 2012-13 & 2013-14

Class 5

1215 and above

Class 4

546 – 1214

Class 3

237 – 545

Class 2

120 – 236

Class 1

1 – 119

Music Enrollment Breaks

for 2012-13 & 2013-14

Class 5

1021 and above

Class 4

478 – 1020

Class 3

270 – 477

Class 2

131 – 269

Class 1

1 – 130

March 30, 2012

Several Perryville High School athletes have been named to the BA Sports All-Star Extravaganza teams.

Lady Pirate volleyball players Shea Leible, Marissa Erwin and Morgan Mueller will play on the volleyball team. Coach David Mirly is an All-Star coach.

Pirate basketball players Bryce Weibrecht and Jared Thieret will play on the Class 3-5 basketball team. Coach Joel Roth is an All-Star Coach.

The 2012 BA Sports All-Star Extravaganza selects the top 24 players from Southeast Missouri from volleyball and basketball. The players are divided into 2 teams, which will face off April 14 at the Bearcat Event Center in Dexter. The event features the top high school seniors from over 65 area schools. The games start at 9 am and will last all day.

The event concludes with The Bank of Advance Slam Dunk Competition and presentation of the All Star Awards with guest speaker Dickie Nutt, head coach of the Southeast Missouri Headhawks Baseketball Team.

March 29, 2012

PERRYVILLE -- St. Vincent fell to Festus 181 to 189 at the Joachim Golf Course.

Tim Schumer led the Indians with a 45. Kelly Welker and Sean Martin each had a 47. Levi Gotto scored a 50. Matt Prost had a 53 and Josh Pingel had a 60.

St. Vincent hosts Perryville Friday.

PERRYVILLE -- Perryville downed Hillsboro 178-188.

Brett Schnurbusch led the Pirates with a 40.

The Perryville junior varsity also won, beating the Hillsboro JV 199-222.

Chris Ponder was low score for the Pirates at 46.

Perryville plays St. Vincent Friday at the Perryville Country Club.

PERRYVILLE -- The Perryville High School Lady Pirate volleyball team is inviting all girls in the community to a volleyball camp next month.

March 28, 2012

PERRYVILLE -- St. Vincent's varsity came in third and the Indians junior varsity fourth in a four team match with the Notre Dame varsity and junior varsity at the Bent Creek Golf Course in Jackson.

Notre Dame's varsity came in first at 164, followed by the Bulldog JV at 188. St. Vincent's varsity had 201 and the Indians JV had 222.

The St. Vincent varsity was led by Kelly Welker and Sean Martin who each had 48. Tim Schumer had a 50 and Levi Gotto had a 55. Zack Heberlie had a 58 and Alex Lipe had a 67.

The Indians JV was led by Matt Prost with a 53. Josh Pingel had a 59. Courtney Gross and Ethan Holdman each had a 65. Matt Julian had a 67. Luke Prost had a 72.

St. Vincent travels to the Joachim Golf Course today at 4 for a match hosted by Festus.

PERRYVILLE -- Perryville topped Festus 177-189 in a dual match.

Brett Schnurbusch had a 39 to lead the Pirates. Caleb Streiler had a 43, Jared Yount had a 47 and Scott Sander had a 48.

Perryville hosts Hillsboro today.

PERRYVILLE -- St. Vincent won at Fredericktown 3-0.

The Lady Indians outshot the Lady Blackcats 41-6.

Katie Mattingly was in goal and recorded her second shut out of the season with six saves.

Holly Blanford scored the game winner with an assist from Morgan Leible.

Holly Cissell and Courtney Brown scored the other goals.

St. Vincent improves to 4-0 and hosts Pacific Thursday.

PERRYVILLE -- Perryville lost at Notre Dame 4-2.

The Pirates play at De Soto Thursday.

PERRYVILLE -- Good sportsmanship doesn’t just happen on the field or court – it’s displayed throughout an athlete’s life, and it’s called "character."

Perry County School District 32 recognized young people of character from this area March 22 when it hosted its eighth annual Character Athlete Brunch. The brunch is a coordinated effort between Perry County Middle and Perryville High Schools. It was hosted by PCMS principal Velda Haertling, PCMS counselor Glenda Gremaud, PHS Athletic Director Jeff Steffens and District 32 Board of Education President Tina Littge. The event is coordinated by Gremaud, Alyssa Pecaut and Kim Dunker.

Abby Hadler, a freshman at Saxony Lutheran High School, was among those honored at the Perry County School District 32 Character Athlete Brunch. She is the daughter of Terry and Sherry Hadler.

"At every home game played at District 32, one athlete from the opposing team is nominated as a Character Athlete," Haertling said. "Near the end of the school year, we invite those young people of character to Perryville to be honored. These athletes have displayed good character traits like good sportsmanship, courage, honesty and integrity. We believe that those traits should be celebrated."

The brunch is simply a continuation of the district’s commitment to Training In Character, Haertling said.

"As a school, our primary goal is the academic achievement of our students," she said. "But at District 32, we believe that you cannot be students of excellence without first being people of excellence. In sports, you develop character along with skills and performance. And in every game, you strive to win, but whether you win or lose, your character stays the same. And the young athletes in this room have demonstrated and modeled good character.

"You have been taught to know good, to love good and to do the good thing."

Christian Ayyagan of Fredericktown High School receives his Character Athlete medal from Perry County Middle School Principal Velda Haertling.

Suzie Ward, Missouri Schools of Character Coordinator with CharacterPLUS, told students, "You are all winners, whether you win on the court or not. Whether you realize it or not, you are role models for those around you. Other students look up to you; your character stands out."

Featured presenter was Kevin Urhahn, executive director of the Missouri State High School Activities Association. He told the students, who came from schools throughout Southeast Missouri, that District 32 shows its character by hosting the brunch for their opponents.

"The students of PHS honor you for knowing how to behave, win or lose," Urhahn said. "And it’s easy to be a person of character when you’re winning, but the most compelling examples of character are seen when we lose."

He talked about Mizzou basketball player Marcus Denmon, whose college career ended with Mizzou’s heartbreaking March 16 loss to Norfolk State (86-84) in the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament.

"His college career ended with a loss on Friday, and on Saturday, Marcus went to watch his high school Hogan Prep play Charleston for the state basketball championship," Urhahn said. "Marcus was surrounded the entire night by fans, and he signed autographs and had his photo taken with countless kids. I’m sure Marcus didn’t feel like doing all that, but he did it because it was important to his home school and those kids. That’s excellent character."

Brooke Monier of St. Vincent High School displays her Character Athlete medal.

Each student was then awarded the District 32 Character Athlete medal.

Abby Hadler, a freshman at Saxony Lutheran High School, was among those honored. She said her favorite athlete is David Freese. "He is a good athlete who works hard to become better," she said. Abby is the daughter of Sherry and Terry Hadler.

Brooke Monier, a sophomore at St. Vincent High School, attended the brunch with her parents David and Ruth Monier. "My favorite sports quote is ‘Leaders are made, they are not born. They are made by hard effort, which is the price which all of us must pay to achieve any goal that is worthwhile.’"

For more about the Perry County School District 32, visit the District Website at www.perryville.k12.mo.us.

Click here for a complete list of the character athletes:

March 27, 2012

PERRYVILLE -- St. Vincent won at Windsor 4-1.

Courtney Brown scored the game winner with her first ever goal. She had an assist from Rachel Mudd.

Courtney Heberlie had two goals.

Holly Blanford had one goal.

Abby Lappe also had an assist.

Katie Mattingly was in goal and made eight saves, allowing the one goal.

St. Vincent outshot Windsor 48-9.

The Lady Indians play at Fredericktown today at 5.

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- St. Vincent came in seventh, Perryville was ninth and Ste. Genevieve 10th in the Notre Dame Invitational Golf Tournament played Monday at Bent Creek.

Poplar Bluff won it with a 306. Notre Dame was second at 309. Nixa was third at 311. Jackson came in fourth (316), followed by Sikeston (324), Cape Central (338), St. Vincent (375), Dexter (379), Perryville (402), Ste. Genevieve (402), Kelly (403), Farmington (429) and Kennett (n/a).

Individually:

St. Vincent was led by Levi Gotto, Sean Martin and Kelly Welker who each had a 90. Tim Schumer had a 99.

St. Vincent travels to Notre Dame today at 3:30.

Ste. Genevieve heads to West County for a match that also includes Potosi and Park Hills at 4 p.m.

March 26, 2012

PERRYVILLE -- St. Vincent topped De Soto Friday 180-222.

The Indians were led by Levi Gotto with 37. Tim Schumer had a 44, Kelly Welker had a 49, Sean Martin had a 49, Zack Heberlie had a 50, Matt Prost had a 57 and Josh Pingel had a 58.

De Soto was led by Matt Scott and Arti Henderson at 57. Jacob Edwards had a 58. Jared Batts had a 60. Andi Hoffe had a 62. Andrew Mueller had a 71.

The Indians junior varsity had a 234. Alex Lipe had a 53. Ethan Holdman had a 61. Courtney Gross had a 64. Luke Prost had a 67. Zack Baudendistel had a 68.

The De Soto junior varsity had a 263.

Next up for the Indians: the Notre Dame Tournament on Monday at noon.

March 23, 2012

PERRYVILLE -- Both Perryville teams got wins yesterday in the Noon Optimist Tournament in Cape Girardeau.

Perryville downed Poplar Bluff 3-2 in overtime.

St. Vincent defeated Cape Central 7-0. Holly Blandford scored two of St. Vincent's goals and Lady Indians’ goalkeeper Katie Mattingly recorded her first shut out of the season, blocking all three of Cape Central's shots on goal.

St. Vincent plays Marion or Cape Notre Dame today as the tournament continues.

March 22, 2012

Senior Courtney Heberlie, the daughter of Kevin and Connie Heberlie, Tuesday signed a letter of intent to play basketball at Lindenwood U-Belleville, an NAIA Division school.

Courtney lettered 4 years in basketball and soccer at St. Vincent high school.

STE. GENEVIEVE -- Ste. Genevieve won a tri-match with St. Vincent and Perryville yesterday at the Ste. Genevieve Golf Course.

The Dragons had a 178, the Indians a 182 and the Pirates a 189.

Ste. Genevieve's Clayton Gielow was the medalist with a 41. Teammates Matt Turek had a 44, Brandon Mueller had a 46 and Kyle Roth had a 47.

St. Vincent was led by Levi Gotto with a 43, Tim Schumer had a 44, Sean Martin had a 45 and Kelly Welker had a 50.

Perryville was led by Brent Schnurbusch with a 42, Scott Sanders had a 48, Caleb Streiler had a 49 and Kyle Buerck had a 50.

St. Vincent hosts De Soto today at 4.

March 20, 2012

PERRYVILLE -- Four members of the St. Vincent boys and girls basketball teams have earned post season honors.

Mark Kutz and Courtney Heberlie were named to the First Team All Conference in the Jeffco Small Schools Division.

Sean Martin and Kayla Seabaugh were named to the Second Team.

Kutz, Heberlie and Seabaugh were named to the First Team All District in Class 2 District 4.

PERRYVILLE -- St. Vincent downed Cape Central 4-1. The Lady Indians scored all their goals in the second half, including two by Storm French. Katie Mattingly had two saves in goal as Cape took only three shots.

St. Vincent improves to 1-0 and plays Cape Central in the Noon Optimist Tournament in Cape Girardeau Thursday.

March 15, 2012

JUPITER, Florida -- The St. Louis Cardinals announced following Wednesday’s game that they have trimmed seven players from their Spring Training roster, leaving 44 players in camp.

The team optioned pitchers Maikel Cleto and Brandon Dickson and infielder Pete Kozma to Memphis (AAA) and infielder Zack Cox to Springfield (AA). Non-roster pitchers Joe Kelly, Shelby Miller and Kevin Siegrist were re-assigned to minor league camp.

March 14, 2012

PERRYVILLE -- Taylor Johnson of Saxony Lutheran High School has signed a letter of intent to play Soccer at Central Methodist University in Fayette.

On hand for the signing are (seated) his mother, Cara Johnson and his father James Johnson.

Standing in back are Central Methodist Head Soccer Coach Dan Schmidlin and Saxony Lutheran Head Soccer Coach Ryan Schweain.

March 8, 2012

ST. LOUIS – The "Braggin’ Rights" battle between the University of Illinois and the University of Missouri continues on Wednesday, April 11, at 6:30 p.m., when both schools’ baseball teams clash at Busch Stadium.

In 2010, Busch Stadium hosted the rivalry between the two schools that saw Missouri win 7-4 over Illinois. Last year’s game was rained out. This season, the Fighting Illini will have a shot to even things up as they host the Tigers at the ballpark.

Gates will open at 5:30 p.m. All seats for the game will be in the Infield Field Box and Diamond Box, listed as General Admission. All tickets for the game are priced at $15 and include $5 Cards Cash loaded into the ticket barcode to be spent at any register throughout the stadium.

Tickets are currently on sale online at cardinals.com, via phone by calling 314-345-9000, and at the Busch Stadium Box Office.

March 7, 2012

COOPERSTOWN, New York – The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum will enhance Hall of Fame Weekend with a salute to nearly a half century – and three generations – of St. Louis Cardinals’ World Series championships, as part of the Awards Presentation on Saturday, July 21 in Cooperstown at Doubleday Field. The event will feature a special recognition to the living managers who guided the franchise to titles – Red Schoendienst in 1967, Whitey Herzog in 1982 and Tony La Russa in 2006 and 2011 – along with an appearance of the World Series Trophy, during the Hall of Fame’s salute to its annual award winners.

"For generations, the St. Louis Cardinals organization has delivered world championships to its fans, and the 2011 World Series will be remembered as one of the most entertaining in the history of our sport," said Jeff Idelson, President, National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. "We are honored to recognize the three managers who led their teams to World Series victory with this special recognition as part of the Awards Presentation. These three managers have united a fan base for generations and provided endless memories for Cardinals fans everywhere."

The special recognition will take place as part of the 2012 Hall of Fame Awards Presentation, which honors the recipients of the Museum’s broadcasting and baseball writing awards. Tim McCarver, who has served as an analyst for 30 years, most recently with FOX, has been named the Hall of Fame’s 2012 Ford C. Frick Award winner for excellence in baseball broadcasting, and Bob Elliott of the Toronto Sun, has been named the 2012 J.G. Taylor Spink Award for meritorious contributions to baseball by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America.

The Cardinals are providing the World Series trophy for the event in Cooperstown, which will include a display in the Museum on Saturday, July 21, as well as on stage for the recognition at the Awards Presentation.

The Museum features a year-long salute to the Cardinals 2011 championship season, as part of the Autumn Glory exhibit honoring the World Series. Several items from the Cardinals’ seven-game series victory are included in the exhibit, including the bat used by David Freese to hit the Game Six walk-off home run in the 11th inning, along with the jersey, which was ripped off his back by his teammates; the jersey worn by Chris Carpenter in the Series, the spikes worn by Albert Pujols in Game Four of the World Series; and many other objects paying tribute to the Fall Classic. The Cardinals exhibit will be on display through the 2012 postseason, when a case to honor the new champions will be unveiled.

Schoendienst, a 1989 Hall of Fame electee, led the Cardinals to the 1967 World Series championship, a seven-game series win over the Boston Red Sox. He compiled a 1,041-955 record, a .522 winning percentage, in 14 seasons as manager of the Cardinals from 1965-1976, as well as stints in 1980 and 1990. Schoendienst totaled a .289 batting average and 2,449 hits in a 19-season major league career, from 1945-1963, primarily with the Cardinals.

Herzog, a 2010 Hall of Fame electee, led the Cardinals to the 1982 world title, a seven-game series win over the Milwaukee Brewers. He compiled a 1,281-1,125 record, a .532 winning percentage, in 18 major league seasons as manager with the Cardinals, Royals, Angels and Rangers, winning three pennants.

La Russa, who announced his retirement following the 2011 season, compiled a 2,728-2,365 record, a .536 winning percentage, in 33 years as a major league manager for the Cardinals (1996-2011), Athletics (1986-1995), and White Sox (1979-1986). He led the Cardinals to an improbable World Series win in 2011, with one of the game’s greatest Game Six comebacks in history, following an unexpected postseason run. He won his final two games as a major league manager, Game Six and Game Seven, against the Texas Rangers. He previously led the 2006 Cardinals to a World Series victory over the Detroit Tigers in five games. La Russa won six pennants and three World Series titles, also winning with the 1989 Oakland A’s. La Russa will be eligible for Hall of Fame consideration by the Expansion Era Committee, which will next meet at the winter meetings in 2013, for Hall of Fame election in 2014.

The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum is open seven days a week year round, with the exception of Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s Day. The Museum observes regular hours of 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. from Labor Day until Memorial Day Weekend. From Memorial Day Weekend through the day before Labor Day, the Museum observes summer hours of 9 a.m. until 9 p.m. Ticket prices are $19.50 for adults (13 and over), $12 for seniors (65 and over) and for those holding current memberships in the VFW, Disabled American Veterans, American Legion and AMVets organizations, and $7 for juniors (ages 7-12). Members are always admitted free of charge and there is no charge for children 6 years of age or younger. For more information, visit our Web site at baseballhall.org or call 888-HALL-OF-FAME (888-425-5633) or 607-547-7200.

March 5, 2012

PERRYVILLE -- Perryville High School senior Brittany Young has signed a letter of intent to play softball for Mineral Area College in Park Hills.

She is pictured here flanked by her parents Janet and Jay Young of Perryville, (back row, from left) Perryville High School softball coach and athletic director Jeff Steffens and MAC head softball coach Dave Guemmer.

Young is a third-baseman for the Lady Pirates. She was an Honorable Mention All-Conference last fall. She had 20 RBIs, scored 11 runs and five walks with three stolen bases. Her batting average of .329 was third highest on the team.

She is a member of NHS, FBLA, FCCLA, Friends of Education, is a student ambassador and is in the A+ program.

She plans to study accounting at Mineral Area College.

PERRYVILLE -- A Perryville High School baseball player has decided to attend Southwestern College in Belleville, Illinois.

Jake Dobbelare signed a letter of intent to play baseball at Southwestern on Friday.

Joining Dobbelare for the signing ceremony were his father: Shane Dobbelare, his mother: Judy Dobbelare, PHS Head Baseball Coach Don O’Keefe and PHS Athletic Director Jeff Steffens. Coach Neil Fiala of Southwestern College was unable to attend.

March 2, 2012

WEST COUNTY -- Saxony Lutheran fell to Scott City 48-35 in the Class 3 District 3 Tournament at West County.

Scott City wins the district crown and advances to sectional play.

JACKSON -- The No. 7 seed Saxony Lutheran fell to top seed West County 53-28 in the Class 3 District 3 Tournament at West County.

West County won the district crown and advances to sectional play.

PERRYVILLE -- St. Vincent lost to Bismarck 61-51 in a semifinal round game in the Class 2 District 4 tournament at Bismarck.

6-foot 1-inch Brettany Henson scored 26 points to lead Bismarck, and coach Terri Wengert said it was tough to find a way to stop her.

New Haven won the other semi 53-26 over Viburnum so it will be New Haven and Bismarck playing for the district crown tonight.

St. Vincent will lose Storm French, Courtney Heberlie and Kayla Seabaugh at graduation.

February 29, 2012

WEST COUNTY -- Third seed Saxony Lutheran downed second seed Clearwater 50-44 in the district tournament at West County.

The Crusaders play top seed Scott City at 7:30 tonight in the finals of the district tournament.

PERRYVILLE -- St. Vincent defeated Caledonia 50-15 in the district tournament at Bismarck.

Courtney Heberlie led the Lady Indians with 21 points. Kayla Seabaugh had nine, Storm French had seven, Dani Hogard and Katie Mattingly each had four, Kelly Welker had three and Kelly Haertling had two.

St. Vincent plays host Bismarck Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in a semifinal round game. CJ Layton will call the action on KBDZ and kbdz931.com.

February 28, 2012

BISMARCK -- St. Vincent fell to Crossroads 67-63 Monday in the district tournament at Bismarck.

The Indians trailed 22-10 after one, 32-29 at the half and 53-45 after three.

Sean Martin had 23 points to lead St. Vincent. Mark Kutz had 21, Tim Schumer, Stephen Graf and Trenton Gremaud each had four, Dylan Richardet had three and Jesse Francis and Trent Elder each had two.

The Indians end their season with a 9-16 record.

Coach Bruce Valleroy thanked his seniors for their efforts this season: Sean Martin, Mark Kutz Tim Schumer, Stephen Graf, Jonathon Petzoldt and Taylor Sauer.

February 24, 2012

PERRYVILLE -- St. Vincent split with Oak Ridge for senior night.

The varsity lost 54-50.

St. Vincent trailed 16-7 after one, 27-16 after two and 39-33 after three.

Tim Schumer led the scoring with 14 points. Taylor Sauer had nine, Dylan Richardet had six, Mark Kutz and Sean Martin each had five, Trent Elder had four, Stephen Graf had three, Jesse Francis had two and Trenton Gremaud and Gabe Galati each had one.

The Indians fall to 9-14 on the season and will play Crossroads Monday at 6 in the district tournament at Bismarck.

The junior varsity won their game 61-32 to end their season at 11-12.

Alex Winkler had 14 points to lead the JV Indians. Robbie Wingerter had 11, Nathan Carrow had nine, Zach Heberlie and Levi Gotto each had seven, Drew Buerck and Andrew Pavlovsky each had four, Kevin Mattingly and Nick Mangione each had two and Zach Schumer had one.

JACKSON -- Saxony Lutheran lost at Crystal City 41-39.

February 23, 2012

February 22, 2012

SIKESTON -- Ste. Genevieve downed Perryville 48-31 in the Class 4 District 1 Tournament at Sikeston.

The Hunters led 6-4 after one, 19-15 after two and 34-19 after three.

Hunter coach Mark Vogt praised his team's tenacious defense, and the inside play of Jasmine Kuehn.

PHS coach Vicki Lohmann was disappointed in her team's lack of fundamental play.

Click here for game stats:

Ste. Genevieve will play Dexter at 6 p.m. Thursday as the tournament continues. Hear the game at 5:50 on B-93one FM.

In the other district tournament game last night, Sikeston edged Fredericktown 47-46.

February 21, 2012

SIKESTON -- Perryville downed Ste. Genevieve 74-59 in the district tournament at Sikeston.

Dragon coach Rob Coleman said this game, and the season, has been one of some missed opportunities. "On the way down to Sikeston, I looked at some numbers, and six, maybe seven games could have made a difference this year. Our points for and point against have an average of only 5 or so points."

The Dragons will lose Jonathan Brewer, Wayne Carron, and Brendan Weiler to graduation.

Pirate coach Joel Roth says that his team may have underestimated an improving Dragon team. "I told the guys at shootaround yesterday that this isn't the same team; they were young early on when we beat them by so many. We'll have to perform a lot better Wednesday against Sikeston."

The score was even at 16 after the first quarter, Perryville led 36-25 at the half and the Pirates had a 57-38 lead after three.

Perryville will play Sikeston at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday as the tournament continues. The game will be broadcast live at 7:20 p.m. on B93one FM.

Also last night at Sikeston: Fredericktown downed Dexter 54-50.

Fredericktown will play Notre Dame at 6 p.m. Wednesday.

February 20, 2012

PERRYVILLE -- St. Vincent won both the varsity and junior varsity games with visiting Meadow Heights

The varsity won 70-45.

St. Vincent led 25-11 after one, 39-22 after two and 51-35 after three. The Indians improve to 8-14 on the season.

Mark Kutz led the St. Vincent scoring with 19 points. Tim Schumer had 14, Jonathon Petzoldt and Trent Elder each had eight, Sean Martin had seven, Jesse Francis had six and Stephen Graf, Taylor Sauer, Trenton Gremaud and John Meinhardt each had two.

The junior varsity won 37-30 to improve to 10-11.

Nathan Carrow had nine points, Levi Gotto and Kevin Mattingly each had eight, Alex Winkler had seven, Robbie Wingerter had three and Zach Heberlie had two.

The Indians play junior varsity and varsity games at Valle Wednesday at 6 p.m.

PERRYVILLE -- Perryville downed Park Hills 63-48.

The junior varsity Pirates also won, 53-51.

JACKSON -- Saxony Lutheran fell to visiting South Pemiscot 64-55.

The Crusaders host St. Pius Tuesday.

February 17, 2012

PERRYVILLE -- St. Vincent lost the varsity game, but won the junior varsity game with Fredericktown last night.

The varsity lost 74-42.

The Indians trailed 23-11 after one, 42-22 after two and 56-32 after three. They fall to 7-14 on the season.

Mark Kutz led the scoring with nine points. Jonathon Petzoldt had eight, Dylan Richardet and Trenton Gremaud each had five, Stephen Graf had four, Trent Elder and Tim Schumer each had three, Jonathon Meinhardt and Jessie Francis each had two and Sean Martin had one.

The JV Indians won 48-38 to improve to 9-11 on the season.

Robbie Wingerter led the scoring with 15 points. Nathan Carrow had 12, Alex Winkler had nine, Levi Gotto had seven, Kevin Mattingly had three and Zach Heberlie had two.

The Indians host Meadow Heights tonight at 6.

PERRYVILLE – Perryville lost to Waterloo 42-33 in the Sixth Annual ChesterYellowJackets.com Freshmen Boys Basketball Tournament at Daniel Colbert Gym.

The finals are set for Saturday.

Perryville and Steeleville will play for third place at 1 p.m.

JACKSON – Saxony Lutheran lost at Woodland 50-35.

The Lady Crusaders play at Meadow Heights Monday at 6 p.m.

February 16, 2012

STE. GENEVIEVE -- Brendan Weiler scored a game high 28 points including seven 3-pointers Wednesday night to help lead the Ste. Genevieve Dragons to a 61-60 win over visiting St. Vincent.

With the win, Ste. Genevieve improves to 9-15 on the season while St. Vincent falls to 7-13.

The Indians raced out to a 13-5 lead after the first quarter but the Dragons started their comeback in the second quarter. Ste. Genevieve outscored St. Vincent 20-16 in the second and trimmed the Indians lead down to just four points at halftime, 29-25.

Weiler hit five of his seven 3-pointers in the third quarter as he scored 16 of his 28 points. Ste. Genevieve took their first lead of the game on a layup by Matt Drury with 2:58 left.

The Dragons built a six point lead early in the fourth quarter before the Indians tied and then took a lead. Ste. Genevieve got, what proved to be, the winning basket with :12 left. St. Vincent called time out with :06 left to set up a final play. Dylan Richardet got a great look at a 3-pointer on the left wing but the shot hit the front of the rim. A rebound follow attempt by Tim Schumer was short and the Dragons held on for the one-point win.

In addition to Weiler’s 28 point performance, Jonathan Brewer also finished in double digit scoring with 13 points.

Matt Drury (8), Clayton Gielow (6), Brendan Dallas (4) and Kevin Johnson (2) also scored for the host Dragons.

St. Vincent was led by Mark Kutz’ 14 points while Sean Martin finished with 13 points.

Jesse Francis (8), Dylan Richardet (5), Tim Schumer (4), Trenton Gremaud (4), Trent Elder (4), Stephen Graf (4), Gabe Galati (2) and Taylor Sauer (2) also scored for the Indians.

St. Vincent won the junior varsity game 42-33 while Ste. Genevieve won the freshman game 50-33.

PERRYVILLE -- Perryville won twice at Hillsboro.

The varsity Pirates won 61-28.

Bryce Weibrecht led the scoring.

The junior varsity Pirates won 58-54.

Perryville hosts Park Hills at 6 p.m. Friday.

Freshmen boys’ bb: PHS tops Murphysboro

PERRYVILLE – The Perryville boys’ freshmen basketball team snuck by Murphysboro 26-24 in the Sixth Annual ChesterYellowJackets.com Freshmen Boys Basketball Tournament at Daniel Colbert Gym.

Perryville plays Waterloo at 6:30 tonight.

The finals are set for Saturday. The fifth place game will tip at 10 a.m. followed by the third place game at 11:30 a.m. The championship game is set for 1 p.m.

PERRYVILLE -- Perryville downed Fredericktown 41-36.

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The Lady Pirates host Cape Central tonight.

JACKSON – Saxony Lutheran won at Chaffee 49-28.

The Lady Crusaders play at Woodland tonight.

PERRYVILLE -- Perryville Little League baseball and softball sign-ups are going on now. Little League President, Rodney Sadler has announced that Little League registrations will be taken through Sunday, March 18.

Registration forms can be found at the Perry Park Center, Rozier’s Shoe Department, K & L Sportslocker and perryparkcenter.com

If you have questions about Little League or are interested in coaching a team, call Rodney Sadler at 547-7275.

February 13, 2012

JACKSON -- Saxony Lutheran won at Jefferson 68-39 Friday night.

The Crusaders play at Bell City Tuesday at 6 p.m.

PERRYVILLE -- St. Vincent won twice at Grandview.

The varsity score was 66-58 as the varsity improved to 7-12 on the season and 2-2 in the conference.

Mark Kutz had 23 points to lead the Indians. Sean Martin had 14 points, Trent Elder had nine, Tim Schumer had five, Jesse Francis had four, Jonathon Petzoldt and Dylan Richardet had three each, Taylor Sauer and Trenton Gremaud each had two and Steven Graf had one.

The junior varsity score was 47-25 as the JV goes to 7-11 on the season.

Nathan Carrow and Levi Gotto each had 10 points. Robbie Wingerter had eight, Kevin Mattingly had seven, Alex Winkler had six, Zach Heberlie had five and Nick Mangione had one.

St. Vincent hosts Fredericktown at 6 p.m. Monday.

The freshmen are off until Wednesday when they play at Ste. Genevieve at 5 p.m.

PERRYVILLE -- Perryville downed Windsor thrice Friday night.

The varsity score was 82-63.

Bryce Weibrecht had 26 points to lead the Pirates.

The junior varsity score was 66-42.

The freshmen score was 54-38.

Perryville plays at Hillsboro Wednesday at 5 p.m.

PERRYVILLE – These are the brackets for the district basketball tournaments:

Class 3 District 3 (Saxony Lutheran) played at West County High School

Saturday Feb. 25

9:00 a.m. (4) West County vs (5) Arcadia Valley (Boys)

10:30 a.m. (4) Scott City vs (5) Arcadia Valley (Girls)

Noon (1) Scott City vs (8) Jefferson (Boys)

1:30 p.m. (3) Woodland vs (6 Jefferson (Girls)

3:00 p.m. (3) Saxony Lutheran vs (6 Woodland (Boys)

4:30 p.m. (2) Clearwater vs (7) Saxony Lutheran (Girls)

6:00 p.m. (2) Clearwater vs (7) Kelly (Boys)

7:30 p.m. (1) West County vs (8 Kelly (Girls)

Semi-finals Tuesday February 28 at 6:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.

Championship game Friday March 1 with girls at 6:00 p.m. and boys at 7:30 p.m.

Class 4 District 4 (Perryville and Ste. Genevieve plays at Sikeston.)

Boys play Monday February 20 and Wednesday February 22 Final game is 7:30 p.m. Friday Feb. 24.

Boys bracket Notre Dame number 1 seed and Sikeston number 2 seed have first round byes.

Monday Feb. 20

6:00 p.m. (4) Dexter vs (5) Fredericktown

7:30 p.m. (3) Perryville vs (6 Ste. Genevieve

Semi finals Wednesday Feb. 22

6:00 p.m. (1) Notre Dame vs Dexter/Fredericktown winner

7:30 p.m. (2) Sikeston vs Perryville/Ste. Genevieve winner

Championship game Friday February 24 at 7:30 p.m.

Girls Bracket

Girls play Tuesday February 21 and Thursday February 23 with the Championship game at 6 p.m. Friday February 24

Dexter has number 1 seed and Notre Dame has the number 2 seed with first round byes.

Tuesday February 21

6:00 p.m. (4) Perryville vs (5) Ste. Genevieve

7:30 p.m. (3) Sikeston vs (6 Fredericktown

Semi-finals Thursday February 23

6:00 p.m. (1) Dexter vs Perryville/Ste. Genevieve winner

7:30 p.m. (2) Notre Dame vs Sikeston/Fredericktown winner

Championship game Friday February 24 at 6:00 p.m.

Class 2 District 4 (St. Vincent and Valle Catholic)

Played at Bismarck High School

Boys bracket New Haven has number one seed and first round bye

Monday February 27

5:00 p.m. (2) Bismarck vs (7) Valley of Caledonia

6:30 p.m. (4) Crossroad Prep vs (5) St. Vincent

8:00 p.m. (3) Valle Catholic vs (6) Viburnum

Semi-Finals Wednesday February 29

6:00 p.m. (1) New Haven vs Crossroads Prep/St. Vincent winner

7:30 p.m. Bismarck/Valley of Caledonia winner vs Valle Catholic/Viburnum winner

Championship game Friday March 2 at 7:30 p.m.

Girls Bracket

New Haven has the number 1 seed and a first round bye

Tuesday February 28

5:00 p.m. (4) Viburnum vs (5) Crossroads Prep

6:30 p.m. (2) St. Vincent vs Valley of Caledonia

7:30 p.m. (3) Bismarck vs (6) Valle Catholic

Semi-finals Thursday March 1

6:00 p.m. (1) New Haven vs Viburnum/Crossroad Prep winner

7:30 p.m. St. Vincent/Valley of Caledonia winner

Championship game 6:00 p.m. Friday March 2

February 10, 2012

PERRYVILLE -- St. Vincent won at Herculaneum 53-35.

Courtney Heberlie had 15 points to lead the Lady Indians. Storm French had 13, Katie Mattingly had 10, Kayla Seabaugh had eight, Casey Unterreiner had five and Dani Hogard had two.

St. Vincent plays at Oran Monday.

JACKSON – Saxony Lutheran downed visiting Scott County Central 51-20.

The Lady Crusaders play at Chaffee Monday.

PERRYVILLE -- Perryville won at Windsor 54-33.

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The Lady Pirates play at Fredericktown Monday.

PERRYVILLE – The Perryville boys’ freshmen basketball team will be among the competitors taking part in the Sixth Annual ChesterYellowJackets.com Freshmen Boys Basketball Tournament which will tip off Wednesday night inside Daniel Colbert Gym.

Chester High School Athletic Director Mike Coffey announced the tournament has expanded to six teams this year.

In addition to Perryville and host, Chester, the other schools in the tournament are Murphysboro, Waterloo, Trico and Steeleville.

The six teams have been divided into two pools. Perryville is in Pool "A" which also consists of Murphysboro and Waterloo.

Pool "B" features Steeleville, Trico and the host Yellow Jackets.

Perryville opens play in the third game Wednesday at 7:45 p.m. when they face Murphysboro. The other two games have Murphysboro and Waterloo at 5:15 p.m. and Chester and Trico at 6:30 p.m.

Perryville plays Waterloo at 6:30 p.m. Thursday. The other two games Thursday have Trico and Steeleville at 5:15 p.m. and Chester and Steeleville at 7:45 p.m.

The finals are set for Saturday, February 18. The fifth place game will tip at 10 a.m. followed by the third place game at 11:30 a.m. The championship game is set for 1 p.m.

February 8, 2012

Boys’ BB: Saxony falls to Crystal City

JACKSON -- Saxony Lutheran fell to visiting Crystal City 57-32.

The Crusaders play at Jefferson Friday at 6 p.m.

PERRYVILLE -- St. Vincent lost all three games with De Soto last night.

The varsity score was 67-41. The Indians trailed 24-4 after one, 42-16 after two and 54-27 after three.

Dylan Richardet led the St. Vincent scoring with seven points. Dylan Hellman had six. Jonathon Petzoldt had five, Trent Elder and Jesse Francis each had four, Steven Graf and Trenton Gremaud each had three, Tim Schumer, Taylor Sauer, Mark Kutz and Sean Martin each had two and Jonathon Meinhardt had one.

With the loss the varsity falls to 6-12 on the season.

The junior varsity score was 56-54 in overtime.

Alex Winkler had 18 points to lead the JV Indians. Levi Gotto had 10, Robbie Wingerter and Kevin Mattingly each had nine, Nathan Carrow had six and Zach Heberlie had two.

With the loss the JV falls to 5-11 on the season.

The freshmen score was 38-33.

Caleb Schnurbusch led the scoring with 14 points. Zach Heberlie had nine. Nick Mangione had six. Andrew Pavlovsky had three and Zach Schumer had one.

With the loss the freshmen Indians fall to 0-5.

The JV Indians return to the North County Tournament Wednesday when they play Potosi.

The varsity and junior varsity play at Grandview Friday.

The freshmen are off until Wednesday, February 15th when they play at Ste. Genevieve at 5 p.m.

PERRYVILLE -- Perryville lost all three games at Notre Dame.

The varsity lost 74-52.

The junior varsity lost 75-41.

The freshmen lost 71-35.

The Pirates host Windsor for freshmen, junior varsity and varsity games Friday beginning with the freshmen at 5 p.m.

February 7, 2012

JACKSON -- Saxony Lutheran won at Meadow Heights 76-47.

The Crusaders host Crystal City tonight at 6.

JACKSON – Saxony Lutheran downed visiting East Prairie 59-26. The Lady Crusaders host Scott County Central Thursday night at 6.

PERRYVILLE -- The junior varsity St. Vincent Indians fell to North County 56-50 last night in the North County Tournament to fall to 5-10 on the season.

Alex Wingerter led the scoring with 16 points. Levi Gotto had 14, Robbie Wingerter had nine, Nathan Carrow had five, Andrew Pavlovsky had four and Kevin Mattingly had two.

The JV Indians play visiting De Soto tonight along with the varsity and freshmen.

The JV Indians return to the North County Tournament Wednesday when they play Potosi.

PERRYVILLE -- In the final regular season meet before the Show-Me Conference Meet to be held this Thursday at the Cape Bubble the Poplar Bluff Mules agreed to play a fun meet against "The Oxen" which consisted of the combined talents of Perryville, St. Vincent and Saxony.

When scored as a regional team the Oxen ended up ahead of the Mules 98-78 in what was called the "Burden" meet, referring to the mascots of the two teams: mules and oxen, which are sometimes referred to as "beasts of burden".

When scored as a standard quad meet the Poplar Bluff Mules came out on top with 193 points. Coming in a distant second was St. Vincent with 57 points. Perryville and Saxony were close behind with 52 and 51 points respectively.

Poplar Bluff was led by double event winner Julia Dragon (50 Free and 100 Breast) and Sarah Crites (100 Free). Since the Oxen only fielded exhibition relays Poplar Bluff swept the 3 relay events.

Saxony Lutheran was led by senior captain Katie Schweiss who won the 200 Free and 400 Free.

Perryville's lone event winner was Maddie Steffens who won the 1M Diving event. Paige Buhler added a 2nd and 3rd place finish. Both set new PHS records: Maddie in diving and Paige in the 100 Free.

St. Vincent was led by double-event winner Natalie King (200 IM and 100 Back) and Laura Steele (100 Fly).

Click here for complete meet results

February 6, 2012

PERRYVILLE -- Perryville lost the varsity game but won both the junior varsity and freshmen games at Festus last night

The varsity score was 65-62 in overtime. Ross Moldenhauer led the Pirate scoring.

The Pirates fell behind as they trailed 19-10. Festus kept pounding the ball inside and hitting three-pointers from the outside. By halftime the Tigers were up 34-21. Back came the Pirates with a little momentum as they outscored Festus 16-12 to make it a 46-37 game with the Pirates right back in there.

After the game was tied at 10-10 in the first quarter the fans never saw another tie until the closing moments of regulation when the Pirates stormed back to tie the game at 55 sending it to overtime.

The overtime saw the two teams traded buckets until the Pirates took a one point lead. On a chance to keep the lead the Pirates let a rebound go the way of the Tigers. Festus scored forcing the Pirates to battle back once again. Perryville had a chance to tie the game but a three point shot would not go.

A good crowd was on hand from Perryville cheering the boys on.

The junior varsity score was 45-37.

The freshmen score was 38-35.

Perryville has freshmen, junior varsity and varsity games at Notre Dame Tuesday beginning at 5 p.m.

PERRYVILLE -- St. Vincent lost all three games at St. Pius last night.

The varsity score was 58-50, as the Indians fall to 6-11 on the season.

St. Vincent trailed 14-9 after one, 26-21 after two and 42-35 after three.

Mark Kutz led the St. Vincent scoring with 16 points. Sean Martin and Trent Elders each had 10, Dylan Richardet had six, Trenton

Gremaud had five, Tim Schumer, Taylor Sauer and Jesse Francis each had two.

The junior varsity score was 51-41. The JV Indians fall to 5-9.

Robbie Wingerter led the St. Vincent scoring with 14 points. Nathan Carrow and Kevin Mattingly each had eight, Levi Gotto had six and

Zach Heberlie had five.

The freshmen score was 39-26. The freshmen Indians fall to 0-4.

Andrew Pavlovsky led the St. Vincent scoring with eight points. Zach Schumer had seven, Caleb Schnurbusch had five, Zach Heberlie

had four and Nick Mangione had two.

The junior varsity Indians play North County Monday at 5:30 in the North County Tournament.

All three teams play visiting De Soto Tuesday, beginning with the freshmen at 5 p.m.

STE. GENEVIEVE – St. Vincent lost both games at Ste. Genevieve Friday night.

The varsity score was 46-37. The Lady Indians trailed 10-5 after one, 21-9 after two and 35-25 after three.

The junior varsity score was 43-18.

St. Vincent plays at Herculaneum Thursday at 5 p.m.

February 3, 2012

PERRYVILLE -- St. Vincent won twice at Chester last night, in a game heard live on AM 98 KSGM and online at ksgm980.com.

The varsity won 35-28 to improve to 13-6. Chester falls to 5-19.

St. Vincent trailed 9-4 after the first quarter but led 11-9 at the half and 26-17 after three.

The Lady Indians overcame a slow start to beat the host Lady Yellow Jackets.

Now 13-6 on the season, the Lady Indians will head to Ste. Genevieve tonight for a 7:30pm meeting with the Hunters. The matchup will air live on KBDZ 93.1 FM.

Chester jumped out early on their senior night, leading 9-4 after the first quarter but then the Lady Indians outscored Chester 7-0 in a sluggish second quarter to take an 11-9 halftime lead, a lead they wouldn’t relinquish the rest of the night.

St. Vincent took a 25-17 lead heading to the fourth quarter after outscoring Chester 15-8 in the third.

Chester was able to cut the lead down to four points but couldn’t get any closer. The host Lady Yellow Jackets outscored St. Vincent 11-9 in the final eight minutes but the Lady Indians won the game 35-28.

Courtney Heberlie led St. Vincent with a game high 15 points while Katie Mattingly finished with nine points. Kelley Welker had four, Storm French had three and Dani Hogard and Stephanie Hoyt each had two.

The St. Vincent Junior Varsity won 52-38.

St. Vincent plays at Ste. Genevieve tonight. Hear the game at 7:30 on B93one FM and online at kbdz931.com.

PERRYVILLE -- Perryville downed visiting Festus 66-37 for senior night.

The junior varsity Lady Pirates won 42-30.

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The Lady Pirates play at Windsor Thursday at 6 p.m.

JACKSON – Saxony Lutheran beat Woodland 38-29 as the Lady Crusaders made up a game.

Saxony Lutheran hosts East Prairie Monday.

The Lady Crusaders are coming off a win at Century

PERRYVILLE – The Perryville swim team recently posed for their team photo.

February 2, 2012

PERRYVILLE -- Perryville downed Cape Central 52-51.

Perryville trailed 51-50 with 10 seconds left on the clock.

They would have to go coast to coast to get the win.

Bryce Weibrecht put up a shot that hit the iron. Jared Thieret got the rebound and stuffed it back up for the win.

Cape Central’s coach said the clock never started.

After the shot by Thieret two seconds were put back on the clock.

Cape threw the ball the length of the court. Cape got a look at the basket but the three point shot was short.

Bryce Weibrecht led the Pirates scoring with 21 points.

Perryville's junior varsity lost 55-31 and the freshmen lost 59-40.

The Pirates host Festus Friday for freshmen, junior varsity and varsity games beginning with the freshmen at 5 p.m.

PERRYVILLE -- St. Vincent lost all three games at Windsor.

The varsity lost 64-60 to fall to 6-10.

Sean Martin led the Indian scoring with 18 points. Tim Schumer had eight. Dylan Richardet had seven. Mark Kutz and Trenton Gremaud each had six. Trent Elder had five. Jesse French and Steven Graf each had four. Taylor Sauer had two.

The junior varsity lost 42-24 to fall to 5-8.

Alex Winkler had 12 points. Levi Gotto had nine. Kevin Mattingly had three.

The freshmen lost 48-28 to fall to 0-3.

Andrew Pavlovsky had 11 points. Drew Buerck, Nick Mangione and Zach Schumer each had three. Zach Heberlie had one.

All three St. Vincent teams will be back in action at St. Pius with the freshmen getting things started at 5 p.m.

PERRYVILLE -- St. Vincent fell to Windsor 64-60.

The Lady Indians play at Chester Thursday at 7:45.

Hear the game at 7:30 on AM 98 KSGM and online at ksgm980.com.

February 1, 2012

PERRYVILLE -- St. Vincent, Perryville, Saxony Lutheran and Cape Central participated a swim meet Tuesday.

Cape Central came in first with 224 points. The host team, St. Vincent was tied with Perryville for second at 74 and Saxony Lutheran came in fourth at 63.

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PERRYVILLE -- Perryville won at St. Pius 74-44.

Ross Moldenhauer led the Pirate scoring with 19 points.

The Pirates host Cape Central tonight. The freshmen will get things started at 5 p.m.

JACKSON -- Saxony Lutheran downed Scott City 36-28.

The JV Crusaders lost 66-47.

Saxony Lutheran plays at Meadow Heights Monday at 6 p.m.

JACKSON – Saxony Lutheran won at Century 70-28.

The Lady Crusaders host East Prairie Monday.

January 30, 2012

PERRYVILLE -- Perryville topped St. Vincent twice Saturday at the Perry Park Center.

The varsity won 65-30.

The Pirates led 24-4 after one, 41-15 after two and 55-22 after three.

The junior varsity won 37-34.

Indian coach Bruce Valleroy said that playing a tough Friday game before the Mayors Cup shouldn't have been a factor.

Pirate coach Joel Roth praised his team's ability to spread out the scoring.

Perryville plays at St. Pius Tuesday at 6 p.m.

St. Vincent plays at Windsor Wednesday at 5:30 p.m.

PERRYVILLE -- Perryville split with St. Vincent Saturday at the Perry Park Center.

The Lady Pirates won the varsity game 39-29.

St. Vincent led 7-6 after the first quarter, but trailed 13-11 at the half and 25-16 after three.

St. Vincent won the junior varsity game 32-30.

St. Vincent coach Terry Wengert said when her team is on...it's really on...but not on this night."

PHS coach Vickie Lohmann said strong bench play was a big factor.

The Lady Pirates play at Jackson tonight at 6 p.m.

The Lady Indians play at Ste. Genevieve Friday at 6 p.m.

PERRYVILLE -- A fun, closely-contested dual swim meet was held recently between Perryville High School and St. Vincent DePaul High School as part of the Mayor's Cup weekend contests.

During the meet there were a lot of close finishes, surprises, personal best times and a couple new PHS team records.

In the end Perryville prevailed over St. Vincent 80 points to 62.

Most of the 18 point differential was a result of Perryville sweeping all three relay events.

Their winning 200 medley relay team consisted of: Lauren Huett, Ali Koenig, Paige Buhler and Shelby Roth.

The PHS 200 Free Relay team was: Shelby Roth, Miranda Massey, Maddie Steffens and Paige Buhler.

The 400 Free Relay team had: Ali Koenig, Maddie Steffens, Miranda Massey and Shelby Roth.

Individual event winners for Perryville were: Shelby Roth (200 freestyle), Paige Buhler (50 freestyle), Maddie Steffens (diving-new PHS record for points) and Ali Koenig who was a double event winner taking the 400 freestyle and the 100 backstroke (and set a new PHS backstroke record).

St. Vincent was led by two double event winners: Laura Steele who won the 200 Individual Medley as well as the 100 Butterfly and Natalie King who won the 100 Freestyle and 100 Breaststroke.

PERRYVILLE -- St. Vincent lost Friday at Hillsboro 59-41.

The Indians trailed 17-8 after one, 33-23 at the half and 45-27 after three.

Mark Kutz led St. Vincent with 17 points. Sean Martin had eight, Trent Elder had six, Tim Schumer and Steven Graf each had four and Taylor Sauer had two.

The varsity Indians fall to 6-8 on the season

The St. Vincent junior varsity lost to Hillsboro 53-51.

Alex Winkler had 28 points to lead the JV Indians. Nathan Carrow had 10, Levi Gotto had six, Kevin Mattingly had four and Robbie Wingerter had three.

The St. Vincent JV falls to 5-6

\JACKSON -- Saxony Lutheran won at Naylor 67-45.

The Crusaders host Scott City Tuesday at 6 p.m.

January 27, 2012

PERRYVILLE -- Perryville downed Woodland 46-31. The junior varsity Lady Pirates also won, 51-28. Perryville plays St. Vincent at 3 p.m. Saturday at the Perry Park Center.

JACKSON – Saxony Lutheran fell to visiting Scott City. 44-37. The Lady Crusaders play at Century Tuesday at 6 p.m.

January 26, 2012

PERRYVILLE -- St. Vincent downed visiting Chaffee 51-21.

Kayla Seabaugh led the scoring with 17 points. Courtney Heberlie had 10. Dani Hogard had nine. Katie Mattingly had eight. Stephanie Hoyt had four. Storm French had three.

The Lady Indians play Perryville Saturday at 4 p.m. at the Perry Park Center. Hear the varsity game right here.

January 25, 2012

PERRYVILLE -- Perryville came in first, St. Vincent was second and Saxony Lutheran third in a meet held Monday.

Perryville came in first with 103 points, St. Vincent had 69 for second and Saxony Lutheran came in third with 56 points.

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January 24, 2012

PERRYVILLE -- St. Vincent won at Grandview 41-12.

Storm French had 15 points to lead the Lady Indians. Kayla Seabaugh had eight. Courtney Heberlie and Katie Mattingly each had six. Kelly Welker had four. Steph Hoyt had two.

St. Vincent hosts Chaffee Wednesday. The junior varsity will get things started at 6.

JACKSON – Saxony Lutheran lost at Festus 51-43 in overtime. The Lady Crusaders host Scott City Thursday at 6 p.m.

PERRYVILLE -- Perryville fell to Dexter 84-27.

The Lady Pirates trailed 29-8 after one, 48-17 at the half and 72-23 after three. Perryville was outscored 13-4 in the fourth quarter for the final score.

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The Lady Pirates host Woodland Thursday for junior varsity and varsity games beginning at 6 p.m.

January 23, 2012

PERRYVILLE -- Perryville downed Meadow Heights 65-23 at the Perry Park Center Saturday.

The Pirates were led by Bryce Weibrecht with 18.

Perryville hosts Herculaneum for freshmen, junior varsity and varsity games beginning at 5 p.m. Tuesday.

PERRYVILLE – Perryville lost to Meadow Heights at the Perry Park Center Saturday.

The Lady Pirates travel to Dexter tonight for junior varsity and varsity games beginning at 6 p.m.

January 20, 2012

PERRYVILLE -- Perryville edged visiting Hillsboro 42-40. The junior varsity Lady Pirates also had a close game, winning 33-31.

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The Lady Pirates play Meadow Heights tomorrow at the Perry Park Center. The junior varsity will play at noon with the varsity to follow the boys JV game.

PERRYVILLE -- St. Vincent lost to Crystal City 42-38.

Kayla Seabaugh led the Lady Indians with nine points, Courtney Heberlie and Storm French each had seven, Welker had six, Dani Hogard had five and Katie Mattingly had four.

St. Vincent plays at Grandview Monday with the junior varsity getting things started at 6 p.m.

PERRYVILLE -- Perryville came in first, St. Vincent was second and Saxony Lutheran third in a close meet held Thursday at the Perry Park Center in Perryville.

Perryville won by one point with 72, St. Vincent had 71 and Saxony Lutheran had 56.

Saxony Lutheran ended up winning the 200 Freestyle relay and the 400 Freestyle relay with the team of: Catlin Bender, Annaka Goodson, Ale Wallers and Katie Schweiss. They added an individual win in the 100 Freestyle by Katie Schweiss.

St. Vincent was led to its second place finish by a pair of double event winners: Senior captain Laura Steele (100 Butterfly and 200 Individual Medley) and Natalie King (50 Freestyle and 400 Freestyle -- school record in the 400 Free). ended up winning the 200 Freestyle relay and the 400 Freestyle relay with the team of: Catlin Bender, Annaka Goodson, Ale Wallers and Katie Schweiss. They added an individual win in the 100 Freestyle by Katie Schweiss.

Perryville High School won the 200 Medley Relay with the team of: Miranda Massey, Ali Koenig, Paige Buhler and a fourth, unidentified swimmer. PHS's win was completed with individual wins by: Shelby Roth (200 Freestyle, team record), Lauren Huett (100 Backstroke) and Ali Koenig (100 Breaststroke). PHS records were also set by Paige Buhler in the 50 Freestyle and Ali Koenig in the 200 Individual Medley.

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January 19, 2012

PERRYVILLE -- St. Vincent won twice at Herculaneum.

The varsity won 66-28.

The Indians led 26-6 after one, 45-11 at the half and 57-15 after three. St. Vincent was outscored 13-9 in the fourth quarter, but it didn't matter.

Trenton Gremaud led the Indians with 14 points. Mark Kutz had 11, Taylor Sauer had eight, Trent Elder had seven, Tim Schumer had six, Gave Galati had five, Jesse Francis and Sean Martin each had four, Jonathon Petzoldt and John Meinhardt each had three and Dylan Hellman had one.

The varsity improves to 6-7 overall, 1 and 1 in the conference.

The junior varsity won 38-27 to improve to 5-5.

Alex Winkler led the JV Indians with 15 points, Nathan Carrow had 12, Kevin Mattingly had six, Levi Gotto had three and Caleb Schnurbusch had two.

The freshmen game was canceled.

St. Vincent plays at Hillsboro Friday.

JACKSON – Saxony Lutheran lost to Cape Central 67-19

Saxony trailed 8-4 at the end of the first quarter, was down 36-7 at the half and trailed 59-15 after three quarters of play.

The Lady Crusaders were outscored 8-4 in the final eight minutes of play.

Regan Obermann hit the only three for the Lady Crusaders

Saxony was led in scoring by Maci Daniel with six points.

Saxony hit two of eight at the line while Cape Central was nine of 18.

Other scoring for Saxony: Regan Obermann and Natalie Mueller each had four, Courtney Bergman and Abby Hadler each had two and Kristy Winter had one.

The Lady Crusaders play at Festus Monday at 6 p.m.

January 18, 2012

PERRYVILLE -- Perryville fell to visiting Sikeston 67-49.

The Lady Pirates trailed 18-8 after one, 31-26 at the half, 45-41 after three and were outscored 21-9 in the fourth quarter for the final margin.

Perryville hosts Hillsboro Thursday with the junior varsity getting things started at 6 p.m.

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January 16, 2012

CHESTER -- Perryville claimed its second straight CIT Championship, beats host Yellow Jackets 54-42.

Game 12 – Perryville, MO 54, Chester 42

Top seed Perryville led start to finish in their 54-42 win over the Chester Yellow Jackets in the championship game of the 50th annual Chester Invitational Tournament.

It was the second championship in a row for Perryville.

Perryville jumped out to a quick 6-0 lead and never looked back. By the end of the first quarter, the Pirates had built a 17-10 lead. After outscoring Chester 13-12 in the second, Perryville took a 30-22 lead to the locker room at halftime.

Chester made a run in the third quarter. The Yellow Jackets outscored Perryville 10-7 in the third and trailed 37-32 heading to the fourth.

The Pirates slammed the door on any possible comeback by Chester as they outscored the Yellow Jackets 17-10 en route to the 12 point decision.

Jared Thieret led Perryville with 15 points while Jake Dobbelare finished with 12. Alex Robinson tossed in nine points while Colby Brown finished with eight.

Bryce Weibrecht (7) and Cody Call (3) also scored for Perryville.

Caleb Arbeiter led Chester with a game high 16 points. Chris Schwartz and Kyle Landon each had eight points. Matt Heberlie finished with six points while Cody Mileur added four points.

Game 11 – New Athens 58, Saxony Lutheran 38

New Athens raced out to a 17-4 lead after the first quarter en route to a 58-38 decision over the Crusaders of Saxony Lutheran to win third place of the Chester Invitational Basketball Tournament.

Saxony fought back in the second quarter and outscored New Athens 15-13 but the Yellowjackets took a commanding 30-19 lead to the locker room at halftime.

Any hopes of a comeback by Saxony was squashed by New Athens in the third. The Yellowjackets outscored the Crusaders 13-6 in the quarter and took a 43-25 lead heading to the fourth quarter.

Tyler Meyer led New Athens with 20 points while Blake Ragland finished with 10 points.

Chance Wacker (9), Adam Ingles (9), Brendan Stolte (5), Jeremy Hepp (3) and Luke Marlow (2) also scored for New Athens.

Gabe Bohnert led Saxony Lutheran with 12 points while Clayton Carver finished with seven. Jack Lake (6), Nick Johnson (5), Logan Sprandel (4) and Brandon Fritsche (4) also scored for the Crusaders.

Game 10 – Valle Catholic 50, Marissa-Coulterville 49

Valle’s Alec Greminger hit a three-pointer with 1.5 seconds left to lift the Valle Catholic Warriors of Ste. Genevieve, MO to a 50-49 win over the Marissa-Coulterville Meteors.

The Meteors led 8-7 after the first quarter but then the Warriors outscored Marissa-Coulterville 21-15 in the second quarter and took a 28-23 lead to the locker room at halftime.

Valle led 43-34 heading to the fourth after outscoring Marissa-Coulterville 15-11 in the third quarter.

The Meteors made a run late in the game and took a two-point lead before Greminger hit the game winner for the Warriors.

Lincoln Stoll led the Warriors with 20 points. Jack Rozier tossed in 10 to join Stoll in double digit scoring.

Ryan Hermann (6), Jared Bruns (4), Alec Greminger (3), Parker Davis (2) and Trevor Klump (2) also scored for the Warriors.

Joey Smith led Marissa-Coulterville with a game high 25 points while Lucas Baird finished with 12.

Austin Place (8) and Vince Greer (3) also scored for the Meteors.

Game 9 – Dongola 49, Elverado 39

In the seventh place game of the 50th annual Chester Invitational Boys Basketball Tournament Saturday, the Dongola Demons rallied in the second half and beat Elverado 49-39.

The Falcons jumped out to a 10-9 lead after the first quarter and then outscored the Demons in the second quarter 8-4 to take an 18-13 lead to the locker room at halftime.

But the Demons woke up in the second half.

Dongola outscored Elverado 18-10 in the third quarter and took a 31-28 lead heading to the fourth quarter, a lead they wouldn’t relinquish the rest of the game.

Austin Hinkle led Dongola with a game high 23 points. Tyler Eddleman finished with 10.

Brock Patterson (4), Jordan Eads (4), Darius Schauer (4) and Uriah Holmes (2) also scored for Dongola.

Andrew Jeschke led Elverado with 15 points while Dalton Porter added nine points. Kyle Whittington (6), Wade Bowlin (5) and Casey Hicks (4) also scored for the Falcons.

PERRYVILLE -- St. Vincent and Perryville tied for fifth place and Saxony Lutheran came in seventh in a swim meet Friday.

Jackson won it with 114 points. Cape Central was second with 88. Notre Dame came in third with 84. Poplar Bluff was fourth with 80, followed by St. Vincent (16), Perryville (16) and Saxony Lutheran (14).

January 13, 2012

CHESTER -- Chester and Marissa Coulterville were the winners last night in the 50th Annual Chester Invitational Tournament.

Chester downed Saxony Lutheran 60-53 in overtime in a championship bracket semifinal.

Chris Schwartz scored 18 points while Kyle Landon and Matt Heberlie each had 11 to lead the Yellow Jackets.

Saxony Lutheran led 12-8 after the first quarter, but the lead changed hands by the end of the second quarter with Chester on top 22-21. The Yellowjackets led 40-37 after three, but Saxony outscored Chester by thre in the fourth to make the score 46-46 at the end of regulation play. Chester won the overtime period 14-7 for the final margin.

Clayton Carver led the Crusaders with 17 points while Trent Steffens finished with 13.

The Marissa-Coulterville Meteors pulled away in the fourth quarter and beat the Dongola Demons 63-51 in a consolation semifinal round game.

Joey Smith led the Meteors with a game high 26 points. Logan Tabor added 14 while Austin Place finished with 13.

Tyler Eddleman led Dongola with 14 points while Darius Schauer and Austin Hinkle each had 13 points.

Now we know the complete line up for Saturday's finale.

Elverado and Dongola play at 2:15 for seventh place.

Valle and Marissa-Coulterviller play for the consolation championship at 3:45. Hear the game live on B-93one FM and kbdz931.com

Saxony Lutheran plays New Athens at 5:30 for third place.

Perryville plays Chester at 7 p.m. for first place. Hear the game live on AM 98 KSGM and ksgm980.com.

January 12, 2012

CHESTER – Perryville and Valle win as the Chester Invitational Tournament continues.

The Perryville Pirates advanced to their second straight championship game of the Chester Invitational Tournament with a 54-43 win over the New Athens Yellowjackets.

The Pirates will play in their eighth championship game of the CIT Saturday night against the winner of Thursday’s Chester-Saxony Lutheran game at 7pm.

Perryville led 14-13 after the first quarter and took a slim 21-20 lead heading to the locker room at halftime.

The Pirates started to pull away in the third. Perryville outscored New Athens 13-10 and took a 34-30 lead heading to the fourth. In the final eight minutes, the depth of the Pirates benched showed as they outscored New Athens 20-13 en route to the 11 point win.

Bryce Weibrecht led a trio of Pirate double-digit scorers with a game high 17 points. Jared Thieret added 14 points for the Pirates while Alex Robinson tossed in 12.

Colby Brown (7) and Cody Call (4) also scored for Perryville.

New Athens was led by Tyler Meyer’s 13 points while Blake Ragland tossed in 12.

Jeremy Hepp (6), Chance Wacker (5), Brendan Stolte (4) and Luke Marlow (3) also scored for New Athens.

The Valle Catholic Warriors advanced to the consolation championship with a 55-45 decision over Elverado in a consolation semifinal round game Wednesday night in the Chester Invitational Tournament.

Valle Catholic led 20-11 after the first quarter and took a 30-22 lead at halftime despite Elverado outscoring the Warriors 11-10.

Elverado outscored Valle 13-12 in the third quarter to trail 42-35 heading to the fourth quarter. The Falcons were able to cut Valle’s lead down to five points in the fourth quarter but couldn’t overcome the first quarter deficit.

Ryan Hermann led the warriors with a game high 16 points. Trevor Klump tossed in 10 while Jared Bruns finished with 10 points. Lincoln Stoll and Jack Rozier each finished with 9 points.

Dalton Porter led Elverado with 14 points while Kyle Whittington tossed in 11 and Casey Hicks finished with 10 points.

Andrew Jeschke (8) and Wade Bowlin (2) also scored for the Falcons.

PERRYVILLE -- St. Vincent lost to Saxony Lutheran 28-25 Tuesday night.

Kayla Seabaugh had 14 points to lead the Lady Indians. Courtney Heberlie had nine. Storm French had two.

The Lady Indians play junior varsity and varsity games at Grandview Thursday beginning with the JV at 6.

The Lady Crusaders host Woodland Thursday at 6 p.m.

PERRYVILLE -- St. Vincent's freshmen lost to St. Pius 32-19.

Zach Schumer had seven points and Andrew Pavlovsky, Caleb Schnurbusch and Nick Mangione each had four points.

The freshmen fall to 0-2 on the season. They will play at Herculaneum Wednesday at 5 p.m.

The varsity and JV Indians play at Oran Friday

January 11, 2012

CHESTER -- In Tuesday’s first quarterfinal round matchup, the Saxony Lutheran Crusaders rolled to a 66-46 rout of the Demons of Dongola.

The Crusaders jumped out to a 26-9 lead after the first quarter and built a 42-29 lead at halftime.

Saxony Lutheran took a commanding 60-37 lead heading to the fourth quarter after outscoring the Demons 18-8 in the third quarter.

Clayton Carver poured in 16 points to lead the Crusaders. Taylor Johnson (14), Trent Steffens (11) and Gabe Bohnert (10) also finished in double digit scoring.

Logan Sprandel added nine points, Brandon Fritsche tossed in four and Jack Lake added two points for Saxony Lutheran.

Dongola was led by a 23-point performance from Austin Hinkle while Jordan Eads added 11 points. Tyler Eddleman finished with eight points while Brock Patterson tossed in four points.

Saxony Lutheran plays Chester in a championship semifinal Thursday at 7:30 p.m.

Two semifinals are scheduled for tonight: Perryville and New Athens at 7:30 p.m. in the championship bracket and Valle and Elverado at 6 p.m. in the consolation bracket.

The Perryville game will be broadcast live on KBDZ B-93one FM Radio and online at kbdz931.com.

January 10, 2012

CHESTER, Illinois -- The Perryville Pirates began defense of their Chester Invitational Tournament championship with an 81-30 win over Elverado Monday night in the opening game of the 50th annual classic.

Perryville raced out to a 24-8 lead after the first quarter and built a commanding 40-15 lead at halftime after outscoring the Falcons 16-7 in the second quarter.

The Pirates continued to use their balanced offensive attack as they outscored Elverado 23-4 in the third and took a 63-19 lead heading to the fourth.

Bryce Weibrecht led the Pirates with a game high 22 points. Colby Brown finished with 15 points, Jared Thieret added 14 points, while Jake Dobbelare and Cody Call each finished with 10 points.

Alex Robinson (6) and Nate Kinnison (4) also scored for the Pirates (10-4).

Bryce Mathis led the Falcons with nine points while Dalton Porter and Andrew Jeschke each added six points. Wade Bowlin, Kody Boyd and Casey Hicks each had three points.

New Athens blew open a tie game at halftime en route to a 59-48 quarterfinal round win over Valle Catholic during the opening night of play at the 50th annual Chester Invitational Tournament.

New Athens will advance to the championship semifinal round where they will meet Perryville Wednesday night at 7:30pm while Valle Catholic drops into the consolation semifinal round and will play Elverado Wednesday night at 6pm.

New Athens led 16-15 after the first quarter but the Warriors returned the favor in the second quarter to send the game to the locker room at halftime tied 31-31.

But the first five minutes of the third quarter proved to be the difference. New Athens opened with an 11-0 run to build a 42-31 lead. Valle’s first basket of the second half came off the hands of Ryan Hermann with 4:08 left.

The Yellowjackets took a 47-36 lead heading to the fourth quarter.

Valle Catholic would cut the lead down to as little as six but couldn’t overcome the hot start of New Athens at the beginning of the third quarter.

Tyler Meyer led New Athens with a game high 24 points. Chance Wacker tossed in 12 while Blake Ragland finished with 10 points.

Adam Ingles (9) and Jeremy Hepp (4) also scored for New Athens.

Valle Catholic was led by Lincoln Stoll’s 17 point performance while Jared Bruns tossed in 14 and Jack Rozier added 10.

Ryan Hermann (3), Alec Gremminger (2) and Alex Rollhaus (2) also scored for the Warriors (7-5).

PERRYVILLE -- St. Vincent won at Festus 54-35.

Courtney Heberlie led the scoring with 19 points. Storm French and Katie Mattingly each had 11. Kayla Seabaugh had five. Dani Hogard had four. Kelly Welker and Stephanie Hoyt each had two.

The Lady Indians have a varsity only game at Saxony Lutheran tonight at 6.

The Lady Crusaders are coming off a win over Scott County Central and a consolation championship in the Delta Tournament.

January 9, 2012

PERRYVILLE -- St. Vincent fell to visiting Crystal City 69-46 to fall to 5-5.

The Indians trailed 22-5 after the first quarter, 34-21 at the half and 46-32 after three.

Mark Kutz led the Indians with eight points. Tim Schumer had seven, Trenton Gremaud had four, Jonathon Petzoldt, Taylor Sauer and Sean Martin each had three and Trent Elder, Dylan Richardet and Jesse Francis each had two.

The junior varsity Indians won 39-38 in overtime to improve to 4-3.

Alex Winkler had 14 points, Levi Gotto had 13, Nathan Carrow had eight and Robbie Wingerter had four.

St. Vincent hosts Notre Dame of Cape Girardeau Tuesday for varsity and junior varsity games.

PARK HILLS - Perryville lost the varsity game, but won the junior varsity and freshmen contests with De Soto.

The varsity score was 63-49. The JV score was 57-52 and the freshmen score was 55-43.

JACKSON -- Saxony Lutheran fell to Oran 76-54.

CHESTER -- Perryville and Saxony Lutheran are among the teams playing in the Chester Invitational Tournament which starts Monday.

Perryville plays Elverado at 6 and Valle plays New Athens at 7:30 Monday.

Saxony Lutheran plays Dongola at 6 and Chester plays Marissa-Coulterville at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday.

Semifinals are Wednesday and Thursday.

The seventh place, consolation championship, third place and championship games are played on Saturday.

PERRYVILLE -- St. Vincent fell to Meadow Heights 61-43 in the championship game of the Delta tournament.

Courtney Heberlie had 16 points, Kayla Seabaugh and Katie Mattingly each had 11 and Dani Hogard had five,

Saxony Lutheran defeated Scott County Central 50-34 for consolation.

St. Vincent plays at Festus Monday with the junior varsity getting things started at 6 p.m.

Saxony Lutheran hosts St. Vincent Tuesday.

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January 6, 2012

PERRYVILLE -- St. Vincent downed St. Pius 52-34 last night.

Katie Mattingly led the Lady Indians with 15 points. Courtney Heberlie had 14, Storm French had seven, Kayla Seabaugh had six, Dani Hogard had four and Kelly Welker, Kelly Haertling and Stephanie Hoyt each had two,

The Lady Indians play Meadow Heights for the Delta tournament crown at 7:30 tonight.

Saxony Lutheran plays Scott County Central at 4:30 for consolation and Woodland and Delta play at 6 for third place.

PERRYVILLE -- Perryville lost to De Soto 64-49.

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The Lady Pirates are off until Tuesday, January 17th when they host Sikeston for junior varsity and varsity games beginning at 6 p.m.

January 5, 2012

PERRYVILLE -- St. Vincent downed Delta 42-35 and Meadow Heights beat Woodland 55-40 in the semifinals of the Delta Girls New Year's Tournament. Scott County Central downed Chaffee 57-38 in the consolation bracket.

Kayla Seabaugh led the Lady Indians with 19 points. Dani Hogard had 10, Katie Mattingly had six, Courtney Heberlie had five and Storm French had two.

Erin Bollman led Meadow Heights with 27 points.

St. Vincent plays Meadow Heights for the tournament crown at 7:30 p.m. Friday.

Saxony Lutheran plays Scott County Central at 4:30 for consolation and Woodland and Delta play at 6 for third place.

The Lady Indians host St. Pius tonight with the junior varsity getting things started at 6 p.m.

January 4, 2012

PARK HILLS - Perryville lost all three games to visiting North County last night.

The varsity lost 74-69, the junior varsity Pirates lost 47-41 and the Perryville freshmen lost 57-52.

The Pirates host De Soto Friday.

JACKSON -- Fifth seed Saxony Lutheran lost to fourth seed Woodland 63-49 and second seed St. Vincent downed seventh seed Scott County Central 52-31 in the Delta Tournament.

Kala Seabaugh led the Lady Indians with 16 points. Katie Mattingly had 14. Courtney Heberlie had 10. Annie Hogard, Kelly Welker and Storm French each had four.

One other game was played last night: third seed Delta defeated sixth seed Chaffee 48-32.

Three more games are scheduled for tonight:

Scott County Central and Chaffee at 4:30, Meadow Heights and Woodland at 6 and St. Vincent and Delta at 7:30.

January 3, 2012

PERRYVILLE -- Ste. Genevieve split with Perryville in a non-conference game last night.

The varsity Hunters lost to Perryville's varsity 52-41.

Ste. Genevieve led 13-6 after one and 21-15 at the half, but after three Perryville led 37-29 and then the Lady Pirates outscored the Hunters 15-12 in the fourth quarter for the final margin.

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Ste. Genevieve won the junior varsity game 62-33.

Ste. Genevieve next plays at Park Hills Tuesday, January 10 at 6 p.m.

Perryville next plays at De Soto Thursday. Junior varsity and varsity games begin at 6 p.m.

January 2, 2012

PARK HILLS -- Perryville downed Crystal City 67-63 for third place Friday in the Park Hills Christmas Tournament.

The Pirates hosts North County for freshmen, junior varsity and varsity games Tuesday beginning at 5 p.m.

Other scores from the tournament:

Fredericktown defeated St. Clair 43-40 in double overtime to win first place.

South Iron beat North County 70-59 for fifth place.

PERRYVILLE -- St. Vincent fell to Valle 46-45 in the championship game of the Valle Tournament.

The Indians led 17-12 after one, 26-21 at the half and 39-33 after three. St. Vincent was outscored 13-6 in the fourth quarter for the final margin.

Mark Kutz led the Indians with 13 points. Sean Martin had 11. Trenton Elder 10. Tim Schumer had seven. Jesse Francis and Dylan Hellman each had two.

St. Vincent falls to 5-4 on the season and will host Crystal City Friday.

Valle plays at Caledonia Tuesday.

December 30, 2011

Swimming: SVHS, PHS, SLHS compete in meet

PERRYVILLE -- St. Vincent, Perryville and Saxony Lutheran were among the teams taking part in a swim meet Thursday.

Poplar Bluff won it with 189 points. St. Vincent was second with 85. Perryville was third with 77 and Saxony Lutheran was fourth with 31

St. Vincent's Natalie King was a double event winner and Laura Steele won the 100 Fly.

Perryville's Paige Buhler won the 100 Freestyle.

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PARK HILLS -- Perryville lost to De Soto 52-45 in a semifinal round game in the Park Hills Christmas Tournament last night.

Perryville will play Crystal City for third place Friday at 4:30.

Crystal City lost to Farmington 67-59 in the other semifinal Thursday.

Other scores from Thursday:

Fredericktown 56, Viburnum 42 and St. Clair 56, West County 50 in the consolation championship bracket.

South Iron 50, Park Hills 45 and North County 60, Hillsboro 58 in the fifth place bracket semifinals.

Today's schedule: consolation game at noon, fifth place game at 1:30, third place game at 4:30 and championship game at 7:30

PERRYVILLE -- St. Vincent topped Greenville 66-48 in a semifinal game in the Valle Tournament.

Mark Kutz led the Indians with 23 points. Sean Martin had 12. Tim Schumer had eight. Dylan Richardet had seven. Jesse Francis and Trent Elder each had six and another Dylan, whose last name was garbled on answering machine and Trenton Gremaud each had two.

St. Vincent improves to 5-3 on the season and will play Valle at 7 tonight for the tournament championship today.

December 29, 2011

PARK HILLS -- Perryville downed South Iron 46-37 in the Park Hills Christmas Tournament.

The Pirates play De Soto at 6 tonight in the championship bracket.

Other scores from last night:

St. Clair 46, Arcadia Valley 29

West County 65, Herculaneum 50

De Soto 58, Park Hills 32

Farmington 64, North County 63

Crystal City 82, Hillsboro 62.

Other games today:

Fredericktown and Viburnum at noon and St. Clair and West County at 1:30 in the consolation bracket.

Park Hills and South Iron at 3 and North County and Hillsboro at 4:30 in the fifth place bracket.

Farmington and Crystal City at 7:30 in the championship bracket.

The finals are Friday: consolation game at noon, fifth place game at 1:30, third place game at 4:30 and championship game at 7:30.

BLOOMFIELD -- Saxony Lutheran was eliminated from the Bloomfield Tournament with a 69-51 loss to Bernie.

BONNE TERRE - Perryville lost to Jefferson R-7 52-47 and was forced to settle for fourth place in the North County Tournament. The Lady Pirates led by six at the half.

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West County won the tournament with a 60-59 win over North County.

Viburnum placed fifth with a 56-38 win over Lesterville.

Perryville plays at Ste. Genevieve Monday.

December 28, 2011

BLOOMFIELD -- Saxony Lutheran lost to Doniphan 68-53 in the Bloomfield Tournament. Saxony Lutheran plays sixth seed Bernie in the fifth place bracket today.

PERRYVILLE -- St. Vincent downed Jefferson R-7 79-45 in the Valle Tournament. Jefferson led 16-15 after one, St. Vincent led 37-30 at the half and 70-40 after three.

Mark Kutz led the Indian scoring with 28 points. Sean Martin had 17, Trent Elder had 14, Dylan Richardet had six, Steven Graf and Jesse Francis each had four, Trenton Gremaud had three, Tim Schumer had two and Taylor Sauer had one.

St. Vincent plays Greenville Thursday at 6 p.m. as the tournament continues.

There are two games tonight in the tournament:

Jefferson plays Greenville at 6 p.m. and Valle plays Lesterville at 7:30 p.m.

BONNE TERRE - Valle fell to Lesterville 47-45 and Perryville lost to West County 65-51 in the North County Girls Christmas Tournament

Other scores:

North County 57 Jefferson R-7 41

Today's schedule:

1:00 p.m. Viburnum vs Lesterville 5th place game

2:30 p.m. Jefferson R-7 vs Perryville third place game

4:00 p.m. North County vs West County Championship

CHESTER -- The pairings have been announced for the opening round of the 50th annual Chester Invitational Boys Basketball Tournament. The Chester Invitational Tournament is the oldest boys’ basketball tournament in Southern Illinois, south of Interstate 64.

The tournament will be held January 9 - 14, 2012 inside Daniel Colbert Memorial Gym on the campus of Chester High School.

Play begins Monday, January 9 as the defending champs, the Perryville Pirates, will begin defense of their CIT championship against the Elverado Eagles of the Black Diamond Conference at 6pm. That matchup will be followed by the New Athens Yellowjackets meeting the Warriors of Valle Catholic High School of Ste. Genevieve, MO at 7:30pm.

The final night of quarterfinal round action will be played on Tuesday, January 10. The Saxony Lutheran Crusaders will open play in the Chester Invitational Tournament against the Demons of Dongola High School at 6pm followed by the Marissa-Coulterville Meteors meeting the host Yellow Jackets of Chester High School at 7:30pm.

The tournament will continue on Wednesday, January 11 with a consolation semi-final matchup featuring the losing teams of Monday night's action playing at 6pm followed by the winners on Monday night playing a championship semi-final at 7:30pm.

The final night of semi-final round action concludes on Thursday, January 12 with a consolation semi-final at 6pm followed by a championship semi-final round matchup at 7:30pm.

The tournament will take Friday, January 13 off and return to action for Championship Saturday, January 14 with a twist.

The Dongola Demons were a late entry in the tournament, replacing Joppa. However, Dongola already has a game schedule at Shawnee later Saturday, January 14. Regardless of which game Dongola is playing in, that game will be played at 2:15pm.

The planned schedule for Saturday, January 14 calls for the 7th place game to tip at 2:15pm followed by the consolation final at 3:45pm. The third place game is schedule for a 5:15pm tip followed by the championship game at 7pm.

December 27, 2011

JACKSON – No. 10 seed Saxony Lutheran upset third seed and host Bloomfield in the Bloomfield Tournament.

Saxony will play No. 2 seed Doniphan tonight at 8.

Pirates Move Forward In Park Hills

PERRYVILLE -- No. 4 seed Perryville downed 13th seed Viburnum 63-32 in the Park Hills Tournament. The Pirates play No. 5 seed South Iron at 5:30 Thursday.

Other tournament scores from last night:

No. 1 seed De Soto downed No. 16 seed Potosi 70-32.

No. 8 seed Park Hills downed No. 9 seed Fredericktown 47-43.

No. 5 seed South Iron beat No. 12 seed Ste. Genevieve 69-47.

Other games for today:

Potosi and Fredericktown at 1 p.m.

No. 3 seed Farmington and No. 14 seed Arcadia Valley in a first round game at 4 p.m.

No. 6 seed North County and No. 11 seed St. Clair first round game at 5:30.

No. 7 seed Hillsboro and No. 10 seed West County first round game at 7 p.m.

No. 2 seed Crystal City and No. 15 seed Herculaneum at 8:30 p.m.

Quarterfinals are Wednesday and semifinals are Thursday. Finals are Friday.

PERRYVILLE -- No. 6 seed Perryville defeated No. 3 seed Lesterville 45-39 in the North County Christmas Tournament last night. Perryville plays West County at 4 p.m. today in the championship bracket.

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Two other tournament games last night had No. 7 seed Valle losing to No. 2 seed West County 61-34 and No. 4 seed Jefferson R-7 defeating No. 5 seed Viburnum 61-55.

Two more games are scheduled for today:

Lesterville and Valle in the consolation bracket at 1 p.m. and top seed North County and Jefferson R-7 at 2:30 in the championship bracket.

The finals are Wednesday.

STE. GENEVIEVE – Valle Catholic High School will be hosting the 2011 Warrior Winter Classic today through Friday.

St. Vincent has drawn the first seed in the tournament. Lesterville is seeded No. 2, followed by Valle, Greenville, Jefferson and Grandview.

Tuesday’s games will feature Pool A teams St. Vincent and Jefferson at 6 p.m. and Pool B teams Lesterville and Grandview at 7:30 p.m.

Two more pool games are scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday with the fifth, third and first place games Friday, beginning at 4 p.m.

The St. Vincent JV hosts Crystal City Friday January 6th.They are also coming off a win over Jefferson R-7.

The freshmen Indians next play at St. Pius Wednesday, January 11th. The frosh are coming off a loss to Perryville.

December 23, 2011

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Saxony Lutheran fell to Scott City and Perryville lost to Cape Central last night in the Kelso Supply Girls Classic at the Show Me Center in Cape Girardeau.

The Lady Crusaders lost 44-31 to settle for eighth place in the eight-team tournament.

The Lady Pirates lost 51-46 to settle for sixth place.

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Jackson won the tournament with a 56-47 victory over Notre Dame

Farmington came third with a 52-51 win over Meadow Heights.

Kelso Supply Classic Tournament All Tournament team:

Dru Haertling—Jackson

Connor King—Jackson

Brooke Bohnert—Notre Dame

Miranda Fowler—Notre Dame

Erin Bollmann—Meadow Heights

Whitney Welker—Meadow Heights

Katie Hogan—Scott City

Chelsea Vinson—Cape Central

Alayan Cooper-Johnson---Cape Central

Rachael Williams—Farmington

Saxony Lutheran next hosts Lesterville Monday, January 2nd.

Perryville plays at the North County Christmas Tournament which begins on Tuesday, December 27th.

December 9, 2011

PERRYVILLE -- In a three team meet held at the Perry Park Center pool Thursday Perryville ended up on top with 102 points followed by St. Vincent with 80 points and then Saxony with 62 points.

Perryville was led by Paige Buhler who set a school record in the 50 M Freestyle. She also won the 100 Freestyle and was part of the winning 200 Freestyle Relay. Other individual event winners for Perryville were Shelby Roth who won the 200 Freestyle and Maddie Steffans who set a school record in Diving. The members of the 200 Freestyle RElay were: Paige Buhler, Shelby Roth, Miranda Massey and Maddie Steffans.

Saxony Lutheran was led by senior Katie Schweiss who won the 400 Freestyle and 100 Breaststroke. The team of Caitlin Bender, Ale Wahlers, Annaka Goodson and Katie Schweiss won the 400 Freestyle Relay.

St. Vincent DePaul High School was led by veterans Natalie King and Laura Steele. Natalie King won the 200 Individual Medley and 100 Backstroke. In her backstroke Natalie lowered her team record for this event. Laura Steele came in 2nd to Natalie in the 200 Individual Medley and won the 100 Butterfly. Both were part of the 200 Medley Relay winning team. Also on this winning relay team were: Nicole Pruett and Emily Niswonger.

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December 7, 2011

PERRYVILLE -- The first swim meet of this school year’s high school girls' swim season was held at Cape Central Tuesday afternoon

There were two double-event winners in individual events: Jackson's Kyleigh Troxel won the 200 IM and the 500 Freestyle and qualified for state in both and St. Vincent's Natalie King won the 200 Freestyle and the 100 Backstroke.

Single event winners were: 50 Free-Cassidy Harris of Poplar Bluff; Diving-Claire Gillard of Cape Central; 100 Fly-LIzzie Schmidt of Cape Central; 100 Free-Shelby McCord of Jackson and Maddie Siefert of Cape Central who won the 100 Breaststroke.

Cape Central won the 200 Free relay and Jackson won the 200 Medley and 400 Free Relays.

On Thursday St. Vincent, Perryville and Saxony Lutheran will have a meet at the Perry Park Center pool at 4 p.m.

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May 9, 2011

COLUMBIA- At its April Board Meeting, the Missouri State High School Activities Association Board of Directors unanimously voted for a new football playoff format for the 2012 football season.

The new format will create a nine-game regular season with schools scheduling all nine of these games. The 10th week will be the beginning of the District Championships. Teams will be placed into districts comprised of eight teams and seeded by a point system over the nine-game regular season. The third game of the championship series would be the district championship game, eight district champions and eight district runner-ups being crowned.

The district champions would then advance to the quarterfinals of the state series. There shall be two districts in 8-Man, four districts in Class 6, and eight districts each in Classes 1-5. Schools are grouped in districts based on geographical location. Classes 1-4 and Class 6 will consist of eight teams. Class 5 and 8-man will be based on the number of teams in the region and the higher-seeded teams (1-2) will get byes in the district tournament if necessary.

This format would more closely resemble the district championships in all of our other team sports. If the current start date is kept in place, the playoff games will still follow the Wednesday-Monday-Saturday format.

Another unique nuance to this format is the financial split of the Week 10 game. Because each school will only have the ability to schedule games one through nine, its schedule may be five home and four away games or four home and five away games. In Week 10 the higher seed will host the game (#1 seed would host #8 seed, #2 seed would host #7 seed, etc.). To make Week 10 financially equitable to all schools, the gate receipts (minus expenses) will be split 60/40, with the host team receiving 60% of the gate and the visiting team receiving 40% of the gate.

The classification process will remain the same, with the largest 32 schools based on enrollment figures will be in Class 6. Class 1 will consist of the smallest 64 schools, the next 64 schools will make up Class 2, the next 64 will make up Class 3 and the next 64 will make up Class 4. The remaining schools will comprise Class 5, which were 51 during the 2010 season.

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