February 22 River Region Sports Wrap

Boys’ Basketball

 

STE. GENEVIEVE – Valle plays top seed Charleston at 6 p.m. tonight and Saxony Lutheran plays Woodland tonight at 7:30  in the Class 3 District 2 Tournament.

 

PERRYVILLE – St. Vincent plays Crystal City tonight at 7:30 in the Class 2 District 4 Tournament at Crystal City

 

STE. GENEVIEVE — Ste. Genevieve plays freshmen, junior varsity and varsity games with visiting  Perryville Thursday at 5 p.m. It will be senior night.

 

Ste. Genevieve has the second seed in the Class 4 District 2 Tournament.

The Dragons will play either fourth seed Herculaneum or fifth seed Affton at 5 p.m. Wednesday, March 1st.

 

PERRYVILLE – Perryville has the sixth seed in the Class 4 District 1 Tournament.

The Pirates play third seed Notre Dame of Cape Girardeau at 7 p.m. Monday.

 

 

Girls’ Basketball

 

CHESTER – The Chester High School Lady Jackets Varsity Basketball Team closed out a very successful 2022-2023 basketball season at the 2023 IHSA Class 2A Sparta Regional Tournament.

 

The Jackets lost by a score of 62-37 but fought hard against a much bigger Nashville Lady Hornet squad.

 

Chester finished the season with an overall record of 14-17.

 

Their record in the Cahokia Conference Illinois Division was 2-8 to finish in 5th Place.

 

 

Pictured sitting in the front row, are upper classmen (left to right) sophomore Riley Conley (4); Junior Jasemine Merideth (12), Senior Camrynn Howie (3), and Junior Emma Diskey (35). In the back row standing are the seven freshmen who battled hard all season long against veteran players. Left to right are Natalie Guetersloh (41), Aubrey Bowles (31), Jessica Stumpe (25), Lexi Mott (33), Aubrey Coleman (32), Lillian Diskey (24), and Camrynn Wolff. Jim Beers Photo

 

STE. GENEVIEVE – Valle lost to Crystal City 51-21 in a quarterfinal round game in the Class 2 District 4 Tournament, ending the season for the Lady Warriors.

 

STE. GENEVIEVE – Ste. Genevieve hosts De Soto for junior varsity and varsity games tonight.

 

It is senior night for the Dragons.

 

Ste Genevieve received the No. 3 seed in the Class 4 District 2 Basketball Tournament and will play Tuesday, February 28 at 7 p.m. vs. the sixth seed Bayless at SGHS.

 

Admission is $6 for each day of the tournament. Cash only.

 

JACKSON – Saxony Lutheran hosts Doniphan tonight.

 

The Lady Crusades have the second seed in the Class 4 District 1 tournament and will play the winner of the Feb. 28 game between third seed Fredericktown and sixth seed Kennett at 7 p.m. on March 2nd.

 

PERRYVILLE – Perryville has the fifth seed in the Class 4 District 1 tournament and will play fourth seed Dexter at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 28.

 

PERRYVILLE – St. Vincent has the top seed in the Class 2 District 3 Tournament and will play either fourth seed Puxico or fifth seed Greenville at 6 p.m. Thursday.

 

High School Wrestling

STE GENEVIEVE — Twelve Ste. Genevieve High School Dragon Boys Wrestlers are heading to State today and tomorrow.

 

Jace Amschler- 106- 3rd,

Drake Meyer- 113- 1st,

Bryant Schwent- 120- 2nd,

Isaiah Basler- 126- 2nd,

Owen Drury- 132- 4th,

Gage Gross- 138- 1st,

Evan Winters- 144- 3rd,

Mason Langeneckert- 157- 2nd

Madden Wolk- 165- 4th,

Gabe Willett- 175- 4th

Dalton McBride- 190- 3rd

Jacob Schweigert- 285- 2nd.

 

STE. GENEVIEVE — The Valle Catholic Wrestling team sends eight wrestlers to participate in the state tournament today and tomorrow in Columbia, Missouri!

Great job, Warriors!

Individual results:

Kaden Gegg (106) – 2nd

Conner Clanton (126) – 2nd

Joseph Flieg (132) – 1st

Wil Kuehn (138) – 2nd

Gavyn Joggerst (150) 2nd

Jayce Bales(165) – 1st

Tucker Bertrand (175) -3rd

Espn Reed ( 285) – 3rd

 

CHS softball parent meeting set

CHESTER – Chester High School Softball will have a parent meeting following tryouts on Monday, February 27th.  Parents are welcome to attend tryouts also, but the meeting is expected to begin at 5:45PM.  Location will be announced later. 

 

One parent or guardian is required to attend a coaches/parents meeting prior their player participating in a game.  If the 27th does not work with your schedule, please contact me for an alternate date.

 

This Try-out is open to any girl who is attending CHS. Even if you haven’t attended an open gym/field practice and still want to try out, you are more then welcome to come.