High school roundup: Crusaders christen season with win in tourney

The Saxony Lutheran boys basketball team opened its season Wednesday with a 69-59 victory over Herculaneum in pool play at the Crystal City Tournament.

Jack Lake paced the Crusaders with 23 points and 12 rebounds. Ryan Palmer and Hunter Coe both finished with 11 points and Zach Beal had 10.

Coe and Lake both finished with four assists, while Elwood Voss had seven assists.

Saxony extended a 39-36 lead to 12 points by the close of the third quarter.

The Crusaders return to tournament action at 6 p.m. today when they face Jefferson.

Saxony Lutheran 69, Herculaneum 59

Saxony 20 19 14 16 -- 69

Herculaneum 15 21 5 18 -- 59

SAXONY LUTHERAN (69) -- Zach Beal 10, Chase Steffens 2, Ryan Palmer 11, Taylor Richmond 4, Elwood Voss 8, Hunter Coe 11, Jack Lake 23. FG 28, FT 8-17, F 22. (3-pointers: Palmer 3, Coe, Lake. Fouled out: none)

HERCULANEUM (59) -- John Cox 12, Nathan Stamps 9, Michael Hartmann 5, Adam Fischer 24, Trenton O'Brien 5, A. Vacker 2, Matt Coffman 2. FG 21, FT 13-22, F 20. (3-pointers: Cox, Stamps 2, O'Brien. Fouled out: Hartmann)

Ste. Genevieve 60, St. Vincent 35

Kevin Mattingly scored 12 points as the Indians fell to 0-2 in the Crystal City Tournament.

Tyler Lipp scored 27 points for Ste. Genevieve (1-0) and connected on seven of the Dragons' 12 3 pointers.

St Vincent 9 7 10 9 -- 35

Ste. Genevieve 10 18 11 21 -- 60

ST. VINCENT (35) -- Trevor Leible 7, Nathan Carroll 8, Kevin Mattingly 12, Alex Winkler 8. FG 13, FT 9-23, F 13. (3-pointers: none. Fouled out: none)

STE. GENEVIEVE (60) -- Matt Drury 10, Drew Schmelzle 8, Tyler Lipp 27, Brett Bader 4, Tyler Billings 6, Brendan Dallas 5. FG 22, FT 4-9, F 19. (3-pointers: Lipp 7, Drury, Schmelzle 2, Billings, Dallas. Fouled out: none)

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Potosi 47, Meadow Heights 16

Meadow Heights was held to singe-digit scoring in every quarter as the Panthers fell to No. 6 seed Potosi in a consolation semifinal at the Potosi Tournament.

Kiana Hotop led the No. 7 Panthers (0-3) with 10 points.

Meadow Heights will face Fredericktown at 5 p.m. Friday for seventh place.

Meadow Hts. 1 5 5 5 -- 16

Potosi 14 12 12 9 -- 47

MEADOW HEIGHTS (16) -- Kiana Hotop 10, Emma Cook 3, Hayley Thorne 3. FG 5, FT 5-14, F 12. (3-pointers: Hotop. Fouled out: none)

POTOSI (47) -- Camillo 2, Eye 9, Kay 10, Golden 6, Glore 4, Knott 3, Gillam 2, Haynes 11. FG 17, FT 10-20, F 14. (3-pointers: Eye 3. Fouled out: none)

Valle Catholic 47, St. Vincent 36

Katie Mattingly netted 15 points, but it was not enough to prevent the Indians (1-1) from suffering their first loss of the season in the Warrior Winter Classic in Ste. Genevieve, Mo.

Mackenzie Wipfler led the Warriors with 17 points.

Valle 15 8 14 10 -- 47

St. Vincent 6 10 6 14 -- 36

VALLE (16) -- Lacey Marschel 8, Colleen Brake 5, Cassandra Moulton 7, Nicole Kertz 2, Mackenzie Wipfler 17, Maria Hermann 8. FG 19. FT 7-12, F 16 (3-pointers: Brake, Moulton. Fouled out: none)

ST. VINCENT (36) -- Kylie Baer 2, Paige Yamnitz 2, Courtney Brown 5, Holly Blandford 2, Casey Unterreiner 2, Katie Mattingly 15, Kayla Winkler 6, Amanda Breig 2. FG 14, FT 8-17, F 15. (3-pointers: none. Fouled out: none)

-- From staff reports