High school roundup: St. Vincent boys basketball team earns shot at Winter Classic title

The St. Vincent boys basketball team earned a berth in the Valle Winter Classic title game Thursday.

The Indians got 23 points from Mark Kutz in their 66-48 victory over Greenville.

Sean Martin added 12 points and seven rebounds, while Tim Schumer dished out five assists in the win.

St. Vincent (5-3) opened a 10-point lead after one quarter and pushed it to 12 points at the intermission.

St. Vincent 18 21 15 12 -- 66

Greenville 8 19 11 10 -- 48

ST. VINCENT (66) -- Tim Schumer 8, Trent Elder 6, Dylan Richardet 7, Trenton Gremaud 2, Mark Kutz 23, Jesse Francis 6, Sean Martin 12, Dylan Hellman 2. FG 26, FT 12-27, F 20. (3-pointers: Schumer 1, Richardet 1

GREENVILLE (48) -- Crain 19, Morey 8, Alexander 7, Hillis 6, Birmingham 6, Graham 1, Bennett 1. FG 16, FT 12-19, F 20. (3-pointers: Crain 4. Fouled out: Crain)

De Soto 52, Perryville 45

Bryce Weibrehct's 16 points weren't enough for the Pirates against the undefeated Dragons in their semifinal at the Park Hills tournament.

Jake Dobbelare, Colby Brown and Jared Thieret all added nine points for Perryville (8-2), which will play for third place at 4:30 p.m. today.

De Soto (9-0) features Southeast Missouri State signees Jared White and Colin Ferguson.

The pair combined to score 21 points.

Perryville 7 13 12 13 -- 45

De Soto 13 11 11 17 -- 52

PERRYVILLE (45) -- Jake Dobbelare 9, Cody Call 9, Colby Brown 9, Bryce Weibrecht 16, Jared Thieret 9. FG 16, FT 13-20, F 20. (3-pointers: Dobbelare 1, Brown 1. Fouled out: Weibrecht)

DE SOTO (52) -- Sean Solomon 16, Jake Patzner 14, Jared White 11, Colin Ferguson 10, Fred Drummond 1. FG 12, FT 23-27, F 16. (3-pointers: Solomon 4, White 1. Fouled out: none)

GIRLS SWIMMING

Poplar Bluff meet

St. Vincent's Natalie King was a double winner, capturing the 200 freestyle and 100 backstroke.

Poplar Bluff won the four-team meet with 189 points, followed by St. Vincent (85), Perryville (77) and Saxony Lutheran (31).

Laura Steele won the 100 butterfly and helped the 200 medley win to lead St. Vincent.

Local top three

200 medley relay -- 1. St. Vincent (Natalie King, Beth Carron, Laura Steele, Emily Niswonger), 2:36.03

200 freestyle -- 1. King (SV), 2:20.30; 3. Katie Schweiss (SL), 2:39.36

200 IM -- 2. Annaka Goodson (SL), 3:22.15

50 freestyle -- 3. Paige Buhler (Pe), 29.98

100 butterfly -- 1. Steele (SV), 1:24.62

100 freestyle -- 1. Buhler (Pe), 1:13.29

500 freestyle -- 2. Ali Koenig (Pe), 6:53.97; 3. Schweiss (SL), 7:00.69

200 freestyle relay -- 2. Perryville (Buhler, Maddie Steffens, Koenig, Shelby Roth), 2:16.32

100 backstroke -- 1. King (SV), 1:08.14; 2. Koenig (Pe), 1:25.34

100 breaststroke -- 3. Steele (SV), 1:44.44

400 freestyle relay -- 2. Perryville (Buhler, Koenig, Miranda Massey, Roth), 5:16.94

-- From staff reports