St. Vincent's attempt to win the Valle Catholic Winter Classic boys basketball tournament came up just short Friday.
The Indians (5-4) fell to the hosts 46-45 in the title game.
Mark Kutz scored 13 points and grabbed eight rebounds, while Sean Martin added 11 points and seven boards.
ST. VINCENT (45) -- Tim Schumer 7, Trent Elder 10, Mark Kutz 13, Jesse Francis 2, Sean Martin 11, Dylan Hellman 2. FG 20, FT 3-5, F 19. (3-pointers: Schumer 1, Elder 1. Fouled out: Elder)
VALLE CATHOLIC (46) -- Linc Stoll 17, Burns 11, Rozier 5, Herman 4, Klump 4, Gemminger 3. FG 16, FT 11-18, F 10. (3-pointers: Stoll 1, Rozier 1, Gemminger 1. Fouled out: none)
Colby Brown drained four 3-pointers to lead the Pirates to third place in the Park Hills tournament.
Brown finished with 21 points.
Jake Dobbelare added 17 points and Jared Thieret 16 for Perryville (9-2).
Crystal City 12 14 20 17 -- 63
Perryville 15 16 14 22 -- 67
CRYSTAL CITY (63) -- Eli Sample 30, Dane Russell 11, Stacey Thornton 9, Bryan DeGreare 6, Nic Rothweiler 5, Kyle Jones 2. FG 24, FT 5-7, F 16. (3-pointers: Sample 6, Russell 3, Thornton 1. Fouled out: none)
PERRYVILLE (67) -- Jake Dobbelare 17, Alex Robinson 6, Colby Brown 21, Bryce Weibrecht 7, Jared Thieret 16. FG 26, FT 9-11, F 9. (3-pointers: Brown 4, Robinson 2. Fouled out: none)
-- From staff reports
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