Saxony falls to St. Pius in semifinal round

The Saxony Lutheran boys soccer team finished up its inaugural season Tuesday night with a loss in the semifinals of the district tournament.

Host St. Pius, seeded second, beat the third-seeded Crusaders 5-3 in the semifinals of the Class 1 District event at Festus, Mo.

Saxony Lutheran finished the season 11-4.

Alex Rodewald scored two goals for the Crusaders and Brandon Etzold added a goal.

Garrett Fritsche and Andrew Etzold both had assists.

Saxony had defeated Kennett on Monday night in the opening round of its first district tournament.