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Prep district baseball: St. Pius upsets Herculaneum, Windsor falls to Lutheran South

St. Pius overcame an early 3-0 deficit to edge Herculaneum 6-5 in the championship game of the Class 3 District 3 baseball tournament on Wednesday (May 15) at Leadwood. Herculaneum took a 3-0 lead in the first inning on a two-run double by Austin Adams and Michel Hartmann’s run-scoring single. The Lancers tied it 3-3 in the fifth when Jacob Mueller reached on a single and later scored on a wild pitch by Herky starter Brady Womacks. After the teams tied again at 5-5, Lancer starting pitcher Drew Drinen singled and pinch runner Kyler Smith dashed to third base on an errant pickoff throw by Womacks, and then scored the winning run when Womacks uncorked another wild pitch. Herculaneum loaded the bases in the bottom of the seventh but Drinen, who went the distance, retired Hartmann

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Hillsboro wins first-ever district title in girls soccer

The Hillsboro girls soccer team defeated Windsor 1-0 on Wednesday (May 15) to win the Class 2 District 2 championship at Hillsboro. It’s the first district title ever for the Hawks’ girls team and only the second soccer district crown in school history, following the boys’ win in 2010. Junior Kirsten Settle knocked in the winning goal on a head ball with 7:40 left in regulation.

Windsor, the top seed in the district, finishes the season with a

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St. Pius beats Saxony Lutheran in second overtime to win district soccer crown

The St. Pius girls soccer team, shaking off injuries and illnesses that have beset several players, outlasted Saxony Lutheran 1-0 in double overtime to win the Class 1 District 1 championship on Tuesday (May 14) at St. Pius. The winning goal came on a shot by Alex Ottoline that deflected off a Saxony defender and into the goal with 6:58 left in the second overtime.

It was the second meeting in a week between the two private-school powerhouses,

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Seckman wins district baseball crown

The top-seeded Seckman Jaguars defeated Jackson 8-3 on Monday (May 13) to win the championship of the Class 5 District 1 baseball tournament at Hillsboro. Jaguar power hitter Brady Politte blasted a two-run home run in the third inning to give Seckman a 3-1 lead and the Jaguars rolled from there in turning back the second-seeded Indians. It’s the second district baseball title in Seckman school history; the Jaguars also won in 2006.

Head coach Brad Hagedorn will lead

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Athlete of the Week (May 12, 2013) – Collin Edwards, Seckman baseball

One of seven seniors on the Jaguars’ roster, Edwards collected seven hits in 16 at-bats and had four stolen bases to help Seckman win four games last week, three of them over teams with winning records – Jackson, DeSmet and Festus. In Saturday’s Class 5 District 1 semifinal game against Cape Girardeau Central, Edwards blasted a three-run homer to break the game open and also hit a double in the 10-4 victory. For the season he leads the Jaguars in batting average (.400) and on-base percentage (.481)

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Dragons blank St. Pius in regular-season finale

Despite getting only four hits, De Soto cruised past St. Pius 7-0 on Thursday (May 9) in the final regular-season game of 2013 for both teams. The host Dragons went ahead 6-0 in the first inning as the beneficiaries of five walks handed out by Lancer starter and losing pitcher Brad Coleman. Two runs scored on an infield error and another two came home on a double by De Soto first baseman Dominic Bays.

Dillon Huskey started

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Lancers lose in overtime in showdown game at Saxony Lutheran

The St. Pius girls soccer team lost 2-1 to Saxony Lutheran in overtime on Wednesday (May 8) at Jackson in a showdown of the two highest-ranked teams in Class 1 in Missouri. The loss snapped a 13-game winning streak for the Lancers (18-3), who had allowed only two goals in that streak. The Crusaders, No. 1 in the state coaches’ poll, improved to 19-1.

After a scoreless first half, the Crusaders jumped in front on a goal by freshman Grace

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Suburban West Conference Meet at Eureka High School, May 4

Boys Varsity

High Jump: 1. Mason Morris, Northwest, 5-10; 2. Cole Peters, Northwest, 5-08; 2. Paris Gowran, Fox, 5-08.

Pole Vault: 3. Mason Morris, Northwest, 11-06; 5. Aaron Sturgeon, Northwest, 10-06.

Long Jump: 3. Paris Gowran, Fox, 20-2.

Triple Jump: 3. Paris Gowran, Fox, 38-11; 4. Mason Morris, Northwest, 38-01.

Discus: 2. Daylon Harper, Fox, 134-01;

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Owls, Black Cats are conference baseball champs

Windsor defeated De Soto 9-7 in eight innings on April 29, giving the Owls a 4-0 record and first place in the Jefferson County Activities Association (JCAA) large-schools division for 2013. With that win plus a victory the next day over Gibault, an Illinois school, Windsor improved to 10-6 overall this spring. Pictured in the front row, from left, are Ryan Harris, Tyler Stenger, Jordan Spencer, Evan Asher, Nick Urban, Alex Andrews, Danny Brice and Blake Domahowski. In back are assistant coach Chris Picarella, Phil

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Athlete of the Week (May 5, 2013) – Kayla Meier, Jefferson College softball

The sophomore pitcher-first baseman, a Fox High graduate, was named the college’s 2012-2013 scholar athlete of the year last week. With her final grade-point average of 3.91, she was one of two Viking athletes to earn the NJCAA Award for Superior Academic Achievement this year, joining Abby Landewee of the Jefferson volleyball team. Meier had a 4-1 record and three complete games in the pitcher’s circle this season, posting a 2.92 earned-run average over 38 and one-third innings while striking out 24 and walking only six. She

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Seckman blanks Fox for Jaguars’ seventh shutout of season

The Seckman girls soccer team got an initial goal from sophomore midfielder Alli Diekmann and that would prove to be all the Jaguars needed in a 3-0 shutout of Fox on Thursday (May 2) at Fox. Also scoring for Seckman were the team’s leading scorer this season, freshman Pam Silies (who now has 17 goals and seven assists) and junior Megan Dexter. Sophomore Sarah Helfrich contributed two assists for the winners. Jaguar goalkeeper Hannah Spraul, a junior, posted her seventh solo shutout of the season

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Mayes named new boys basketball head coach at St. Pius

St. Pius High School has named Brandon Mayes as the new head coach of the Lancer boys basketball team. He succeeds Aaron Portell, who had served as head coach since 2007.

The hiring is a promotion for Mayes, who was the Lancers’ assistant varsity coach and head junior varsity coach for the past three years. Under Portell and Mayes, St. Pius won the Jefferson County Activities Association (JCAA) small-schools championship in all three years and was

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Lancers blank Perryville for eighth straight win, sixth straight shutout

The St. Pius girls soccer team scored three goals in the first 19 minutes of the game and rolled to a 6-0 victory at home over Perryville on Monday (April 29). Those first three tallies all came from Haylee Eastridge, and Caroline Basler added one goal late in the first half and another on a head ball early in the second. Ashley Marks finished off the scoring with 11 minutes left in the game.

The victory was the eighth

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Jefferson County Activities Association (JCAA) Track Meet

April 25-26 at Windsor High School

Varsity Boys Results

100 Dash: 1. Brendan Campbell, Windsor, 11.73; 2. Matt Maxwell, Hillsboro, 11.81; 3. Vincent King, St. Vincent, 11.82; 4. Seth Kmetz, Crystal City, 11.84; 5. Chris Walsh, Hillsboro, 12; 6. Dan Wilcoxen, Festus, 12.07.

200 Dash: 1. Brendan Campbell, Windsor, 23.55; 2. Shawn Hauserman, Herculaneum, 23.67; 3. Matt Moore, Hillsboro, 23.94; 4. Corey Carr, Festus, 24.32; 5.

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Jefferson County Activities Association (JCAA) Track Meet

April 25-25 at Windsor High School

Varsity Girls Results

100 Dash: 1. Ashley Perry, Jefferson, 13.33; 2. Kacie Tripp, De Soto, 13.37; 3. Annie Gardner, Windsor, 13.78; 4. Summer Becquette, Festus, 13.84; 5. Kassidy Kassel, St. Vincent, 13.85; 6. Amber Peterson, Hillsboro, 13.89.

200 Dash: 1. Kendra Perren, De Soto, 27.29; 2. Ashley Perry, Jefferson, 27.54; 3. Amber Petersen, Hillsboro, 28.25; 4. Aimie Marshall, De Soto,

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Athlete of the Week (April 28, 2013) – Troy Shepard, Crystal City baseball

Leading a Hornet lineup that featured five freshmen and two sophomores, Shepard, a senior, had a career game in Crystal’s 16-8 victory over Grandview on April 25. He smashed two home runs and two doubles, drove in seven runs and pitched a scoreless inning and two thirds to close out the win, only the third of the season for the Hornets (3-12). Through last week, Shepard was hitting .455 with 15 runs batted in. Thirteen of his 20 hits this season have gone for extra bases. He’s

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Shepard leads Hornets to big win at Grandview

Crystal City senior Troy Shepard smashed two home runs and had six runs batted in to lead the Hornets to a 16-8 victory over host Grandview on Thursday (April 25) in a Jefferson County Activities Association (JCAA) game. Crystal jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first inning, but Grandview tied it 3-3 in the third frame on Chase Blumenberg’s two-run homer. The Hornets erupted for seven runs in the fourth, including four with two out, on a pair of hits by Matt Eisenbeis

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St. Vincent wins JCAA golf tournament; Festus second

Levi Gotto and Kelly Welker finished 1-2 with a 79 and 86 respectively to lead St. Vincent to the team championship of the Jefferson County Activities Association (JCAA) boys golf tournament at Ste. Genevieve Golf Club on Wednesday (April 24). The Indian foursome of Gotto, Welker, Alex Miget and Dylan Hellman fired a combined 355 to finish well ahead of Festus (369), Perryville (378) and St. Pius (382) on the par-72 course. Also competing, in order of finish, were Windsor (396), Hillsboro (418), Grandview (425), De Soto

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Vikings end their regular season with an exclamation point

The Jefferson College softball team closed out its regular season on Monday (April 22) with back-to-back shutouts of Lindenwood-Belleville, 7-0 and 12-0, at Hillsboro. In the first game, Viking ace Megan Gurski (22-2) pitched a no-hitter, striking out 12 in seven innings, and nearly made it a perfect game, issuing only one walk. She lowered her nation-leading earned run average to 0.54 and has 230 strikeouts in 156 innings pitched. Chelsea Smith pitched the second game and did almost as well, tossing a one-hitter to improve her

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De Soto Dragon Invitational, April 19, 2013

Jefferson County athletes finishing in top six

Varsity Girls

High Jump: 2. Katelyn Fuller, Herculaneum, 4-10; 3. Brittany Flieger, Northwest, 4-08; 4. Rachel Meyer, Festus, 4-08; 5. Allison Cruts, Seckman, 4-08.

Pole Vault: 1. Erin Birschbach, Fox, 8-06; 2. Christina Schatz, Northwest, 8-00; 4. Toni Shepard, Festus, 7-06.

Long Jump: 4. Alex Pierce, Festus, 14-11.5; 5. Alysiah Whittaker, Northwest,

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Athlete of the Week (April 21, 2013) – Gino Bono, Northwest track

The Northwest boys have won or tied for first in four invitational meets so far this season and Bono is a big reason why. At Friday’s De Soto Invitational, the senior speedster won the 110 hurdles (15.97) and 300 hurdles (42.60) and anchored the Lions’ winning foursomes in the 4×100 (44.41) and 4×200 (1:33.37) relays. Better known as one of the best soccer players in Northwest history, Bono has lost only once this season in the 300 hurdles.

Seckman volleyballers lose in three games to Summit

The Seckman volleyball team lost a hard-fought match against Rockwood Summit 25-22, 19-25, 23-25 on Thursday (April 18) at Seckman. The Jaguars fell behind 6-1 early in the first game but came back to take a 15-14 lead on a kill by sophomore Steven Meyer and never trailed after that to take the first game. The second game was close until Summit’s Ben Wagner, a sophomore outside hitter, served back-to-back aces to put the Falcons up 20-14 en route to a six-point margin of victory. The decisive

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Farmington Simpson Relays, April 12

Results for Jefferson County athletes in top six

Varsity Boys

100 Dash: 2. Jimmy Huskey, Fox, 11.38; 3. Matt Maxwell, Hillsboro, 11.56.

200 Dash: 1. Jimmy Huskey, Fox, 23.52; 2. Shawn Hausermann, Herculaneum, 23.71; 4. Greg Abeyta, Fox, 24.03; 5. Harrison Weber, Hillsboro, 24.12; 6. Matt Moore, Hillsboro, 24.14.

400 Dash: 1. Harrison Weber, Hillsboro, 51.49; 4. Billy Froelich, Hillsboro, 54.61.

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Windsor Invitational Track & Field – April 9 at Windsor High School

Results for Jefferson County athletes in top six

Varsity Girls
High Jump: 1. Alyssa Carlton, Seckman, 5-06; 4. Claire Thurmon, Festus, 4-06; 5. Hilah Fish, Jefferson, 4-06; 6. Pauline Thieule, Windsor, 4-06.

Pole Vault: 2. Samantha Bridgman, Windsor, 9-00; 5. Haley Hogetvedt, De Soto, 6-06; 5. Jenny Hudspeth, Seckman, 6-06; 5. Maria Miloscia, Windsor, 6-06.

Long Jump: Alyssa Carlton, Seckman, 16-10.5; 5. Mackenzie Null, Jefferson, 14-01; 6.

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Athlete of the Week (April 14, 2013) – Kendra Perren, De Soto track and field

A double state medalist as a sophomore last year, Perren is picking up where she left off. She has swept the 100-meter and 300-meter hurdle events at three major meets (North County Invitational, Mineral Area Relays and Windsor Invitational) and also has three long jump titles this season (North County, Windsor and Saturday’s Farmington Simpson Relays). She also runs a leg on the Dragons’ 4×200 relay, which won at Farmington. Her 45.84 clocking to win the 300 hurdles at the Mineral Area meet broke Shelby Cable’s

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Hillsboro combines pitching, hitting and defense to beat De Soto 6-1

With a strong performance by starting pitcher Garrett Anderson, Hillsboro overcame an early 1-0 deficit to defeat De Soto 6-1 in a Jefferson County Activities Association (JCAA) baseball game at De Soto on Thursday (April 11). The Hawks scored all the runs they would need in the fourth inning on a RBI base hit by Jake Brooks and a two-run single by Zach Sloan. Another run scored on an error. Hillsboro scored single runs in the fifth and sixth while Anderson was handcuffing the Dragons, scattering five

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What a difference a year makes: De Soto holds off late rally to beat Summit and avenge 2012 wipeout

The De Soto baseball team visited Rockwood Summit, the defending Class 4 Missouri state champions, and pulled off a 5-3 upset victory on Wednesday (April 10) just ahead of the storm front that swept through the St. Louis area. One year earlier, Summit had come to De Soto and mauled the Dragons 32-0.

De Soto capitalized on three Falcon errors and two wild pitches in the third inning to jump ahead 3-0. The Dragons had only one hit in

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Track results: Festus Tiger Town Invitational, April 2

Varsity girls – Jefferson County competitors

4×800 Relay: 3. Festus, Crystal Beffa, Kaitlin Elbl, Jamie Kempfer, Carolyn White, 10:10.33;

100 Hurdles: 1. Kendra Perren, De Soto, 16.21; 2. Alyssa Carlton, Seckman, 16.52; 4.Tana Brewer, Hillsboro, 17.33; 6. Sabrina Gretzmacher, Seckman, 17.64.

100 Dash: 2. Summer Becquette, Festus, 13.31.

4×200 Relay: 4.De Soto, Aimee Marshall, Kendra Perren, Abby Reynolds, Kacie Tripp, 1:52.26.

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Track results: Ware Are We Invitational, Grandview High School, April 2

Varsity girls – Jefferson County competitors

100 Dash: 1. Ashley Perry, Jefferson, 13.26; 3. Hilah Fish, Jefferson, 13.59.

200 Dash: 1. Ashley Perry, Jefferson, 28.04; 3. Emma Schweiss, Jefferson, 28.96; 6. Hilah Fish, Jefferson, 29.45.

400 Dash: 1. Emma Schweiss, Jefferson, 1:03.29; 2. Ashley Perry, Jefferson, 1:03.36; 3. Kelly Cooper, Grandview, 1:03.83; 6. Mackenzie Null, Jefferson, 1:08.20.

800

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Athlete of the Week (April 7, 2013) – Tristen Walsh, Jefferson baseball

The junior infielder helped lead the Blue Jays to four straight wins last week, including the championship of the Saxony Lutheran Tournament. He drove in 10 runs on seven hits in 13 at bats, walked four times and stole four bases. He also hit the first home run by a Jefferson player this season. Through 10 games, Walsh is hitting .452 and leads the Jays in runs batted in (14), extra-base hits (six) and stolen bases (seven – tied with Blake Archer).

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Vikings sweep Crowder, extend win streak to a record 22

The Jefferson College softball team defeated Crowder College, a tough rival in NJCAA Region 16, 8-4 and 5-4 on Friday (April 5) at Hillsboro, extending the team’s winning streak to a program-record 22 games. Jefferson’s ace sophomore pitcher, Megan Gurski, earned the win in each game to run her record to 15-1. She also had two hits and drove in four runs in the first game and added two RBIs, one on a solo home run, in the second contest.

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Boys high school basketball all-star game set for April 12

Jefferson College, celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, will be the site for a boys high school basketball all-star game at 6 p.m. Friday, April 12, in the field house. The game will pit the Jefferson County all-stars, all seniors, against a team of St. Louis city and county senior all-stars. Admission will be $3 for adults and $1 for students.

The Jefferson County team will include Bryan DeGeare of Crystal City; Jake Bennett, Jake Patzner and Sean Solomon of De

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Lancers return from layoff to blank Gibault

The St. Pius girls soccer team had three games postponed last week (March 25-28) because of the record snowfall on March 24-25 and had not played a game since beating Notre Dame of Cape Girardeau 3-2 back on March 18. But the Lancers appeared none the worse for the layoff as they shut out Gibault (Ill.) 4-0 on Monday (April 1) at St. Pius.

St. Pius scored one goal in the first half, with Caroline Basler drilling it

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Athlete of the Week (March 31, 2013) – Kayla Dye, Windsor girls soccer

Dye, a junior forward, led the Owls to wins over Fredericktown (4-0) and Bayless (10-0) last week with a hat trick (three goals) in each game, plus two assists against Bayless. In three games, all Windsor victories, Dye has scored 10 goals, among the leaders in the St. Louis metro area. She led the Owls with 21 goals and five assists as a sophomore last year. Windsor hosts an eight-team tournament this week (April 1-4) that includes De Soto, Festus, Farmington, Pacific, Seckman, Union and Washington.

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Owls come from behind to defeat Festus in conference opener

Evan Asher scored the tying run on a groundout and Ryan Harris scored the winning run on a fly-ball error as Windsor downed Festus 6-5 on Thursday (March 28) at West City Park in Festus. It was the first Jefferson County Activities Association (JCAA) game of the season for both teams.

Festus took a 4-0 lead early in the game on RBI doubles by Jeremy Brown and Laike Pogue, plus a run-scoring single by Andrew Hayden and a wild pitch

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Vikings recover from tough road trip to sweep St. Charles CC

The Jefferson College baseball team improved to 16-8 with a four-game sweep of St. Charles Community College on March 22-23. The Vikings were coming off a visit to Delgado Community College in New Orleans in which the Dophins, ranked No. 8 in the latest NJCAA national poll, swept a three-game series by scores of 9-1, 11-1 and 8-2.

In the first game against St. Charles, Jefferson won 9-0 behind a two-hitter by starting pitcher C. J. Koehler, who improved to 3-0

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Athlete of the Week (March 24, 2013) – Kayla Farr, Fox girls soccer

The Warriors’ leading scorer a year ago as a junior, Farr started her final season at Fox with a bang last week, scoring five goals and getting four assists in leading the Warriors to three victories and the championship of a four-team tournament they hosted on their brand-new artificial-turf field. She scored the game’s only goal in a 1-0 win over John F. Kennedy to complete the three-game sweep, following wins over Sullivan and Festus. (Matt O’Harver photo.)

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Herculaneum falls victim to no-hit, 20-strikeout pitching performance in season opener

The Herculaneum baseball team lost its season opener 12-0 to Potosi on Thursday (March 21) at Herculaneum as Potosi’s ace right-hander Devin Hammock tossed a no-hitter and struck out 20 Black Cats, including nine of the first 10 batters he faced. Herculaneum did load the bases in the fourth inning on two hit batsmen and a walk, but Hammock fanned Black Cat catcher Andres Jackson to end the threat. Hammock blasted a solo home run in the seventh inning for good measure and Potosi’s

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Blue Jays’ Gray and Dreyer get top honors in JCAA small-school girls all-conference basketball selections

Brooke Gray of Jefferson, who averaged 13.5 points per game in helping lead the Blue Jays to the 2012-2013 Jefferson County Activities Association (JCAA) small-school girls basketball conference title in their first year in the conference, was named the player of the year by the conference coaches. The coaches also named Jefferson head coach Jason Dreyer as coach of the year. Dreyer has since left that post to become the Blue Jays’ athletic director starting in the 2013-2014 school year.

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DeGeare headlines JCAA small-school boys all-conference team

Crystal City center Bryan DeGeare, a senior, was named player of the year and one of five members of the first team in the coaches’ selections for the Jefferson County Activities Association (JCAA) small-school boys basketball team for 2012-2013. DeGeare averaged 17 points and nearly 10 rebounds per game and blocked 119 shots, tops in the St. Louis metro area.

Other members of the first team were seniors Aaron Fuller of Herculaneum, Garrett McDowell of St. Pius and St. Vincent’s Trenton

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