Valle Catholic Wins Class 4 District 2 Championship

(Ste. Genevieve) Valle Catholic captured the Class 4 District 2 championship this evening, taking down crosstown rival Ste. Genevieve by a final score of 9-1 on KREI. It was a rubber match through four innings with both starting pitchers showing off their best stuff, but Valle broke the game open in the fifth with a three-run homer by Carter Hoog…

The 28-4 Warriors would score seven runs in the fifth inning leaving the Dragons in the dust. Valle head coach Nate Gegg wasn’t surprised by his teams’ output…

While the season didn’t end the way 12-16 Ste. Genevieve head coach Mike McDaniel would’ve liked, he had an important message to his team about looking towards the future…

Hoog lead the way at the plate for Valle Catholic with his three-run blast while starting pitcher Chase Fallert threw six shutout innings striking out five in the process. Despite a strong start on the mound, Ste. Genevieve pitcher Quentin Wittkopf was tagged for six runs in 4.1 innings while Carter Klump had the lone RBI for the Dragons. Valle Catholic will take on the winner of Kennett vs. Dexter next Tuesday, May 25.

Full interview with Valle Catholic Head Coach Nate Gegg