Season over for Warriors and Vikings, fall in district play

By JASON VIOX\Daily Journal Sports Writer

PERRYVILLE - Tuesday was the first day of the Class 2, District 3 boys basketball tournament held at the Perry Park Center. The No. 1 seed St. Vincent Indians took on the No. 8 seed Valle Warriors. Valle struggled to get any decent shooting chances throughout the game allowing St. Vincent to walk away with a 62-31 victory.

The Indians didn't waste any time as they scored the first eight points of the game. Danny Rellergert and Alex Armbruster both knocked down a three as part of the eight-point drive. Valle's Adam Hermann broke up the run with a jump shot, but St. Vincent scored seven more points before the end of the first quarter. The Indians led 15-2 after the first quarter.

St. Vincent didn't stop there as they immediately scored seven more points at the start of the second quarter. Although Valle had some improvement in their shooting, the Indians went on a dominating 12-0 run to close out the first half with a 40-12 lead.

The Indians refused to stop as they went on an 11-2 scoring spree at the start of the third quarter. Both teams matched nine points before the end of the third quarter as St. Vincent led 60-23.

With the clock continuously running down, both teams gave a majority of their bench players substantial playing time. The Warriors outscored the Indians 8-2 in the fourth quarter.

Valle finishes their season with a record of 4-22. The Warriors will lose Keith Basler as their only senior due to graduation.

St. Vincent - 15 25 20 2 - 62

Valle - 2 10 11 8 - 31

SCORING:

St. Vincent - D Rellergert 18, A Armbruster 14, J DeWilde 11, E Clements 5, W Richardet 4, P Siegmund 3, C Wheeler 3,L Guyot 2, B Buchheit 2

3-Pointers - D Rellergert 4, A Armbruster 1

Valle - R Stanley 7, Ke Basler 7, A Hermann 4, R Dalton 4, D Rozier 3, Ky Basler 2, N Grass 2, S Odneal 2

3-Pointers - D Rozier 1

Viburnum 85, Valley 55

The second game of the night was between the No. 5 seed Viburnum Bluejays and the No. 4 seed Valley Vikings. Viburnum scored a majority of their points from the inside and made several lay-ups throughout the game. The Bluejays rolled over the Vikings by the score of 85-55.

Valley's Mike Dodd sank two free throws for a quick lead. That was the Vikings' only lead of the night as Viburnum scored 10 straight points which were all made by lay-ups. The first quarter ended by the score of 18-12.

At the start of the second quarter, the Bluejays went on a 10-0 run for a 28-12 lead. Near the end of the quarter, Viburnum came back with a 10-2 scoring drive. The Bluejays led 44-23 at the half.

Viburnum wasn't done just yet. The Bluejays went on a dominating 16-2 scoring run at the start of the second half. The 16-point spree included a three by Colby Payne and Caleb Tiefenauer. Valley didn't give up as the Vikings went on a 12-6 scoring drive. Viburnum led 69-42 after the third quarter.

A pair of free throws by Payne and a lay-up by Joe Bozic for the Bluejays at the start of the final quarter forced the clock to run nonstop. Viburnum outscored Valley 16-13 in the fourth quarter.

The Vikings wrap up their season with a record of 7-19. Valley will lose Dustin Walker as their only senior next season.

Viburnum - 18 26 25 16 - 85

Valley - 12 11 19 13 - 55

SCORING:

Viburnum - C Payne 35, J Bozic 19, C Rutledge 8, C LaRue 8, C Tiefenauer 8, J Hopkins 5, N Barton 2

3-Pointers - C Payne 5, C Tiefenauer 1

Valley - M Dodd 22, D Walker 12, J Tedder 8, C Price 5, K Martin 3, K Kearns 3, A Neier 2

3-Pointers - J Tedder 2, K Kearns 1