MAAA First Round Complete--Boys to take on AV

The first round of the MAAA Conference Tournament is in the books. In the boys tournament, the Warriors defeated 9th seeded Fredericktown 57-41 at North County High School. They now advance to play top-seeded and undefeated Arcadia Valley Monday evening at 7 pm at Mineral Area College. Other quarterfinal match-ups are Central vs West County, Potosi vs North County, and Farmington vs Ste. Gen, who defeated Caledonia 62-59.

The Lady Warriors fell to the Arcadia Valley Lady Tigers 47-39, despite leading for much of the game. The Lady Warriors will now take on the Kingston Lady Cougars Wednesday at 4 pm at Mineral Area College in the consolation semifinals.

Any weather cancellations will be updated here immediately throughout the week.

MAAA Seeds Out--Both Boys and Girls are Eight Seeds

The MAAA Tournament begins this Saturday (February 6) and both the Valle Catholic Warriors and Lady Warriors will enter the tournament as #8 seeds. The boys will play 9th seeded Fredericktown on Saturday at 4 pm at North County High School. A win against the Blackcats will put the Warriors in the quarterfinals against #1 seed Arcardia Valley on Monday evening at 7 pm at MAC.

Rundown of seeds:
1. Arcadia Valley 2. Farmington 3. North County 4. Central 5. West County 6. Potosi
7. Ste Gen 8. Valle 9. Fredericktown 10. Caledonia 11. Bismarck 12. Kingston

The Lady Warriors begin their conference tournament against Arcadia Valley (the 9 seed) on Saturday AT Arcadia Valley at 2 PM. A win against the Tigers will vault the Lady Warriors into the quarterfinals where they would meet the Farmington Knightettes on Monday at 4 PM at MAC.

Rundown of seeds:
1. Farmington 2. North County 3. Bismarck 4. Potosi 5. West County 6. Fredericktown
7. Ste Gen 8. Valle 9. Arcadia Valley 10. Central 11. Caledonia 12. Kingston

Baseball Warriors Ranked #1 in Preseason Poll

The Missouri Baseball Coaches Association has released their 2010 preseason polls for all four classes. The Warriors, the defending Class 2 State Champions, will start the 2010 campaign ranked first in Class 2. Strafford, who the Warriors beat 6-2 for the State Championship last season, will be #2 in the initial poll. Plattsburg, the Warriors 2009 semifinal opponent, start #3. Clearwater, a possible quarterfinal opponent for the Warriors, hold the #4 position in the poll.

The complete poll:
1. Valle Catholic
2. Strafford
3. Plattsburg
4. Clearwater
5. Carrollton
6. Blue Eye
7. Eugene
8. Conway
9. Lexington
10. Linn

The Warriors' season starts Friday March 19 at home against the defending Class 3 State Champions Cape Notre Dame Bulldogs. The Bulldogs will start the 2010 season ranked #1 in Class 3. Full schedule for the Warriors to come soon.

New Football Districts Released-Schedule Completed

On Friday MSHSAA released football districts for the 2010 and 2011 football seasons. The Warriors find themselves back with familiar company in Class 1 District 2. Rival St. Vincent will once again compete with the Warriors for a district title. Also joining the Warriors in District 2 are Chaffee and Cleveland NJROTC (St. Louis area).

The teams in District 1 are Cabool, Hayti, Portageville, and Thayer.

A complete rundown of the 64 Class 1 teams can be found at mshsaa.org

After the new districts were released, coaches and administrators quickly worked to fill football schedules around the state. The Warriors will feature four new opponents in 2010. Principia, Westran, Cleveland NJROTC will be on Valle's schedule for the first time ever. Chaffee for the first time since 2005.

Valle Catholic 2010 Football Schedule
@ Principia (Sat.)
vs Ste. Genevieve
vs Herculaneum
vs Grandview
@ Crystal City
vs Westran (@ a neutral site...more to come)
@ St. Pius
@ Cleveland NJROTC
vs St. Vincent
vs Chaffee