Local teams earn top seeds at districts

With the regular season for spring sports winding down, coaches, players and fans now have a glimpse into what their road in the postseason will look like.
Many district tournament brackets have been released across the state. Several local teams were able to secure promising seeds. Perryville and Saxony Lutheran soccer secured the top seed in their respective districts.
Perryville will travel to Bayless for the Class 2, District 1 tournament where they are the number one seed. Perryville (12-6) earned the number one seed by defeating two seed St. Pius during the regular season. Perryville will open with Soldan International Studies on May 11 at 2:30 p.m. Other teams in the district include (3) Affton, (4) Bayless, (5) Fredericktown, (6) Vashon, and (7) Gateway. Perryville fell to St. Pius last season in the district title game.
Saxony Lutheran (10-4) will travel to Bishop DeBourg High School where they will take on the winner of the game between Valley Park and Hancock on May 13 at 5 p.m. Saxony returned much of the same core of players from the team that finished in Class 1 and looks to do it again this fall. Other teams in the district include: (2) Collegiate School of Med-Bio Science, (3) Maplewood-Richmond Heights, (4) Bishop DuBourg, (5) Gateway Science Charter, (6) Brentwood, (7) Kelly, (8) Valley Park, and (9) Hancock.

St. Vincent won its first ever district in Class 3 last spring and look to repeat the feat. They will have to go in as the three-seed in the tournament hosted at Cape Central. St. Vincent (9-8) started the season 2-4, before reeling off six wins in the next seven games. Other teams in the district are (1) Notre Dame-Cape, (2) Cape Central, (4) Hillsboro, (5) Sikeston,, (6) Farmington, (7) North County, (8) DeSoto.
Saxony and St. Vincent baseball will possibly meet in the district championship game in Class 2, District 3. However, they both have to get there first. The Crusaders (12-4) are the top seed ahead of Chaffee (20-3) in part because of Saxony’s victory over Chaffee 7-6 on April 12 in Perryville.
Saxony will open the district tournament with the winner of Meadow Heights and Bloomfield on May 11 at noon. Saxony has won nine of its last 10 games. St. Vincent (6-10) will open the tournament as the number 3 seed against Puxico on May 9 at 5 p.m.
Perryville will be the number two seed in the Class 4, District 1 tournament in Dexter. The Pirates (10-8) will play Fredericktown on May 13 at 6 p.m. Kennett (9-15) is the top seed and will face the winner of Dexter and Doniphan.