ST. VINCENT, ADVANCE TO DECIDE DISTRICT TITLE

ORAN -- Third-seeded St. Vincent pulled off a 2-0 upset of No. 2 Oran Tuesday to set up a Class 1A, District 2 Tournament championship game between the Indians and Advance at 4:30 p.m. Thursday.

The top-seeded Hornets easily disposed of No. 4 Bell City 13-3 in seven innings.

For St. Vincent, Derek Kutz held Oran's offensive machine in check, holding the Eagles to just four hits. He struck out four and walked one.

"It was a nice win and a great high school game," said St. Vincent assistant coach Craig Hayden. "We've won five of the last six so hopefully we're coming along at the right time. Kutz just pitched a great game. He threw strikes early in the count and got real good defense. He did nice job working the fastball, the curve and the change."

St. Vincent scored one run on an error and another on a bases-loaded walk. The Indians banged out six hits.

Freshman Trey Graviett threw well, but suffered the tough-luck loss. He threw four innings, struck out two, walked two and allowed just one earned run.

St. Vincent's Gabe Hotop had two hits for the Indians, while Graviett had two for Oran. The Eagles had made two straight trips to the Class 1A final four.

In the Advance game, Adam Rainey got the win in five innings of work. He fanned seven, walked eight and gave up three runs on three hits.

Garrett Broshuis threw two innings, striking out four and walking one. He gave up one hit.

Broshuis went 3-for-4 with a homer, a double and two runs batted in, while Jason Kennedy also had three hits and three RBIs.

Rainey went 2-for-5.

For Bell City, Gabe Scherer took the loss. He gave up 12 runs, three earned, on 10 hits and five walks.

Scherer also hit a three-run homer.

Class 1A, District 3

Leopold 15, Lesterville 5

ANNAPOLIS -- Top-seeded Leopold continued its rampage through the tournament as the Wildcats posted a six-inning semifinal victory to advance to Thursday's championship game.

The other semifinal saw second-seeded Kingston roll post host South Iron 16-5 in five innings.

Leopold, which according to coach Ted LeGrand has never won a district title, will make school history if it can beat Kingston in the 4:30 p.m. title contest.

"We are very excited about it," said LeGrand. "We're playing very well and scoring some runs."

Leopold (10-6) had 13 hits, led by Lee VanderMierden and Ashton James with three each. Garan Engelen and Danny Nenninger added two hits apiece. VanderMierden and Engelen both had three RBIs while James had two.

James pitched all six innings, allowing four hits while fanning eight and walking two.

GIRLS SOCCER

Perryville 8, Affton 0

PERRYVILLE -- Host Perryville moved into the semifinals of the Class 1A-3A, District 1 Tournament with a resounding victory.

The second-seeded Lady Pirates (17-5-4) got two goals from Brooke Winkler. Laura Klaus, Jenna Schuessler, Heather Hager, Britney Weibrecht, Stacy Baer and Amy Steffens all added one goal.

Winkler had two assists while Baer, Klaus, Steffens and Amanda Giesler all added one.

Perryville will take on third-seeded St. Pius at 5 p.m. today, following a 3:30 p.m. semifinal between top-seeded St. Louis Notre Dame and No. 4 St. John's.