Month March 2024

CYO City Basketball 4th Girls Settled…

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2024 CYO 4th Grade Girls City Championship at Valley Catholic School

Home Team: St. Thomas More

Coaches Kevin Clausen, Travis Paul, Coleen Jamison

Players: Ayla, Claire, Emery, January, Josie, June, Ilian, Maggie, Soliana

Mascot: Bulldogs

Visiting Team: Our Lady of the Lake

Coaches: Kim Van Syoc-Lapainis, Kevin Hanna

Players: Cammia, Chiara, Francesca, Giana, Katelyn, Maeve, Mia, Poppy, Savannah, Tiffany, Zoe

Mascot: Cats

Quarter 1: St. Thomas More 4 – Our Lady of the Lake

Quarter 2:

Quarter 3: St. Thomas More 19 – Our Lady of the Lake 15

Quarter 4: St. Thomas More 27 Our Lady of the Lake 17

CYO 3rd Grade Boys City Championship and the Winner is…

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2024 CYO 4th Grade Boys City Championship at Valley Catholic School

Home Team: St. Thomas More (Portland)

Coaches Brian Chaney, Eddie La Berge, Jeffrey Borlaug, Matthew Uchtman, Sean McMenamin

Players: Aiden, Cole, Henry, Jackson, James, Miller, Oliver, Oliver, Sean, Theo

Mascot: Bulldogs Red & White

Visiting Team: St. Anthony (Tigard)

Coaches: Justin Schmitz, Matthew Rocha, Alex Umbdenstock

Players: Aryan, Bandon, Benjamin, Chase, Eli, Joseph, Justin, Kian, Logan, Parker, Samuel, Vincent

Mascot: The Hawks

Game Highlights:

A fast-paced game with both teams running back and forth between the baskets, scoring intermittently. St. Thomas More, undefeated during regular season play, towered above, and outsized the Hawks.  A few years in the future will change the dynamics between the two teams.

Quarter 1: St. Thomas More 12 – St. Anthony 9

Quarter 2: St. Thomas More 24 – St. Anthony 15

Quarter 3: St. Thomas More 22 – St. Anthony 41

Quarter 4: St. Thomas More 49 – St. Anthony 30

CYO Third Grade Girls city Championship game Decided

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2024 CYO 3rd Grade Girls City Championship at Valley Catholic School

Home Team: St. Cecilia

Coaches: Danielle Dausman, Dennis Masi, Matt McMullen, Sarah Messenger

Players: Annie, Audrey, Ava, Campbell, Emily, Gabriela, Hadley, Julia, Kayleigh, Millie, Sophie

Mascot: Cyclones Blue & White

Visiting Team: St. Pius X

Coaches: Jeff Hern, Steven Gassert

Players: Andrea, Catherine, Ellisyn, Heidi, Lucia, Nora, Sophia, Sutton

Mascot: Panthers Green & White

Game Highlights: No shooting from the logo in this game but lots of back and forth running from basket to basket as the girls worked to get the ball in the hoop.  St. Pius X Scored 6 early in the second quarter to go ahead by 6 and added 4 in the third quarter to lead St. Cecilia by 8 going into the fourth quarter.

St. Cecilia came alive in the fourth quarter scoring 6 toward the end, behind by 2 with 1:18 left to go.  With 40.5 left in the game, Audrey was fouled and the Cyclones got another chance to inbound the ball under their basket.  The Panthers grabbed it and headed to the other end stepping out of bounds.  St. Cecilia made several attempts to get the ball through the hoop.  With 8 seconds on the clock, the Panthers, Sophia, shot two free throws swishing them both like Caitlyn Clark on a Friday night.

With .09 seconds, St. Cecilia’s Audrey had two shots, but the basket continued to evade the Cyclones today.

Quarter 1: St. Cecilia 4 – St. Pius X 7

Quarter 2: St. Cecilia 7 – St. Pius X 13

Quarter 3: St. Cecilia 9 – St. Pius X 17

Quarter 4: St. Cecilia 17 – St. Pius X 19 FINAL

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