Coaches: Lindsey Hern, Deb Babkes, Susanne Raleigh
Players: Elizabeth Babkes, Ava Barclay, Cassiopeia Dicosmo, Ellingson Sutton, Catherine Gassert, Sophia Goettler, Ellisyn Hern, Brooky Kistler, Claire McCollister, Lena Roberti, Nora Semke
Mascot: Panthers
Set 1: St. Therese 25 – St. Pius X 19
Set 2: St. Pius X 25 – St. Therese 13
Set 3: St. Pius X 15 – St. Therese 5
Highlights:
Set 2, St. Pius X # 36, Sophia, brought St. Pius X back into the game serving 5 straight to go ahead 9-15. From that point, St. Pius X gained momentum and score winning the set 25 – 13
Set 3, St. Pius X had a series of precision serves resulting in several aces. Excellent rally skills on both teams today.
A terrific game between two very skilled teams. We look forward to watching then continue to develop skills and ability!
All Saints and St. Pius X began the game with a photo of both teams together symbolizing the friendships that have been built over the years in competitions between the teams. The gesture was a tribute to both programs.
All Saints sunk a 3 pointer to get the game started and the two teams were off to the races. St. Pius outscored the Ramblers by 2 to end the first quarter. In the second quarter, All Saints tightened their game, held onto the ball and ended the half ahead by 7.
The third quarter saw the Panthers claw their way back and tie the game with 2 minutes left in the quarter. St. Pius X took the lead after a 30 second timeout with Coach Ted Stark. St. Pius went ahead until All Saints tied it back up with 20 seconds to go then sunk a three pointer at the buzzer for a 3 point lead going into the fourth.
In the fourth quarter, “The Game”, All Saints went ahead by 6 while St. Pius X continued to work away at the deficit. With four minutes left the Panthers cut the lead by 2. Lauren for the Panthers sunk a three to bring it within 1 then All Saints sunk another deuce to keep a three-point margin. Alexa drew a foul but could not convert any points then fouled on the rebound leading to Panther free throws. With two minutes left, Lauren made one of two and All Saints got the rebound. Emma went back to the free throw line for the Panthers, made one and it was All Saints ball, one point difference.
The panthers stole the ball and headed down the court scoring two to put St. Pius ahead by 1. Pius played catch till fouled with 20 seconds left in the game. Zea missed the first, sunk the second and All Saints again could not hold onto the ball giving it up to Pius and fouling to keep the game alive. Samantha goes to the line and sinks one, misses one now a three point lead and Lauren goes to the line for Piux. She misses both her free throws and All Saints cannot get the ball to the other end of the court to score. St. Pius X wins the 8th grade girls championship by three in a great game.
All Saints led the contest by a margin of 5 by the end of the first quarter. St. Anthony won the regular season contest between the clubs. In the second half, the Hawkes fought their way back to tie the game at 18 all as All Saints took a 2-point lead into the half.
The second half opened with Seth from All Saints connecting on a 3 point and immediately blocking the shot of the Hawkes and getting the ball. Ben from St. Anthony connected on a three pointer to keep the Hawkes close. The third quarter ended with a 1 point difference favoring the Ramblers.
The fourth quarter was the “game” and with under three minutes St. Anthony took the lead for the first time and there were 5 lead changes until St. Anthony sunk a three pointer and added a point on the foul. With 29 seconds in the game, the Hawkes lead by 5 points. With 17.2 to go, the Ramblers put in a three pointer to cut the deficit to 2. All Saints gave it their best shot in the last few seconds but could not get the ball to drop in the hoop.
St. Anthony, undefeated in regular season play came out to a quick lead shooting and scoring to end the quarter with a 12-point lead. The Cardinals found their stride in the second quarter but could not match the scoring of the Hawkes. The quarter finished with a 21-point favor to the Hawkes.
In the second half, the Hawkes continued to dominate and show a lot of excellent skills that made them this year’s championship team. The Cardinals gave a wonderful effort in the contest today.
Coaches: Chris Wojnar, Andrew Over, Marcus Penhale
Players: Anthony, Attivus, Dylan, Jack, Jackson, Jacob, Luke, Rory, Tomas
Mascot: Cardinals
Game Highlights:
St. Pius won the contests by a narrow margin in pre-season play. Holy Family jumped out to a 10 point lead in the first half with St. Pius X in close pursuit. Holy Family continued to lead by 10 at the end of the third quarter in a very exciting game by both teams. The fourth quarter was truly the game with boy teams vying aggressively for the ball and making many of the shots they put up. With four minutes left in the game, Holy Family lead by 12 with both teams matching basket for basket. With 1:41 left in the game, it was an 8 point game with both teams still in it to win it.
A balanced game through the first quarter into the second half when the Panthers outscored the Bulldogs finishing the half with an 8-point lead. The Panthers owned the second half with the Bulldogs never giving up. Trailing by 20, the Bulldogs had tenacity but not the ability to pull out a win today.
Quarter 1:
Quarter 2: St. Pius X 19 – St. Thomas More 11
Quarter 3: St. Pius X 29 – St. Thomas More 19
Quarter 4: St. Pius X 47 – St. Thomas More 27 FINAL
Exciting first quarter with a lot of good play between the teams, evenly matched with a quarter ending score of 10-10.
St. Clare went ahead by ten in the third quarter. St. Pius X fought their way back in the fourth quarter. With 1:20 left in the game the Panthers, Chase, sunk a 3 pointer to go ahead by 2.
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.
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.
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