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ST. THOMAS VERITAS CHALLENGE CHAMPIONS DAY
St. Thomas runs past Vandebilt Catholic 70-44 to claim 2006 championship.
Port Allen holds off Reserve Christian rally in consolation.

 Game 1
1
2
3
4
 OT
Final
  St. Charles Catholic
9
20
15
13
xx
57
  Covington
9
17
11
19
xx
56

  Game 2
1
2
3
4
 OT
Final
  Albany
15
11
17
17
xx
60
  Slidell
19
28
37
26
xx
110

  Game 3
1
2
3
4
 OT
Final
  Port Allen
13
13
12
18
xx
56
  Reserve Christian
6
5
16
22
xx
49

  Game 4
1
2
3
4
 OT
Final
  Vandebilt Catholic
12
12
8
12
xx
44
  St. Thomas Aquinas
16
11
26
17
xx
70

HAMMOND—The St. Thomas Falcons defended their Veritas Challenge Championship title in high fashion Wednesday night outscoring the Vandebilt Catholic
KEEPING THE PRESSURE ON— Falcon juniors Stephen Burchess and Thaddeus Showers apply defensive pressure to Vandebilt Catholic’s standout guard Deshawn Patterson.
Terriers 26-8 in the third period in route to a 70-44 win. The win came a day after Falcon head coach Errol Gauff celebrated his birthday.
    “We a very proud to win this tournament and defend our title,” said Gauff. “The quality of competition this year makes it especially sweet to win it again.”
    The Falcons and Terriers played close to the best for the first two quarters with the Falcons taking a 27-24 edge at the half. However, the St. Thomas man-to-man pressure became too much for Vandebilt Catholic in third period as the Falcons went on a 26-8 run scoring multiple times off steals created by some outstanding defensive play.
    “We tell our players to work hard on defense on every possession and good things will eventually happen for them,” said Gauff. “The guys created turnovers and made some big shots and we were able to put some distance between us and them.”
    Junior Thaddeus Showers, who was named the tournament MVP, led the Falcon second half charge scoring 14 of his game high 23 points in the second half. Seniors Patrick Coudrain and Michael Williams each added nine more points for the winners. Junior Evan Mistich led Vandebilt Catholic with 15 and junior Deshawn Patterson was next with 14.
    The Port Allen Pelicans fought off a late rally by Reserve Christian to claim the third place trophy in the consolation game with a 56-49. After jumping out to a 26-11 lead at the halfway mark, the Pelicans were outscored 38-30 in the second half but hung on for the win. Freshman Cedric Jenkins cored 16 of his 20 points in the second half to lead the Reserve Christina rally. For the Pelicans, sophomore William
A LICENSE TO DRIVE—St. Thomas senior Michael Williams looks for an open teammate as he drives the lane against Vandebilt Catholic’s Deshawn Patterson.
Nelson and junior Thomas James led in scoring with 15 and 13 points respectively.
    In the two early consolation games, St. Charles Catholic won a 57-56 thriller over Covington High and Slidell hit 19 three-point shots to crush Albany 110-60. Freshman Austin Martin paced St. Charles Catholic with 14 points, while senior Adam Crockett had 12 points for Covington. Slidell had five players in double figures. Sophomore Kenyatti Crisp was tops with 18 points followed by Andrew Winston with 15, Chris Smith with 13, Cedric Cooper with 11 and Cranston Smith with 10. For Albany, Jarrod Jackson had 25 points.
    


DEC. 5 Game of the Week ...
The Loranger Wolves play host to the Kentwood Roos in 3A vs 1A match-up.

DECEMBER 6-8 ...
The Veritas Challenge
St. Thomas Aquinas Girls’ host. Tangipahoa Parish teams Amite and Loranger along with Ascension Catholic, Covington, Destrehan, Northshore, and St. Joseph’s complete the eight-team tournament.


DECEMBER 20-22 ...
Parish Tournament
Always a special event and hosted by Loranger High School. Come out and watch the local girls and boys teams battle for the title of Parish champs.

       Day 1 Slideshow
       Day 2 Slideshow