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December 5-8, 2007.
ST. THOMAS LADIES’ INVITATIONAL DAY 3
Lady Cats and Lady Falcons advance to championship with double-digit wins.
Walker cruises over Loranger 60-30 and St. Thomas routs Covington 71-54.
| Game 1 @ 5:30 p.m. |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
OT |
Final |
| Walker |
16 |
10 |
14 |
20 |
xx |
60 |
| Loranger |
3 |
13 |
13 |
1 |
xx |
30 |
| Game 2 @ 7:00 p.m. |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
OT |
Final |
| Covington |
9 |
15 |
19 |
11 |
xx |
54 |
| St. Thomas |
21 |
18 |
17 |
15 |
xx |
71 |
HAMMOND—The Walker Lady Wildcats and the St. Thomas Lady Falcons advanced to the finals of
the St. Thomas Invitational Tournament Friday as both teams cruised to double-digit wins and reamined
perfect in tournament play at 2-0. Walker rolled over the Lady Wolves 60-30, while St. Thomas made easy
work of the Lady Lions winning 71-54.
Walker 60, Doyle 30
The Walker Lady Cats held the Loranger Lady Wolves to
just three points in the opening period and finished off the final period holding
Loranger to just s single point in
CLOSE ENCOUNTERS— Loranger's Whitney Anthony (30) battles Walker's Hannah
Rohne (25) in the paint at close range as Dana Bruno of Lornager looks on. |
route to a 60-30 blow-out win. Thee victory
improved Walker’s record to 10-3 and 2-0 in the tournament and set up a
showdown with tournament host, St. Thomas, in the championship game to be
played at 6:00 p.m. today. Loranger, who dropped to 1-1 in tournament
action, will play Albany at 4:30 p.m. for second place.
The Lady Cats opened the game with a 13-1 run and never looked
back. The Lady Wolves mounted a rally early in the second period to pull to with
16-10 at the 5:16 mark on a jumper by Baileigh Bankston, but Walker outscored Loranger
10-6 in the final three minutes of the period to reclaim a solid 26-16 halftime
margin. Walker sealed the deal in the final period limiting Loranger to
a single point while dropping in 20.
Morgan Melancon was tops for Walker with 17 points followed by
Hannah Fohne with nine. Whitney Anthony and Dana Bruno led
Loranger with 11 and 10 points respectively.
St. Thomas 71, Covington 54
Rebehah Greer, Christy Shelby, and Shelby Dimiceli each tossed in
12 points for the Lady Falcons as St. Thomas rolled to a 71-54 win over Covington to
advance to the Championship game set for today at 6:00 p.m. The win improved the Lady
Falcons’ season mark to 7-5 and 2-0 in the tournament.
The Lady Falcons opened the contest with the hot shooting hand
and a big dose of full court pressure defense taking a 21-9 first period lead
over Covington. St. Thomas increased its margin to 20 at 29-9 at the 5:49 mark
of the second period on a jumper by Taylor Stanley and finished the half up
39-24. Covington outscored the Lady Falcons in the third period pulling to
within 13 points but St. Thomas answered with a 15-11 run in the final
period to secure a double-digit margin.
Jamie Straton and Emily Smith paced the Lady Lions effort
with seven and six points respectively. Covington will play Doyle in the
consolation game at 3:00 p.m. today.
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DECEMBER 5-8 ...
Veritas Challenge
St. Thomas Ladies host Albany, Covington, Doyle, Loranger and Walker.
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.
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