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ST. THOMAS LADIES’ VERITAS CHALLENGE DAY 2
St. Thomas rallies from 11 down to
hand parish rival Amite a 59-51 setback.
Northshore Lady Panthers best St. Joseph’s 55-40
to advance to the championship game.

 Game 5
1
2
3
4
 OT
Final
  Covington
17
12
19
13
xx
61
  Ascension Catholic
11
9
13
10
xx
43

  Game 6
1
2
3
4
 OT
Final
  Loranger
14
22
13
5
xx
54
  Destrehan
21
17
19
15
xx
72

  Game 7
1
2
3
4
 OT
Final
  Amite
12
18
10
11
xx
51
  St. Thomas
11
8
14
26
xx
59

  Game 8
1
2
3
4
 OT
Final
  Northshore
13
9
16
17
xx
55
  St. Joseph’s
12
8
12
8
xx
40

HAMMOND—Tournament host St. Thomas rallied from 11 points down to defeat parish rival Amite 59-51 to advance to the finals of the Ladies Veritas Challenge in
DRIVEN—Northshore’s Karissa Claybrook drives around St. Joseph’s Georgia Shaheen in Thursday night’s semi-final contest won by Northshore.
second round action Thursday night. St. Thomas will meet the Northshore Lady Panthers who defeated St. Joseph's 55-40 in the other semi-final contest. The championship game is slated to tip off Friday at 7:45 p.m.
    “Amite really came out and played with a lot of energy in the first half and pinned us back on our heels,” said St. Thomas head coach John McMillian. “Basically, we tried to correct some of the things we were not doing right at halftime, but mostly I told the girls that the game is not over.”
    Seniors Dominique Ginn and Tiffany Foster tossed in 10 points each in the first half to lead the Amite Lady Warriors to a 30-19 halftime advantage over St. Thomas. The Lady Falcons gained some ground in the third period outscoring Amite 14-10, but still trailed 40-33 going into the final period.
    The Lady Falcons turned up the full court defensive pressure in the fourth period scoring off of turnovers to cut the Amite lead to 41-38 with 5:40 remaining. The Lady Falcons then tied the game at 41-all with 4:48 left when senior Lynleigh Hughes made a pair of trips to the free throw line going 3-for-4. St. Thomas took the lead at 43-41 with 4:41 left on another pair of free throws by Hughes and then proceeded to build a ten-point advantage at 55-45 with less than two minutes left capped off by a pair of free throws by freshman Shelby Brignac. In all the Lady Falcons went 11-for-14 at the line down the stretch to ice the win.
    “We were fortunate to get them in a bit of foul trouble in the second half,” said coach McMillian. “I felt like we didn’t
ESCAPE ROUTE—Destrehan’s Tawanna Lee (22) looks for an escape route around full court pressure by Loranger’s Dana Bruno (left) and Ashley Knippers (right) in Thursday night’s consolation bracket game won by Destrehan 72-54.
get after them as hard defensively in the first half as we did in the second half.”
    Senior Beth Hagan led the St. Thomas second-half rally scoring 12 of her 19 points in the final two periods. Sophomore Shelby DiMiceli also came alive in the final two periods tossing in 15 points. The Lady Falcons hit on six, three-pointers and scored 25 points at the free throw line. For Amite, Foster finished with 15 points and Ginn, who was shutout in the second half, finished with 11.
    In the other semi-final match-up, the Northshore Lady Panthers turned a two-point (22-20) halftime lead into a 15-point rout in the second half to earn a spot in the finals. Senior Tiffany Aidoo was tops for Northshore leading all scorers with 27 points. SiMon Franklin and Megan Duncan paced St. Joseph’s with 11 each.
    In the consolation bracket, the Covington Lady Lions evened their tournament record to 1-1 with a decisive 61-43 win over Ascension Catholic in the first game, while Destrehan proved too much for the Loranger Lady Wolves winning 72-54.
    Senior Tyerra Bickham led Covington with 20 points and Ascension Catholic’s Krystal Knight and Danaye Julien had 13 and 11 points respectively. For Destrehan, Tawanna Lee was tops with 19, while Kati Knight added 18 more for the winners. Dana Bruno led Loranger with 19.


DECEMBER 15 ...
Game of the Week
Good rivalries never die. The Ponchatoula Green Wave hosts the Hammond Tornadoes. Action starts at 5:00 p.m.


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