St. Mary’s 7th grade team 2 played St. Aidan’s, Williston Park on Sunday night at Wiest Hall. After falling behind in the first quarter, St. Mary’s rallied to take the lead for the remainder of the game, winning by a score of 43-23. Everyone on the St. Mary’s team scored and played a full -court press that forced many turnovers. Daniel Selby led the team with a career high 13 points. Each of Sean Tintle and Luke Vetrone scored nine; followed by Marco Falcone, who arrived late straight from the Jets game to score seven points. Will DeCastro had an impressive outside jump shot and each of Marc Baronci and Marco Pugliese played solid defense, grabbing most of the rebounds.
St. Marys 8th grade team 7 defeated St. Edward Syosset, 71-67, to remain undefeated. Putting up a 35-26 lead at the half, the Gaels scored points early in the game. The Gaels cemented their lead in the final quarter, scoring 19 points. Timmy Kiggins netted 19 points, Noah Semple scored 10 points and Charlie Young had 10 points. Also contributing for the Gaels were Steven Vlahakis (six points, five rebounds), Edward Arnold (four points, three rebounds), Joe Locurto (four points, four rebounds), Duncan Barcelona (three points), Joseph Mulholland (three points), Steven Salerno (two points, one rebound) and Patrick Weber (two points). Young scored four points in the last two minutes and Arnold picked off a pass in the final seconds to seal the win.
St. Mary’s 5th grade team 7 was back home this weekend hosting St. Rose, Massapequa. The boys from St. Mary’s started slow against St. Rose’s active zone defense. However, St. Mary’s responded with defensive intensity of its own led by Alex Cozzi, Tommy Tsongas and Dillon Magee. On the offensive end, Joey Terenzi and Michael Lasalle contributed to the ball movement which led to some easy baskets for the boys from St. Mary’s and resulted in an eight-point first half lead. St. Rose came out of the halftime break with an early surge, but St. Mary’s responded with incredible effort led by Matt Perfetto and Hunter Panzik. Chris Diskin, Peter Vorillas and Brendan Trotta also contributed with key rebounds and by pushing the ball on the offensive end. Despite a late surge by St. Rose, St. Mary’s passed the ball well at the end of the game and was able to secure a hard fought 21-16 victory.
St. Marys 8th Grade Team 2 split their weekend games. On Saturday they beat St. Gertude, Bayville, 51-39. The team was paced by Dino Chellaram (12 points, six assists),Kyle Grant (14 points, two steals), Leo Tsartsalis (10 points, eight rebounds), Nico Miradoli (four points, three steals), Demetri McNulty (six points) and Ryan Muni (two points, six rebounds). It was a great defensive effort by Jared Gentile and Adam Stefan to close out the game. In their Sunday game, St. Mary’s lost, 48-19, at home to a very well-prepared St. Brigid, Westbury. Despite a strong game from Stelio Katapolis (three points, three steals, four assists), and a better second half from role players Dan Desantis, Jared Gentile, Michael Polis and Bryce Thalheimer, the team fell short.
St. Mary’s 7th grade boys team 1 showed great resilience bouncing back from a tough loss at home on Friday against St. Catherine’s. They came back strong the next morning with a win against Our Lady of Lourdes. John Crimmins led a balanced scoring attack with a game-high 14 points. Brendan Lane and Matt Kiley had eight points. Tim Barrett had a huge game under the boards, contributing six points. Steven Arella, Jack La Salle, Hans DeWitte and Jimmy Kelly all scored and helped shut down Our Lady of Lourdes defensively, limiting them to 18 points for the game.
