For the second year in a row, St. Louis-1 captured the Batesville Deanery CYO basketball championship by defeating St. Michael-1 56-44.
The game was close for the first 8 minutes as the lead would change hands several times and St. Louis would hold a 1 point lead after one period 12-11. The second quarter would turn out to be the difference in the game as St. Louis-1 would outscore St. Michael-1 19-9 to take a 31-20 led at halftime.
We knew going in that we would have do a good job rebounding the ball and not give them 2nd and 3rd chance opportunities. We did a great job controlling the boards. At halftime, we knew we needed to continue to play our game and not have a letdown in the second half. In the third quarter St. Louis-1 would continue their strong play and would extend the lead to 44-31 going into the final quarter. St. Louis-1 would close out the game as they would hit their free throws to secure the win.
This was a good group of kids to coach and I am really proud of the way they grew as a team over the year.
Bruins Scoring. Anthony Butz 19, Alex Roell 16, Cooper Williams 6, Zach Prickel 4, Nathan Batta 4, Caleb Moster 3, Paul Ritter 3, Evan Straber 1.
Courtesy of Bruins Coach Roger Dietz.
All Deanery Teams.
St. Louis-1. Anthony Butz – MVP/All Sportsmanship; Alex Roell – 2nd team; Nathan Batta – 3rd team.
St. Louis-2. Lane Oesterling – 2nd team; Gus Cooper – 2nd team.