St James

undefeated! in two ways!

 The Middle school Warriors met St. James on Thursday, for their final game of the season. On the line for the Warriors was a perfect record, a win would mean an undefeated season. The girls showed up ready to play after battling pneumonia, sinus infections, the flu and a variety of other illnesses.

 The St. James team struggled against the Warriors full court man to man press and that allowed the Warriors to take a substantial lead at the half time mark. The Warriors went into the locker room with the score 21 to 8. Second half action found the Saints fighting back. At the 3rd quarter buzzer, the score was 27 to 12 and the Saints held the Warriors scoreless in the fourth quarter. But nonetheless, the Warriors completed their season with a victory over St. James, 27 to 20. Emily Passarelli was the leading scorer for the Warriors with 15 points for the night. She totally dominated the boards offensively! The Warriors had 22 steals for the night. Maggie Quick had 6 of those with Kathryn Romanchuk and Emily Passarelli snatching up 4 each. Maggie and Emily each had 9 rebounds for the night.

 Kara Brown found herself with 2 offensive rebounds, which was a personal high! And Amanda Stewart also topped her personal rebounding high with 3 for the night! During the half, one of the referees commented to Coach Quick that, This isn't the same team that he officiated for in January! He wanted to know, "What have you done to these girls...they are much improved?!" What a wonderful testimony to the girl's hard work and improvement as the season wrapped up! Way to go Warriors! 11 and 0! Job well done!!!

 The Varsity girls tipped off second and found themselves struggling against a tough St. James team. The Saints were moving the ball well and scoring on most every possession. The Warriors could have easily given up and chalked the game up as an early loss, but they never did.

 After falling way behind at the beginning of the match, the Warrior girls showed a lot of determination and heart to cut the lead to within 6 points with 3 min. to go. Excellent coaching allowed the Warriors to beat the half court trap and the Warriors found themselves well within the reach of an upset. Even the fans could smell victory!!! Rebecca led the team with 11 rebounds and Charity had 5. Thanks to foul trouble by the Saints the Warriors picked up several points at the line. The Warriors shot 68% from the foul line! Sarah Reifsnider was 8 for 8. The final score was St. James, 46, Warriors, 35.

  Even though the record books show this game as a loss, on a more fundamental the game was a win, as the Warriors showed heart and determination and never threw in the towel. They now look forward to returning to the court against their home school rival the Front Royal Flames.