The Tribune

THE second week of the Catholic Diocesan Primary Schools’ basketball tournament produced some interesting results from the four games played on Friday at Loyola Hall.

In the girls’ opener, St Francis/Joseph Shockers shocked the St Thomas More Sparks 24-5 and in the other girls’ game, the Xavier’s Giants blanked the St Cecilia’s Strikers 12-0.

And in the pair of boys’ games, St Francis/Joseph rallied past St Thomas More 21-11 and St Cecilia’s held off Xavier’s 9-5.

Shockers 24, Sparks 5: Grace Smith had another big game with a game high 15 points as St Francis/Joseph stayed undefeated in their two games.

Kayleigh Morris helped out with four and Jolea McMinna had three. 

In a losing effort, Paris Johnson scored four points and Chayse Pinder added the extra point on a free throw.

Smith, the biggest girl in the league, scored all eight points as St Francis/Joseph opened an 8-2 after the first quarter and they extended it to 11-3 at the half. 

In the third, Smith’s four points enabled the Shockers to push their lead to 19-3, but the Sparks managed to get their final two points in the fourth for the final margin.

Giants 12, Strikers 0: Jordyn McKay got her six points in the first quarter as Xavier’s took a 8-0 lead at the end of the period that saw J’Lynn Bain add another two. They got four from D’Antia Rose in the second quarter to go up 12-0 at the half. 

Both teams, however, went scoreless in the second half.

Strikers 9, Giants 5: George Armbrister’s game high four points, along with three from Taren Oliver and two from Jaiden Armbrister, was good enough to get the win for St Cecilia’s.

Justin Wells scored three points and both Carreen Matthews and Kyle Rolle got one apiece in the loss.

Xavier’s led 1-0 after the end of the first quarter and they held onto that margin at the half. But in the second half, St Cecilia’s went up[ 4-3 at the end of the third and they used a 5-2 spurt in the fourth to seal the deal.

Shockers 21, Sparks 11: Jaxon Pyfrom exploded for a game high 15 points and Ethan Johnson, Carlton Simon and John McSweeney all came through with a pair of points in the win.