Congratulations to the SJS Varsity Girls on their win over Two Rivers yesterday!

Here is the recap from Coach Sarpu:

The SJS girls started out quickly by taking an early 14-4 first quarter lead and never looking back defeating Two Rivers 33-27 at the CREC Magnet school gym yesterday afternoon. Shea led the scoring with 15 followed by Alyssa’s 9 and Sarah’s 4. Sammy added a bucket and Bella a free throw to sum up the scoring effort. Shea added 4 assists, while Sammy had 2 and Gabby 1. Defensively, Alyssa boxed out ( 12 boards ) and defended well  against Two River’s top post player. Our man to man pressure in the beginning led to numerous Two River miscues allowing Shea to collect 9 steals followed by Sarah’s 4 and Angie/Allie 1 per.

The Varsity Girls have a busy schedule coming up this week: ST CHRIS TONIGHT AT 6:15pm AT the St Chris gym. Thursday at 4:45pm at ST TIM GYM and a tough weekend at the MLK tournament where they start off playing  St. Joseph of Bristol on Friday evening.

As a reminder, students that signed up and paid for the Winter Chess Club session, the clinic begins tomorrow after school and runs until 3:15pm. Please be sure to send a note in to the homeroom teacher notifying them if your child is attending.  Pick-up for Chess Club students will be outside the breezeway (please DO NOT buzz in to the school).

There is still room to sign up if your child/ren is interested in participating.

StJames Winter 2020 Chess Workshop Flyer

From Coach Sarpu:

ST JAMES VARSITY GIRLS soundly defeated JP2 this past Friday 28-12 at the Xavier gym in Middletown. St James owned the boards as Gabby pulled down 14 with Alyssa Grabbing 20. Sammy and Shea combined for 16 steals while Allie added 5. Offensively, Alyssa led the team with 8 points followed by Shea 7 and Allie 5. Sarah, Sammy, Gabby, Aaliyah each had 1 hoop to round out the scoring. Sammy played well at point offering 4 assists while Allie added 2, with Brianna, Shea and Aaliyah having 1 per.

Games will get tougher going forward starting with this afternoon’s game with TWO RIVERS. The weekend will be very demanding as St Joseph’s of Bristol joined the MLK tournament along with a new haven team and a Waterbury team.  The MLK event hosted by ST PAULS will have 8 girl’s varsity teams in total. The schedule will be available shortly………………but based on history it is likely we play 2 games on Saturday and if we get to the finals…that will be Monday. Sunday ( if we win 1 on Saturday ) should be after 1 but before 4.

Regarding our 3:30pm game today: Wear visiting color Blue. Try to arrive at 3-3:15…………GAME WILL START AT 3:30.