The St. Anthony’s junior high boys and girls Saint basketball teams hosted their second annual invitational tournament and they went home with bronze medals.
The Saints were in basketball action on Friday and Saturday as the teams hosted Stettler, Three Hills and Rundle Academy of Calgary at their home tourney.
The junior high girls Saints came out strong and in their second game of the season dealt convincing blow to Three Hills winning 56- 8.
Their second game on Friday was versus Stettler and they were down 32-18 but in the fourth quarter managed to come back and cut the lead to two, but that was as close as they could get, losing 38-34.
Their final game with Rundle Academy was on Saturday and Rundle Academy had a strong player that was hard to stop. The Saints hung close for a while, but Rundle took over winning 40-26.
“They (Rundle) were the best team of the tournament, and we won third place,” said coach Gavin Makse.
Jay Mulgrew’s junior high boys team were also in action. Their first game was against Three Hills but they were not able to take the win. They did come up stronger in their second game versus Stettler and went home for the night with a win.
Just like the girls on Saturday Rundle Academy proved to be the strongest team at the tournament and they defeated the Saints. Rundle won the tournament, Three Hills finished second and the St. Anthony’s Saints finished in third place.
