'Stangs rock St. John's

Fourth Grade Mustangs Remain Unbeaten
(Jan. 24-25 game action)

The St. Martin’s Fourth grade Mustangs rolled to their eighth win a row in a 30-8 victory over St. John’s. Rhys Vaughn finished with 14 points on 7 for 9 shooting, with six boards.
Matt Paulus went 4 for 5 from the field and ended with 10 points to go along with four steals.
The Mustangs kept up the heat in the third quarter with Chris Green and Thomas Flavin hitting buckets.
Sam Czupich pulled down five rebounds as the Mustangs’ raised their record to 8-0.
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JV Gray Fights Tough St. Isidore Squad

After the Saint Martin of Tours JV Gray team fell behind in the first half in Friday night's game against Saint Isidore, Tim Czupich started the second half scoring for the Mustangs.
Dylan Waterman successfully made a three- point basket, making the score 18-10. Tim Heffernan made a foul shot and Brandon Griffing scored a basket to close the gap.
Brian Hauch sank a foul shot with one minute left, making the final score 21-14 in favor of St. Isidore.
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White Sweeps Weekend Games

The Saint Martin of Tours JV White team swept its weekend games.
With Mike Peters and Luke Accardo providing the height under the basket, Saint Martin’s held the smaller MMR squad to only 13 points in the first game.
The offense was provided by Matt Kolen and Russell Abernathy. Kolen dropped in a game-high 11 points, leading Saint Martin’s to an 18-13 victory.
In the second game, Saint Martin’s gave a tough Saint John’s team their first loss of the year.
Good foul shooting combined with driving layups by Abernathy and Blake Hildebrandt helped the Mustangs to a 7-2 first quarter lead.
A long jump shot from Austin Maloney and perfect 4 for 4 foul shooting from Kolen helped stretch the SMT lead in what became St. John’s first loss, 20-12.
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St. Martin’s JV Girls Top OLG, Fall to SMG

The SMT girls split their weekend games, beating Our Lady of Guadalupe and falling to Saint Maria Goretti.
In the first game, the Mustangs jumped out to a quick lead with baskets by Lindsey Park and Darby McCann.
A bucket by Bridget Newman, a foul shot by Maria Lelie, and some good old-fashioned defense gave the Lady Mustangs a 7-4 half-time lead.
The lead was increased to 9-4 on a Kelly Hyland lay-up. Newman added her second basket to seal the win for St. Martin’s, 11-6.
Against St. Maria Goretti, the Mustangs fell behind before Newman got SMT on the board with a nice put back.
The Lady Mustangs found their rhythm in the second quarter. Hannah Miller and Kelly Hyland had field goals for SMT and the defense, led by Jacqueline Hart, stiffened and held SMG to four points.
Kelly Hyland added two more baskets in the second half on the way to her team high six points. In the end, SMT fell 26-13.
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Maroon Falls to SASH

The JV Maroon team fell to SASH 32-26 on Saturday, Jan. 24.
The Mustangs fought back from several large deficits, but could not close the gap.
Spencer Tinkel led the Maroon with 10 points and 13 rebounds.
Patrick Gimpel added eight points for the Maroon.
Anthony Vlahovic chipped in five points and Jake Gianatassio blocked three shots.