St. Mary's Boys Win

Crofton Holiday Tourney

The St. Mary's boys basketball team finished the 2011 portion of their schedule with two victories at the Crofton Holiday Tournament. The Cardinals enter the new year with a 8-0 record with many challenges ahead of them.

On Thursday, Dec. 29, the Cardinals took on the host Crofton Warriors. The Warriors presented a physical man defense and the Cards after a slow start were able to defeat Crofton 72-56. St. Mary's placed four men in double figures led by senior center  Tom Chvala with 18 points. Chvala was followed closely by teammates Tait Sibbel and Ty Eiler with 16 points each. Sophomore Adam Moon chipped in with 10 tallies. Sibbel led the rebounding with 10 boards and Moon pulled down five caroms. Eilers led the ball handling with 11 assists while Sibbel and Tyler Timmerman added five assists each. Eiler's led the defense with three steals followed by Sibbel and Timmerman with two each. Chvala recorded two blocked shots.

On Friday the Cardinals took on the undefeated Wynot Blue Devils in the championship contest. After having St. Mary's take an 11 point lead in the second period the Blue Devils fought back and a see saw battle continued until with six seconds remaining in the game junior Ty Eiler drilled a three point field goal and the Cards prevailed 51-48. Tait Sibbel led the offense with 19 points while Tom Chvala and Adam Moon added 11 and 10 points respectively. Chvala and Moon also led the rebounding with nine boards each. Point guard Eiler led the assist column with eight and Moon led the defense with three steals and two blocked shots.

The Cardinals will have one game this week as they travel to Cody-Kilgore this Saturday. The rest of the month will see the Cardinals playing two or three contests each week.