GREENVILLE—Basketball teams from Catholic schools and churches around the state met up in the Piedmont recently to compete in the Diocese of Charleston Youth Basketball Tournament.
St. Mary School, which hosted the event, dominated the leader board, winning three of the four championship titles. State titles went to St. Mary’s senior girls, junior girls, and junior boys. Christ Our King-Stella Maris from Charleston won the senior boys’ championship.
The Cinderella of the tournament was St. Michael School’s junior varsity girls’ basketball team from Murrells Inlet, which earned second-place against a dominant St. Mary. A spokesperson from the school said it is the first team from St. Michael School to reach the diocesan finals.
The complete list of gold, silver and bronze winners follows below:
Senior Boys
Gold: Christ Our King-Stella Maris School-8th Grade Boys, Mount Pleasant
Runner-up: Summerville Catholic, Summerville
Silver: Charleston Catholic, Charleston
Bronze: Our Lady of the Rosary, Greenville
Senior Girls
Gold: St. Mary, Greenville
Runner-Up: Christ Our King-Stella Maris
Silver: St. Benedict Church, Mount Pleasant
Bronze: St. Mary’s Help of Christians School, Aiken
Junior Boys
Gold: St. Mary, Greenville
Runner up: St. Andrew, Myrtle Beach
Silver: Christ Our King-Stella Maris School
Bronze: St. Mary’s Help of Christians School
Junior Girls
Gold: St. Mary, Greenville
Runner up: St. Michael School, Murrells Inlet
Silver: Our Lady of the Rosary Church, Greenville
Bronze: Nativity School, Charleston
Photos provided. Top photo, St. Mary senior girls’ champions
