Salem Wins!

Salem defeats St. John's (53-40) in the 4th annual Panther Pride Invitational to claim its 4th consecutive title Saturday night! The St. John's, JV, claimed the "White" division title by defeating Zion, JV, with an exciting 39-33 win. The host, St. Paul's secured a third place finish with a 51-34 win and Salem, JV, won the third place trophy in the "White" division with a 41-37 win over St. Paul's, JV.

Along with the titles, the Salem, Varsity, and the St. John's, JV won the Christian Sportsmanship Award for their respective divisions.


All Tourney Team:

• Avery #23 -- St. Paul's, Varsity
• Cooper #22 -- Salem, Varsity
• Detviler, Jo #10 -- St. John's, Varsity
• Dotson #12 -- Westchester
• Godoy #11 -- Zion, Varsity
• Van Matre -- #5 -- Salem, JV
• Moore #11 -- Zion, JV
• Oros # 10 -- Zion, JV
• Pallas #21 -- Bethany
• Roelofs #23 -- Salem, Varsity
  
• Rudat #32 -- Trinity
• Vazquez #3 -- Zion, Varsity

The Christian Sportsmanship Award and the All Tourney team is awarded based on voting by officials, scorekeepers, and coaches following each game.

A huge thank you to all who participated in this year's tourney. We are already looking forward to next year's Panther Pride. It is tentatively scheduled for December 9-13, 2008. Circle the date!

Merry Christmas!

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Day #3

Day #3 is in the books. Saturday’s schedule is now set.

Lutheran High School

8:00 AM – St. Paul’s, Varsity vs. Salem, Varsity
9:30 AM – Zion, Varsity, vs. St. John’s Varsity
11:00 AM – Bethany vs. Westchester
12:30 PM – Loser of 8:00 AM vs. Loser of 9:30 AM

St. Paul’s Lutheran

8:00 AM – Abiding Savior vs. Zion, JV
9:30 AM – St. Paul’s, JV vs. St. John’s, JV
11:00 AM – Trinity vs. Salem, JV
12:30 PM -- Loser of 8:00 AM vs. Loser of 9:30 AM

2:30 PM – 3rd Place Game for “White” Bracket
4:00 PM – 3rd Place Game for “Blue” Bracket
5:30 PM – Championship Game for “White” Bracket
7:00 PM – Championship Game for “Blue” Bracket

Awards will be immediately following the final game.

See you on the courts!

Top Scorers From Day #2

Here are the top scorers for Day #2:

• Matre -- Salem, JV -- 14
• Moore -- Zion, JV -- 16
• Shutts -- St. Paul's, Varsity -- 11
• D'amko -- Bethany -- 12
• Guday -- Zion, Varsity -- 15
• Meier -- St. Paul's, JV -- 12
• Detwiler, Josh -- St. John's, Varsity -- 11
• Dawson -- Trinity -- 12

See you on the courts!

Day #2 -- December 13

Thanks to all of the teams for a great Day #2 of action. The seedings are set based on the following information:

Pool A
1. St. Paul’s, Varsity – 3-0
2. Bethany – 2-1
3. Zion, JV – 1-2
4. Salem, JV – 0-3
Pool B
1. Salem, Varsity – 3-0
2. Zion, Varsity – 2-1
3. St. John’s, JV – 1-2
4. Abiding Savior – 0-3
Pool C
1. St. John’s, Varsity – 3-0
2. Westchester – 1-2 (127)
3. St. Paul’s, JV – 1-2 (131)
4. Trinity -1-2 (140)

Pool C was decided by “Points Allowed” since Westchester beat Trinity; St. Paul’s beat Westchester; and Trinity beat St. Paul’s. The number in parentheses is the points allowed. (Low score wins)

Therefore, the schedule for tomorrow is:

Lutheran High School

· 5:00 PM – St. Paul’s, Varsity vs. Westchester
· 6:30 PM – Bethany vs. Zion, Varsity

St. Paul’s Lutheran School

· 5:00 PM – Trinity vs. Zion, JV
· 6:30 PM – Salem, JV vs. St. John’s, JV

Saturday –

At Lutheran High

• Salem, Varsity 8:00 AM
• St. John’s, Varsity 9:30 AM

At St. Paul's

• Abiding Savior – 8: 00 AM
• St. Paul’s, JV - 9:30 AM
  
  

Panther Pride -- Day #1

The results are in from the first day of action in the Panther Pride Invitational. Go to www.stpaulsorg.org/athletics.htm for the complete update. The tourney will continue on Thursday at St. Paul's and at LHS. We want to thank all who are participating and attending to make this a great event.

Top scorers from Tuesday:

• Pallas -- Bethany -- 20
• Avery -- St. Paul's, V - 18
• Cooper - Salem -- 15
• Porcella - St. Paul's, V - 14
• Shutts - St. Paul's, V - 14

Have a great day!

Welcome to the 2007 Panther Pride!

We want to welcome each of you to the 4th annual Panther Pride Invitational. Twelve teams will be competing this year for the prize. Games begin on Tuesday, December 11 and continue through Saturday night. Go to www.stpaulsorg.org/athletics.htm for the complete schedule and for updates.

We want to welcome these teams:

• Abiding Savior Lutheran, Lake Forest
• Bethany Lutheran, Long Beach
• Salem Lutheran, Varsity, Orange
• Salem Lutheran, JV, Orange
• St. John's Lutheran, Varsity, Orange
• St. John's Lutheran, JV, Orange
• St. Paul's Lutheran, Varsity, Orange
• St. Paul's Lutheran, JV, Orange
• Trinity Lutheran, Anaheim
• Westchester Lutheran, Los Angeles
• Zion Lutheran, Varisty, Anaheim
• Zion Lutheran, JV, Anaheim

Final Results

I want to take this opportunity to thank everyone involved in the Panther Pride this year. The tournament was outstanding with the final day seeing some very exciting games.

Here are the final results:

Blue Bracket

1st Place -- Salem

2nd Place -- Zion

3rd Place -- St. Paul's

White Bracket

1st Place -- Zion, JV

2nd Place -- St. Paul's, JV

3rd Place -- St. John's, JV

Sportsmanship – Blue Bracket
St. Paul’s, Orange

Sportsmanship – White Bracket
Abiding Savior, JV

All Tournament Team

• Matt Truckey, St. Paul’s
• Clayton Ragsdale, Zion
• Luke Vasquez, Zion, JV
• Evan Porcella, St. Paul’s, JV
• Joe Rivello, Salem
• Derek Anderson, Abiding Savior, JV
• Justin Armstrong, Trinity, Whittier
• Brent Wheatley, St. John’s
• Francis Munibl, Trinity, Anaheim
• Chip Chapella, St. John’s, JV
• Kabir Kamboj, Zion
• Robert Cooper, Salem
  
  Take care and we will see you in 2007!

Saturday

As bracket play began Friday night, the 16 team field was reduced to eight.

Here is the schedule for today:


"White Bracket"@ Zion

8:00 AM -- St. Paul's "Blue" vs. Trinity, Whittier
9:30 AM -- Zion, JV vs. St. John's, JV

"Blue Bracket" @ St. Paul's

8:00 AM -- Zion, Varsity vs. St. Paul's, Varsity
9:30 AM -- St. John's, Varsity vs. Salem, Varsity

This Afternoon @ St. Paul's

12:00 PM -- 3rd Place "White Bracket"
1:30 PM -- 3rd Place "Blue Bracket
3:00 PM -- Championship "White Bracket"
4:30 PM -- Championship "Blue Bracket"

Awards will be presented immediately following the "Blue Bracket" championship game.

Have a great day of hoops!