Chris Suozzi sent me an e-mail with some exciting news for the young basketball players in the area.
The St. Joseph's fifth grade team is 5-1 while playing in the Rochester CYO league, a very impressive start to the season when you consider the level of competition those kids are playing.
Suozzi is the head coach and is assisted by Larry Hale and Tony Gallo.
Here are some results from some recent games.
St. Joseph's 44 Nazareth 20
Every scored for St. Joseph's 5th grade team. CJ Suozzi and Case Midwick had 12 points each,, Tyler Hale and Trevor Sherwood had 6 points each., Anthony Gallo, Connor Logsdon, Jacob Hale, Anthony Sweet and Steven Ognibene each had a basket to help the team on to victory.
St. Joseph's 37 Peace of Christ Gates 36 OT
Tyler Hale made his first basket of the day count as the 5th grader scored the key bucket in overtime. Also, scoring for St. Josephs;s was Casey Midwick game high 14, CJ Suozzi 13, Anthony Gallo 6, Trevor Sherwood and Alex Canty 2 pts each.
St. Joseph's 35 Holy Cross 23
Trevor Sherwood lead the way with 8 points, followed by CJ Suozzi with 7 points, Tyler Hale with 6 points, Alex Canty, Jacob Hale and Anthony Gallo with 4 points each, and Casey Midwick 2 points.
St. Josephs 30 vs St. Margeret Mary 29.
This was a Hoosiers story. St. Margeret Mary had the height and the lead every quarter up until the last 3.2 seconds.
St. Joe's called the "picket fence" play. Alex Canty placed a perfect pick, Casey Midwick placed a perfect pass to CJ Suozzi who came off the pick, he took a couple of dribbles to free himself, let the shot go from the top of the key, the buzzard sounded and the ball swished through the basket for a bench clearing win! CJ Suozzi lead St. Joes with 12 points, Tyler Hale 6 points, Cassey Midwick and Trevor Sherwood - 4 points each, Jacob Hale and Anthony Gallo 2 points each.
