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“Whoever said, 'It’s not whether you win or lose that counts,' probably lost. Learn from defeat
and handle it with class, but always play to win.”
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FOOTBALL MEDIA DAY
Falcon Football Media/Portrait Day set for August 13.
Falcons gearing up for start of the 2010 campaign. CLICK HERE.
HAMMOND—The 2010 edition of the Saint Thomas Falcons will hold their annual
Football Media/Portrait Day Friday, August 13. The team will dress up in the home whites
for yearbook, media, and personal portraits along with team and class photos in the Falcon Gymnasium.
The football Falcons will continue conditioning drills and weight-lifting
through August 3 on campus and take their pre-season preparations on the road to camp August 4-6 at
Pearl River Junior College in Poplarville, MS.
The Falcons will participate in two scrimmages and the annual Jamboree prior
to the start of the season on September 3 when Saint Thomas plays Hammond High for the Hammond Cup. August
12 the Falcons will hold an intra-squad scrimmage starting at 6:00 p.m., and on August 19 the Falcons will
host a scrimmage at SLU's Strawberry Stadium, the home of the Falcons, at 6:00 p.m. The Jamboree is set for August 26
at Ponchatoula.
LADY FALCON SOFTBALL
Gracie Bravata headed to Arezzo Italy.
Saint Thomas softball senior earns trip with National Prospects.
HAMMOND—Since she was barely five years old Gracie Bravata, now
senior softball player at St. Thomas, has been playing
softball.
In recent years she has pursued the dream of playing at the college
level and earning a degree in Physical Therapy. Her
Gracie Bravata |
dreams came
closer to being realized this June as she was selected to play for
the National Prospects. The National Prospects are a travel
team located out of Texas. The team has been invited to play
in Arezzo, Italy August 2-10.
“Softball is my passion,” said Bravata. “I really want to
play in college and eventually get a doctorate degree in Physical Therapy.”
Bravata has been an All-District selection the past two
years and plays first base for the Saint Thomas Aquinas Softball team. She will be
a senior this coming season. “This is a once in a lifetime opportunity being
selected to the Prospects and getting to play international softball
in another country. I believe this will help me in my goal to earn a
softball scholarship,” explained Bravata.
FALCON ATHLETICS
Place your ad in the Saint Thomas Football Program TODAY! CLICK HERE NOW.
HAMMOND—Ad space is now available in the 2010 Falcon Football Program.
Your ad will be featured SIX times this season as the Falcons will host six
home games in Strawberry Stadium. Take advantage of this added exposure and
purchase your ad today. Download the order from HERE. The program features
information and schedules including football, girls and boys basketball,
volleyball and cross country. Ads featuring spring sports athletes are
encouraged as well. Celebrate and honor your favorite Saint Thomas athlete
with a personal or business ad.
The deadline for getting your ad reserved and materials
into the designer for layout is FRIDAY, AUGUST 20. Please call Saint Thomas Aquinas
at 985-542-7662 if you have questions. For assistance with your layout and/or how
to prepare your ad for publication contact Gary Lee at 985-351-4282.
FALCON BASKETBALL
Falcons finish with a perfect 9-0 mark!
Jackson, Williams and Banks pace a 48-23 win over Ponchatoula in the
STA Summer League finale.
HAMMOND—The Saint Thomas Basketball Falcons completed their sixth
year of hosting summer league play Monday with a 48-23 win over Ponchatoula.
The win earned Saint Thomas a 9-0 record that included a signature win
over highly regarded Riverside.
“I am very proud of these young men,” said Saint Thomas head
basketball coach Errol Gauff. “Coming
SUFFOCATING “D”—Zay Jackson (left) and Steven Wronkoski (right) of
Saint Thomas apply the pressure to Ponchatoula's DJ Mobley (1) forcing a
steal. The Falcons defeated the Green Wave 48-23 Monday to finish summer
league play with a perfect 9-0 mark. |
into the summer we had three objectives to
initiate with this team as far playing goes. We have made great progress on two
of the three and the third I put back on me. We do not practice in the summer.
We just play games and so concepts that require more teaching will not progress
as fast.”
The Falcons got double-digit performances from three different
players as Zay Jackson led with 11 points and David Williams and Tre’lun Banks each
added 10 apiece. “Sharing the ball and looking for the player with the best shot
is something we have gotten better at,” explained Gaff. “From starting back in
late May through June, I can see where we have improved in certain areas and
where we still need to work to correct some things.”
Saint Thomas opened the contest with a 10-0 run as Jackson
dropped in a short jumper at the 14:59 mark. The Green Wave responded closing the
gap to within one at 10-9 as Cole Plummes went to work at the three-point line
hitting twice and teammate D.J. Mobley added a third trey.
The Green Wave kept it within four for the rest of the half,
but a lay-up by Steven Wronkoski with 18 seconds left gave the Falcons a 21-16
advantage. Saint Thomas kept the pressure on early in the second stanza running
the score to 29-16. The Falcons would cruise the rest of the way extending their
lead to as much as 44-17 on a jumper by Banks at the 6:35 mark.
Several area teams competed in the league this year including
Amite, Albany, Ponchatoula, Springfield, and Sumner. Coming from further out
East Saint John, Saint Helena, and Riverside were also represented.
Coach Gauff believes the league play helps him in his preparation
for official practice which begins in the fall.
“The league play obviously gives all the coaches the
opportunity to observe strengths and weaknesses of players in live game action,”
said Gauff. “I make a lot of notes during the month of July in terms of what I
observed during league play. When practice starts again in the fall, I want to
make sure what a guy is doing well he does more of it and also be able
to focus on the key areas where we need more teaching and practice.”
While Coach Gauff expressed the need for a strong work
ethic, he also believes that you have to allow teenagers some time off in the summer.
“I am very proud of the commitment and work our young men do. The guys start
in May and work through June and after that I think you have to let teenagers
be teenagers and take a break and enjoy some time off. We as coaches need
to step away as well and refresh.”
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August 11 ... Fall Portrait Day.
August 13 ... Football Photo Day @ 3:00 p.m.
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