Both St.Matthew 6th grade boys teams ended their seasons with winning records!  The boys played extremely hard in all their games, giving 100% effort all the way through the season.  Congratulations to both head coaches, Coach Daun and Coach Duchniak and their assistants for working with the kids and making them better players today than they were at the start of the season.  As the kids continue to grow and mature into their game, you are going to see some really good basketball out of this group of players!

December 6

St. Matthew Blue vs. St. Lucy's - 1:00pm @ Prairie Court 2

     St. Lucys - 25  St. Matthew Blue - 21

St. Mark's vs. St. Matthew Gold - 2:00pm @ Prairie Court 2

     St. Marks - 28  St. Matthew Gold - 24

December 13

St. Mary's B vs. St. Matthew Gold - 10:00am @ Prairie Court 1

     St. Mary's B - 31  St. Matthew Gold - 25

          -Game highlited by Josh Duchniak's team high 6 points.

St. Matthew Blue vs. St. Mark's - 11:00am @ Prairie Court 1

     WIN  St. Matthew Blue - 33  St. Mark's - 29

          -Outstanding defensive efforts from both Evon Karpinski and Eric Egan helped lead St. Matts Blue to the victory, complimented by Noah Daun's team high 10 points.

December 20

St. Joe's G-R vx. St. Matthew Gold - 10:00am @ St. Joseph's (Racine)

     St. Joe's G-R - 28   St. Matthew Gold - 24

St. Mary's B vs. St. Matthew Blue - 11:00am @ St. Lucy's

     St. Mary's B - 31  St. Matthew Blue -26

          -St. Matthew's Blue was led by in scoring by Frank Margraff with 10 points, not to be out-done by Robbie Reid with outstanding defensive hustle on his way to 3 steals.

January 3

Holy Rosary G vs. St. Matthew Gold - 12:00pm @ St. Lucy's

    WIN   St.Matthew Gold - 29   Holy Rosary G - 13

St. Joe's G-R vs. St. Matthew Blue - 10:00am @ Prairie Court 1

     WIN   St. Matthew Blue - 28   St. Joe's G-R - 20

          -This win is acredited to outstanding defensive pressure put forth by the entire team, with Evon Karpinski and Bryan Presser leading the way in the post.  Eric Egan led the offense with 12 points.

January 10

Prairie R vs. St. Matthew Gold - 9:00am @ Prairie Court 1

     WIN   St. Matthew Gold - 34   Prairie R - 32

Holy Rosary G vs. St. Matthew Blue - 8:00am @ Prairie Court 1

     Holy Rosary G - 22   St. Matthew Blue - 20

January 17

St. Ed's vs. St. Matthew Gold - 8:00am @ Prairie Court 1

   WIN   St. Matthew Gold - 42  St. Ed's - 23

Prairie R vs. St. Matthew Blue - 9:00am @ Prairie Court 1

   WIN   St. Matthew Blue - 29   Prairie R - 23

        - St. Matthew's earned another great victory through solid team play all around, led in scoring by Eric Egan, Noah Daun, and Alex Lozano with 6 points each.

January 24

St. Mary's W vs. St. Matthew Gold - 1:00pm @ St. Mary's

   WIN   St. Matthew Gold - 36  St. Mary's W - 22

St. Ed's vs. St. Matthew Blue - 10:00am @ Prairie Court 1

   WIN   St. Matthew Blue - 32  St. Ed's - 17

      -  St. Matthew Blue worked their record to over .500 for the first time this year with a solid win over St. Ed's.  St. Matthew once again came together as a team to play very solid defense, helped along by tenacious rebounding by Bryan Presser and Evon Karpinski.  Danny Ledezma led the team with a very good 8 points.

Divine Mercy Tournament

    Both St. Matts 6th grade teams entered into the Divine Mercy tournament and both played very well.  With unfortunate losses in the 1st round, they both won their 2nd round games to get back in to the 5th / 6th place game vs. eachother!  In usual St. Matthew standards, the Divine Mercy gym was taken over by St. Matthew fans from all grade levels to cheer on both teams, and they weren't disappointed!  The lead bounced back and forth all game long until about 13 seconds left, when Gold pulled ahead for a 3 point lead and seemingly wrapped up the game.  After a Blue team timeout, Noah Daun caught a pass, stepped back, and drained a 3-pointer to tie the game with 8 seconds left and sent the gym into absolute chaos!  The last 8 seconds after that was very hectic, as Gold found Nathan Harvey in the lane for a clutch layup at the buzzer and a 2-point win.  This was definitely a win for St. Matthews School as both teams played very well.  The REMATCH will take place in a few short weeks on February 7 in their league game at 10:00am at Prairie!

January 31

JPII vs. St. Matthew Gold - 10:00am @ Prairie Court 1

   WIN  St. Matthew - 31   JPII - 13

       -   St. Matthew Gold opened this game strong and never looked back, as they cruised to a 31-13 win.  With Nathan Harvey getting some well deserved rest for much of the 2nd half, Matthew Zemla continued the Bulldogs strong presence on the inside, while Jacob Wolf and Josh Duchniak led the fast paced offense on their way to their win.

St. Mary's W vs. St. Matthew Blue - 9:00am @ Prairie Court 1

   WIN   St. Matthew Blue - 36  St. Mary's - 32

        -   St. Matthew Blue continued to strengthen their reputation as a team that plays wtih outstanding hustle, as they out-hustled their opponent today for the win, despite the Bulldogs facing a much taller team they were.  This was a good team win, as everyone contributed with good hustle, solid defense, and un-selfish play.

February 7

St. Matthew Gold vs. St. Matthew Blue - 10:00am @ Prairie Court 1

    St. Matthew Gold - 32  St. Matthew Blue - 23

February 14

St. Matthew Blue vs. St. Sebastian - 10:00am @ St. Lucy's

   St. Sebastian - 40  St. Matthew Blue - 20

St. Matthew Gold - BYE

February 21

St. Matthew Blue - BYE

St. Matthew Gold vs. St. John's - 9:00am @ Prairie Court 1

   WIN  St. Matthew -     St. John's -

Febrauary 28

St. Matthew Gold vs. St. Rita's - 9:00am @ Prairie Court 1

   WIN  St.Matthew -     St.Rita's -

      St.Matthew Gold beat a very strong St. Rita's team, led by a strong inside presence by Nathan Harvey.  Nathan's 29 points and extremely unselfish play by the team as a whole earned the Bulldogs a win in their final regular season game. 

St. Matthew Blue vs. Prairie W - 8:00am @ Prairie Court 1

   WIN   St.Matthew -     Prairie W -

      St. Matthew Blue bounced back from a defeat 2 weeks ago and finished their regular season with a strong win vs. Prairie W.  In what's becoming tradition with our 6th grade boys teams, they played tremendous defense which helped them to points on the offense.