St. Paul's Basketball Team Wins Catholic Youth State Championship

The 7th Grade Saint Paul's (Valley Cottage) boys beat the NYC Champions (OLGC Staten Island) to win the Catholic Youth 7th grade state championship in an exciting overtime win 56-52.

It is the first time a boys team from Saint Paul's won the state championship in 7 years, said Team Manager Todd Campanella.

The game was played at Mount Saint Michael Academy in the Bronx.

Saint Paul's had bested Saint Francis (New City) 44-34 in the Rockland County Championship to qualify to play in the state tournament.

In fact, the team went undefeated 8-0 in the playoffs. The team was 28-9 for the season and only lost one game in its age group this year, the other 8 losses came playing older teams, Campanella said.

Here's a link to the State Championship tournament bracket.

Here's the roster:

1. Giovany Boutin

2. Demonte Vaughan

3. Nick Semon

5. Jaden Most

6. Audric Estime

10. Daniel Lans

11. Jack Wishner

12. Kevin Sestak

15. Noah Cannici

24. Aden Dervisevic

40. Christopher Campanella

Frank Memoli- Head Coach

Jamie Most - Assistant Coach

Todd Campanella - Team Manager