Saints

Saturday, March 23, 2013 PREP BASEBALL ST. JAMES - Saint James pulled off the big early-season upset on Saturday with an 8-3 victory over Washington. After allowing an unearned run in the first inning, Saint James pushed across five runs in the fourth and three more in the sixth on the way to beginning the season with a 3-0 record. “Other than the win over Flint Hill last year, this is one of the best upset wins for Saint James in a long time,” said head coach Mick Kerns.

Distance became a problem for Paul Easton. He hasn't lost the drive to coach basketball, but his drive to get to where he coached basketball was a little much. Easton resigned as boys basketball coach at Saint James last week following two years of commuting from his home in Herndon, Va. “Making a commute like this takes a toll on you and your family after two years,” Easton said. “It was a tough decision, with the passion for basketball I have, to make. It was more than just about basketball.” The Saints finished 13-14 with a toughened schedule this season following a 17-10 record in Easton's first year after succeeding Mike Brooks.

Saturday, February 23, 2013 BOYS BASKETBALL WASHINGTON  - Saint James could not make it three wins in one season over Sidwell Friends, losing to the Quakers 71-55 in the semifinals of the Mid-Atlantic Conference tournament on Saturday. The Saints (13-14) owned a pair of regular-season wins over Sidwell (21-7), but the Quakers caught fire in the second half Saturday and spent plenty of time at the foul line - making 21 of 40 free throws to Saint James' 11 of 17. Nnamdi Enechionyia led the Saints with 17 points and nine rebounds.

Even though they have played quite a few games lately, the Williamsport Wildcats did not show any signs of being worn out on Wednesday night as they toppled the Saint James Saints 50-25 in a Washington County high school girls basketball game. “We played well enough to win,” Williamsport coach Chris Malott said. “It wasn't the smoothest of performances, but this was our fifth game in the last nine days. We were able to win four of those games.” Freshman guard Kate Wade scored a team-high total of 15 points and made three steals for Williamsport (12-7)

Wednesday, February 6, 2013 BOYS BASKETBALL Saint James 43, Potomac 40 ST. JAMES - Saint James recorded a second close win over Potomac School in the Mid-Atlantic Conference. Saint James (9-10, 4-3) outscored Potomac (11-11, 4-6) 8-5 in the final quarter to break a 35-all tie after three quarters. Obi Enechionyia led the Saints with 13 points, 20 rebounds and six blocks. Nnamdi Enechionyia had 11 points, 15 rebounds and four assists and Sherman Harris added nine points and seven assists.

While the Saint James wrestling team finished second to Potomac School at the Mid-Atlantic Conference tournament Friday at Sidwell Friends, the Saints still left with at least a share of the conference title. The Saints won the MAC regular-season duals, finishing 5-0, while Potomac School, which lost 39-36 to Saint James in a December dual, most likely will finish second at 4-1. Potomac still has to wrestle St. Andrew's Episcopal, a team Saint James crushed 72-9 earlier this month.

Tuesday, January 22, 2013 BOYS BASKETBALL WASHINGTON - Saint James pulled off an upset in the Mid-Atlantic Conference on Tuesday night with a stunning 60-58 victory over Sidwell Friends. Coming off a disappointing loss Friday at Flint Hill, the Saints regrouped to stun the Quakers, who had owned a victory over Gonzaga earlier this year and played touted Mount St. Joseph to within four points. “We should never have lost to Flint Hill, but we challenged the kids to work hard and refocused,” said Saint James coach Paul Easton.

The number 13 was lucky for the St. Maria Goretti girls basketball team and unlucky for Saint James on Thursday night. The Gaels scored 13 straight points early in the first quarter to get on track to race to a 58-22 victory over the Saints in an Independent-Parochial School League game at Saint James' Alumni Hall. “We were more ready to play tonight than we were in our previous game,” Goretti coach Todd Rideout said. “We came out and we put some pressure on them. We were able to get some steals and turn them into easy baskets.

Basketball Obi Enechionyia, Saint James' 6-foot-9 junior star who is currently averaging 21.4 points per game, received a firm offer from the University of Illinois on Wednesday night, adding to the list of NCAA Division I schools seeking his services beginning in the 2014-15 season. Enechionyia already has offers on the table from Maryland, Temple, Xavier, UMass, Indiana, Villanova, George Mason, George Washington and Virginia Commonwealth. Other schools knocking at his door with serious interest are Ohio State, Notre Dame, West Virginia, Georgetown, Pittsburgh and Texas.

The Martinsburg boys basketball team looked anything but tired following Friday's rumble with Hedgesville. West Virginia's top-ranked Class AAA team hit the floor running and, except for a brief period in the third period, kept on running to crunch Saint James 85-56 Saturday night in front of a full house. “We had some guys that didn't play a lot of minutes Friday so they were ready to go,” Martinsburg coach Dave Rogers said. And that was much to the chagrin of Saint James (6-8)