St. Jude Boys Capture Another Class 1A Title

St. Jude (24-5) captured its eighth AHSAA state basketball championship and 10 in school history with its 65-37 win over Parrish in the Class 1A Boys State Tournament finals Friday.

Parrish (28-3) scored the first bucket of the game, but Coach Earl Taylor’s Pirates responded by reeling off the next 21 points and led 37-16 by halftime.

State tourney MVP Jacob Winston was hot all game hitting 7-of-10 field goals including 3-of-6 from the 3-point arc. Winston was also 4-for-4 at the foul line and finished with 21 points. He also had 10 rebounds. Andrew Rogers added 18 points and LaDarius Brinson had 10. The Pirates were 15-of-16 at the foul line with Winston, Rogers and Roderic Scott each 4-of-4.

Coach Heath Burns’ Tornadoes were led by Labarrius Hill’s 16 points. Denzell Daley added 11 points and eight rebounds. He was 7-of-11 at the foul line.

St. Jude has now won AHSAA state championships in five different decades with titles in 1973, 1977, 1985, 1998, 2006, 2008, 2013 and 2014. The Pirates also won two state championships as members of the AIAA before the two associations merged in 1968.

Class 1A All-State Tourney Team

Jacob Winston, St. Jude (MVP); LaDarius Brinson, St. Jude; Andrew Rogers, St. Jude; Labarrius Hill, Parrish; Diante Wood, Sacred Heart; Cletrelle Pope, Sunshine.

(AHSAA)

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