St. Gabriel’s fourth quarter comeback creates spark, but Notre Dame Elementary School looks like the Fightin Irish in South Bend as they top St. Gabriel.

The game started with Celia Duffy getting on the board in the first minute for Notre Dame on a beautiful layup when she got open in the paint.

Notre Dame did not stop with the offense as they responded with three more field goals, and two of them came from Maddie Varga.

St. Gabriel was eager to get on the board, and Maya Rowan had to go to the line to get them on the board.

At the end of the quarter, Notre Dame ended with the lead with a score of 8-1.

Disappointed in their first half actions, St. Gabriel wanted to shorten their lead. With the help of Gianna Gromack’s back-to-back field goals, they shortened the opponents lead to three.

At the half, Notre Dame went on a little run and they led St. Gabriel by a score of 13-5. Celia Duffy had 7 points at the half and Maddie Varga had the other 6 points for Notre Dame. Maya Rowan had four boards for St. Gabriel.

The third quarter was a defensive one, where only 2 points were scored in the eight minutes played. At the end of the quarter, the score was 15-5

To start the fourth quarter, St. Gabriel came out firing six unanswered points. Ava Starr led the comeback with four points and an assist in the run. That run caused a spark in St. Gabes as with two minutes left, the score was 18-16.

Notre Dame did not stop fighting. They finished strong and took home the win with a final score of 25-16 winning over St. Gabriel.

Ava Starr led St. Gabes with 6 points and a pair of boards and assists. Celia Duffy finished with 14 points, a pair of assists, and a handful of boards.

Both of these teams finished their classic strong and Maddie Varga received an all tournament team award to end the game.