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St. Patrick ends tourney title drought

By Chris Lawlor
ESPNRISE.com

Thursday, January 1, 2009

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. -- More than a decade of waiting is over for St. Patrick (Elizabeth, N.J.). Having last won a national holiday tournament in 1997, the Celtics ended that drought Wednesday night at the Myrtle Beach Convention Center in a 72-53 rout of No. 26 Wheeler (Marietta, Ga.) in the 28th Annual Beach Ball Classic final. St. Patrick, No. 4 in the ESPN RISE Top 50 boys' basketball rankings, fell short last week at the City of Palms Classic but captured the BBC title for the first time ...

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