by James Peters
The wait is over for St. Paul’s.
The Crusaders captured their first MIAA squash championship Thursday, dethroning Gilman, 4-3, in Brooklandville. St. Paul’s won four of the five matches en route to ending Gilman’s five-year championship reign.
The Greyhounds entered Thursday with a mind-boggling 15 of 17 titles since the MIAA sanctioned the sport in the 2007-08 season.
“It’s been a long time coming,” said St. Paul’s coach Eric Roberts, whose team won the regular-season meeting between the squads, 5-2, and finished at 9-0 on the season. “This is our seventh straight championship against Gilman, and this was the first time beating them in the regular season coming into this. They even had one of their top players back, so that made it even tougher.
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