Veritas boys stumble late

? St. Mary’s Academy rallied from a fourth-quarter deficit and defeated Veritas Christian, 66-54, on Saturday in high school boys basketball.

The Eagles led 31-20 at halftime and 42-36 entering the fourth quarter but were outscored 30-12 in the final period.

Mark Weinhold led Veritas with 15 points, followed by Chad Stieben with 14, Trey Huslig with 10 and Miles Dressler with eight.

Dressler also pulled down 12 rebounds and had three steals, and Stieben had four assists.

“Last night was a rivalry game with Seabury,” Veritas coach Carl Huslig said, “and tonight was a league rival. The kids played well. The second quarter was probably the best quarter we played all year. It was a good game.”

Veritas (15-12) will host the Metro Mavs on Tuesday at East Lawrence Center.

Veritas 12 19 11 12 — 54

St. Mary’s 13 7 16 30 — 66

Veritas — Weston Flory 4, Tery Huslig 10, Chad Stieben 14, Miles Dressler 8, Michael Rask 3, Mark Weinhold 15.

St. Mary’s — Alex Whitefield 6, Mike Margeli 13, Rob Clancy 7, Tony Harpe 29, Stephen DeLallo 7, Matt Whitehead 4.