St. Stephen's fourth- and sixth-grade girls CYO basketball teams are Orange County champions
| 06 Mar 2017 | 08:27
![St. Stephen's fourth- and sixth-grade girls CYO basketball teams are Orange County champions St. Stephen's girls 6th grade CYO Orange County champions: Standing Coach Deb Girardi, Paige Girardi, Madison Leale, Marni Jones, Skylar Blanton, Megan Desrats, Fiona Egan, Brigid Danaher and Dr. Larry Washington; and kneeling: Maggie Nelsen, Brooke Sullivan, Courtney Evans and Kiera Larney.](http://www.warwickadvertiser.com/binrepository/605x432/0c0/0d0/none/1076118/HBXP/SPORTS_170309973_AR_0_0_WA20170306170309973_MG2785393.jpg)
St. Stephen's girls 6th grade CYO Orange County champions: Standing Coach Deb Girardi, Paige Girardi, Madison Leale, Marni Jones, Skylar Blanton, Megan Desrats, Fiona Egan, Brigid Danaher and Dr. Larry Washington; and kneeling: Maggie Nelsen, Brooke Sullivan, Courtney Evans and Kiera Larney.
![St. Stephen's fourth- and sixth-grade girls CYO basketball teams are Orange County champions Provided photos St. Stephen's girls 4th grade CYO Orange County champions: Pictured are: Emily Welling, Ashley Fitzgerald, Miranda Wright, Kaitlyn Larney, Eva Garofalo, Etta Garofalo and Coach Deb Girardi; kneeling are: Erin Kelly, Kelsy Larney, Reese Girardi and Carly McLaughlin.](http://www.warwickadvertiser.com/binrepository/483x432/0c0/0d0/none/1076118/LPVJ/SPORTS_170309973_EP_-1_0_WA20170306170309973_MG2785397.jpg)
Provided photos St. Stephen's girls 4th grade CYO Orange County champions: Pictured are: Emily Welling, Ashley Fitzgerald, Miranda Wright, Kaitlyn Larney, Eva Garofalo, Etta Garofalo and Coach Deb Girardi; kneeling are: Erin Kelly, Kelsy Larney, Reese Girardi and Carly McLaughlin.
WARWICK — The fourth- and sixth-grade girls CYO basketball teams are Orange County champions.
The fourth-grade team defeated St. Patrick's from Highland Mills by a score of 19-13.
The sixth-grade team also played the squad from St. Patrick's, winning by a score of 37-13.
Both teams start the run for state titles on Saturday, March 11, at John S. Burke High School in Goshen.
The sixth grade team is schedule to play the Dutchess County CYO champion at 12:30 p.m. The winner from this game will move on to Rockland County to play Sunday at 2:20 p.m.
The fourth grade team plays at noon Saturday.
Coach Deb Girardi, who coaches both teams, singled out Meghan McGourty and Dr. Larry Washington for their help this season.