St. Patrick’s defensive strategy in the Jack Tosh Holiday Classic final at York was obvious: Stop St. Ignatius’ Chris Bolte.The Shamrocks’ physical approach didn’t faze Bolte, though.The Yale recruit focused on impacting the game in other ways, while letting a pair of sophomores do the heavy lifting on offense.The result was a dominant 46-32 win for No. 6 St. Ignatius over No. 24 St. Patrick on Wednesday afternoon.Bolte only took three shots and didn’t score till the game’s final two minutes, finishing with three points. But he grabbed seven rebounds, handed out four assists and had a pair of steals. He also helped limit 6-8 R.J. McPartlin to two second-half points after the St. Patrick big man scored 13 before halftime.”I took it very personal, that first half,” Bolte said. “And I realized, ‘I’ve got one more half of basketball, of Jack Tosh basketball, that I want to leave it all out there.'”On the other end of the court, the Shamrocks played a sticky zone to try to neutralize Bolte.”Them taking away my mid-range and some of my stuff down low and not getting as many threes — in the past, I’ve gotten frustrated and I kind of check out of the game right there,” Bolte said.But he stayed engaged and made a difference.”I just wanted to get as many stops as I could, as many rebounds and feed the other guys when they were hot,” Bolte said. “So that was really the mindset,”With the Shamrocks (13-1) focused on Bolte,…

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St. Patrick’s defensive strategy in the Jack Tosh Holiday Classic final at York was obvious: Stop St. Ignatius’ Chris Bolte.The Shamrocks’ physical approach didn’t faze Bolte, though.The Yale recruit focused on impacting the game in other ways, while letting a pair of sophomores do the heavy lifting on offense.The result was a dominant 46-32 win for No. 6 St. Ignatius over No. 24 St. Patrick on Wednesday afternoon.Bolte only took three shots and didn’t score till the game’s final two minutes, finishing with three points. But he grabbed seven rebounds, handed out four assists and had a pair of steals. He also helped limit 6-8 R.J. McPartlin to two second-half points after the St. Patrick big man scored 13 before halftime.”I took it very personal, that first half,” Bolte said. “And I realized, ‘I’ve got one more half of basketball, of Jack Tosh basketball, that I want to leave it all out there.'”On the other end of the court, the Shamrocks played a sticky zone to try to neutralize Bolte.”Them taking away my mid-range and some of my stuff down low and not getting as many threes — in the past, I’ve gotten frustrated and I kind of check out of the game right there,” Bolte said.But he stayed engaged and made a difference.”I just wanted to get as many stops as I could, as many rebounds and feed the other guys when they were hot,” Bolte said. “So that was really the mindset,”With the Shamrocks (13-1) focused on Bolte,…

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St. Patrick’s defensive strategy in the Jack Tosh Holiday Classic final at York was obvious: Stop St. Ignatius’ Chris Bolte.The Shamrocks’ physical approach didn’t faze Bolte, though.The Yale recruit focused on impacting the game in other ways, while letting a pair of sophomores do the heavy lifting on offense.The result was a dominant 46-32 win for No. 6 St. Ignatius over No. 24 St. Patrick on Wednesday afternoon.Bolte only took three shots and didn’t score till the game’s final two minutes, finishing with three points. But he grabbed seven rebounds, handed out four assists and had a pair of steals. He also helped limit 6-8 R.J. McPartlin to two second-half points after the St. Patrick big man scored 13 before halftime.”I took it very personal, that first half,” Bolte said. “And I realized, ‘I’ve got one more half of basketball, of Jack Tosh basketball, that I want to leave it all out there.'”On the other end of the court, the Shamrocks played a sticky zone to try to neutralize Bolte.”Them taking away my mid-range and some of my stuff down low and not getting as many threes — in the past, I’ve gotten frustrated and I kind of check out of the game right there,” Bolte said.But he stayed engaged and made a difference.”I just wanted to get as many stops as I could, as many rebounds and feed the other guys when they were hot,” Bolte said. “So that was really the mindset,”With the Shamrocks (13-1) focused on Bolte,…

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St. Patrick’s defensive strategy in the Jack Tosh Holiday Classic final at York was obvious: Stop St. Ignatius’ Chris Bolte.The Shamrocks’ physical approach didn’t faze Bolte, though.The Yale recruit focused on impacting the game in other ways, while letting a pair of sophomores do the heavy lifting on offense.The result was a dominant 46-32 win for No. 6 St. Ignatius over No. 24 St. Patrick on Wednesday afternoon.Bolte only took three shots and didn’t score till the game’s final two minutes, finishing with three points. But he grabbed seven rebounds, handed out four assists and had a pair of steals. He also helped limit 6-8 R.J. McPartlin to two second-half points after the St. Patrick big man scored 13 before halftime.”I took it very personal, that first half,” Bolte said. “And I realized, ‘I’ve got one more half of basketball, of Jack Tosh basketball, that I want to leave it all out there.'”On the other end of the court, the Shamrocks played a sticky zone to try to neutralize Bolte.”Them taking away my mid-range and some of my stuff down low and not getting as many threes — in the past, I’ve gotten frustrated and I kind of check out of the game right there,” Bolte said.But he stayed engaged and made a difference.”I just wanted to get as many stops as I could, as many rebounds and feed the other guys when they were hot,” Bolte said. “So that was really the mindset,”With the Shamrocks (13-1) focused on Bolte,…

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