The true winner of the final seven days within the skilled sports activities world is likely to be Chaminade Faculty Preparatory Faculty in St. Louis.
Final Monday, St. Louis native and Chaminade alum Jayson Tatum hoisted the Larry O’Brien Trophy when his Boston Celtics defeated the Dallas Mavericks in Recreation 5 of the 2024 NBA Finals to safe their 18th championship in franchise historical past.
Precisely one week later, St. Louis native and Chaminade alum Matthew Tkachuk hoisted the Stanley Cup when his Florida Panthers defeated the Edmonton Oilers in Recreation 7 of the 2024 Stanley Cup Ultimate to win their first championship in franchise historical past.
Tatum and Tkachuk do not simply share an alma mater, nonetheless. They have been truly classmates at Chaminade and good mates who even participated at school initiatives collectively.
After Tatum accomplished the job final Monday, the C’s star put the ball in Tkachuk’s court docket to win one other championship for St. Louis.
Tkachuk’s Panthers almost blew it, dropping Video games 4, 5 and 6 after surging to a 3-0 collection lead over the Oilers. However after profitable Recreation 7 at residence on Monday to safe the Stanley Cup, Tkachuk despatched a touching message to his former classmate.
“Hey, two champs from St. Louis, are you kidding me proper now? You kidding me?” Tkachuk instructed the What Chaos! present. “Chaminade, everyone there, all of the lecturers, classmates, you guys ought to all be very proud. Two champs, child.”
Tatum and Tkachuk certainly made St. Louis proud, as each gamers are stars on their respective groups who helped their franchises recover from the hump after current losses within the championship spherical (Boston within the 2022 NBA Finals and Florida within the 2023 Stanley Cup Ultimate).
No phrase on whether or not that is the primary time two former grade college teammates received championships in several sports activities in the identical 12 months, however on the very least, Chaminade must be taking a victory lap Tuesday morning.