The 2025 De Sales Invitational will be held February 28 - March 2, 2025.
The 2024 De Sales Invitational was generously underwritten by Tom & Lynne VanHimbergen, Kevin & Linda Steiner, and Pat Connaughton of the Milwaukee Bucks. May God bless our amazing sponsors!
The Salesianum was delighted to host 350 seminarians and priests for a weekend of hoops and hospitality. It was an amazing three days of grace upon grace as 350 seminarians and priests gathered to give glory to God and play a few games of basketball. In a repeat of our inaugural tournament, Our Lady of Guadalupe won, with Saint Francis de Sales coming in second, and Kenrick-Glennon placing third.
Games played at MMOC can be viewed at this link.
Games played at Miller Gym can be viewed at this link.
Game 1 35 St. Vincent de Paul 15 St. John's
Game 3 32 Immaculate Heart of Mary 23 Mundelein
Game 5 29 Saint Francis de Sales 26 Our Lady of Guadalupe
Game 6 24 Kenrick-Glennon 14 St. John Vianney
Game 7 38 St. Paul 25 Moreau
Game 2 37 Notre Dame 33 Our Lady of Guadalupe II
Game 4 40 St. Gregory the Great 32 St. Mary
Game 8 40 St. Vincent de Paul 28 Mundelein
Game 9 26 St. Paul 21 St. Gregory the Great
Game 11 37 Kenrick-Glennon 17 Moreau
Game 13 24 Immaculate Heart of Mary 23 St. Mary
Game 15 OT 26 St. John's 23 St. John Vianney
Game 17 34 St. Gregory the Great 16 St. Mary
Game 19 41 Immaculate Heart of Mary 38 Moreau
Game 21 35 Notre Dame 25 St. Vincent de Paul
Game 23 33 Saint Francis de Sales 22 Immaculate Heart of Mary
Game 10 29 Saint Francis de Sales 22 Notre Dame
Game 12 41 Our Lady of Guadalupe 7 St. John's
Game 14 29 Our Lady of Guadalupe II 24 St. John Vianney
Game 16 35 Moreau 33 Mundelein
Game 18 38 Notre Dame 32 Our Lady of Guadalupe II
Game 20 53 Our Lady of Guadalupe 19 St. John's
Game 22 45 Kenrick-Glennon 33 St. Gregory the Great
Game 24 38 Our Lady of Guadalupe 27 St. Paul
Game 25 37 Our Lady of Guadalupe 32 Kenrick-Glennon
Game 26 40 Saint Francis de Sales 23 Notre Dame
Game 27 40 Kenrick-Glennon 26 Notre Dame
Game 28 54 Our Lady of Guadalupe 38 Saint Francis de Sales
The 2023 De Sales Invitational was generously underwritten by Tom & Lynne VanHimbergen, Kevin & Linda Steiner, Pat Connaughton, and Fr. Gerry Brittain.
The 3rd annual De Sales Invitational basketball tournament featured 12 teams from around the United States. It was an extraordinary weekend of basketball, but also a lot of brotherhood, for the 250 men who have chosen to give their lives to Christ. Between games, the men prayed together, ate together, and enjoyed a camaraderie that strengthens the future of our Church. Thank you to everyone who participated, from the seminarians and priests, to the many families who came to cheer the seminarians on! Our own Shormen won the intensely-fought championship game over St. Paul Seminary in overtime. Our Lady of Guadalupe came in third. Congratulations to all!
Watch the games on the Seminary's YouTube channel.
The second annual De Sales Invitational hosted 12 teams from around the nation on February 18 - 20, 2022. Our Lady of Guadalupe Seminary won for the second year in a row by defeating Saint Francis de Sales Seminary 53-47, in a repeat of last year's championship game. Moreau placed third. It was an amazing weekend for the hundreds of seminarians who traveled to Wisconsin to pray and play together.
2022 Games can be viewed on YouTube.
The 2022 De Sales Invitational was generously underwritten by Tom and Lynne VanHimbergen.
The innaugural De Sales Invitational Basketball Tournament was held in February 2021. Six teams from Midwestern seminaries came together for a weekend of brotherhood and fun. The three days of camaraderie were particularly welcome because all of the seminaries were living in some state of quarantine at the time. An excellent team from Our Lady of Guadalupe Seminary in Nebraska defeated the SFDS team in the championship game. Kenrick-Glennon placed third.
The 2021 De Sales Invitational was graciously underwritten by Tom and Lynne VanHimbergen.
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