Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is the U.S. Representative for New York's 14th congressional district, elected in the 2018 mid-terms.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is a child of  privilege.  She won the birth lottery by being born to an architect. Ocasio-Cortez grew up in Yorktown Heights, New York, a town swankier than Plano, Texas.
Yorktown Heights medium family income = $137,580
Plano medium family income = $101,616
Her family home was sold in 2016 for $355,000, a solid middle class valuation.
Ms Ocasio-Cortez went to a private college, Boston College (annual tuition= $69,942), and she was an intern for Senator Ted Kennedy.  She was an organizer for Bernie Sanders's 2016 presidential campaign.

Ms Ocasio-Cortez follows the same pattern that the Weather Underground followed:  children of privilege turning to socialism.

Brother Martin Basketball Defeats Robert Parish in 1971

Since I graduated from Brother Martin High School I remembered that in 1970 our basketball team defeated Captain Shreve at Shreveport, Louisiana, with Robert Parish at center, by playing a full court press during the length of the game.  I double checked and found my memory faulty.  In 1970 Brother Martin did beat Captain Shreve 72-56 in the AAA basketball championship.  But Robert Parish did not play for Captain Shreve H.S., he played for Woodlawn H.S. of Shreveport (not the one in Baton Rouge).

Brother Martin did beat Robert Parish at center in the 1971 AAAA basketball championship.  The score was Brother Martin 65 - Woodlawn (Shreveport) 62.  My memory was that we won in triple overtime.  It was an amazing game.  We played a full court press 100% of the game.  Robert Parish grew to be 7 feet tall, 230 pounds and he played professional basketball for the 14 years for the Boston Celtics (1980 - 1994).  Defeating Woodlawn with Robert Parish at center was a great achivement.

Brother Martin has won the Louisiana basketball state championship 5 times:
2010    5A    Brother Martin    Scotlandville    55-54
2005    5A    Brother Martin    Thibodaux        86-70
2004    5A    Brother Martin    St. Augustine    48-47
1971    4A    Brother Martin    Woodlawn (SH)    65-62
1970    3A    Brother Martin    Captain Shreve   72-56


Brother Martin has lost the basketball state championship game 2 times, one being a heartbreaker:
2017    DI    Scotlandville          Brother Martin    53-52
2003    5A    Woodlawn (BR)    Brother Martin    80-63

Here is an article on how Cor Jesu H.S. merged with  St. Aloysius Academy to become Brother Martin.  The two schools when combined became a real powerhouse.  It was a great high school.

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