I said in the beginning, 'If God wants St. Mary’s to make it, St. Mary’s will make it.'” St. Mary’s is a boys-only high school that teaches grades nine through 12.

As a senior in 2023-24, Leffew was a first team All-MAAC guard for Mount St. Mary's. The 6-foot-5, 185-pound guard averaged 17.6 points, 4.3 rebounds, 3.9 assists and 1.5 steals per game.

This St. Mary's farm is also "home" to 160 chickens. They are well-fed, she said, but fed only with dining hall food scraps meticulously rescued by St. Mary's dining hall staff and students.

CROWN POINT | St. Mary School’s annual “Back to School Ice Cream Social and Yearbook Signing Party” was a big hit. The yearbooks were the best the school’s ever produced ...