WESTWEGO — Senior Myca Trail helped start St. Louis Catholic’s stunning four-year state tournament run and went out with an MVP performance and a second state title at the Louisiana High School Athletic Association select girls state championship Thursday at the Alario Center.

The Louisiana-Monroe signee’s double-double performance helped lead the Saints to a second consecutive Division II state championship, beating St. Thomas More 64-47.

Trail finished with 33 points and 11 rebounds. She was 8 of 8 in the first half and had 22 points at the break.

“It feels good,” Trail said. “Without my teammates, it wouldn’t have been possible.

“I bring a lot of energy, but they bring their energy. That big ‘ol energy helps a lot.”

Over the last four seasons, the Saints (32-3) compiled a 118-14 record with two state titles and a pair of runners-up trophies.

“That shows a lot of character about these kids and work ethic,” St. Louis head coach Tony Johnson said. “They are not scared of hard work.

“That is a special group. In my 30 years of coaching, I have never had a senior group this special.”

St. Louis led 16-7 early in the second quarter after back-to-back 3-pointers by Gabbie Link and Paris Guillory. Trail scored 11 of the Saints’ next 14 points feeding off the atmosphere at the Alario Center. Saints led 32-22 at the break. Guillory finished with 16 points and Link added 11.

“I honestly love our fans,” Trail said. “It feels amazing the love that we get from our parents and fans that come to the games and support us and yell and scream the whole game.

“It feels great. I love that atmosphere.”

STM (25-8) wanted to play slow at first. The teams combined for six points through the first 5 minutes of the game. But the Saints didn’t let it last long and used its press to force six turnovers in the second quarter.

“Sometimes we have to figure out which press we want to do,” Johnson said. “We have three or four of them.

“Tonight the half-court trap worked, so we stayed in it, and they couldn’t adjust to it. They would dribble into the trap. We were able to get turnovers and 10-second counts. That is what we work on. If we don’t get a steal, we want 10 seconds.

“We have the athletes quick enough to get to the stops and take away everything they try to do. Their guards were kind of small, and they couldn’t throw over the top of us because we have two great athletes out front in Tia and Myca.”

STM tried to find a way around the Saints’ pressure but only got as close as seven points on a 3-pointer by Izzy Carter to open the third quarter. Camille Hebert led STM with 16 points.

“I don’t know how many more adjustments we could have tried to make,” STM head coach Stephen Strojny said. “I was making up stuff on the fly.

“I don’t think it was from a lack of preparation. What they do defensively, no one else in the state does in any class. They do things defensively that mid-major colleges can’t do. There is a reason teams don’t press us because we normally just shred them. And everything we did they had an answer for.”