Recap: Olympic Heights Lions vs. Cardinal Newman Crusaders
The Olympic Heights Lions pushed their score all the way to 61 on Thursday, but even that wasn't enough to win. They fell just short of Cardinal Newman by a score of 64-61. Despite running the score up even higher than they did on Tuesday (55), Olympic Heights still had to take the loss.
Olympic Heights' lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Harrison Cohen, who scored 19 points along with 6 rebounds. The team also got some help courtesy of Devon Brenner, who scored 18 points along with 5 rebounds.
This is the second loss in a row for Olympic Heights and nudges their season record down to 1-4. As for Cardinal Newman, the victory (which was their third in a row) raised their record to 7-1.
Both squads are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Olympic Heights won't have much time to rest: their next contest is against West Boca Raton at 7:30 p.m. on December 8th. West Boca Raton is coming into the game on a four-game losing streak. As for Cardinal Newman, they will be playing in front of their home fans against Boynton Beach at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Boynton Beach will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Florida Rankings (they are ranked 584th, while Cardinal Newman is ranked 122nd).
