St. Pius X Catholic is 3-0 against North Atlanta since January of 2023, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The St. Pius X Catholic Golden Lions will be playing at home against the North Atlanta Warriors at 7:30 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (St. Pius X Catholic has five straight victories, North Atlanta has three straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Even though South Cobb scored an imposing 68 points on Tuesday, St. Pius X Catholic still came out on top. St. Pius X Catholic snuck past South Cobb with a 73-68 win. Given St. Pius X Catholic's advantage in MaxPreps' Georgia basketball rankings (they are ranked 25th, while South Cobb is ranked 218th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, North Atlanta came up short against Lakeside on Tuesday and fell 46-33. The result shouldn't come as a shock considering that's the fewest points North Atlanta has scored all season.
St. Pius X Catholic has been performing well recently as they've won ten of their last 12 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 18-6 record this season. As for North Atlanta, they dropped their record down to 9-13 with that defeat, which was their fourth straight on the road.
Everything went St. Pius X Catholic's way against North Atlanta in their previous meeting back in January as St. Pius X Catholic made off with a 83-57 win. Will St. Pius X Catholic repeat their success, or does North Atlanta have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.