On Friday, East Catholic faced Northwest Catholic in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The East Catholic Eagles took a 62-57 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Northwest Catholic Lions. The Eagles were given a dose of their own medicine in this game as the Lions apparently hadn't forgotten their defeat the last time these teams played back in February of 2024.
East Catholic's loss ended a five-game streak of away wins and brought them to 10-3. As for Northwest Catholic, they are on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine games, which provided a nice bump to their 10-2 record this season.
Both teams are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. East Catholic will host Manchester at 6:45 p.m. on Monday. Manchester knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with 55 points or more in their past 13 matchups -- so hopefully East Catholic likes a good challenge. Northwest Catholic has already played their next contest (against Avon), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.
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