The Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Chargers had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 6 points), and they went ahead and made it three on Friday. They took down Sto-Rox 58-42. That result was just more of the same for these two, as Our Lady of the Sacred Heart also won the last time the pair played on January 3rd.
When it comes to explaining why Sto-Rox lost, one person who can't be blamed is David Johnson. Despite the final result, he scored 20 points along with seven rebounds and three steals. Johnson hasn't dropped below two steals for three straight games. Another player making a difference was Shalen Burton, who scored four points along with eight rebounds.
Our Lady of the Sacred Heart is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight matches, which provided a nice bump to their 12-4 record this season. As for Sto-Rox, their loss dropped their record down to 6-10.
Our Lady of the Sacred Heart will be playing at home against the Ironmen at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Steel Valley will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Pennsylvania Rankings (they are ranked 628th, while the Chargers are ranked 270th). As for Sto-Rox, they won't have much time to rest: their next matchup is against the Vikings at 5:00 p.m. on January 27th.
