Even though the Norfolk Catholic Knights scored an imposing 56 points on Saturday, the Gross Catholic Cougars still came out on top. Gross Catholic managed a 60-56 victory over Norfolk Catholic. That's another feather in the cap for Gross Catholic, who also won these teams' last head-to-head.
When it comes to explaining why Norfolk Catholic lost, one person who can't be blamed is Nolan Fennessy. Despite the final result, he scored 24 points along with 8 rebounds. Fennessy scored a full 42.9% of Norfolk Catholic's points, the second time in a row he's earned more than a third of the team's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Carter Janssen, who scored 6 points along with 5 rebounds and 3 steals.
The win got Gross Catholic back to even at 1-1. As for Norfolk Catholic, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 0-2.
Both teams are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Gross Catholic will take on Elkhorn North at TBD on Tuesday. As for Norfolk Catholic, they will be playing in front of their home fans against Stanton at 7:45 p.m. on Thursday.
