The Cardinal O'Hara Hawks will challenge the St. Joseph-by-the-Sea Vikings at 5:45 p.m. on Friday. Cardinal O'Hara will be looking to extend their current 22-game winning streak.
Two teams were on the hunt for playoff glory, but only Cardinal O'Hara walked away with it. They enjoyed a cozy 59-45 victory over the Vikings on Wednesday. Given Cardinal O'Hara's advantage in MaxPreps' New York basketball rankings (they are ranked first, while Nichols is ranked 53rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Annabelle Day and Kyla Hayes were among the main playmakers for Cardinal O'Hara as the former scored 18 points along with four steals and four blocks and the latter almost dropped a double-double on 18 points and nine rebounds. Hayes has been hot recently, having posted nine or more rebounds the last ten times she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Aliviya Russell, who scored five points along with six rebounds and four steals.
Meanwhile, even though Xaverian scored an imposing 56 points on Thursday, St. Joseph-by-the-Sea still came out on top. St. Joseph-by-the-Sea took their matchup against Xaverian 64-56. The win made it back-to-back wins for St. Joseph-by-the-Sea.
Cardinal O'Hara's win bumped their record up to 24-2. As for St. Joseph-by-the-Sea, they are on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 12 games, which provided a nice bump to their 20-6 record this season.
Cardinal O'Hara suffered a grim 82-61 defeat to St. Joseph-by-the-Sea in their previous matchup back in March of 2023. Can Cardinal O'Hara avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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