With a playoff game on the line, the St. John's/Tipton Catholic Blujays rose to the challenge on Saturday. They snuck past the Knights with a 51-47 win. The win was familiar territory for St. John's/Tipton Catholic who now have three in a row.
St. John's/Tipton Catholic found their leader in underclassman Edward Horinek, who almost dropped a double-double on 27 points and nine rebounds. As a matter of fact, that's the most points Horinek has scored all season. The team also got some help courtesy of Jacob Winkler, who scored 11 points along with five rebounds and two steals.
Several Knights players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Landon Schmidtberger, who dropped a double-double on 14 points and 11 rebounds. It was the first time this season that Schmidtberger pulled down eight or more rebounds. Brody Nowak was another key contributor, scoring nine points along with eight rebounds.
St. John's/Tipton Catholic has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 13-7 record this season. As for Victoria, their loss dropped their record down to 12-11.
St. John's/Tipton Catholic does not have any more games scheduled as of now. Victoria also has no future games currently scheduled.
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