Basketball Recap: Cleveland Central Catholic Extends Winning Streak to Three

Morgan Crawford

Points

01/06/25 vs Gilmour Academy	33
12/12/24 vs St. Martin de Porres	31
02/07/25 @ John F. Kennedy	30
11/23/24 vs Brookside	30
01/11/25 vs John Marshall	28
+ 14 more games

Cleveland Central Catholic extended their winning streak to three games thanks to a huge performance from Morgan Crawford. The Cleveland Central Catholic Ironmen enjoyed a cozy 70-53 win over the John F. Kennedy Fighting Eagles on Friday thanks to Crawford, who dropped a double-double with 30 points and 13 boards. She has become a key player for Cleveland Central Catholic: the team is 3-1 when she posts at least 30 points, but 6-10 otherwise.

Despite the loss, John F. Kennedy had strong showings from Shatrice Wanzo-Lawrence, who posted four points and seven rebounds, and Precious Williams, who almost dropped a double-double with 18 points and nine boards. That was a full 34% of John F. Kennedy's points, marking the 11th time in a row Williams has earned more than a third of the team's points. Another player making a difference was Shanaiya Ford, who went 5-for-10 on her way to 11 points.

Cleveland Central Catholic's victory bumped their record up to 9-11. As for John F. Kennedy, they have traveled a rocky road recently having lost three of their last four matches, which has put a noticeable dent in their 10-8 record this season.

Cleveland Central Catholic wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next contest, a 73-53 defeat against North Royalton on the 10th. As for John F. Kennedy, they also didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next game, a 55-37 loss against South on the 15th.