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What a run: Wood’s girls cap four-year bonanza with 2nd state title
The Lady Vikings survived a scare in the championship game March 24 and emerged with their second consecutive PIAA Class 5A championship. It was their fourth trip to the finals after four district titles in as many years.
Archbishop Wood brings home first PIAA boys’ basketball title
The Vikings lost their first Catholic League game of 2017 but then they ran the table, winning their next 21 games. For their first Class 5A state championship, the coach put in every player, ensuring memories they'll never forget.
Neumann-Goretti boys capture state basketball crown
The Saints easily dispatched Lincoln Park of western Pa., 89-58, for the PIAA Class 3A championship in which they played their best game of the postseason. "It’s a special time for all of us,” said senior Quade Green.
Girls’ and boys’ basketball teams thriving in PIAA playoffs
The Catholic League continues to assert itself against the state’s finest competition as semifinal play continues March 17. Leading the way for Archbishop Carroll is Bella Sorrentino -- from the foul line.
State basketball playoffs set to welcome 13 Catholic League teams
Archbishop Wood (boys) and Cardinal O'Hara (girls) are just two of the teams representing the league in PIAA playoffs this weekend, which John Knebels previews. Winning a state title might even be better than playing at the Palestra.
Cardinal O’Hara skates away with Catholic League hockey title
Forward Justin Boornazian led the way by scoring a hat trick in the Lions' 7-3 defeat of Archbishop Ryan in the Blue Division championship March 2. Both teams are competing in the Flyers Cup series this week.
Wood pries league championship from almost certain defeat
There was little chance Archbishop Wood could come back from a deep deficit at halftime of the boys' basketball Catholic League final. But they did, edging Neumann-Goretti 65-58 for Wood's first league hoops title.
A shocker so big, it still hasn’t sunk in
Cardinal O'Hara's girls' basketball team are still pinching themselves after Monday night's improbable Catholic League championship win over favored Archbishop Wood, 35-30, at the famed Palestra.
Chicago Catholic college’s basketball chaplain? A 97-year-old nun
Sister Jean has become a fixture on campus, even getting her own bobblehead day before a game in appreciation for her service.
It comes down this: Two games in one legendary place
The Catholic League basketball finals return to the famed Palestra on Monday night. See our preview of both the girls' (O'Hara vs. Wood) and the boys' (Wood vs. Neumann-Goretti) games, and what got them here.