CHSAA "AA" Quarter Finals Set

              

          On Wednesday and Thursday four teams won second round games to advance to the quarter finals of the CHSAA's "AA" division. On Sunday these winners will take on the top seeds, St. Ray's and Hayes on the New York side along with Loughlin and Christ the King on the Brooklyn Queens side,to advance in the 2013 intersectional playoffs held Sunday at Fordham University. Here is a brief recap of the action.

Wedmesday at St. Francis Prep

Molloy 70 Fordham Prep 51 The Stanners never allowed Fordham Prep to establish the deliberate tempo that helped them spring some upsets during the season. Josh Brown, who finished with 9 points and 15 boards provided early energy with his running and rebounding. From there a balanced perimeter attack with Chazz Wattler leading the way with 21 points and CJ Davis and Marco Kozul adding 14 each helped Molloy move on to face New York # 2 seed Cardinal Hayes at 4:30 pm Sunday.

Stepinac 73 Holy Crpss 64 Thanks to a strong shooting start from sophomore guard Jermaine Bishop, Holy Cross trailed by just 3 at the intermission but the Crusaders' quick transition attack helped them pull away in the second half, Junior guard Nyam Thomas led the scoring with 21 points while Walter Kiing had 15 and 6 boards Josh James added 12 Stepinac will face New York top seed St. Ray's at ):00 pm

Thursday at Christ the King

Iona Prep 45 St. Francis Prep 36  The young Gaels are a team that plays exceptional team defense and they did a great job contesting shots and passes from the Terriers.  St. Francis played a box and 1 defense on Iona's talented 6'6" soph Matt Ryan and held him in check but the rest of their talented youngsters, junior Isaiah Ice, soph Tom Capuono and freshman Ty Jerome gave them just enough scoring for the win. They face B-Q #2 seed Loughlin at 2:45 pm.

St. Peter's 65 Xaverian 59  The Eagles' win is even more impressive than it seems on paper because they did it without senior guard Latrell Curtis who was out with an injuiry. Junior guard Glen Sanabria stepped up and played one of the best games we've seen from any guard tuis year, scoring both from deep and from middle distance and playing at a cmforta ble pace. The Eagles led by as many and 20 points before Joey Dello Russo helped lead a furious comback. They rallied to within 4 points before clutch baskets, including one from talented sophomore Reilly Walsh helped the Eagles secure the win.  They will meet B-Q top seed Christ the King in Sunday's finale at 6:15 pm.