Cardinal Hayes has been the surprise of the city this season and the train kept rolling Friday night.
Fairfield-bound big man Amadou Sidibe had 17 points and Shavar Newkirk and Mustafa Jones each had 10 points to lead Hayes to a 78-45 rout of Monsignor Farrell in CHSAA Class AA boys basketball on Staten Island.
Farrell isn’t a title contender by any means, but Hayes has not stumbled even a little in games it is supposed to win. The key to this point, coach Joe Lods said, has been balance.
“When we’re playing really unselfish, we’ve been very good,” he said on the ride home from Staten Island.
Cardinal Hayes has already beaten St. Raymond this year and Saturday it’ll have a chance for another huge signature win when it hosts two-time defending PSAL Class AA city champion Boys & Girls at 4 p.m.
“We jump in the deep end of the pool tomorrow,” Lods said. “We’ll see if we can swim. It’s gonna be fun.”
Mount St. Michael 61, Fordham Prep 48: Ed Correa had 21 points, Anthony Maestre added 14 points and Andrew Utate and Malik Gill each chipped in 11 for Mount (15-3, 6-2 ‘AA’). Fordham Prep is 3-12, 0-8.
Xaverian 76, St. Francis Prep 52: Brian Bernardi poured in 23 points and Dillon Burns had 20 points to lead Xaverian (12-5, 5-3 ‘AA’). Andrew Winter had 15 points and Gabriel Gonzales had 10 points for St. Francis Prep (7-11, 1-6).
CHSAA CLASS A
Moore Catholic 56, St. Joseph by the Sea 43: Scott Schaefer had 22 points and John Baggs had 10 points to lead Moore (17-4, 7-0 ‘A’). Tom DiSanto had 15 points, Justin Henderson had 12 points and Stephen Matrangolo added 10 for Sea (5-13, 0-5).
Iona Prep 68, Monsignor McClancy 55: Kevin Conroy had 16 points, Tim McCarthy notched 15 points and Isiah Ice added 11 points for Iona (14-2, 8-1 ‘A’). McClancy is 6-7, 3-4.
St. Edmund Prep 71, St. John’s Prep 55: Chris Tsatsis had 23 points and Matt O’Neill had 20 points for St. Edmund (11-6, 3-3 ‘A’). Nick Grasso had 10 points and 12 rebounds. Marlon Alcindor led St. John’s Prep (2-10, 0-5) with 12 points.
CHSAA CLASS B
Nazareth 79, Blessed Sacrament 63: Samson Usilo had 24 points and four blocks and Mike Megafu also scored 24 points for Nazareth (11-6, 5-0 ‘B’). Naquan Chandler had 12 points and 11 assists. Blessed Sacrament is 1-10, 0-2.
Notes: The St. Raymond-St. Anthony (N.J.) game, a pseudo-SNY Invitational makeup contest, scheduled for noon Saturday was canceled. On Feb. 15, there will be a doubleheader at Lincoln featuring Thomas Jefferson-St. Anthony and St. Ray’s-Lincoln. St. Anthony plays Lincoln on Feb. 21.
