Rice and Christ the King high schools lived up to preseason expectations and will meet in Sunday’s CHSAA AA championship on Sunday at Fordham.

Rice, led by Jermaine Sanders’ 19 points, overcame a nine-point deficit in the fourth quarter to get past All Hallows, 67-58, last night while CTK outlasted Loughlin, 77-69, paced by Sean Johnson’s 28, at St. John’s.