Sacred Heart’s Isaiah Gaiter, center, brings the ball to the basket against Northwest Catholic’s Amir Spears (1) and Cairo McCrory during state tournament basketball action in Waterbury on Thursday. The Hearts would go onto win, 58-41. Christopher Massa Republican-American
CLASS L SECOND ROUND
SACRED HEART 58, NORTHWEST CATHOLIC 41
NW Catholic (13-10): Primo Spears 1 2 4, Luca Mirabello 4 1 10, Jose Echevarria 0 2 2, Chris Chapell 2 1 6, Jayson Williams 0 0 0, Cairo McCrory 8 3 19, Jonah Obi 0 0 0. Totals: 15 9 41.
Sacred Heart (25-0): Courie Stevenson 4 0 8, Legend Johnson 4 6 14, Tariq Price 0 0 0, Peyton Stephens 0 0 0, Isaiah Gaiter 9 1 19, Omar Rowe 1 7 9, Mikey West 3 0 8. Totals: 21 15 58.
NW Cath. 9 11 11 10 — 41
S Heart 13 13 9 23 — 58
3-pointers: NW —Mirabello 1, Chapell 1; SH — West 1.
CROSBY 82, BASSICK 74
Crosby (17-8): Miguel Rivera 3 2 11, Jeremiah Kendall 11 17 40, Kerwin Prince 2 0 4, Markeese Days 1 2 4, Ivan Craig 2 1 6, Elijah Carter 0 0 0, Perris Brinkley 0 0 0, Tarique Foggie 6 0 14, Nosa Igbinewuare 0 0 0, Justin Davis 1 0 3. Totals: 26 22 82.
Bassick (22-3): Christopher Gordon 3 2 11, Adrian Lopez 5 2 15, Qualon Wilkes 4 1 10, Jordan Gallimore 8 4 20, Jaelin Gallimore 4 0 8, Emery Linton 2 2 6, Joshua Jones 0 0 0, Keishaun Gordon 1 0 3. Totals: 27 11 74.
Crosby 21 12 21 28 — 82
Bassick 19 14 18 23 — 74
3-pointers: C[Dash]Rivera 3, Kendall 1, Craig 1, Foggie 2, Davis 1; B[Dash]C. Gordon 3, Lopez 3, Wilkes 1, K. Gordon 1.
CLASS S SECOND ROUND
ST. PAUL 54, COGINCHAUG 49
Coginchaug (15-6): Ryan Cross 2 2 8, Brandon Johnson 3 1 10, Tom Vallone 2 1 6, Hunter Jamison 5 4 15, Griffin Murphy 1 1 4, Jack Murphy 1 4 6, Totals 15 13 49.
St. Paul (17-5): Mike Palmieri 8 5 25, Austin Jones 3 0 7, Tyler Arbuckle 4 0 10, Bo Arndt 0 0 0, Darek Wiecki 4 1 9, Brian Considine 1 0 3, Totals 20 6 54.
Coginchaug 16 10 7 16 — 49
St. Paul 10 12 10 22 — 54
3-pointers: C — Cross 2, Johnson 1, Vallone 1, Jamison 1, G. Murphy 1. SP — Palmieri 4, Jones 1, Arbuckle 2, Considine 1.
Of note: Palmieri scored 18 of his 25 in fourth quarter.
Next: St. Paul will play at Westbrook in the quarterfinals Monday.
WCA 85, CLASSICAL 74
WCA (12-10): Jaden Battle 3 1 8, Marquan Watson 6 7 20, Matt Torres 6 5 21, Jalen Edwards 3 8 15, Kyren Petteway 1 4 7, Chad McCoy 2 0 4, Jay Turner 1 0 3, Jessah Doctor 0 0 0, Langston Racine 2 1 7. Totals: 24 26 85.
Classical (14-7): Jarret Frank 2 1 5, Nayshon James 1 0 3, Tyrese Woods 10 2 26, Louis Molina 0 0 0, Tyrese Jones 0 0 0, Rober Simmons 8 0 17, Danny Campbell 10 3 23. Totals: 31 6 74.
3-poinnt: WCA — Torres 5, Racine 2, Battle 1, Watson 1, Edwards 1, Petteway 1, Turner 1. CM — Woods 4, King 1, Simmons 1.
WCA 23 17 19 26 — 85
Classical 14 19 18 23 — 74
Of note: Watson had 17 rebounds and Edwards 12 rebounds for WCA.
Next: WCA will play at Canton in the quarterfinals Monday.
CREED 72, WAMOGO 70 (3 OT)
Creed (13-9): Maurion Lloyd 0 0 0, Syris Davila 4 2 10, Dwayne Davila 5 9 21, Keyshaun Saunders 4 2 10, Tyrese Thomas 0 0 0, Marquel Lloyd 10 6 28, Edwin Rivas 0 0 0, Tyreese Sheats 1 1 3, Michael Gaskins 0 0 0, Totals 24 20 72.
Wamogo (21-4): Sean Coffey 0 2 2, Reid Turtoro 3 4 11, Ethan Collins 3 0 8, Garrett Sattazhan 6 9 27, Owen Hoffman 0 2 2, Eric Zappone 3 0 7, Jasper Brodhead 0 0 0, Max Loomis 6 1 13, Totals 21 18 70.
Cre 13 12 18 3 8 6 12—72
Wam 10 20 13 3 8 6 10—70
3-pointers: C – D. Davila 2, M. Lloyd 2; W – Sattazahan 6, Collins 2, Turtoro 1, Zappone 1.