By ADAM COULTER
Salina Post Contributor
Sacred Heart finished up its games at Chapman's Irish Classic on Saturday by sweeping a doubleheader against Bishop Ward. The girls never trailed in a 65-11 blowout while the boys stayed unbeaten with a 61-48 win.
In the opening game, with the score 4-2, the Lady Knights ended the first quarter on a 22-0 run and never looked back. The advantage ballooned to 43-6 at halftime and 59-9 after three quarters.
Nine different Sacred Heart players scored in the 54-point win with Skylar Douglas leading the way with 20 points. Adelyn Lee added 15 and Mia Hamilton netted 10 points off the bench.
The Lady Knights are now 2-2 as they'll return home Tuesday night for a matchup with Berean Academy.
In the second half of the twinbill, Sacred Heart got its first four points from Noah Hines. Unfortunately, he also picked up two early fouls and had to be taken out of the game. Will Tuttle proceeded to take over and score the final 18 first-quarter points for the Knights to make the score 22-13.
In a back-and-forth second quarter, each team wound up with 10 points and the Knights led 32-23 at halftime. The Cyclones edged a little closer in the third quarter and trailed 42-35 heading into the final period.
In the fourth quarter, after trailing by as many as 12 points, Bishop Ward made one last run to cut the deficit to four, but that was as close as they could get. Sacred Heart pulled away and ended the tournament with a 13-point win.
Tuttle led the Knights with 32 points and Hines added 16. Ben Disberger and Dominic Matteucci scored six and five points, respectively, off the bench.
The Sacred Heart boys are now 4-0 and will head back to Salina to face Berean Academy Tuesday night.
Tipoff is scheduled for 6pm for the girls with the boys to follow. Coverage of both games can be found at salinapost.com.