Our Lady of Mercy girls and St. Jerome’s boys win CYO basketball championships
After about 4,000 student athletes participated on 383 Catholic Youth Organization basketball teams in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington this winter, girls and boys champions were crowned following the recent 14U Mid Atlantic CYO basketball championship games. The archdiocese’s CYO youth basketball program is believed to be the largest youth basketball program in the Washington area.
Our Lady of Mercy girls win ninth championship
The 14U girls’ CYO Mid Atlantic basketball championship was held on Feb. 23 at Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School in Washington between teams from Our Lady of Mercy Parish in Potomac and St. Elizabeth’s Parish in Rockville. The girls’ team from Our Lady of Mercy prevailed, 21-16, in a tense defensive struggle that saw only eight points scored by the two teams in the first half.