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Westhill Boys Basketball Defeats Trinity Catholic

The 65-57 victory over the Crusaders gives the Vikings the city championship and town bragging rights

Chris Walters erupted for 25 points as the Westhill boys basketball team defeated Trinity Catholic 65-57 on Friday to claim town bragging rights.

It was the seventh win in eight games for the Vikings, who improved to 11-5 overall and 10-4 in the FCIAC. Trinity Catholic dropped to 12-5 and 11-4.

Mark Edwin scored 16 points and Tony Dobbinson added 10 for Westhill, which rallied from a 32-27 halftime deficit by allowing only 25 points in the second half.

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Trinity Catholic went scoreless for 5 1/2 minutes after leading 51-47 with under six minutes left in the fourth quarter as the Vikings turned around the game with a 14-0 run.

Jason Boswell scored 20 points and Schadrac Casimir added 14 for the Crusaders. Westhill helped put away the game by shooting 14-of-15 from the foul line.

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Trinity Catholic had built a 39-27 advantage in the third quarter of a back-and-forth game

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