St. Clement Sports Report

Girls Basketball

The St. Clement Lady Anchors secured a huge 50-45 win against the Cathedral Panthers to bring their Catholic Central League record to 2-5.

At their first meeting in December, the Lady Anchors lost by 25 points, but this time they would not accept defeat. Trailing by 11 with 3 minutes left in the third quarter, St. Clement fought back to go up by 6 with just a minute left in the fourth quarter. After some key free throws to put the game out of reach by 8th grader Katie Monestime (Somerville) and freshman Jessica Popken (Medford), the Lady Anchors pulled out the win. Popken dominated offensively, scoring 32 points and grabbing 9 rebounds, while Elva Martinez (Somerville) continued her team-leading rebounding with 11 boards. Allison Caloggero (Medford) had a great night defensively, holding Cathedral’s star to just 6 points in the second half.

St. Clement now takes on Mount St. Joseph’s Academy in Brighton on Tuesday, January 24 at 5:15PM and Trinity Catholic on Friday, January 27 at 5:30PM.

Boys Basketball

The St. Clement Anchormen improved their overall record to 6-6 after capping off a week with 2 losses with a dramatic win on Friday night over the Matignon Warriors.

Kevin Foley (Medford) continued his remarkable season, hitting a jumper with 1.9 seconds left to beat league rival Matignon 45-43. Earlier in the week, Foley racked up 50 points and 12 assists against the Marian Mustangs and the Cristo Rey Knights. Foley capped his amazing week with 61 points.

The young St. Clement Anchormen will take on the Trinity Catholic and Maimonides Academy this week.

Boys Hockey

The Anchormen beat the East Boston Jets 8-4 at Porazzo Rink to set their overall record to 3-9. Junior center Kevin Flanagan (Charlestown) scored a hat trick. Next up for the Anchormen are Nashoba Tech and Trinity Catholic.

– Submitted by Dina Caloggero