The Father Judge boys’ basketball team sprinted toward its student section, where only a line of security guards prevented classmates from storming the court. Father Judge slayed two-time defending Catholic League champion Roman Catholic Sunday afternoon by overcoming a double-digit first-quarter deficit to grind out a 41-34 victory.

Father Judge took on Roman Catholic with an ending that felt like this year's Super Bowl. Roman Catholic was going for a three-peat and its 35th championship, while Father Judge had not won since 1998, when its coach was a player on the team.

Father Judge defeated Roman Catholic, 41-34 in boys basketball for the Catholic League championship. "This is particularly true if Russia assesses that the US cannot or will not support the European NATO countries in a war with Russia.

The Father Judge boys’ basketball program had waited 27 years since its last Catholic League championship. But the wait ended Sunday at the Palestra when Judge came back from an early 10-point deficit to beat Roman Catholic,