Cathedral beats Attucks to win City Championship

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Cathedral finally got the Tigers off their back.

For the third straight year, the Cathedral Fighting Irish faced the Crispus Attucks Tigers in the Indianapolis City Championship Monday night at Arsenal Tech High School. The Tigers owned the bragging rights from the last two seasons, but the Irish aren’t strangers to hoisting the city tournament trophy. The two programs have won the title the last eight years.

This year belonged to the Irish, though. Led by 19 points from Brady Koehler, Cathedral held off a late Attucks surge to be the city champs once again, beating the Tigers, 71-63.

“Just really proud of our guys, how they just battled,” head coach Jason Delaney said postgame. “We didn’t play a perfect game tonight, but they found a way to win and made some veteran plays when it mattered.”

“It means a ton. We haven’t won the last two years. I haven’t won since I’ve been on varsity, so I mean it’s great to contribute and get a win,” Koehler said. “We’ve been on a little drought in the city, so just nice to get a dub and I’m doing it with the guys I’ve been playing with for a long time, so it’s great. It feels great.”

Cathedral now moves to 12-4 on the season, holding strong to the No. 5 ranking in Class 3A. The Irish play Winton Woods of Ohio next. Meanwhile, the No. 9 Tigers drop to 10-6 and will host Indianapolis Washington on Wednesday.

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