Heeg, Newman Catholic Roll On Senior Night

By Adam Rutz

After a season of rebuilding, Newman Catholic finally started to show some life on Senior Night on Saturday, February 12. Justin Heeg, who has been one of the team’s “go-to-guy’s” all season long, in his last home game of the season dropped 21 points on a struggling Athens team. The 5’9” point guard connected on five of his three-point attempts and led the Newman Catholic squad to a 66-47 win over their non-conference opponent Athens High School.

Newman Catholic also had key contributions from junior Brad Knoblock and freshman Marcus Gabriel who both finished with 11 points. The Cardinals improved their record on the year to 7-12, but unfortunately dropped a tough game on the road to Edgar on Thursday, February 17, 66-45. The team is currently sixth in the Marawood South conference with a record of 7-13, and wrapped up their season on Friday with a road match-up at Assumption.

Following the regular season finale, Newman Catholic will try to turn things around entering the playoffs. They hope to get back to sectionals or even further after last year’s team won their first regional title under Coach Jeff Gress.