Athletics

Devin Bolden scored his 1,000th point and became the 6th boys basketball player to eclipse that mark. This took place in the opening round of the city tournament in a 90-49 victory over Herron. He also added 10 rebounds moving him closer to becoming the school’s all time leading rebounder. He followed that up with a 28 point 20 rebound performance in a quarterfinal victory over Heritage Christian. That game took an overtime victory to push Cardinal Ritter to their first City Semifinal appearance in 8 years. Bolden hit the tying basket with 30 seconds to go in overtime followed by the go ahead foul shot. The Raiders survived #2 Heritage Christian possessions to advance to play #1 seed Cathedral. Your Raiders jumped out to an early lead behind the perfect shooting of Bolden in the 1st quarter as he went 6-6 from the field and 1-1 from the foul line to net 11 points in the quarter. The Raiders maintained the lead for 27 of 32 minutes but 2 fouls on Bolden in the 3rd quarter sent him to the bench and gave Cathedral the advantage they needed to come back and secure the win. Hopefully this showing proves to the Raiders that they have a great chance to win their Sectional. Cathedral is the #2 ranked team in 3A and #9 overall in the state. Rylan Coleman played an outstanding floor game throughout the City Tournament as did Anthony Anuka. Devin is 35 rebounds away from becoming the school’s all time leading rebounder! That record has stood since 1969!!