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For much of the first three quarters of the Class 3A state championship game, Calvary Christian watched as a majority of Spring Hill Bishop McLaughlin’s shots found the net.
The Hurricanes took the lead from the Eagles in the first quarter and built it — briefly — to 12 points in the third quarter. But Calvary Christian launched a comeback attempt late in the third quarter to cut into the deficit. In the fourth quarter, the Eagles tied the game, took the lead and surrendered it again.
In overtime, Calvary Christian outscored Bishop McLaughlin 9-0 to win the Class 3A state championship 85-76 at the RP Funding Center in Lakeland on Friday night. The championship is the second in the program’s history.
“Our guys, they’ve played in big-time games already,” Calvary coach Cilk McSweeney said. “And that’s the reason why we played this type of schedule. They played their hearts out for me. We were able to overcome.”
Led by junior Emanuel Sharp, the Hurricanes excelled at shooting for most of Friday’s game. Sharp finished with a game-high 33 points. He knocked down four of Bishop McLaughlin’s nine 3-pointers. The Hurricanes finished the game shooting 52 percent from the floor and 43 percent from behind the arc.
“Those kids can play, man,” McSweeney said. “They’re just as good as those guards we played at IMG or Montverde, and they’re all coming back. Unless we move to 4A, we plan on ending up seeing them again.”
Despite Bishop McLaughlin’s strong shooting, Calvary kept pace. The Hurricanes got out to its one double-digit lead early in the third quarter with a 13-7 run to start the third quarter. But the Eagles battled back to cut the deficit to six by the end of the period.
Calvary caught up with Bishop McLaughlin in the fourth quarter. The final period of regulation had six lead changes as the two teams battled into the final seconds. Sophomore Marvel Allen gave the Eagles their first lead since the first quarter with a jumper with 5:57 left in the fourth quarter. Calvary went on an 8-0 run to take a 65-61 lead with 4:47 remaining in the fourth quarter.
Sharp picked up his team down the stretch, scoring seven points in the final 1:07 of the fourth quarter, tying the game once and giving the Hurricanes the lead twice. But Eagles sophomore Carl Cherenfant tied the game on a free throw with 4.8 seconds left, sending the game to overtime.
All but two of Calvary’s overtime points came on free throws, as junior Gregg Glenn scored four points, Cherenfant three points and senior Dylan Canoville closed out the Eagles’ championship season with a spinning dunk in the final seconds.
Allen led Calvary with 21 points. Cherenfant added 18 points, Glenn scored 15 points and Canoville and junior Taylor Hendricks had 13 points each. Four of those five players, with the exception of Canoville, return to the Eagles next year for a chance to defend their state championship.
“This year, I’m glad we finished up and won it, but we’ve got so much more to give,” McSweeney said. “We’re going to get back in the gym in like another two weeks, and we’re going to devise a plan to develop them and start getting their weaknesses stronger. And our goal is to be a top-five team in the country next year and have a chance at GEICO (Nationals) and be ready to beat teams like Montverde and IMG.”
