Carondelet shakes off rough first half, beats Piedmont to reach NCS final

Carondelet shakes off rough first half, beats Piedmont to reach NCS final

CONCORD – Carondelet needed less than three and a half minutes at the outset of the third quarter Wednesday night to erase a nightmarish first half that had threatened to short-circuit the team’s pursuit of a North Coast Section Open Division girls’ basketball championship. A 13-0 run immediately after halftime enabled the Cougars to overcome an eight-point deficit on their way to a 52-39 NCS semifinal victory over visiting Piedmont. Carondelet …