Westview Holds Off Cathedral Catholic in Overtime at SoCal Holiday Prep Classic

Prep Boys Basketball: Montpelier and North Central to face off in Holiday Classic championship

MONTPELIER — The teams were tied after the first quarter, but the Locomotives picked up the pace and cruised past Hilltop for an 83-57 win in the inaugural Buckeye Border Holiday Classic semifinal on Monday at Montpelier High School.

Westview holds off Cathedral Catholic in overtime at SoCal Holiday Prep Classic

The calendar read late December. The tipoff was mid-afternoon, not at night. But when Westview High School’s girls basketball team defended its home floor Monday against rival Cathedral Catholic, the atmosphere felt more like a late February evening playoff game. Westview’s 6-foot-1 Mia Jacobson wobbled off the court in the first period with her bell ringing and nose leaking blood after colliding with the Dons’ 6-2 Bianca Slone. The scorers’ tab…