Syracuse.com girls basketball Game of the Week: ‘Faith’ lifts Ludden-Grimes to game-winner (38 photos)

Updated: Feb. 16, 2026, 10:29 p.m.Bishop Ludden-Grimes girls basketball defeated Christian Brothers Academy in Syracuse on Monday, Feb 16, 2026. Marisa Pankow By Ryan Storie | rstorie@syracuse.com Syracuse, N.Y. — With just seven seconds remaining in Monday’s tied “Holy War” battle between Bishop Ludden-Grimes and Christian Brothers Academy, Gaelic Knights’ coach Carm Petrera called a timeout and turned to something greater than the X’s and O’s on the clipboard. For two programs grounded in Catholic tradition, the solution in that moment felt almost poetic. “It was just faith,” Petrera said. “Faith in one another, getting a good screen and then just praying.” Petrera placed her belief in the...