By Owen McCue
After running the table through its first seven Philadelphia Catholic League games, Lansdale Catholic had a gauntlet waiting for it to conclude its PCL slate.
Cardinal O’Hara, Archbishop Wood and Archbishop Carroll awaited; all programs the Crusaders hadn’t taken down in a long, long time. (MaxPreps had LC a combined 0-for-50 against those three PCL powers dating back to 2006).
LC dropped the first one of those tests against Cardinal O’Hara and came into this week with matchups against perennial powers Archbishop Wood and Archbishop Carroll still looking to prove itself among the league’s elite.
After locking down Wood on Tuesday and holding on for a 42–39 victory over Carroll on Thursday, the Crusaders put themselves among the league heavyweights and locked up a share of the PCL regular-season title and likely the top seed in the league tournament beginning Feb. 16.