St. Anne holds off Clifton Central for rivalry win in the RVC

Just nine days after playing a double overtime thriller for third place in the blue bracket of the Kankakee Holiday Tournament, the St. Anne and Clifton Central boys basketball teams met at St. Anne’s Jack Sikma Court on Tuesday, exchanging a third-place tournament trophy for pivotal standing ground in the River Valley Conference. While the game was settled in regulation this time, the finish was perhaps just as nail-biting, with the Comets getting a couple of chances to tie the game in the closing moments before the host Cardinals held on for a thrilling 61-56 win. “We’re just two good teams,” said St. Anne senior guard Grant Pomaranski, who had a...