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Cardozo suffers first PSAL loss in 2 years

By Dylan Butler

In the finale of the Gauchos High School Challenge Games in the Bronx Saturday night, Ron Naclerio saw two sides of his Cardozo boys basketball team.

With a punishing press and some deft passing, the Judges showed why they were the defending PSAL champions in the first half against Paul Robeson. But in the second half, the inexperience of Cardozo, with only two returning starters, manifested itself as the Eagles reeled off a 17-1 third quarter run en route to a 66-59 win. It was Cardozo