Chargers hand Serra Catholic its fifth straight loss

By Jeremy Tepper

MVI Sports

Late in the second quarter Tuesday night, Our Lady of the Sacred Heart coach Mike Rodriguez sat down on the auditorium stage behind his bench with his feet dangling as he watched his team put on a clinic. 

Meanwhile, Serra Catholic first-year coach A.J. Corso paced the sideline, searching for a tourniquet to stop his team’s bleeding.

That bleeding never really stopped, as the Chargers used a 28-4 showing in the second quarter to decimate Serra Catholic, 73-35, in nonsection play. 

Now facing a five-game losing streak, Tuesday’s game provided the greatest encapsulation yet of where Serra Catholic (1-6) wants to go and just how far away it is from getting there. 

OLSH (9-0), last year’s WPIAL champion, is a well-built machine, playing with deathly efficiency. Serra Catholic, still trying to find its way, is leaking oil.

“If you let them get on that run, you’re done for, pretty much,” Corso said. “We played really well in the first quarter and then the turnovers started to happen, and that’s how they got their run.” 

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