Nylah Scales overcomes illness to post career night as Cardinal Ritter downs Lift for Life

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TOWN AND COUNTRY혻�� Nylah Scales wasn't in a jovial mood on Christmas.

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51st Visitation Christmas Tournament, quarterfinal: Cardinal Ritter 64, Lift for Life 42

51st Visitation Christmas Tournament, quarterfinal: Lift for Life v. Cardinal Ritter — Cardinal Ritter boys basketball players cheer during a 51st Visitation Christmas Tournament quarterfinal against Lift for Life, Friday, Dec. 26, 2025, at Visitation Academy in Town and Country.
Michael Gulledge, Special to the Post-Dispatch

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