Cardozo’s response led to a 66-52 home win, earning the Clerks a return trip to the DCIAA championship game. In his three years as coach, Fox has rapidly turned Cardozo (23-4) from a doormat to ...

Cardozo’s response led to a 66-52 home win, earning the Clerks a return trip to the DCIAA championship game. In his three years as coach, Fox has rapidly turned Cardozo (23-4) from a doormat to ...

Cardozo stuns No. 9 Jackson-Reed to win first DCIAA title since 2007. After years of building, the Clerks toppled a Tigers team that had won five of the last seven league championships.

Cardozo had 11 steals in the win, including eight in the second half. They helped spur a 14-2 fourth-quarter run. In their third year under Fox, the Clerks are 13-2.

On Thursday night at Coolidge, Cardozo made magic. The Clerks — who hadn’t won a D.C. Interscholastic Athletic Association title since 2007, whose coaches could not remember the last time it ...