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2015–16 WINTER AND SPRING Sports in Review


For updated information on each team, please check out the Athletics pages at www.bergencatholic.org


WINTER 2015


Basketball BC finished 20-7 on the season and advanced to the


semifinals of the Non-Public North A state tournament. The Crusaders were led by Taj Benning ’17 and Gabriele Stefanini ’17, who each earned All-County honors for their seasons. For the second straight year the freshman team won the freshman county championship, finishing a perfect 22-0 on the season.


Bowling The Crusaders 15-5 won their first league title since


2013 and finished 10th overall at the Tournament of Champions. BC was led by All-County bowler Kyle Laube ’17.


Hockey BC (3-15-3) was a young, inexperienced team that


played a gantlet of a national schedule, in addition to being a part of the highly competitive Gordon Confer- ence. The Crusaders were backstopped by senior Sal Farruggia ’17 and standout defenseman Diarmad DiMurro ’17.


Indoor Track Under new head coach Joe Charles ’02, the Cru-


saders repeated as Bergen County champions. Jahmel Johnson ’17 and Kevin DeLoughry ’17 each were named All-County in the winter.


Skiing The Crusaders finished their third varsity season and


were led by senior Jack Welsh ’16.


Swimming BC (6-4) captured their fourth consecutive Bergen


County title, in addition to once again winning the Big North United Division. Austin Lee ’18, Tommy


BC (15-2) capped off arguably the finest season in


program history with their fifth consecutive Non-Public A state championship, and finished as the No. 1 team in NJ for the third straight season. The Crusaders once again had a state-record four wrestlers crowned as state champions in Atlantic City, as Shane Griffith ’18, Joe Grello ’16, Kevin Mulligan ’16, andNick Suriano ’16won state titles again. Suriano became only the second wrestler in state history to finish undefeated (159-0) and a four-time state champion.


SPRING


Baseball The Crusaders (25-5) enjoyed one of the best sea-


sons in decades, as they advanced to the finals of the Bergen County Tournament as well as the semifinal round of the sectional state playoffs. BC was led by the combined efforts of such standouts as Nick Esposito ’16, John Mead ’16, Andrew DeRubertis ’17 and Vinnie Mar- tin ’17.


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Scrivanich ’18, Gordon Steward ’19 and Kevin Cortright ’17were leaders on the team for Jason Schlereth ’98,who stepped down from his head coaching position after a brilliant career in charge of the Crusaders.


Wrestling


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