Bishop Ireton High School | Archive | November, 2012

Senior Nick Womack is among Ireton's most experienced wrestlers returning for the 2012-13 campaign.

Coach Don Dight is coming off a pair of seasons with more than 20 dual wins, a couple of tournament championships, and two first-team, all-Met wrestlers on his resume’.   With another challenging season ahead and crew of anxious, but young wrestlers returning, the Cardinals will be an exciting team to watch develop.

The grapplers will start December 1st when they head to St James School for a season-opening tournament, then begin the dual meet season, Wednesday, Dec 4th,  in McLean with the Panthers of Potomac School.  December 15th brings the annual Bishop Ireton Holiday Classic wrestling tournament in Godley Gym.  The Cardinals will have onlytwo other home events,  a pair of WCAC triangulars, where they host St Johns and Good Counsel on January 21st in Godley Gymnasium and the Knights, both O’Connell and St Mary’s Ryken, visit on January 30th.

The Cardinals will head to the Northern Region tournament again this year at Fairfax High School.  The two-day affair, Dec 7th and 8th, is a 32-team mega tournament. Last year, the redbirds 9th place finish was the highest by a private school and yielded a champion at 215 in all-Met Andrew Lutterloh, now off to wrestle for King College in Tennessee.  Ireton will return to the St Stephen’s Christmas tournament on Dec 28th, the King George Tournament downstate in January, as well as the Catholic Commonwealth Tournament at Benedictine on Jan 19th.

The annual WCAC championship tournament will be hosted by St John’s on Feb 2.  The march begins then with St Albans tourney the following weekend, then the VISAA state championships, and National Preps closes the campaign.

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The Cardinals' outside hitter Emileigh Rettig, above, was a leader in the metro area in kills and digs.

Senior volleyball player Emileigh Rettig of Alexandria, Virginia, was selected to the Virginia Independent Schools Athletic Association’s Division I first team, all state squad Saturday. 

The outside hitter for Bishop Ireton ended the 2012 campaign 4th in the Washington Post in kills with 380 and 10th in the Post in digs with 413, second overall in the WCAC in that category.  “It’s a great honor to be included on this all state team, but it is a team game and my teammates put me in the position to have this success.” said Rettig.

“It is a culmination of all the hard work and dedication she has invested the past four years. It all came together for her, and her family, this year.  We always knew she had this type of potential.  She will continue to get better when she gets to college.” said her coach, Kathy Gutmann.

Rettig was named to the first team, all WCAC volleyball squad earlier in the month and the Alexandria Sportsman’s Club selected her as the Club’s Athlete of the Month in September.  Her volleyball plans after high school are still a work in progress.

2012 ALL STATE TEAMS

Division I

First Team All State:

 Jennifer Garrett – Player of the Year                     Liberty Christian Academy

  Claire Crutchfield                                                    Bishop O’Connell High School

              Haley McClure                                                        Flint Hill School

              Ally Ford                                                                   Flint Hill School

              Kathryn Brown                                                        Paul VI High School

              Morgan Horne                                                         Liberty Christian Academy

              Erica Narel                                                              Flint Hill School

              Emileigh Rettig                                                Bishop Ireton High School

              Allie Nicholson                                                        St. Anne’s – Belfield

              Rachel Morris                                                           Liberty Christian Academy

Second Team All State

              Griffin Adams                                                            Norfolk Academy

              Michelle Abt                                                              Flint Hill School

              Paige Humphrey                                                    The Madeira School

              Dawson Boese                                                      Paul VI High School

              Gabrielle Goodall                                                    Cape Henry Collegiate

              Leah Joseph                                                           St. Stephen’s/St. Agnes

              Coach of the Year – Carrol Anderson                 Flint Hill School

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Bishop Ireton will open the 2012-13 varsity girls basketball season at the familiar Saints Tip Off Tournament Friday, November 30th and will visit Falls Church over the holidays as part of their 28-game regular season schedule announced Saturday by the Cardinals.

Following the two-day season opening St Stephens tourney, the Cardinals visit Flint Hill, Woodrow Wilson, and Georgetown Visitation before returning to Father Godley Gymnasium for their home opener, Saturday, December 8th with Bishop Sullivan. The girls will again head to Middleburg on December 15th.

It will be a busy Christmas for the Cardinals with Archbishop Carroll calls on Godley Gym Sunday, December 23rd, and  the Falls Church tourney on Dec 26th and 27th.  They will return to WCAC play after the holidays, with only one non-conference match up until possible state playoff action.

Ireton has a tough opening conference line up in December, opening at home with defending state champs, Paul VI before powerhouses, St Johns and Holy Cross follow.  Good Counsel on the road is the first game of the new year on Jan 2d, and Fredericksburg Christian hosts Coach Derek Campbell’s squad on Saturday January 12th.  The regular season will conclude on Friday, February 15th, when diocesan rivals, Bishop O’Connell make their annual trip to Bishop Ireton.

Game times for tripleheader action, that is, freshmen, JV, varsity contests, is 4pm, 5:45, and 7:30.  Freshmen teams return to the schedule for Elizabeth Seton and St Johns, joining the three Virginia Catholics, and Good Counsel. For the doubleheader games, start times are 5 and 7pm. Admission to all WCAC basketball events is $5.

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Freshman Ryan McDonald had a big 4-point night in his first game as a Cardinal with three golas and an assist.

A great home crowd was on hand at the Mt. Vernon Recreation Center last Friday night as the Bishop Ireton Ice Hockey team opened the 2012-13 season with a 7:00 pm tilt against division foe Forest Park/Mountain View with a come from behind, 9-7 win. Unfortunately they had little to cheer about early on as the Cardinals fell behind 3-1 just 5 minutes into the game. With the Cardinal offense slow to get started, the Bruins closed out the 1^st frame with a 4-1 lead. Ryan McDonald, one of seven Freshman on this year’s squad, had the only tally for Ireton, netting his first of the season.

Two quick Forest Park goals early in the 2^nd period extended the lead to 6-1. With the Bruins on a power play and threatening to blow the game open, Stephen Gerke scored short-handed on a feed from Phillip Thomas to cut the deficit to 6-2. That goal would serve to finally awaken both the home crowd and the potent Cardinal offense, and would be the first of 8 unanswered goals scored by the Bishop Ireton team. Duke Roach and Phillip Thomas each notched their first of the season, and Ryan McDonald closed out the scoring in the 2^nd stanza with his third goal and the Cardinals had clawed their way back to a 6-6 deadlock after 2 periods.

Picking up right where they left off, the Ireton squad scored three more times in the 3^rd period, upping their lead to 9-6. The go-ahead goal, giving Ireton its’ first lead of the game and the season, was scored by another Freshman, Johnathan Chin, just over a minute into the period. With the frenzied Ireton crowd firmly behind the team, Duke Roach, with his second, and Ryan Scott closed out the scoring. The Bruins weren’t done yet however, scoring a late goal with just over 2 minutes left in the game to cut the lead to 9-7, but it was too little too late. Despite playing the last 53 seconds at a 2-man disadvantage, the Cardinals were able to withstand a furious Forest Park rally to stem the scoring and finish out the game without any further damage.

The offensive attack on this night was led by a pair of 4-point efforts turned in by Ryan McDonald (3 G, 1 A) and Ryan Scott (1 G, 3 A). Duke Roach (2 G, 1 A), Phillip Thomas (1 G, 1 A), Johnathan Chin (1 G, 1 A), Nick Tangora (2 A), Stephen Gerke (1 G) and Patrick Coyne (1 A) rounded out the scoring. Michaela Mulokey, making her first start in net, had 10 saves for the win. The Cardinals next game is on the road this Friday night, November 16^th, at 8:10 pm against Yorktown at the Kettler Capitals Iceplex in Arlington. They finish out the weekend with a Sunday contest against Freedom

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Connor Burke and Mitchell Wooten at Woodberry Forest for VISAA state meet Saturday.

In the last meet of Bishop Ireton’s cross country season, the team’s top 22 runners closed out the year at the Virginia Independent Schools State Cross Country Championships at Woodberry Forest. 

Senior Katie Necochhea finished first among Cardinals’ girls in 21:14, and finished 16^th overall.  She was followed by Maggie Lohrer who placed 20^th in a time of 21:20.  Rounding out Ireton’s top five were Alex Georgi, 22:46, Kaitlin Luzik, 23:20, and Isabelle Wilcox, 23:25. 

Duke Roach finished first for Ireton and 24^th overall in 18:15, followed by Connor Pearson, 18:31, Michael LoGrande, 19:11, JP Ryan, 19:23, and Sean Pili, 19:36.

Bishop Ireton’s girls placed 9^th overall, with Bishop O’Connell taking the top spot.  The  boys placed 8^th, with Trinity Episcopal claiming 1^st.

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Coach Neil Berkman enters his fourthseason with high expectations with more experienced players than ever in his tenure at Ireton.

Bishop Ireton unveiled the 2012-13 varsity boys basketball 28-game regular season schedule Friday, one that includes 4 Sunday afternoon contests with some of the Cardinals’ biggest rivals.  Additionally, Ireton will travel to Atlanta, Georgia, for the Pius X Holiday Invitational over the Christmas holidays.

Coach Neil Berkman enters his fourth season with the Cardinals, fresh off the redbirds best season in more than 10 years. 14-16 overall, Ireton notched a 6-12 WCAC record in the country’s toughest basketball conference, including a pair of blowout wins late in the year.  Not earthshattering for many programs, but in the competitive Catholic league, any win is a big win when there aren’t any “gimme’s” on the slate.

In addition to the holiday excursion to Georgia, the WCAC schedule features four Sunday afternoon matinees with the Cardinals’  biggest WCAC rivals, Bishop O’Connell on Sunday, January 13th, Paul VI on the 27th of January, and Gonzaga’s Eagles on February 10th in Godley Gym.  The club will travel to Archbishop Carroll on December 23rd for a tripleheader with the Lions as well.

Following a 4-game preseason, that includes Poly Prep of New York srimmaging the Cards in Godley Gym on November 1th, Ireton will open the varsity season on the road, at Episcopal on December 1, then off to Fairfax High School on Dec 3rd.  The home opener features the Saints of St Stephens visiting Cambridge Road  on Wednesday, Dec 5th and the MAC’s Potomac School calls on the redbirds on Friday, Dec 7th.

After Christmas, Bishop Ireton returns to the Pope Pius X Invitational tournament after a long absence on December 27-29.   The Gonzaga tilt in February is the final home game on the schedule, with the regular season coming to a conclusion on February 15th when Ireton journeys to Arlington to face the Knights of Bishop O’Connell.  The Cardinals will also host Alumni Night at the Januray 25th contest with Archbishop Carroll, when the Ireton Alumni Office will welcome back two teams of alums to battle it out with a 6pm tipoff in between the JV and varsity tipoff.

The schedule, (HOME game in caps) game times are tentatively set:

Nov 16 (S) OAKTON 6:30pm

Nov 18 (S) POLY PREP1pm

Nov 24 (S) MARET 3pm

Nov 27 (S) Bullis 5:45pm

Dec 1 Episcopal 3pm

Dec 3 Fairfax HS 7:30pm

Dec 5 ST STEPHENS/ST AGNES SCHOOL 6pm

Dec 7 POTOMAC SCHOOL 6pm

Dec 8 ST ANDREWS EPISCOPAL SCHOOL 6pm

Dec 11 Paul VI 7:30pm

Dec 15 Pope John Paul the Great  3:30pm

Dec 21 St Johns 7:30pm

Dec 23 Archbishop Carroll 3:30pm

Dec 27-29 Pope Pius X Holiday Invitational Tournament

Jan 2 GOOD COUNSEL 7:30pm

Jan 4 St Mary’s Ryken 7pm

Jan 5 FLINT HILL 3:30pm

Jan 8 DeMatha 7:30pm

Jan 11 BISHOP McNAMARA 7:30pm

Jan 13 BISHOP O’CONNELL 3:30pm

Jan 22 Gonzaga 7:30pm

Jan 25 ARCHBISHOP CARROLL 7:30pm

Jan 27 PAUL VI 3:30pm

Jan 29 ST JOHNS 7:30pm

Feb  1 Good Counsel 7:30pm

Feb 5 ST MARY’S RYKEN 7pm

Feb 8 DeMATHA 7:30pm

Feb 10 GONZAGA 3:30pm

Feb 12 Bishop McNamara 7:30pm

Feb 15 Bishop O’Connell 7:30pm

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Senior Kyle Brynteson joined Mori Diane on the WCAC all conference team announced Friday.

The WCAC announced the 2011 all conference teams for both boys and girls soccer.  The Cardinals landed four players on the first team, three second team selections, and seven players on the honorable mention list as well as capturing the first coach of the year award since Marianna Sullivan won the award in 2010.

Boys team captain Mori Diane was Bishop Ireton’s first team selectee.  He led the Cardinals with 18 goals and 9 assists for the season and, more importantly to Coach Jon Norem, Diane was the leader by example on the field.  The rangy senior is exploring his college soccer opportunities, including possibly Duquesne University in Pittsburgh.  

They were joined by their head coach, Jon Norem, selected by his peers.  “Jon clearly did a great job this season, we were the most improved team in the league without question. Our team has seen plenty of tough times in the past couple years, I was thrilled to see their hard work rewarded with a winning season. ” commented Bishop Ireton athletic director, Bill Simmons. “Jon has patiently coached, taught, and encouraged his players and it is obvious in the performance on the field.  I am glad for Jon that his colleagues took this step to publically recognize his work.”

Said Norem of the award, “I told the team that this is really a reflection of their efforts, it speaks to what they are doing on the field, not what I am doing on the sidelines. I am honored to recognized, but this is really about what the players earned.”

Senior Kyle Brynteson was a second team all conference honoree, as a middle fielder. He was joined by honorably mentioned Cardinals Preston Haugh, Spencer Amarantides, and goalkeeper Andrew Perham. 

The girls team, under head coach Gino Leon,  had another strong season. The conference’s coaches recognized Bishop Ireton’s efforts with three first-team, all WCAC picks. Senior Karina Azar was selected as a forward while teammates junior forward Adrienne Maday and defender Emily Gupton  joined her on the elite team. More good news for next year as the coaches tapped junior defender Natalia Barrow and freshman forward Lilian Webber for the league’s second team, all conference squad. 

Three of four honorable mentions return next fall, junior midfielder Kenza Alaoui joined sophomore middies Grace Hamilton and Corinna Vasques on the list with senior defender Nicole Bond.   “It was a strong season for a team that expects nothing less than great seasons,” suggested Ireton’s Simmons of the girls’ selections. “We have established our program as among the strongest in the area. That win over Bethesda-Chevy Chase, the 4-time Maryland state champs was no fluke. Being invited to McDonogh in the first place is evidence of the respect they have achieved. Of course, once you get that respect you have to work to keep it.”

The WCAC selected a pair of players as Player of the Year for both boys and girls, while Holy Cross’ Nelson Abreau was the girls coach of the year.  Midge Purce of Good Counsel and Morgan Reuther of Bishop O’Connell shared the girls’ honor while Nicholas Corriveaue of Gonzaga and Chris Odoi-Atsew of DeMatha tied for the boys’ award.

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Cardinals boys finished second it Catholic states, third in WCAC.

At the 2012 Virginia Catholic Schools State Cross Country Championships, Bishop Ireton’s varsity girls team finished 2^nd just 8 points behind Paul VI.  Maggie Lohrer placed 3^rd in a time of 20:10, with Katie Necochea finishing 4^th in 20:17, and Alex Georgi taking 12^th in 21:30.  Varsity boys also placed 2^nd overall also behind Paul VI.  Duke Roach finished 8^th in 17:40, Michael LoGrande placed 9^th in 17:42, and Jack Leyden took the 13^th spot in 17:50.  Freshman Thomas Ward placed 9^th overall in the JV race with a time of 20:21 and Noelle Miranda finished 10^th among JV girls in 26:05. 

And at the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference meet at Lake Fairfax, Ireton’s freshman runners placed 5^th overall, as did both the JV girls and boys teams (Bishop O’Connell placed 1^st for girls and Good Counsel took 1^st for boys).  The varsity girls placed two runners in the top twelve, freshman Maggie Lohrer finished 3^rd with a time of 21:00 and Katie Necochea placed 12^th in 22:08.  Bishop O’Connell took the varsity girls top spot overall, with Ireton finishing 4^th.   Connor Pearson placed 10^th in a time of 18:16 in  the boys varsity race, and Ireton finished 3^rd overall with Gonzaga taking the top spot.

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Senior Justin Paige returned punts, intercepted passes, and generally did it all in his final game as a Cardinal.

Bishop Ireton (1-9) ended the 2012 football season on a positive note with a lopsided 41-21 win over Pope John Paul the Great (2-8) that was not as close as the final score might suggest.  After a season of near misses and bad breaks, everything fell into place for the Cardinals enroute to a 34-0 halftime lead. 

For the Cardinals it was a nearly flawless first half.  On the game’s third play from scrimmage, junior linebacker Hudson Sullivan picked off  Austin Otter’s first pass of the day and returned it to the Wolves 42-yard line.  The visitors needed only 4 plays to cover the distance, with Justin Paige hauling in a PJ Zingler toss for 30 yards and an Ireton touchdown.  Sophomore Ben Zagata-Hurley added the extra point to give the white-jerseyed Cardinals a 7-0 lead.

Sullivan and freshman Trey Levisone combined for a sack on John Paul the Great’s next possession to force a Wolves’ punt.  Neither team could muster a drive until Ireton gained possession late in first quarter.  A nine-play drive that included a pair of 4th down conversions led to Ireton claiming a 14-0 lead when Zingler found Brandon Price-Williams out of the backfield and the senior broke a pair of tackles enroute to a 17-yard touchdown with :29.4 seconds left in the first.

Following Justin Paige’s 36-yard punt return to the JPGHS 27-yard line, Bishop Ireton quickly scored its third touchdown. Sophomore Andrew Latrash took a handoff on consecutive plays, once for 18 yards, then for the final nine and Ireton had a 21-0 lead with 9:29 to play.

A series of miscues by both teams ensued as John Paul the Great misplayed the kickoff into an Ireton recovery only to see junior Matthew Rayhel intercept Zingler on the next play. The Wolves would return the ball to the redbirds however, as a halfback pass from Michael Horan went off the fingers of junior JR Brandon-Hooker and into the hands of Justin Paige, who was seemingly everywhere on the field Saturday. The interception put Ireton deep in John Paul the Great territory and two plays later Zingler hit senior Austin Carter on a 10-yard slant to make it 28-0 less than a minute after Ireton’s last score.

Freshman punter Matthew Nguyen attempted to field a low snap on the home team’s next possession, but when his knee touched the grass, the ball was dead at that point.   A costly mistake for the Wolves that the visitors immediately cashed in with a error-plagued drive by both clubs. Nonetheless, five plays later, Carter fielded a screen pass and raced up the middle 18 yards for an Ireton touchdown.  A missed PAT sent the game to halftime 34-0.

The second half would see the Cardinals tack on a final tally when Latrash plowed in from a yard out and plenty of playing time for many Ireton reserves.  The Wolves continued to play on hard on their Senior Day finale, but the contest was long before decided even as the green and black host team narrowed the final margin.  The game was interrupted following an apparent neck injury to the Wolves’ junior Sam White, a defensive lineman, on the Latrash touchdown run.  Following the delay, the inspired John Paul squad added a pair of touchdowns to close out the scoring.  The condition of the injured White was unknown at the conclusion of the contest.

As is his usual practice, Coach Verducci spoke to the team on the field immediately following the game, summing up his feelings in three points: he was so very happy for the team and its seniors to cap the season off with a victory; he hoped they would fondly recall experiences that outshine their record; and he expressed his joyin coaching this team as much as any other in his eleven years at Bishop Ireton. As the sun set on a glorious afternoon, the team reflected Coach Verducci’s commitment by shouting “Brotherhood!” before they left the field.

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Freshman Stephanie Lin advanced to the #4 singles championship match with a win over Jenne Barube of O'Connell.

Top-ranked freshman Stephanie Lin, playing number 4 singles, advanced to Monday’s championship match in the WCAC tennis tournament.  Bishop Ireton’s other semifinals were defeated in play on Saturday at the Olney Manor Park Tennis facility.

Lin, the Alexandria Sportsman’s Club athlete of the month for October, defeated third-seeded Jenne Barube of Bishop O’Connell 8-2 on another blustery day of outdoor tennis in Maryland.  Lin will face second-seeded Michelle Bucher of St John’s in the championship match at 1pm Monday.

Paul VI’s Anna Markel topped the Cardinals’ Natalia Spinetto 8-3 in number 2 singles to advance to the championship while sister, Cristina Spinetto, was upended in the #5 singles semi’s by Bishop O’Connell’s Mariel Cardenas in a thriller, 9-7.  Ireton’s 4th semifinalist, second-seeded junior Avery Morrison was edged 8-6 by the third-seeded Sarah Thomas of PVI.

The WCAC tournament is the team’s final event of the season, seeded 10th in the state, only the top 8 move into the playoffs.

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