Bishop Ireton High School | Articles | Game Preview/Recap

May 15, 16 saw the Bishop Ireton rowers hit the road for the first of two national level regattas held in Philadelphia area.  First, the team competed in the Stotesbury Regatta in Philadelphia (the world’s largest high school regatta) where the Men’s Varsity 4 finished in 15th place (out of 60 boats) overall. The Women’s Varsity 4 finished in 16th place overall in a field of 57 boats. The Cardinals’  women’s double as well as the women’s novice quad rowed hard, but did not advance to the semi-finals.

Bishop Ireton rowed in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, May 22, 23  at the Scholastic Rowing Association of America (SRAA) National Regatta where both the men’s and women’s Varsity 4 boats competed hard. They both were behind in their opening heats in fifth place and then finished strong in the last five hundred meters to come in third.

This sent them to the repechage round instead of going straight to semi-finals. In their repechage heat for the women, they ended up in a very tight race pulling very hard at the end to finish first. The men’s boat also was in a tight race and ended second in a close finish. The two boats then advanced to semi-finals where they fell short and did not advance to finals. The women’s boat finished 18th overall and the men’s boat finished 17th overall. Bishop Ireton made a good, strong showing after a season filled with adversity.

We are very proud of our entire team and look forward to a strong group of men and women returning to BI Crew next year!

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Villanova-bound Drew Smith anchors Bishop Ireton’s 4×400 meter relay to a 5th place finish at WCAC championships on May 17th at Good Counsel.

After a rough winter season that never wanted to end, Bishop Ireton’s track and field team finally got on the track and has been racing ever since.  The team closed the spring season Saturday at the 2015 Washington Catholic Athletic Conference’s Track and Field Championships at Our Lady of Good Counsel High School in Olney, Maryland.

The DeMatha Stags claimed the boys’ title, edging second place St Johns and for the 8th consecutive year, Elizabeth Seton raced away to a lopsided win on the girls’ side of the meet.

Thomas Ward recorded a top 1o finish for the Cardinal guys in the 3200 meter event. Ward covered the distance on a hot, sunny afternoon in a time of 10:40.65.  Joe Siedlarz earned a 6th place finish for Ireton in the discus with a toss of 104 feet, 9 inches.   The relay team of Sam Smith, Josh Ammon, Drew Smith and Perris Jones earned a 5th place in the 4×100 in a time of :45.65.

The girls again saw the distance runners shine. Freshman Laura Mueller ran a 12:57.60 in the 3200 to earn a 6th place finish while Isabelle Wilcox was 4th in the 1600 event with a time of 5:31.67 and 10th in the 800 meters in a time of 2:31.59.

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It’s all smiles for the Cardinals after stopping undefeated St Stephens 12-10 for the second year in a row to win the VISAA Division I lacrosse championship in Ashland, Virginia.

Bishop Ireton made it two in a row, topping previously undefeated and top-ranked St Stephens/St Agnes 12-10 Saturday to win the VISAA Division I state championship.

Ireton bolted to a 5-0 lead early, behind a pair of goals from Kelly Larkin and Charlotte Sofield, and one from Kayla Marshall,  then watched the advantage melt in the second half as the Saints rode a series of free position shots, including the first four by Ellie Carson to tie the game at 9-9 when Ellie Majure scored for St Stephens/St Agnes.

After a Cardinal time out, senior Kelly Larkin gave the Cardinals the lead and the Cardinals extended it to 11-9 moments later. Saints drew within one a Majure tally before the Ireton regained the two goal margin and won the final draw of the game and possessed the ball for the game’s final 4 minutes.

Kayla Duperrouzel was one of the unsung heroines of the game, winning key draws early setting up the fast start by Ireton, then winning key draws late to steal the momentum back from the top-ranked Saints.

Cardinals end the season 21-3 while the Saints taste defeat for the first time since they lost to Ireton last year in the state finals, and end 28-1.

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Isabelle Wilcox cruising to her first win in the 800 meters at Catholic State meet Saturday at John Paul the Great High School.

Bishop Ireton’s boys and girls track & field teams competed in the Virginia Catholic State championships at St John Paul the Great Saturday. The girls earned a 4th place finish with three champions while the boys were 7th.  St John Paul the Great won both the boys and girls titles handily on their home track.

Isabelle Wilcox claimed both the 800 meters and 1600 meter races and teammate Laura Mueller won the 3200 meter event to pace the Cardinal girls. Senior UNC-bound lacrosse player, Charlotte Sofield, ran in the 200 meter dash, and earned a 4th place finish in her first competition.

Thomas Ward snared the bronze medal for the boys’ 3200 and Josh Ammon was a third place finisher in the 110 meter high hurdles.  Brothers Sam and Drew Smith joined Will Barth and Josh Estevez for a third place in the 4×400 boys’ relay while the 4×100 relay team also earned a 4th (Sam Smith, Josh Ammon, Drew Smith, and Perris Jones).

Bishop Ireton will close the 2015 outdoor season next Friday, May 15th and Saturday, May 16th in Olney, Maryland, as Good Counsel hosts the 2015 WCAC track & field championships at Kline Stadium. Admission is $5/day.

The results are below:

Team Standings:

Boys                                         Girls

John Paul 124                           John Paul 175

Benedictine 105                        Paul VI 132

Bishop O’Connell 78                Bishop O’Connell 77

Paul VI  57                                  Bishop Ireton 37

Bishop Sullivan  38                   Walsingham Academy 32

Peninsula Catholic 38               Peninsula Catholic 32

Bishop Ireton 32                    Bishop Sullivan 10

Walsingham Academy 24           St Gertrude 3

Individual Highlights:

Isabelle Wilcox, 2015 Catholic State Champion in both the 800M and 1600M events.

Laura Mueller, 2015 Catholic State Champion for the 3200M event.

Thomas Ward, 3rd in the state in the 3200M event.

Josh Ammon 3rd in the state in the 110 High Hurdles event.

men’s 4X400 team for finishing 3rd in the state.
(Sam Smith, Will Barth, Drew Smith, and Josh Estevez)

-Charlotte Sofield finished 4th in the state .08 seconds away from finishing 3rd.

100M:
-Drew Smith finished 8th in the state
-Perris Jones finished 9th in the state

110 High Hurdles:
-Noelle Miranda finished 8th in the state
-Josh Ammon finished 3rd in the state

800M:
-Josh Estevez finished 6th in the state

1600M:
-Josh Estevez finished 7th in the state

200M:
-Perris Jones finished 9th in the state
-Will Barth finished 10th in the state

300M Hurdles:
-Paul Poling finished 4th in the state

3200M:
-Thomas Ward finished 3rd in the state
-Matt Poling finished 10th in the state

400M:
-Drew Smith finished 5th in the state
-Sam Smith finished 7th in the state

4X100 Relay (Sam Smith, Josh Ammon, Drew Smith, and Perris Jones):
-finished 4th in the state

4X400 Relay:
-finished 3rd in the state

Discus:
-Joe Siedlarz finished 6th in the state

Long Jump:
-Perris Jones finished 5th in the state
-Mikayla Lazar finished 6th in the state

Shot Put:
-Joe Siedlarz finished 10th in the state

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Rowers pose following a busy and successful day of racing on the Anacostia River at the 2015 WMIRA championships.

The 2015 WMIRA Championship was held Saturday May 9, 2015 on the Anacostia Rover. WMIRA has grown to be a large and premier organization with many of the leading rowing school racing under WMIRA. In recent years many Stotesbury Cup Regatta winners come out of WMIRA, noted the Cardinals’ Coach Jim Mitchell.

Bishop Ireton’s girls’ Senior Four won the WMIRA Championship for the very first win in a Senior/Varisty Event at WMIRA for program. The Rowers from Stroke of the boat to the Bow are Noelle Cheney, Isabel Shirron, Carla Pena and Elizabeth McCabe. The coxswain was a freshman Elyse Holmes. They won both their first heat and event final in very convincing form.

In a very tough race the boys’ Senior Four took a Bronze Medal racing against keen competition. With Veronica Richardson sidelined, Elyse Holmes had to cox both boats, literally jumping out of one boat and right into another. With the boys racing first in the finals, she had to land her boat and then immediately jump into the girls’ boat and get to the starting line, a 40-minute period normally, she hustled around in 8 minutes.

With the win, the girls have earned the right to represent this area in the Scholastic Rowing Association of America. This is an invitation only regatta and held over Memorial Day Weekend.

In a season marked by a new coaching staff, a prolonged winter, boat accidents, and a tough, unpredictable schedule, the rowers demonstrated a resilience in racing well in the season’s biggest meet to date, according to head coach Jim Mitchell.

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Sophomore Kayla Duperrouzel gets ready for the first draw versus Bishop O’Connell.

Bishop Ireton’s bid to defend its 2014 WCAC  girls lacrosse championship was derailed by third-seeded Holy Cross 10-9  Thursday.  With the win, it is the #8 Tartans (15-3) that will face Good Counsel on Monday at 5pm on Ludwig Field at the University of Maryland.

The Cardinals started the contest like a team on a mission, bolting to a 3-0, and 4-1 advantage. Holy Cross Coach Kirsten Coleman called a timeout with 14:19 to play and Bishop Ireton seemed poised to blow the game open. Instead, it was the Tartans that grabbed the initiative. When Delaney Muldoon scored on a free position shot the Tartan’s rallied to 4-3.  Kayla Duperrouzel responded for the Cardinals, but the momemtum had shifted sides as the first half wore down.

Holy Cross scored the final two goals of the first half in the period’s final 44 seconds and the visitors took at 6-5 advantage to intermission on a perfect day for lacrosse.  The Cardinals had played a strong second half  most of the season and the Ireton faithful hoped for more of the same.

Kelly Larkin scored the first goal of the second half, but the Tartans continued to attack, play an aggressive defense and Jackie Branthover stopped the Cardinals time and again when the defense wasn’t turning the Cardinals over.  Suddenly it was 9-7 for the black shirted Marylanders and the game seemed to slow to a crawl in the Cardinals offensive zone.  With 19:28 Ireton closed to 9-8, with 5 minutes to play it was 10-9.

The game was slipping away and nothing the home team did was enough or making a difference. Holy Cross spread the field and played the cat-and-mouse game that made the contest look like they were playing 15 field players. Cardinals chased, Tartans move the ball one step ahead as the seconds ticked off the clock to the final :00.

For the Cardinals (17-3), a bitter disappointment but the VISAA state playoff loom next week. Some consolation to have another prize, a state championship and possibly a match up with neighboring St Stephens/St Agnes to capture one of the season’s two big prizes.  Quarterfinals are Tuesday at Fannon Field, time and opponent to be determined. Admission to VISAA  playoffs is $5/person.

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The Bishop Ireton girls’ lacrosse team defeated Bishop O’Connell last night 19-7 to advance to a WCAC semifinal playoff game tomorrow at 4:00 p.m. versus the Holy Cross Tartans at Fannon Field. The Cardinals dominated the visiting Knights from the opening draw; jumped out to a 6-0 lead with 17 minutes left in the first half; and led 16-1 at halftime.

Sophomore Kayla Duperrouzel gets ready for the first draw versus Bishop O’Connell.

The tough Bishop Ireton defense kept Bishop O’Connell under control yesterday.

Eleven players scored goals and/or got assists: Natalie Irwin had 1 goal, 1 assist; Kelly Mathews got 4 goals, 2 assists; Charlotte Sofield notched 3 goals, 3 assists; Jackie Bewick had 1 goal; Christine Macey got 2 goals; Maggie Wiltsie notched 1 goal; Lexi Ledoyen had 1 goal; Katie Ryan got 1 goal, 1 assist; Kayla Duperrouzel notched 1 goal; Grace Fletcher had 1 goal; and Kelly Larkin got 3 goals, 3 assists. Amelia Cole had 3 saves and Libby Lee had 2 saves.

The hustling Cardinals also dominated the fielding game with 15 ground balls and 11 caused turnovers while committing only six turnovers.

Ireton now has a 17-2 overall record, 8-1 in the WCAC, and 9-0 at home. IF the Cardinals win their semifinal game tomorrow versus Holy Cross they would play in the WCAC championship game for the third-straight year on Monday, May 11, at the University of Maryland’s Ludwig Field.

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Senior Jake Murray drives off the tee at Woodmore versus Bishop McNamara.

Senior Drew Smith chips on the green as teammate Carter Rostron looks on.

Senior Christian Flores won his first varsity match played as the Cardinals five players from the class of 2015 combined to top the Academy of the Holy Cross, 8-1 in WCAC golf action at Army-Navy Country Club Monday.

Joining Flores was Dominic Wagner, Jake Murray, Carter Rostron, and Drew Smith with wins for Bishop Ireton.  The squad’s win improved their WCAC record to 6-3 with a season-ending dual match with Gonzaga slated for Wednesday, also at the historic Army-Navy venue in Arlington. Tee time is 3:30pm.

WCAC championship action takes place on Tuesday, May 12th at the University of Maryland Golf Course in College Park, Maryland.  Golfers tee off at 12:30pm.

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Bishop Ireton recognized seven players & two managers during senior day pregame ceremonies Saturday.

The Bishop Ireton girls’ lacrosse team won their last regular-season game of the year at Fannon Field 18-9 against the Cape Henlopen Vikings of Delaware on Senior Day, Saturday, May 2. After a battle royale in the first half and the Cardinals clinging to an 8-7 lead, the home team broke it open in the second half. Almost total dominance at both ends of the field allowed Ireton to outscore the six-time defending Delaware state champions 10-2 in the second half.

Ten different Cardinals got goals and/or made assists: Kayla Duperrouzel got 3 goals, 1 assist; Kelly Larkin had 5 goals, 2 assists; Kaitlin Luzik notched 1 assist; Christine Macey got 1 assist; Kayla Marshall had 1 goal, 1 assist; Kelly Mathews notched 3 goals, 3 assists; Madison Mote got 1 goal, 1 assist; Charlotte Sofield notched 4 goals, 4 assists; Maddie Stephens had 1 assist; and Annie Sullivan got 1 goal. Amelia Cole had 6 saves. The team came up with 19 ground balls and 12 caused turnovers during this game.

2015 Senior Class

Julie Hanson (#4—Defense) will be attending Virginia Tech in the fall to study sports medicine. Natalie Irwin (#10—Captain/Defense) accepted a Naval Academy Foundation candidate position and will attend The Peddie School this coming fall. Kaitlin Luzik (#13—Captain/Midfield) will attend and play lacrosse at the University of Virginia in the fall. Rachel Macey (Manager) will attend the University of Virginia this fall. Kelly Mathews (#14—Captain/Attack) will attend and play lacrosse at Boston University this fall. Christine Macey (#17—Attack) will attend the University of Virginia this fall. Camille Polson (Manager) is looking forward to attending the University of Virginia in the fall. Charlotte Sofield (#15—Captain/Midfield) is attending and playing lacrosse at the University of North Carolina this fall. Maggie Wiltsie (#21—Attack) will study medicine in the fall at the University of Virginia.

By the Numbers So Far…

The nationally top-10 ranked Cardinals finish the regular season with a 16-2 overall record, 7-1 in the WCAC, and 8-0 at home. At this point last year Ireton was 14-4. Bishop Ireton scored 266 goals during the 18-game regular season—an average offensive output of 14.77 goals per game. The defense allowed just 121 goals during the regular season—an average of only 6.72 goals allowed per game. During the 2015 season so far 21 players have scored goals and 13 players have made assists.

Upcoming Playoffs

In tomorrow’s WCAC quarterfinal playoff game Bishop Ireton plays the Bishop O’Connell Knights Tuesday, April 5, 4:00 p.m., at Fannon Field on Cambridge Road in Alexandria, VA.  IF the Cardinals win that game they would play in the WCAC semifinals at Fannon Field again on Thursday, May 8, 4:00 p.m. The WCAC championship game is Monday, May 11, at the University of Maryland’s Ludwig Field.

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Senior Kaitlin Luzik and six teammates will play their final home game Saturday at 4:30pm when they host Cape Henlopen Delaware, the 6-time defending state champions on Ireton’s senior day.

The Bishop Ireton girls’ lacrosse team beat WCAC opponent Paul VI by a convincing 17-3 margin on Tuesday, April 28, at Fannon Field; and suffered a heartbreaking loss to the Good Counsel Falcons last night 17-16 in Olney, Maryland. The Cardinals finish their WCAC regular-season schedule 7-1 and will have the #2 seed in the conference tournament starting next week. Your redbirds are 15-2 overall right now—with one regular-season game remaining. At this point last year the team was 13-4.

The Cardinals came out hard and fast against the visiting Paul VI Panthers, scored their first goal in 27 seconds, and simply never looked back after that first quick strike. Bishop Ireton held a comfortable 11-0 lead at halftime. Key to the win was a near total dominance of draw controls. Eight different players got goals or assists: Kelly Larkin notched 3 goals, 5 assists; Kelly Mathews had 4 goals; Charlotte Sofield got 3 goals, 1 assist;  Kayla Marshall had 2 goals, 2 assists; Kayla Duperrouzel had 2 goals, 1 assist; Christine Macey got 1 goal, 1 assist; and Grace Fletcher & Madison Mote each got 1 goal. Amelia Cole made 6 saves. Ireton also claimed 24 ground balls and scooped up 12 caused turnovers.

Bishop Ireton came out firing against Good Counsel and went up early 3-0, but it was a seesaw battle the whole game. The game was tied 8-8 at halftime. The Falcons scored the winning goal with 45 seconds left in the game. Ireton had a chance to tie it with mere seconds left but the shot didn’t make it in the goal—it was close! This was only the third time this season so far that the Cardinals have allowed 10 or more goals to be scored against them. This happened six times last year…and things worked out pretty good in the end for Ireton in 2014.

Seven different players for Bishop Ireton scored goals and/or made assists as follows: Mathews got 4 goals, 1 assist; Sofield had 3 goals, 1 assist; Larkin notched 3 goals, 3 assists; Duperrouzel got 2 goals, 2 assists; Kaitlin Luzik had 1 goal; Christine Macey notched 2 goals; and Marshall got 1 goal, 1 assist. Cole made 5 saves.

Ireton’s WCAC quarterfinal playoff game is set for Tuesday, May 5, 4:00 p.m., at Fannon Field versus Bishop O’Connell. This initial 2015 playoff game is just the first step for the Cardinals’ program towards its ultimate goal of another “Six Games in May.”

But wait, there’s more!

Don’t forget about SENIOR DAY and the Cardinals’ last regular-season game of the year this Saturday, May 2, 4:30 p.m., versus the tough Cape Henlopen Vikings at Fannon Field. The Vikings are the six-time defending Delaware state champions who took the Cardinals to double overtime on May 2, 2014. Ireton was able to win that hard-fought game 12-11 in Lewes, DE.

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