Bishop Ireton High School | Archive | May, 2013

Head Coach Mike Gallagher (left) departs Ireton after 6 years at the helm, leading the Cardinals to 2 championship game appearances and earning the 2008 coach of the year honors in the WCAC.

Athletic Director Bill Simmons has announced that varsity baseball coach Mike Gallagher will step down, effective June 1st to pursue some long-standing personal goals. 

Simmons lauded the efforts of the Hayfield High School graduate and one of the most successful baseball coaches in the School’s history.  “Coach Gallagher is a baseball guy. He is 100% committed to the Cardinals, to baseball and to developing baseball players. I am sorry to see him go, but I understand and respect what he is doing and why he is doing it. He leaves on great terms with us and we are wishing him well.”

Gallagher spent 7 seasons at Bishop Ireton. He came to the school in 2007 as a varsity assistant coach after spending the 2006 season as the head coach at Hayfield HS in Alexandria, where he was the Patriot District Coach of the Year.

In 2008, Mike Gallagher was named the head coach of the Cardinals. During his 6 years leading the redbirds, the Cardinals amassed 65 wins. They had 4 winning seasons. 4 trips to the VISAA State Playoffs, and 2 trips to the WCAC finals in 2008 and 2009.   Coach Gallagher was named WCAC Coach of the Year in 2008. The Cardinals have sent several players on to the next level to play college baseball, including 5 in this year’s senior class.

Simmons indicated the search for a replacement will begin immediately, but no time table has been set regarding the hiring of a new varsity head coach.

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Freshman distance runner Isabel Wilcox was Ireton's highest placing individual runner in the 2013 WCAC track & field championships at Good Counsel.

Bishop McNamara and DeMatha, a pair of WCAC track heavyweights, tied for the 2013 boys track and field champion, while favored Elizabeth Seton edged McNamara on the girls side of the meet to repeat as Conference champions at the annual gathering at Olney, Maryland’s Our Lady of Good Counsel.  The Cardinals girls’ team finished 9th while the boys were 10th.

Freshman Isabelle Wilcox got the Ireton girls on the board with her 8th place finish in the varsity 3200 meter run in a time of 12:30.55.  The girls captured their other scoring opportunity with a 5th place finish in the 4×100 relay.  The team of freshman Gabrielle Hall, sophomore Christiana Grant, junior Capri Puglise, and senior Nicole Bond toured the oval in a time of :52.54.

The boys team, a largely underclassmen crew, were kept off the scoreboard until the Cardinals 4x100meter relay team of frosh Michael Taye, juniors Wossen Bekalu and Joseph Sardegna, and senior Brandon Price-Williams  logged a respectable :49.24 time, good for a 7th place finish.

Final Team Standings:

Boys                                                                     Girls

1. DeMatha/McNamara – 118           1. Elizabeth Seton – 199

2                                                                  2. Bishop McNamara – 191

3. St Johns College HS – 110             3. Holy Cross – 86

4. Gonzaga – 109                                  4. St Mary’s Ryken – 39

5. Good Counsel – 56                           5. St John’s College HS – 38

6. Archbishop Carroll – 47             6.  Bishop O’Connell – 36

7.  PVI/Bishop O’Connell – 36       7. Good Counsel – 34

8.                                                              8. PVI – 33

9. St Mary’s Ryken – 28                    9. BISHOP IRETON – 5

10. BISHOP IRETON – 2               10. Archbishop Carroll – 2

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Scholastic Rowing Association of America hosts the US national championships annually

The Bishop Ireton boys varsity 8+ boat has qualified for the SRAA nationals at the Camden County Boathouse in Pennsauken, New Jersey.   Racing begins on Friday,  May 24th,  with the finals slated for Saturday.  They are one of three boats, including the girls varsity 8+ and the freshmen girls 8+ that qualified for the first time in Ireton crew history.

Information about the regatta, including the schedule, school entries, race course info and directions can be found at https://www.sraa.net/“

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Bishop Ireton’s girls qualified a pair of boats for the Scholastic Rowing Association’s US National championships at the Camden County Boathouse in Pennsauken, Friday, May 24 and Saturday, May 25th.

The two 8+ boats are the first girls boats to qualify for the prestigious regatta that will host many of the top crews in American high school rowing.   Along with the boys varsity 8+, Ireton will have its largest contingent of rowers in program history at the regatta.

Fans can  get more information about the regatta, including the schedule, school entries, race course info and directions at https://www.sraa.net/

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Ireton qualified 3 boats for semifinals, most in program history at Stotesbury.

Bishop Ireton sent a program record three boats to the semifinals of the Stotesbury Regatta, held this past weekend on the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia, PA. This is the largest junior rowing event in the country with as many as eighty boats competing in a single event. 

The girls freshman 8, the women’s senior 8, and the men’s senior 8 all advanced through the time trials and into the match race format of the semifinals. The woman’s junior eight missed by 0.39 seconds to be the fourth Bishop Ireton boat moving ahead.

The girls’ freshman 8, the current Washington Metropolitan Interscholastic Rowing Association (WMIRA) freshman champions, represented the first freshman boat from BI to advance, the seeds for continuing success for our women’s program.

The season will be ending for the rowing program and the men’s senior eight, a women’s varsity 4 and the freshman eight compete next weekend at the Scholastic Rowing Association of America (SRAA) national championships on the Cooper River in Cherry Hill, NJ.

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Cardinal goalie, Olivia Cole (22) and "Charlie" Buising (8) are busy during action over spring break on Long Island, NY

The Bishop Ireton girls’ varsity lacrosse team finished the season 17-6 with a team two-thirds composed of freshmen and sophomores (14 of 21 players). The Cardinals are only graduating three seniors this year—Brenna Heaney, Charlie Buising and Michaela Mulokey.  In 2014 there projects to be only four seniors—Olivia Cole, Kendall Cunningham, Annie Barletta and Catie Isham. 

During the 2013 season, the girls’ lacrosse team: 1) advanced to the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference (WCAC) championship game for the first time since 2009; 2) advanced to the semifinals of the Virginia Independent Schools Athletic Association championship tournament; 3) twice defeated 2012 WCAC champion Holy Cross—during the regular season 7-6 on April 19^th and during the WCAC playoffs 13-5 on May 9^th; 4) defeated two tough New York state opponents up on Long Island during spring break—Sacred Heart 11-5 on April 2^nd and Long Beach 5-4 on April 3^rd; 5) defeated 2012 Georgia state runner-up Lassiter 15-12 on April 5^th; and 6) finished fourth overall in LaxPower.com’s DC Area power rankings.  

Only two early season losses could be considered “out of reach.” Two other losses were by single goals—vs. Milton (Georgia) 12-11 on April 5^th; and vs. Collegiate 9-8 on May 17^th. The Cardinals finished the season winning 10 of their last 12 games.

Twelve players received 2013 All-WCAC honors: First Team—sophomores Kelly Matthews, Charlotte Sofield, Isabel Obregon and Kaitlin Luzik; Second Team—senior Brenna Heaney, juniors Kendall Cunningham and Olivia Cole, and sophomore Natalie Irwin; Honorable Mention—senior Charlotte Buising, sophomore Christine Macey, and freshmen Kelly Larkin and Maggie Lohrer.   

The 2013 season saw 18 different players score goals with seven players in double digits and there were 16 different players getting assists with six players in double digits. Five different players were ranked among The Washington Post’s AllMetSports.com top 50 statistical leaders—Kelly Matthews was tied for 28^th with 65 goals; Charlotte Sofield was 7^th with 47 assists, Isabel Obregon was tied for 22^nd with 31 assists and Kelly Larkin was tied for 42^nd with 24 assists; and Olivia Cole was 8^th with 173 saves.  

Kendall Cunningham had a team season-high eight goals vs. Potomac School on April 18^th. Charlotte Sofield had a team season-high six assists vs. Paul VI on March 26^th. Olivia Cole had a team season-high 15 saves vs. Sacred Heart on April 2^nd and actually got two assists during the season as well—one each vs. Bishop O’Connell on May 3^rd and vs. Collegiate on May 17^th. Cole also had a sharp eye for notifying referees about illegal sticks being used during free position shots—going 8-of-9 on the season including two against the same St. Anne’s Belfield player on March 12^th.  

Olivia Cole, Kaitlin Luzik, Charlotte Sofield, Natalie Irwin, Kelly Matthews and Maggie Lohrer were recently named to play for different teams representing the D.C. Metro Region in the prestigious Schoolgirls’ Division of the U.S. Lacrosse Women’s National Tournament taking place May 25-26 at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, PA. 

Charlotte Sofield, Isabel Obregon, Kaitlin Luzik, Natalie Irwin and Olivia Cole were all named to Under Armour’s 2013 Underclass All-American Washington, D.C., team. The D.C. team will battle it out with nine other regional teams from around the United States at the respected Under Armour All-America Lacrosse Classic July 5-7 at Towson University in Baltimore, MD.   

Natalie Irwin and Olivia Cole are members of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes’ Girls Lacrosse National High School Team that will compete at the Lake Placid Summit Classic August 5-7 in Lake Placid, NY.   

Varsity and junior varsity players will again be playing this summer for various travel teams at tournaments all along the East Coast and sharpening their lacrosse skills at a variety of summer camps. This travel team/camp involvement also holds true for incoming Class of 2017 freshmen including participation in tournaments as far afield as the Vail Lacrosse Shootout July 1-3 in Vail, CO, and the U15 National Championship July 23-25 at Disney World’s ESPN Wide World of Sports complex in Lake Buena Vista, FL.

 The future does indeed seem to hold much promise and potential for the Bishop Ireton girls’ lacrosse program under head coach Rick Sofield.

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Freshmen Kelly Larkin is one of the many bright stars logging varsity experience the Cardinals hope will pay big dividends down the road.

Bishop Ireton saw turnovers and draw controls put them in a 7-3 hole at halftime and even an inspired second half left them just short in falling 9-8 to Collegiate School of Richmond Friday on the Cougars’ home field.

The  Cougars never trailed in the first half, pulling away from a 2-2 tie to bolt to the 4-goal halftime bulge, taking advantage of Cardinal miscues, playing strong defense and getting exceptional goaltending. The play of both keepers was especially strong, particularly in the second half.

Ireton came out in the second half, pressed the home team with defense and Olivia Cole was impenetrable in the net.  On the offensive end of the field, Ireton played a more patient, deliberate style and forced the green-clad Cougars to call a time out after pulling to 7-6. Charlotte Sofield tied the game at seven before Kelly Larkin’s crossing pass was tipped into the net and gave the Cardinals their only lead of the day at 8-7 at 10:12.

Collegiate would stiffen, shutting out Ireton the rest of the way and score their first goal of the half at 16 minutes into the period.  They then wrestled the lead back with five minutes to play.

The third-seeded hosts packed their defense at the 12 meter arc while Ireton moved the ball around the perimeter probing for an opening for much of the game’s final minutes. The Cardinals got their chance when sophomore Kelly Mathews was fouled but her free position shot resulted in a spectacular save and a ground ball to the Cougars. Ireton would never regain control of the sphere in the final minutes as Collegiate worked the delaying game around the perimeter.

The game was a rematch of the 2012 semifinals, last year it was Ireton that pulled the upset to move on to the finals against St Stephens. Once again this year, the victorious Cougars get the tall order of facing the Saints for a state title.

Ireton returns to Cambridge Road 17-5 on the season, disappointed in the loss no doubt, but losing only three seniors from the squad that made its second consecutive state semifinal, as well as its first appearance in the WCAC finals only days before for the first time since 2009.

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Christine Macey was one of a number of Cardinals with three goals in the 17-6 VISAA quarterfinal win over Norfolk Academy Tuesday at Fannon Field.

The Bishop Ireton Cardinals girls’ lacrosse defeated the visiting Norfolk Academy  Bulldogs 17-6 last night at Fannon Field in a Virginia Independent Schools Athletic Association (VISAA) quarterfinal state playoff game. The win means Bishop Ireton (17-5) plays Collegiate (15-6) in a semifinal matchup this Friday, May 17, 5:00 p.m., in Richmond. Bishop Ireton beat Collegiate 12-8 on March 16 in the Cardinals’ second game of the regular season.

The Bulldogs opened the scoring and held their last lead at 2-1 before Ireton regained a 2-2 tie in the game’s first ten minutes. The Cardinals regrouped however, and began to pull away, holding a 7-3 halftime advantage. The second-seeded Ireton continued the pressure in the second half, outscoring the 7th seeded visitors 10-3 in the game’s final 25 minutes.

 Twelve different Cardinals received credit for goals and/or assists during the game, including four players who notched goal-scoring hat tricks. Junior Kendall Cunningham got 3 goals; sophomore Christine Macey scored 3 goals and had one assist; sophomores Kelly Matthews and Isabel Obregon each got 3 goals; freshman Grace Fletcher had one goal and one assist; senior Brenna Heaney and sophomore Natalie Irwin each got one goal; junior Catie Isham had 2 assists; freshman Kelly Larkin got goal and 4 assists; sophomore Charlotte Sofield had one goal and 2 assists; freshman Maggie Lohrer and sophomore Maggie Wiltsie each had one assist; and junior goalie Olivia Cole got 4 saves.

 The game this Friday will be broadcast LIVE via the Internet at http://visaa.org/dynamicPage.jsp?pageName=home&category=main. Click on the “VISAA.tv is Here!” screen shot. Click on the text link to the 5:00 p.m. ET girls’ lacrosse semifinal game “Bishop Ireton vs. Collegiate”—this will get you to the free streaming broadcast of the game.

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Cardinals' Ben Judd (10) hits during Ireton's 5-2 season-ending game with LCA at Frank Mann Field.

Andrew Selby did all he could to give the Bishop Ireton Cardinals  a boost, but it wasn’t enough to get past Liberty Christian in the VISAA quarterfinals, as the Cardinals  lost 5-2 in seven innings at Frank Mann Field on Tuesday.

It was a good day at the plate for Selby, who went 2-2 and drove in one. He singled in the first and third innings.

Bergin got the win for Liberty Christian. He allowed two runs over five innings. He struck out five, walked two and surrendered six hits.

Liberty Christian was sparked by Clinton and Barrick, who teamed up for four hits and four RBIs.

Liberty Christian jumped on the Cardinals early with a solo home run by Clinton.  Liberty Christian pushed across one run in both the third inning and the seventh. In the third, Liberty Christian scored on an RBI double by Barrick, bringing home Bergin.

The Cardinals countered with one run in the bottom of the fourth to cut their deficit to one.  A groundout by Cody Hagenston triggered the Ireton comeback, but Bergin worked out of  the inning by getting Todd Cunningham to ground out.

Liberty Christian piled on two more runs in the top of the fifth. Barrick kicked things off with a double, scoring Clinton. That was followed up by C Kirkland‘s double, plating Barrick.

A one-run fifth inning helped bring the home team within two. A sacrifice fly by Selby gave the Cardinals hope, closing the margin to 4-2, before Bergin got Nick Tangora to ground out to end the threat.

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