Posted on 09 March 2014 by wsimmons. Tags: Bishop Ireton softball
Seniors Susie Rhodes, Heather Pearson return for their final campaign for Cardinals' softball.
The 2014 Ireton softball team is looking to improve on last year’s 13 win season as it opens the season at home against Elizabeth Seton on March 11th. This year’s squad brings a mix of experienced talent and energetic youth to the diamond.
Three seniors will lead the club this year. Southpaw, All WCAC pitcher Susie Rhodes returns to the circle bringing pitches with both heat and movement. Megan Sullivan’s powerful bat will anchor the line up; while Susquehanna University recruit, Heather Pearson returns at short stop. Juniors Katie Riley and Maggie Coyle will be making a strong contribution this year both in the field and at the plate.
There are high expectations for a strong group of sophomores. Clara Boggs will see action at first base with her classmate, Molly Jeffers nearby at second. Angela Kammen will be anchoring the outfield. Angela Click and Vivian Grey will provide depth at a variety of positions. The team is rounded out with a pair of freshman. Emma Klein will see duty behind the plate and Dominique Gill brings power to the line up.
Coaches Terri Pearson and Mike Hutton will be coaching the base paths again this year through the 25 game regular season. Commenting on the upcoming season Coach Pearson remarked, “We have a wonderful group of talented girls this year, am eager for the weather to improve and get out on field.”
In addition to playing a tough WCAC schedule, Ireton faces off at home against cross town rival St Stephens/St Agnes on March 18th. They will travel to Richmond for the annual North/South double header on March 29th and take a 5 day spring break trip road trip to Myrtle Beach to play teams from up and down the east coast. All home games are played at Luckett, field located at the corner of Duke Street and Quaker lane, first pitch is at 4PM.
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Posted on 09 March 2014 by wsimmons. Tags: Bishop Ireton basketball
Senior Dan Noe, back row, second from the right, joins an elite group of WCAC basketball players on the first team for the 2013-14 campaign at the WCAC championship at AU's Bender Arena.
Naval Academy-bound senior, Dan Noe was selected to the prestigious first team, all-Washington Catholic Athletic Conference (WCAC) by coaches in their post season balloting. Senior Patrick Moseh, committed to Wheeling Jesuit, joined the Fairfax, Virginia, native as second team, all conference selectee while three other boys and one girl made the league’s honorable mention rolls. Noe averaged just under 15 points per game, while Moseh was nearly 16 per contest.
Coach Neil Berkman’s squad, finishing 18-13 for the season, once again down the defending conference champions in the WCAC postseason playoffs, with strong play from his two seniors. Joining the pair with WCAC recognition included seniors Jamie Senft (10.1 ppt) headed to West Point next fall, and Ty Quarles (9ppg). Sophomore playmaker Jeremiah Brooks rounded out the picks on the boys’s side.
For the girls, junior Alexandra Stipano, with a team-leading 32 three-point goals and a 9.6 points per game, was named by the conference coaches as the Cardinals’ honorable mention awardee. Her squad ended the season with an upset of #6 St Catherine’s in Richmond before falling the next night in Lynchburg to the third-seeded Liberty Christian Academy in the Virginia Independent Schools Athletic Association’s Division I playoffs.
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Posted on 09 March 2014 by wsimmons.
Junior Alex Stipano (left) poises with an autographed game ball presented to her by head coach Derek Campbell to recognize Stipano's 500th point.
Junior Alexandra Stipano of Bishop Ireton achieved a career milestone in the team’s first round Washington Catholic Athletic Conference playoff when she scored her 500th career point in the Cardinals setback to the Archbishop Carroll Lions.
Stipano, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Stipano of Alexandria, is a three-year varsity player for Bishop Ireton. She led the club in three-point shooting with 32 made and a 9.6 points per game according to the Washington Post.
The three-year letterman scored 53 points as a freshman, 206 in her sophomore campaign, and 252 over the course of the current season to achieve the milestone.
The WCAC also selected her to the honorable mention list of players recognized at the end of the 2013-14 campaign.
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