Bishop Ireton High School | Archive | February, 2015

Coach Jason Harris, (center, right) presents a commemorative ball to senior Alex Stipano before the Holy Cross game. Alex’s parents, Dan & Tena joined her at center court prior to tipoff.

The evening started with a ceremonial basketball being presented to senior Alex Stipano for scoring her 1,000th point in the Cardinals’ game at St Johns. The celebration of offense was about as much offense as either team could generate in the opening period as both squads struggled to score from anywhere on the floor.

After a 7-4 opening quarter, the teams settled down to basketball in the second period. Stipano added a pair of threes to her DMV-leading total and the Cardinals headed into intermission leading 23-18.

Midway through the third, it was Holy Cross finding their offensive stride to take a 28-26 lead with 4:30 left in the quarter.  Shannon Corridon hit back-to-back threes, part of her 15 points for evening, to return the lead to Bishop Ireton at 31-30.  The 10-2 run would balloon the margin to 36-30 before the visitors got a much needed time out.  Corridon would add six rebounds to the stat sheet in one of the junior’s best games of the season.

With the Cardinals leading 38-33 heading to the final act, the Cardinals pressed the visitors with devastating results and by the 3:59 mark in the final period, Ireton held an 11-point lead at 48-37.  The Tartans would close the gap to 50-44 in the final minute but could muster no more offense.

The win improves the Cardinals to 13-13 overall, 4-12 in the rugged WCAC, while Holy Cross fell to 4-16, 0-13 in the WCAC.  The squad hosts St Mary’s Ryken on Feb 10th and Good Counsel on Friday, Feb 13th, a senior night affair to close the regular season schedule.

News and Notes:

– Coach Jason Harris’ squad will host a play-in game to open the 2015 WCAC championship tournament and likely will host at least one state playoff contest.

– Stipano’s 1000 points is the most career points by a Cardinal since Beckie Fernandez (2006) set a school career record with 1856 career points. The Ireton alum went on to play 4 years at Longwood University, graduating as the team captain.

– Last VISAA Division I poll had the Cardinals sitting at #4, just a couple points higher than Liberty Christian and Flint Hill. Top four teams receive byes, then host a quarterfinal playoff game.  PVI is at the top, DJO is third.

– WCAC and VISAA playoff games will be $5/person at the door. No season ticket or other passes are honored for these games.

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Sophomore Quintin Gilcrest has stepped into a more prominent role as the season unfolds. He scored 8 in the game at Gonzaga Friday.

In spite of a solid performance from Nick Schmelzer with nine points, the Cardinals fell to Gonzaga 81-53.

The Eagles jumped out to a commanding 26-12 lead after one period of play and continued to pull away in the second stanza, retiring to the locker room with a 49-26 bulge.

An 18-12 third quarter pushed the margin to 67-38 after three and the reserves cleaned up in the final period where Ireton outscored the home team by a 15-14 count.

In addition to Schmelzer, the Cardinals also got help from  Quintin Gilchrest (8 points), Jeremy Guillaud (7 points), Michael Everett (6 points), Darius Hines (6 points), Jamie Pasha (5 points), Kyle Bethea (5 points), Joey Hamer (4 points) and Chase Hill (3 points).  The Cardinals finished the game with 22 rebounds (seven offensive/15 defensive).

Eleven Eagles scored in the contest, led by Sam Miller’s 13 and Eddie Scott with 11.

The Cardinals return home for their regular season finale with Archbishop Carroll before closing the campaign with trips to St Mary’s Ryken on Feb 10 and the season ending game at Good Counsel’s Kane Gym on Friday Feb 13.   WCAC playoffs begin on February 19th.

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Senior Cece Leone had 17 points for the Cardinals but it wasn’t enough to overcome SJC

Bishop Ireton’s Alex Stipano had a milestone evening with a game-high 22 points, but the Cadets broke away after a slow start to top the Cardinals in Gallagher Gym Tuesday, 77-54.

For the four-year starter the 22-point night pushed her to 1016 career points.  Senior Cece Leone added 17 of her own, but it was not enough to overcome five Cadets who also scored in double figures, led by Amira Collins with 13.

Bishop Ireton battled the home team early, forging to a 9-8 advantage early in the contest before the Cadets staged a 13-1 run to end the opening session with a 21-10 margin. The lead would grow to 38-21 and St Johns was off and running.

St Johns would add six more to their advantage in the third before the clubs cleared the benches in a high-scoring period where Ireton scored 22 of their 54 and the Cadets added 21 of their own.

Holy Cross visits the Cardinals on Friday as Bishop Ireton will close out the regular season with three home contests. Ryken and Good Counsel follow the Tartans into Godley Gym.

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Junior Nick Schmelzer again led the Cardinals in scoring.

The Cardinals fell to the St. John’s on Wednesday, 73-48, even with Nick Schmelzer scoring 13 points.

Bishop Ireton battled the visiting Cadets nearly evenly for the game’s first 16 minutes, trailing 30-25 by the half.  But, it was a big third quarter by the red-jerseyed Washington, DC school that put the Cardinals in  a hole from which they would not recover.

St John’s came out of the locker room to outscore Ireton 20-10 in the third  to take a 50-35 lead into the final quarter and continued to pull away with a 25-point final period.

Junior Nick Schmelzer shot well from the field, making 50% (3-for-6) of shots attempted as well as 60% (3-for-5) of threes attempted. He also shot well from the line, making 80% (4-for-5) of free throws attempted.

Also helping the effort for the Cardinals were Jamie Pasha (7 points, 5 rebounds, 2 steals), Jeremy Guillaud (6 points, 7 rebounds, 1 steal), Quintin Gilchrest (5 points, 3 rebounds, 1 steal), Michael Everett (5 points, 2 rebounds, 1 block), Darius Hines (5 points, 2 rebounds, 1 steal), Kyle Bethea (3 points), Joshua Cordoba (2 points) and Andrew Dihn (2 points, 1 rebound).  The Cardinals finished the game with 29 rebounds (eight offensive/21 defensive), one block and six steals.

Maryland-bound Anthony Cowan led all scorers with 19 points, junior Kylia Sykes added 18.

Cardinals hit the road to play Gonzaga on Friday night before returning to Godley Gym for their final regular season contest with Archbishop Carroll.

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The Bishop Ireton Varsity Cheerleaders have taken it all for the second time this season! The team competed in the 2015 CCA Classics competition on Saturday at Liberty University. Once again, they won 1^st place in the Large Varsity Division. They also competed against nine other Varsity teams from Greensboro, New Bern and Raleigh, North Carolina as well as Stephens City, Fairfax, Lynchburg and Fredericksburg Virginia to win the Grand Champion trophy for scoring the highest out of any Varsity team in the competition. It was another successful competition for the Bishop Ireton Cheerleaders! Congratulations to the team on their achievements!

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Pre race warm ups at 2015 WMPSSDL Saturday

In a pool of 29 teams, the Bishop Ireton Men’s and Women’s squads each took 9^th place at the Washington Metropolitan Preparatory School Swim and Dive League  Championship held at Fairland Aquatic Center  in Laurel, Maryland on January 31.

New Cardinal team records were set by:

• Anna Shumate in the 100 Yard Breaststroke with 1:05.10, taking first place in her third showdown with O’Connell’s Sarah Cahill, making this series 3-0.
• Ben Gorski in the 100 Free with 46.34, taking fourth place overall.

Six of the Cardinal relay teams went on to place in the finals.

Women’s squad final results:

200 Yard Medley Relay – 5^th – Emma Klein, Anna Shumate, Anna Fracasso, Clara Boggs

200 Individual Medley – 4^th – Emma Klein

50 Free – 4^th – Anna Shumate

100 Fly – 3^rd – Emma Klein and 14^th – Anna Fracasso

200 Free Relay – 4^th – Anna Shumate, Clara Boggs, Abigail Grillo, Emma Klein

100 Breaststroke – 1^st – Anna Shumate (school record!)

400 Free Relay – 8^th – Emma Klein, Clara Boggs, Anney Matlock, Anna Shumate

Men’s squad final results:

200 Yard Medley Relay – 6^th – A.J. Salvatori, Ben Gorski, Michael Morrison, Jimmy Grant

200 Free – 15^th – Jared Steen

200 Individual Medley – 15^th – Michael Morrison

50 Free – 3^rd – Ben Gorski

100 Free – 4^th – Ben Gorski (school record!)

200 Free Relay – 3^rd – Ben Gorski, Michael Morrison, A.J. Salvatori, Jimmy Grant

400 Free Relay – 9^th – Jimmy Grant, Michael Morrison, A.J. Salvatori, Sam Price

Facing tough competition at this meet, the BI Women’s squad finished with 115 points compared to meet winners The Holton-Arms School taking 290 points.  Olympian Katie Ledecky, who swims on the Stone Ridge team, was among the competition making waves at this meet.  Bishop O’Connell narrowly edged out the Lady Cardinals with 122 points, setting the stage for the Saints vs. Cardinals meet this week.  The top men’s school, Gonzaga, scored 478 points against the BI Men’s squad total of 111.

Next up:  Bishop Denis J. O’Connell at Marymount University on Thursday, February 5.  This will be the Cardinal’s season finale for dual meets and Senior Night with brother coaches John Gullickson and Evan Stiles facing off.

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Junior Nick Schmelzer drained 3 three-pointers at #1 DeMatha Friday.

It was a festive atmosphere as the host Stags staged a 50th anniversary party for the School’s milestone win over Power Memorial and a young Lew Alcindor Friday. When the varsity game finally began, top-ranked DeMatha showed it wasn’t distracted by the pregame hype in an 84-44 win Friday night in Hyattsville.

The Stags started fast against the young Ireton squad and bolted to a 27-6 advantage after one quarter.  The Cardinals found their offense in the second quarter but the DeMatha lead grew to 43-19 by halftime.

DeMatha kept their foot on the gas in the third quarter and the margin ballooned to 63-27 as both squads substituted liberally in the fourth period.

Nick Schmelzer again led Ireton (6-18, 0-14) with 11 points, including 3 three-point baskets, while Michael Everett and Quintin Gilcrest each added seven. Kyle Bethea, Joey Hamer, and Darius Hines scored 4. DeMatha (20-1, 11-0) was lead by junior Nate Darling with 21 points, among 11 Stags to score on the evening.

The Cardinals did see their JV team surprise the young Stags, 51-45 to sweep that regular season series with DeMatha, perhaps a first for the Alexandria school.

The Cardinals return to action Tuesday when St Johns visits Godley Gym for Bishop Ireton’s senior night, their next to last regular season home game. They will farewell Jeremy Guillaud, their lone senior on the 2014-15 squad. Bishop Ireton ends the regular season at Gonzaga Friday, returns Sunday, Feb 8th for a rescheduled match with Archbishop Carroll before ending the campaign at St Mary’s Ryken on Tuesday and at Good Counsel on Friday, Feb 13th.  WCAC postseason action begins on February 19th.

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Senior Alex Stipano continues to lead the DC area in three-point shooting as regular season heads to final weeks of the season.

For three periods, Bishop Ireton’s girls’ basketball team matched Elizabeth Seton bucket for bucket, tied heading into the final quarter. But a 22-7 blitz by the visitors gave Seton a 51-36 WCAC win in Alexandria Friday.

Alex Stipano, the Cardinals’ sharp-shooting guard, drained 3 three-point shots in the opening stanza, scoring 9 of Ireton’s first 10 points as the home team clinged to a 10-9 lead after one.

Shannon Corridon and Paige Russell found the range from beyond the arc as the game progressed, the teams heading to the locker rooms with Seton edging ahead on a layup at the buzzer, 24-22.

The third period was a defensive struggle and the clubs tied at 29-29.  Whatever it was, the 4th quarter awakened the Roadrunners.  Seton burst to a 16-7 run in the first 4:16 of the final act and would shut out the home team for the final nearly 4 minutes to win by the final 51-36 margin.

Seton senior Raven Fox led all scorers in the game with 24, her 5th consecutive 20+ point effort while the Cardinals’ were led by Alex Stipano with 14.  CeCe Leone added six, Michelle Montgomery and Aiden Phillips had 5, and Russell and Corridon three each.

Stipano now sits with a DMV-leading 68 3-point baskets on the season, and only six points shy of 1,000 points for her career.  The Cardinal guard has her chance to break the barrier Tuesday when Bishop Ireton (12-11, 3-10) visits Gallagher Gym and St Johns (10-9, 6-5). Tipoff is 7:30.

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