DC – Washington Catholic Athletic Conference | Archive | October, 2011

Seniors Helena Barber, above, and Katrina Guillou were named first team, all WCAC. It was the third award for Guillou.

The Washington Catholic Athletic Conference (WCAC) has announced its first, second, and honorable mention selections Monday on the eve of the league’s championship playoffs.  Five Cardinals were selected to the first or second team girls squad while one boy was honored on both first and second team rosters. Four others were honorably mentioned by the WCAC.

Senior defender, tri-captain Nick Galdos was a first team all-WCAC selection on the boys’ side while tri-captain senior Eyobell Behre was selected to the Conference’s second team.  Sophomore Spencer Amarantides and senior goal keeper and team tri-captain Chris LaBarbera were named to the honorable mention list for the Cardinals.  DeMatha’s Michael Parker was named the WCAC player of the year while St Johns’ Philip Gyau was the Coach of the Year on the boys side. See the complete listing of first team players below.

The girls landed two seniors, Katrina Guillou and Helena Barber on the prestigious first team. It was the third award for Guillou.  Anna Wissler, Emily Gupton, and Hannah Thomas earned second team, all conference honors.  Brenna Heaney, Cyana Puglise, and Karina Azar were tapped for honorable mention.

The girls first team was highlighted by player of the year Midge Purce of the top ranked Good Counsel Falcons, and her head coach, Jim Bruno was honored as the coach of the year.

Playoffs begin Monday in the WCAC with playin games. Bishop Ireton’s boys travel to Ryken, the winner gets top ranked DeMatha, while Carroll heads to McNamara, the winner travels to the Eagles of Gonzaga, both on Tuesday when quarterfinals begin conference wide. Semifinals are slated for Thursday and the championship is an 8pm start Sunday night at the Maryland SoccerPlex in Germantown, Maryland. Admission for the event is $10, which covers both boys and girls championships.

For the girls, the 4th seeded Cardinals will host the Knights of St Mary’s Ryken at 4pm on Fannon Field in the quarterfinals. Winner advances to the semifinals, to face the quarterfinal winner of the Good Counsel game versus winner of the Monday PVI/McNamara play-in on Thursday. The girls championship game will kick off at 6pm on Sunday evening also at the Maryland SoccerPlex in the opening match of the WCAC championship doubleheader.

First team, Boys WCAC                                                                      First team, Girls WCAC

Michael Parker DM Player of the year                                            Midge Purce GC Player of the year

Jocori Hayes DM                                                                                 Megan Hinz GC

Sean Cowdrey DM                                                                               Imani Dorsey GC

Chris Odoi Atsem DM                                                                        Jordyn Brock GC

Nicholas Corriveau GZ                                                                       Cali Hutson PVI

Ian Harkes GZ                                                                                      Paige DeLoach Elizabeth Seton

Guy Cross SJC                                                                                      Shannon Collins SJC

Zach Brown SJC                                                                                  Ally Grossman SJC

David Skipper PVI                                                                              Maise McCune SJC

Tyler Phillips PVI                                                                               Katrina Guillou Bishop Ireton

Robert Flott, DJO                                                                               Helena Barber Bishop Ireton

Taylor Young GC                                                                                Morgan Reuther DJO

Chris Lawrence SMR                                                                         Regan Houston DJO

Steven Czecha McNamara                                                               Kara DeGuisto DJO

Nick Galdos Bishop Ireton Ali Fryer AHC

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The sun wasn't shining on the Cardinals Saturday in their 14-6 loss to Potomac School.

Bishop Ireton’s high flying Cardinals were stopped for the second week in a row by the Panthers, this time the Potomac School Panthers, 14-6, on a miserable day in more ways than one.

The game, played in challenging conditions with rain, sleet, and snow mixed with a strong northwesterly wind, played havoc with the passing game for both teams.  The squads were nursing injuries, the Panthers dressed but 29 players, and key players were sidelined during the game, it became a “trench war” with both squads generally finding little running room for their ground attack.  The difference was a consistently strong rush defense by Potomac School.

Not surprisingly the game opened with both teams struggling to establish any offensive consistency, but Ireton, with the wind at its back seemed to tilt the field position battle in its favor early. That gave Ireton excellent field positon in the first half, when a punt into the wind carried only to the Potomac 20. Later, after the Panther defense once again stonewalled the Cardinals, a turnover gave Ireton great field position on the Potomac 15 year line, but Ireton could do nothing with the advantage because of the Panther run defense.

After a scoreless first period, the Panthers did take advantage of the wind in the second quarter and as their defense put them in good field position,  Brandon Arvanaghi punching Potomac into the end zone with only :33 seconds left in the first half. Bishop Ireton tried to generate some life with the time remaining, but on the final play of the first half PJ Zingler overthrew Merid Merid and the Panther’s Cullen Hamilton intercepted the ball and galloped nearly 55 yards untouched for their second touchdown in little more than a minute, giving the hosts a 14-0 lead at the half.

Little changed in the second half as the wind and weather made it a difficult day for both offenses. It was a punt from deep in Potomac territory in the third quarter that gave Ireton its only score of the day. When the wind caught a Ryan Eckert punt from inside their own 20, the aerial began to blow back, bounced on the turf and rolled out of bounds for the surprised teams at the Potomac 1-yard line. The Cardinals needed only one play, but with second effort, Andrew Bladen’s quarterback sneak pulled the Cardinals back to within a score. The PAT snap from center appeared to go through the hands of holder PJ Zingler and the surprised Nick Galdos could do nothing with the kick.

The second straight loss left Ireton at 7-2 on the season, while the Panthers improved to 6-2 0n the season with a date next week to play Flint Hill for the conference championship.   Ireton limps into Leonardtown with a Friday night game with the Knights left on the docket before any playoff opportunities the following weekend.

Scoring Summary:          1          2          3          4          Total

Bishop Ireton                   0         0         6           0              6

Potomac School               0       14          0          0           14

Potomac –  Arvanaghi 7 yard run (Eckert kick)

Potomac – Hamilton 55 yard pass interception return (Eckert kick)

Bishop Ireton – Bladen 1 yard run (run failed)

News & Notes:

– Potomac School’s win over the Cardinals was the first in the series, now standing at 5-1 in favor of Ireton

– 6 was the fewest amount of points scored by the Cardinals since they were shutout by Woodberry Forest 9/18/2010.

– Next Friday’s opponent, St Mary’s Ryken, fell 49-6 at PVI

– VISAA’s #3 ranked team, St Christophers fell to Woodberry Forest and Benedictine also lost to Fork Union. LCA & Flint Hill were winners

– SMR contest will be under the lights at 7pm in Leonardtown on Friday.

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The winner of the 2011 Campbell Trophy will be announced at the 54th Annual NFF Awards Dinner on Dec. 6 at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York
City. Rodriguez is the first Army player to earn NFF Scholar-Athlete status since Shaun Castillo in 1999.

Rodriguez, chosen as one of the Black Knights’ three captains by his teammates, is back on the field this season after missing all of 2010 with a back injury. He has started six of the Army’s seven games, and ranks fourth on the team with 35 tackles. Rodriguez has accounted for a team-leading three takeaways, intercepting a pass and recovering a team-high two fumbles.

The Alexandria, Va., native was the Black Knights’ leading tackler in 2009. For his career, he has racked up 120 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss, two forced fumbles and four fumble recoveries in 19 games.

In the classroom, Rodriguez boasts a 4.14 grade-point average. He was a 2009 CoSIDA Academic All-District I selection and has been on the West Point dean’s list five times.

Rodriguez is no stranger to National Football Foundation awards. He was named the organization’s East Region High School Scholar Athlete
of the Year following his senior year. Rodriguez is only the fifth person ever to earn the high school honor and repeat as a college scholar-athlete.

Nominated by their schools, which are limited to one nominee each, candidates must be a senior or graduate student in their final year of eligibility, have a grade point average of at least 3.2 on a 4.0 scale, have outstanding football ability as a first team player and have demonstrated strong leadership and citizenship. The scholar-athlete class is selected each year by the NFF Awards Committee, which is comprised of a nationally recognized group of media, College Football Hall of Famers and athletics administrators.

Named in honor of Bill Campbell, former player and head coach at Columbia University and the 2004 recipient of the NFF’s Gold Medal, the award comes with a 25-pound bronze trophy and increases the amount of the recipient’s grant by $7,000 for a total post-graduate scholarship of $25,000.  The other members of this year’s scholar-athlete class include Drew Butler (Georgia), Kirk Cousins (Michigan State), Micha Davis (Delta State), John Dowd (Navy), Yaser Elqutub (Northwestern State), Chris Ganious (South Dakota), Clay Garcia (Colorado School of Mines), Chandler Harnish (Northern Illinois), Tysyn Hartman (Kansas State), Chaz Hine (South Florida), Joe Holland (Purdue), Jared Karstetter (Washington State), Ryan Tannehill (Texas A&M), Patrick Witt
(Yale) and Michael Zweifel (University of Dubuque).

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The Cardinals wore their road blacks in a rescheduled match at Ireton with DJO Friday

It was a tale of two halves, the Knights coverted on their chances in a more dominating first half of play with Stephanie Paige and junior Morgan Reuther finding the net, while the Cardinals gained advantage but no goals in their second half, falling 2-0 in Alexandria.

Early, the physical O’Connell team set the pace and played in Ireton territory for long periods of the opening frame.  Brenna Heney kept the Cardinals close with strong play in the goal, but the visitors tallied twice.

The second half frustrated coach Alberto Starache as the Cardinals streaked down the field with their greatest scoring opportunities, but goalkeeper Ashley Cox made a number of strong saves and key plays to deny the home team any tallies.

For Ireton there is the weekend to regroup as Coach Gino Leon’s squad entertains St Johns, who shutout O’Connell 1-0 earlier in the week, on Tuesday, then head to Olney, Maryland to challenge undefeated Good Counsel on Thursday.

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With a pair of starters out, Bishop Ireton tangled with the Knights of Bishop O’Connell on Thursday, falling 5-4. 

Steady Monica Zakaria won 8-1 for the Cardinals while  Megan Sullivan stepped into the lineup at #2 for Mary Rose White but suffered an 8-0 setback.  Cristina Spinetto moved from number 6 to 3 and won in a tie breaker to make it 9-8. 

Natalia Spinetto playing #4 won 8-2 but Megan Fyffe #5 suffered an 8-0 setback in singles as did  Kirsten Parker, who stepped in #6  8-4. 

In the doubles matches #1 Megan Fyffe (#5) and Haley McKeen ( #10) were teamed for the first time and almost won but lost 8-6,  subbing in for Mary Rose and Christy Macey.  #2 Monica Zakaria and Natalia Spinetto won their match, 8-4 but #3 Cristina Spinetto and Kirsten Parker were upended 8-4.

The Cardinals (4-4, 4-3) will return to action on Tuesday when they head to Leonardtown to face St Mary Ryken.

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