As of the 2021–22 school year, the school had an enrollment of 695 students and 51.9 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.4:1. The school's student body was 57.1% (397) White, 18.7% (130) Hispanic, 10.1% (70) Asian, 9.6% (67) Black, 4.3% (30) two or more races and 0.1% (1) Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander.[1]
Activities
Mock trial team
The Bergen Catholic mock trial team has won 13 county championships (in 1985, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1996, 2000-2002, 2010, 2015-2017, 2019, and 2023) and five state titles (in 1985, 1989, 1991, 2000, and 2016), as well as a National Championship.[12] Bergen Catholic's team is nearly entirely student-run. In 1991, Bergen Catholic High School won the National High School Mock Trial Championships held in New Orleans, Louisiana.[13] Bergen Catholic returned to the national championship hosted in Columbia, South Carolina in 2000 after going undefeated in the county, Regional and State tournaments. The 1999-2000 team ultimately finished 4th in the country, with three "Outstanding Attorney" awards.[citation needed] The 2016 team won the New Jersey state championship, sending it to the National High School Mock Trial Championship in Boise, Idaho.[14]
In the 2008–09 season the team made it to the county finals, losing to Indian Hills High School. In 2010, the team defeated Mahwah High School to win the Bergen County Championship, but the team lost in the regional semi-finals, ending its season as one of the top ten teams in the state.[12] The Bergen Catholic team fell in the semi-final round of the county tournament at the end of January 2011 to the Mahwah High School team that went on to win the 2011 Bergen County Championship.[15]
Bergen Catholic's Mock Trial team finished undefeated in the regular season in 2014 and finished third overall in the county. In the 2015 season Bergen Catholic again finished undefeated in the regular season. In the "playoff" tournament Bergen Catholic defeated Northern Valley Demarest in the first round. Then on January 29, 2015, in a double header, defeated Mahwah (2014's county champion) in the semifinals and Indian Hills in the finals.[16]
Athletics
The Bergen Catholic Crusaders[4] compete as a member of the Big North Conference (United Division), a super conference that is comprised of public and private high schools in Bergen and Passaic counties that operates under the supervision of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association.[17] Until the NJSIAA's 2009 realignment, the school had participated in Division C of the Northern New Jersey Interscholastic League, which included high schools located in Bergen County, Essex County and Passaic, and was separated into three divisions based on NJSIAA size classification.[18] With 984 students in grades 10-12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2019–20 school year as Non-Public A for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 381 to 1,454 students in that grade range (equivalent to Group I for public schools).[19] The football team competes in the United Red division of the North Jersey Super Football Conference, which includes 112 schools competing in 20 divisions, making it the nation's biggest football-only high school sports league.[20][21] The school was classified by the NJSIAA as Non-Public Group A (equivalent to Group III/IV/V for public schools) for football for 2024–2026, which included schools with 738 to 1,404 students.[22]
Bergen Catholic has a long-standing rivalry with fellow Catholic schools Don Bosco Preparatory High School in Ramsey[23] which was ranked first in the state by NJ.com (with Don Bosco holding a 38-28-2 lead in the series) and with Saint Joseph Regional High School in Montvale, which was listed at 14th on NJ.com's 2017 list "Ranking the 31 fiercest rivalries in N.J. HS football" (with Bergen Catholic leading with a 31–17 overall record as of 2017).[24]
Bergen Catholic offers 17 sports at the varsity level:[4]
Bergen Catholic has one of the most successful programs in New Jersey. The Crusaders are 20-time state champions: they were awarded the Parochial A North title by the NJSIAA in 1963, 1965 and 1966,[25] and won via playoffs in 1979, 1980, 1982, 1986, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2004, 2017, 2021, 2022, and 2023.[26] Through the 2019 season, the team had an overall record against in-state teams of 420-156-10 (a winning percentage of .725).[27] A record of 99–10 between 1990 and 1999 made Bergen Catholic the winningest football program in the state of New Jersey for the decade of the 1990s.[28]
The 1979 team defeated DePaul Catholic High School by a score of 14–6 in the Parochial A North championship game at Giants Stadium to finish the season 10-0-1.[29] The 1980 team finished the season at 8-2-1 after winning the Parochial A North title with a 12–0 win against Seton Hall Preparatory School in the finals.[30] The 1982 team defeated Immaculata High School by a score of 25–0 in the playoff finals to win the Parochial A North sectional title and finish the season at 11-0.[31] The 1986 team finished the season with a 9-1-1 record after defeating St. Peter's Preparatory School by a score of 33–0 in the Parochial A North sectional championship game played at Hinchliffe Stadium.[32] The 1991 team finished the season 11-0 after defeating Saint Joseph Regional High School by a score of 14–0 to win the Parochial A North championship and earn a ranking of 11th from USA Today.[33][34] The undefeated 1992 team's championship game with Paramus Catholic High School, which Bergen won 44–34, was voted "Game of the Century" by The Record.[35] One of the most anticipated high school games in New Jersey history was their championship game in 1998, when BC won the Parochial Group IV championship by defeating rival St. Joseph Regional 35–9 in the final at Giants Stadium. The 1998 team finished with a 12–0 record,[36] and was ranked first in New Jersey, 9th in USA Today national poll, and was voted "Team of the Century" by The Record.[37]
Since 1998, the program has been to the state championship game 12 times. The 2001 team finished the season with a record of 10–2 after defeating Delbarton School by a score of 10–9 on a fourth-quarter field goal in the Parochial Group IV sectional finals.[38] In 2004, the team went to Giants Stadium to play archrival Don Bosco Prep and won the state championship with a 13–10 victory, thanks to the play of Brian Cushing.[39] Cushing would later go on to become one of two players to have started in four Rose Bowl football games (Archie Griffin of Ohio State University was the other)[40] as well as an All-American at USC and a 1st round draft pick of the Houston Texans who was named NFLDefensive Rookie of the Year in 2009.
After a 13-year drought, the team finished the season with a 10–2 record and won the 2017 Non-Public Group IV state sectional championship with a 44–7 win against St. Peter's Preparatory School in the title game of the tournament;[41] The team dominated all three rounds, defeating eighth-seeded St. Augustine Preparatory School by a score of 56–21 in the first round and fifth seed Delbarton School 41–16 in the semifinals, before scoring 44 points in the final.[42]
In 2021, the Crusaders defeated Don Bosco Prep by a score of 28–7 in the tournament's final game at MetLife Stadium to win the Non-Public A state championship and finish the season with a 12–0 record.[43] The team, which won its 15th state title, was recognized as the 3rd best high school football team in the country according to USA Today and fourth nationwide by MaxPreps.[44][45]
Wrestling
The Crusader wrestling program has been the most successful in Bergen County over the past two decades. Bergen Catholic has won the Bergen County Championship 20 times (1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2022), most in county history and hold the record for most consecutive titles by winning nine straight from 1999 to 2007. The Crusaders have won the North Parochial "A" state sectional title 22 times (1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2012-2019, 2022) and in 14 of those seasons they have gone on to win the overall Parochial "A" state championship (1991, 1994, 1995, 2002, 2003, 2012-2019, 2022); The program's 14 state championships are the fourth most of any team in the state.[46]
One of the most memorable of those state championship wins came in Trenton in 2003 where the Crusaders upset heavily favored Camden Catholic High School 40–30.[47] In addition to state and county titles, BC has won the District crown in 32 consecutive seasons (1990–2022). BC has also seen six of its wrestlers win a total of 12 individual state championships.[citation needed] The 2013-14 team won their first Star-Ledger Trophy as the #1 ranked team in the state of New Jersey and was ranked within the top ten in various national polls.[48][49]
In 2016, Nick Suriano won his fourth consecutive state championship, finishing his career with a record of 159–0 and becoming the second wrestler in state history to complete his career undefeated while winning four state titles.[50]
Bergen Catholic won their first Bergen County Jamboree in 1977, and has a total of nine county championships with the most recent in 2015. Through the history of the Bergen County Jamboree, Bergen Catholic holds the most total games played, total wins, and championship appearances.[citation needed] They also rank second in appearances and championships. Bergen has won nine North Parochial "A" state sectional championships and four Parochial "A" state championships. Their most recent success came in the 2001–02 and 2002–03. The 2002 team captured the school's first state championship in more than 10 years with a 71–69 win over St. Augustine Prep.[52] The team would make it to the semi-finals of the Tournament of Champions where they eventually fell to St. Anthony. The 2002–03 team consisted of five Division I players. They finished with a 25–4 record and a #3 ranking in New Jersey. They captured the school's most recent Bergen County Jamboree along with another sectional championship.[53]" The Crusaders won the 2015 Bergen County Jamboree by a 66-44 score in the tournament final, defeating a Teaneck High School team that had previously won four consecutive Jamboree championships.[54]
Ice hockey
Bergen Catholic's hockey program first hit the ice during the 1967–68 season and ran through the 1971–72 season. The school has enjoyed a continuous run of interscholastic ice hockey since the 1974–75 season and immediately achieved success with a league title. The Crusaders would go on to win a Bergen County Championship in just three years time, raising the cup in 1978 and bringing home two more in 1980 and 1981. Since the 1990s, the Crusaders participate in the Gordon Conference, which includes other college preparatory high schools in New Jersey. Area rivals include Don Bosco Prep, Delbarton, Christian Brothers Academy, Seton Hall Prep, St. Peter's Prep and St. Joseph's Montvale. The Crusaders captured state championships in 2001 and 2003. In 2001, the Crusaders defeated Christian Brothers Academy in the Parochial pool 3-2 and then went on to defeat Clifton High School for the state title 8–1. In 2003, the Crusaders defeated Seton Hall Prep in the parochial pool 2–1 and defeated Randolph for the state championship 6-4.[55] As a result of this success, the Crusaders were recognized as the North Jersey Team of the Decade (2000-2009).[citation needed]
The team had an 18–5–0 record in 2019–20 where the Crusaders were ranked the #3 team in New Jersey. The highlight of the 2019–20 campaign was defeating rival Don Bosco Preparatory High School for the Crusaders' first Bergen County Tournament Championship. The Crusaders were also the first team to win the Championship other than Don Bosco who had won eight straight titles since the Tournament's inception.[56]
Golf
The Bergen Catholic golf program has earned 101 championship titles,[57] nine Tournament of Champions titles[58] and 52 league titles. With a record of 984-33-1 through the 2015 season, Coach Jim Jacobsen is the winningest golf coach in state athletics history and has been at the helm since 1983.[59] The most recent being May 2015, where the program captured the State Meet of Champions trophy and the number 1 ranking in the state.[60]
Bowling
The boys bowling team won the overall state championships in 1998 and 1999.[61]
Lacrosse
The school started a varsity lacrosse program in 1995. The varsity program has posted a 218-173 overall record (.558 winning percentage). The team enjoyed its first winning season and NJSIAA playoff berth in 1997. In 1999, the Crusaders won the Catholic Schools Lacrosse Tournament. While a part of the NNJIL, BC won four consecutive league titles from 2002 - 2005. The program had a three-year winning streak in its current conference, the NNJIL "Gibbs" Division, winning in 2013, 2014, 2015. Bergen Catholic has won four varsity county championships, in 2006, 2009, 2014 and 2015.[62] In 2013, the JV Crusaders won its first county championship. In 2015, the team won the NJSIAA Non Public A state championship, the program's first, with a 15–14 victory over Delbarton School.[63] The Crusaders continued on to defeat Summit High School 8–5 in the semifinal round of the Tournament of Champions before losing to Bridgewater-Raritan High School in the finals, by a score of 16–13.[64] The 2015 Crusaders set a school record and led New Jersey in scoring with 365 goals on the season.[citation needed]
Soccer
The school started their soccer team when the school was first founded in 1965. The team won the Non-Public A state championship in 1987 (defeating Notre Dame High School in the tournament final) and 1999 (vs. Christian Brothers Academy).[65] The Crusaders have won their state section five times. (1976, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1999). Bergen Catholic were also named the Bergen County champions three times (1986, 1999, 2019) and the reigning county champions in their win over Ridgewood High School on October 27.
The soccer program has produced more than 20 college Division I players and in specifically the 2003 MLS Superdraft first overall player Alecko Eskandarian. He posted 156 career goals for the Crusaders and 66 goals his senior year where the team won their county, state section, and state tournaments.
Spring track
The track team won the Non-Public Group A spring / outdoor track state championship in 1963, 1964 and 1977.[66]
Baseball
The baseball team won the Non-Public Group A state championship in 1968, defeating Holy Spirit High School in the tournament final.[67]
Cross Country
The cross country team won the Non-Public Group A state title in 1970 and 1977.[68]
Indoor relay
The track team won the Non-Public indoor relay championship 1975 (as co-champion).[69]
John Crowley (born 1967, class of 1985), biotech executive who helped develop a treatment for Pompe disease after his children were diagnosed with the condition[80]
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↑ Alumni, Bergen Catholic High School. Accessed June 7, 2022. "Once you attend Bergen Catholic, you are a Crusader for life.... In fact, our extensive network of over 11,000 alumni spans throughout the United States and dozens of countries around the world."
1 2 Staff. "Bergen Catholic Mock Trial Team wins"Archived October 5, 2013, at the Wayback Machine , Clifton Journal, March 26, 2010. Accessed April 26, 2012. "The Bergen Catholic High School Mock Trial Team recently won the Bergen County Mock Trial championship and advanced to the North Regional of the 28th annual Vincent Apruzzese Mock Trial competition before suffering its first loss of the season.... In the playoff section, B.C. defeated The Frisch School, Torah Academy, and Mahwah High School to win the Bergen County championship... Bergen Catholic, which finished as the Bergen County runner-up in the 2009 competition, won the Bergen County Mock Trial championship for the ninth time overall (having also won in 1985, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1996, 2000, 2001, and 2002). B.C. also won the New Jersey state championship in 1985, 1989, 1991, and 2000, and was crowned national champions in 1991."
↑ "Bergen Catholic High School Wins 2016 NJ State Bar Foundation's High School Mock Trial Competition", New Jersey State Bar Foundation, March 23, 2016. Accessed March 31, 2016. "Bergen Catholic High School, Bergen County, captured the coveted state title in the New Jersey State Bar Foundation's 2016 Vincent J. Apruzzese High School Mock Trial Competition finals on March 21 at the New Jersey Law Center in New Brunswick. The school goes on to represent New Jersey in the national competition in Boise, Idaho, May 12–15.... This was the Bergen Catholic's third state championship, following victories in 1991 and 2000. In 1991, Bergen Catholic also won the national competition."
↑ Stypulkoski, Matt. "Ranking the 31 fiercest rivalries in N.J. HS football"Archived January 10, 2021, at the Wayback Machine , NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, October 27, 2017, updated May 15, 2019. Accessed December 1, 2020. "14-Bergen Catholic vs. St. Joseph (Mont.) - Nine times these two Bergen County rivals have met on Thanksgiving (1989, 1999-2003, 2006-2008), but it's been this rivalry's non-Thanksgiving recent history that has produced some of the state's most memorable games.... All-time series: Bergen Catholic leads, 31-17... 1-Bergen Catholic vs. Don Bosco Prep: Our No. 1 rivalry in New Jersey dates back to 1958 (though the teams did not play in the regular season from 1992-98, but resumed in 1999), with these two programs separated by just over 10 miles set to clash for the 69th meeting all-time this Friday.... All-time series: Don Bosco Prep leads, 38-28-2"
↑ Frezza, Harry Jr. "Hillsboro hopes to seize big opportunity", Courier News, September 8, 2000. Accessed August 27, 2011. "The Crusaders had a 99–10 record for the 1990s the most wins and fewest losses by any team in New Jersey during that period."
↑ Pisetzner, Joel. "Bergen Catholic gains crown, 14-6", The Record, December 3, 1979. Accessed February 1, 2021, via Newspapers.com. "In the moments following his team's 14-6 championship victory over DePaul, Bergen Catholic High School coach Tony Karcich reflected upon the start of the season and said he learned something between then and yesterday.... Once the Crusaders got going, they never stopped, although they were temporarily sidelined by a midseason tie against Paterson Kennedy. They capped their, near-perfect season yesterday in Giants Stadium by dominating the top-seeded North Jersey Parochial A team in the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association playoffs."
↑ Brodsky, Mark. "Seton Hall beaten by Bergen Catholic", Herald News, December 8, 1980. Accessed March 3, 2021, via Newspapers.com. "Seton Hall Prep football coach Tony Verducci remarked before his North Parochial A championship final with defending titlist Bergen Catholic that the team that makes fewer mistakes in a defensive struggle would probably win.... Last year's champs turned a couple of those miscues into touchdowns and came away with a 12-0 win Sunday afternoon at Giants Stadium. It marked the fifth time in seven years that the Crusaders have copped the Parochial A crown."
↑ Fox, Ron. "Morgan leads Bergen Catholic", The Record, December 5, 1982. Accessed March 5, 2021, via Newspapers.com. "There is no envy on the Bergen Catholic football team, the players insist, but there could be.... 'It doesn't bother me as long as we win,' quarterback Bob Murray said Friday night He was wearing the grin of a senior who had closed out his high school football career with two touchdown passes in a 25-0 win over Immaculata of Somerville. The Crusaders were the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association's Parochial A North champions."
↑ Kurland, Bob. "Bergen Catholic rolls to crown", The Record, December 7, 1986. Accessed January 25, 2021, via Newspapers.com. "The advance re ports predicted the game would be won in the trenches, but before St. Peter's could deploy its ground troops, Mike McGovern took to the! air to lead Bergen Catholic to a 33-0 victory yesterday and its fourth North Section 1, Parochial A football championship. The Crusaders (9-1-1) also won two titles before the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association went to the current playoff system in 1975."
↑ Schutta, Gregory. "BC captures crown with tenacious 'D'", The Record, December 8, 1991. Accessed January 30, 2021, via Newspapers.com. "When Fred Stengel took over the Bergen Catholic football program, he had mixed feelings. "I was coming home from my first freshman camp here and I said to myself, 'I don't know what kind of a varsity squad we'll have this year.' But I got a shot at winning the State championship in four years," he said. And the unbeaten Crusaders made the most of it Saturday when they shut out St. Joseph Regional, 14-0, to capture their first North Parochial A sectional championship under Stengel and retain their No. 1 ranking in the Sports in the USA State poll."
↑ Staff. "Mattura: Former Record columnist Mike Celizic was a true gentleman"[permanent dead link], The Record, September 24, 2010. Accessed August 27, 2011. "In a 1992 title game The Record voted its Bergen County Football Game of the Century, Bergen Catholic outgunned Paramus Catholic, 44-34. As we walked onto the field for our postgame interviews, coaches Fred Stengel of BC and Mike Campanile of PC exchanged words, and that triggered some pushing and shoving."
↑ Glickson, Grant. "High School Football; Second Straight Title for Morristown", The New York Times, December 6, 1998. Accessed October 10, 2018. "Bergen Catholic (12–0) crushed St. Joseph (10–1), 35–9, in the Parochial, Group 4 final, and Passaic Tech (12–0) dominated Union Hill (10–2), 48–6, in the North Jersey, Section 1, Group 4 title game."
↑ Czerwinski, Mark J. "End of an era at Bergen Catholic; Stengel steps down, cites personal reasons", The Record, February 5, 2010. Accessed February 14, 2022, via Newspapers.com. "He led the Crusaders to the State playoffs for 21 straight seasons, winning 25 playoff games and nine State titles, the last one coming in 2004. Bergen Catholic was 99-10 between 1990 and 1999, the win-ningest program in the state during that decade. The 1991, 1992, and 1998 teams were undefeated, and the 1998 Crusaders (12-0) finished No. 6 in the nation and were chosen as Team of the Century by The Record."
↑ "Phillipsburg stuns favored Montclair", Courier News, December 3, 2001. Accessed March 21, 2021, via Newspapers.com. "Bergen Catholic 10 Delbarton 9: Junior place-kicker Chris Hanly kicked a 45-yard field goal on the first play of the fourth quarter to lead Bergen Catholic (10-2) to a hard-fought victory over Delbarton in the Parochial Group IV championship game at Rutgers University."
↑ Conrad, JJ. "Drought over: No. 1 Bergen Catholic dominates, wins 1st state title in 13 years", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, December 2, 2017. Accessed December 6, 2017. "Top-seeded Bergen Catholic captured its first state championship since 2004 with a dominant performance, in all three phases, in a 44–7 rout of second-seeded St. Peter's Prep in Friday night's Non-Public Group 4 final. The much-anticipated showdown featured NJ.com's top two-ranked teams -- No. 1 BC and No. 2 SPP -- but it was the Crusaders who left no doubt who the best team in New Jersey is.... After a 1–2 start, Bergen Catholic (10-2) ended its season on a 9-game winning streak and finished 10-0 against New Jersey competition."
↑ Mattura, Greg. "Bergen Catholic football completes perfect season with win over Don Bosco in title game", The Record, November 28, 2021. Accessed February 14, 2022. "Bergen Catholic will be the unanimous No. 1 football team in New Jersey and should be a consensus Top 10 team in the nation. The Crusaders punctuated a perfect season with a 28-7 victory over archrival Don Bosco in the Non-Public Group A championship on Saturday afternoon at MetLife Stadium."
↑ Staff. "No.1 Absegami rolls; Paulsboro reaches 21", Asbury Park Press, February 23, 2003. Accessed July 19, 2011. "Parochial A: James Layman hit a five-point move in the final 30 seconds for a 7-4 win at 189 pounds that carried Bergen Catholic to a 40-30 win over Camden Catholic in the final."
↑ Kania, Joe; and Kratch, James. "Wrestling Top 20, Week 8: Bergen Catholic is your No. 1 team for 2013-14", The Star-Ledger, February 18, 2014. Accessed October 4. 2015. "Bergen Catholic didn't want to leave any question as to who was No. 1 for 2013-14.... The result: A third straight Non-Public A state title, victories over nine Top 20 teams and an unbeaten regular season against NJSIAA competition."
1 2 Stanmyre, Matthew. "Nick Suriano makes history, wins fourth state title", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, March 6, 2016. Accessed March 15, 2016. "With his 3-1 victory over Delbarton's Ty Agaisse in their final match at the NJSIAA/Rothman Institute State Championships, Suriano joined the most exclusive club in New Jersey high school wrestling, becoming the state's second undefeated, four-time state champion.... But some say Suriano — who finished his career with a spotless 159-0 record and 41-0 on the season — stands alone in New Jersey wrestling lore due to his unmatched level of sheer dominance."
↑ Staff. "Camden Catholic tops Bergen for Parochial A title", Asbury Park Press, March 16, 2003. Accessed June 23, 2011. "Eric Cangelosi hit the back end of a two-shot foul with six seconds left to give Camden Catholic a four-point edge before Bergen Catholic hit a 3-pointer at the buzzer to shape the final score as the Irish posted a 45-44 victory to win the NJSIAA Parochial A Boys Basketball Championship yesterday at the Dunn Center."
↑ Mattura, Greg. "H.S. boys basketball: Bergen Catholic wins Jamboree, ends Teaneck's streak"Archived March 2, 2015, at the Wayback Machine , The Record, February 26, 2015. Accessed April 27, 2015. "Bergen Catholic put one big hand after another in Teaneck's path – like a stop sign — and ended its record-setting reign as king of the Jamboree. The Crusaders won their first Bergen County boys basketball championship in a dozen years and halted the Highwaymen's title streak at four with a smothering 66–44 victory on Thursday night at Ramapo College's Bradley Center."
↑ Moroney, Murphy. "Boys Golf: Full results for the Tournament of Champions, 2015", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, May 18, 2015. Accessed October 4, 2015. "Bergen Catholic relied on its confidence and the depth of its roster to capture the NJSIAA/Tournament of Champions title for the second straight year, while Delbarton's Will Voetsch earned the individual title Monday at Hopewell Valley Golf Course."
↑ Olivero, Antonio. "Boys Lacrosse: Bergen Catholic storms back to defeat Ridgewood in OT, capture Bergen title", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, May 9. 2015. Accessed March 21, 2016. "Following his team's second consecutive Bergen County Tournament championship win, Bergen Catholic head coach Joe Haemmerle summed up the previous 50-plus minutes of thrilling lacrosse with one simple sentence as he hugged a Crusader supporter."
↑ Ryan, Chris. "Boys lacrosse: Bridgewater-Raritan outlasts Bergen Catholic for TOC title", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, June 6, 2015, updated August 24, 2019. Accessed November 9, 2020. "Griffin Figel scored four goals and added one assists, and the senior attackman was one of five goal scorers in a third-quarter surge that sparked top-seeded Bridgewater-Raritan, No. 1 in the NJ.com Top 20, to a 16-13 win over second-seeded and No. 2 Bergen Catholic in the final of the NJSIAA/Investors Bank/Lacrosse Ball Store Tournament of Champions on Saturday at Kean University in Union."
↑ Tartaglia, Greg. "North Jersey's Male Athlete of the Week playing 'big boy' football at a high level", The Record, September 9, 2021. Accessed December 19, 2023. "Steve Angeli came north to play high school football and will head to South Bend for college. For the first two games this season, the senior quarterback and his Bergen Catholic teammates have gotten well-versed in geography."
↑ Conrad, JJ. "Recruiting: Updates on Bergen Catholic Football, including QB Jarrett Guarantano"Archived June 17, 2015, at the Wayback Machine , Varsity Aces, January 23, 2015. Accessed June 16, 2015. "And with Tennessee, the current offensive coordinator, Mike Bajakian, is a Bergen Catholic graduate ('92) — scratch that, Bajakian was hired Thursday as the Tampa Bay Buccaneers QB coach — and the Vols' head coach, Butch Jones, was a grad assistant at Rutgers when Guarantano's father was at Rutgers."
↑ Glier, Ray. "College Basketball; Carney Answers Call for Memphis", The New York Times, March 20, 2004. Accessed April 25, 2012. "While the rest of the Memphis Tigers were finishing practice here Thursday, the day before their N.C.A.A. tournament opener against South Carolina, their coach, John Calipari, was handing his cellphone to Sean Banks, the freshman forward from Bergen Catholic High School."
↑ Staff. "Watch This Tiger", The New York Times, December 25, 1972. Accessed September 1, 2011. "Barisich is far less experienced than his college counterparts across the country. The Bergen Catholic High School graduate won a starting position at Princeton as a sophomore and led all Tiger linemen in tackles with 49."
↑ Nesi, Chris. "Four are vying for two seats on the governing body", Wyckoff Suburban News, October 22, 2009. Accessed December 25, 2023, via Newspapers.com. "Christopher P. DePhillips.... Education: B.A., Georgetown University, Washington D.C.; Seton Hall University School of Law, Newark; Bergen Catholic High School, Oradell, 1983"
↑ McCarron, Anthony. "Mark DeRosa signs with San Francisco Giants, spurns New York Yankees", New York Daily News, December 29, 2009. Accessed August 27, 2011. "The Yankees viewed free agent Mark DeRosa as potential help in left field and an unbeatable super-utility option. But DeRosa, a Bergen Catholic product, agreed to a preliminary two-year deal with the San Francisco Giants Monday night, The Associated Press reported."
↑ Popper, Steve. "While Giants work, Garrett Dickerson waiting for his chance", The Record, July 30, 2018. Accessed October 10, 2018. "But for Garrett Dickerson, who grew up just a few miles away in Englewood and spent his high school years playing for Bergen Catholic, the goal is to make the Giants’ roster, not the National Football League."
↑ Yannis, Alex. "Soccer; MetroStars Win 3rd Straight By Shutting Down United", The New York Times, May 11, 2003. Accessed September 1, 2011. "Tonight he tried Alecko Eskandarian, the first overall selection in the draft this season, as a starter but replaced him in the 60th minute with Hristo Stoitchkov. Eskandarian played for Bergen Catholic High School in New Jersey and is the son of the former Cosmos defender Andranik Eskandarian."
↑ Schwartz, Paul. "Bergen Catholic alum takes over as Columbia University football coach", The Record, August 8, 2023. Accessed August 26, 2023. "Fabish, a 1993 Bergen Catholic graduate and native of Ho-Ho-Kus, was part of Bagnoli's first class of recruits at Penn and has spent the past 14 years as one of Bagnoli's assistants, both in his final six years at Penn and all eight years at Columbia."
↑ Lanni, Patrick. "2 of nation's best wrestlers join powerhouse lineup after transfer", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, January 22, 2019, updated August 22, 2019. Accessed February 12, 2021. "Former Blair Academy standouts Anthony and A.J. Ferrari, two of the nation's top wrestlers at their weights, will make their Bergen Catholic debuts this week but are not eligible to wrestle once postseason competition begins in February."
↑ Branch, John. "Giants' Finn Is the Anonymous Blocking Back", The New York Times, November 11, 2005. Accessed November 14, 2018. "Just last week Finn brought to work a tape from his days at Bergen Catholic High School, which Finn carried to a New Jersey state championship, and showed it to teammates between meetings."
↑ Jim Finn, NFLPlayers.com. Accessed November 29, 2006.
↑ Mattura, Greg. "Zach Freemantle of Bergen Catholic basketball among North Jersey's best bigs", The Record, July 2, 2018. Accessed December 2, 2020. "Zach Freemantle has been working diligently in the offseason to expand his domain on the basketball court. Bergen Catholic’s 6-foot-8, 225-pound center was North Jersey’s best low-post player last season, and now the rising senior is developing his perimeter game."
↑ Iseman, Chris. "Former Bergen Catholic star Jarrett Guarantano gives bullied student a special day", The Record, December 11, 2017. Accessed August 16, 2022. "Former Bergen Catholic star and current Tennessee quarterback Jarrett Guarantano has a 'new best bud.' On Sunday, the Lodi native tweeted a photo of him posing alongside Keaton Jones, a Tennessee middle school student who drew national attention this weekend after a video of him crying about being bullied went viral."
↑ Alden, Bill. "NJ Native Kalemba Has Come a Long Way in Becoming Star Goalie for PU Men's Hockey", Town Topics, December 27, 2006. Accessed December 17, 2013. "Zane Kalemba is a native of nearby Saddle Brook but he has come a long way to become the starting goalie for the Princeton University men's ice hockey team. After helping Bergen Catholic to the N.J. state high school championship as a freshman, Kalemba headed to New England to play at The Hotchkiss School."
↑ Brown, Clifton. "Golf; A Former Rising Star Hopes to Rise Again", The New York Times, December 18, 1999. Accessed April 25, 2012. "When Jim McGovern was an all-state tight end at Bergen Catholic High School, few people would have predicted that he would become a professional golfer. He didn't start playing golf seriously until 11th grade."
↑ "Rob McGovern is Bergen County Y's Person of the Year", Town News, December 19, 2007. Accessed December 28, 2021, via Newspapers.com. "Rob McGovern of the Oradell and Bergen Catholic McGovern family is the YMCA of Greater Bergen County‘s Person of the Year for 2007.... McGovern grew up in Oradell and attended Bergen Catholic High School."
↑ Gulitti, Tom. "McGuire Open To Rangers", The Record, April 5, 2000, accessed April 17, 2007. "Alpine native Pierre McGuire among those who will be keeping a close eye on the reconstruction of the Rangers' management. The former Hartford Whalers head coach and Bergen Catholic graduate would like to get back into coaching after spending the last three seasons as a color commentator for an English-language radio station ..."
↑ County Executive Dennis McNerneyArchived December 6, 2006, at the Wayback Machine , Bergen County, New Jersey. Accessed June 23, 2011. "Dennis McNerney is a lifelong resident of Bergen County. He graduated from Bergen Catholic High School, attended Bergen Community College, the University of Delaware, and went on to receive his Masters Degree in Public Administration from Columbia University."
↑ McIntyre, Jason. "'Big Bird' The Center Of Attention", The Record, March 16, 2002. Accessed April 17, 2007. "Even now, when he's on the basketball court playing center for state champion Bergen Catholic, 'some kids call me Big Bird,' said Orman..."
↑ Staff. Fitzgerald's Legislative Manual, 1984, p. 233. Accessed August 12, 2019. "John B. Paolella, Rep., Hackensack.... He attended Bergen Catholic High School in Oradell, and studied psychology at Harvard University, where he was graduated with honors in 1971."
↑ Bob Papa profile, HBO Boxing. Accessed April 17, 2007. "Bob Papa was born in the Bronx before moving to New Jersey as a child. After graduating from Bergen Catholic High School in 1982, Papa received a business degree from Fordham University in 1986."
↑ Staff. "All-Decade boys soccer"Archived September 30, 2012, at the Wayback Machine , The Record, June 9, 2010. Accessed July 18, 2011. "F: Randi Patterson, Bergen Catholic (2003) - One of only two three-time All-Bergen selections on the list, Patterson scored 80 goals with 20 assists from 2000 through 2002."
↑ "Troubador", The Record, June 11, 1972. Accessed November 14, 2018. "Whether on the stage or strolling in a park, Roger Steffens has a way of capturing his audience of one or 100.... When Roger hopped home the other day to visit his family's house in Westwood and see his mother, Mrs. Edith Steffens, it was then he performed the dirt pile scene out of fond remembrance.... Summoned to go forth and be heard for Bergen Catholic in New Jersey oratorical contests, Roger has extended the command."
↑ Fulkerson, Vickie. "Huskies have a fan in Williams", The Day, November 24, 2007. Accessed February 17, 2011. "Isaiah went to Bergen Catholic High School, while Tahirah, a 6-foot guard, went to nearby Immaculate Heart Academy, an all-girls school."
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