Big Wins for Basketball and Bowling Highlight Winter Sports Update

The second in our series of a look back at Bloomfield High School athletics in 2013. Read the first one here. All info courtesy the Bloomfield High School Athletic Dept. 

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Boys Bowling

• John Festa qualifies for the Essex County Individual Championship and finishes in 7th Place.
• Team wins Sectional Championship.
• John Festa Individual Sectional Champion.
• John Festa Placed 17th in State Individual Final, Bowling a 719 Series in the First Round.
• Star-Ledger All-North Jersey 3rd Team-John Festa.
• John Festa First Team All-Sec American Division.
• John Festa League High Average. 

Girls Bowling

• Team finishes in Second Place in Essex County Team Championship.
• Christina Spithogiannis qualifies For Essex County Individual Championship and finishes in 10th Place.
• Team finishes in Fifth Place in Njsiaa Sectional Tournament.
• Team wins the American Division Of the Super Essex Conference By Taking Two Of Three Games From Nutley On Final Position Day.
• Christina Spithogiannis First Team All-Sec American Division.
• Spithogiannis League High Average, High Game And High Series. 

Boys Basketball

• Jameel Patterson Reached 1,000 Points For His Career in Victory Over Shabazz On Feb 5.   
• Jordan Arthur Selected to the New Jersey All Star North-South Basketball Classic.
• Jameel Patterson selected Star-Ledger Basketball Player Of the Week on February 11.
• JV Team Loses to SHP in Essex County Tournament Final.
• Varsity reaches Sectional Final, losing to Hackensack. Bloomfield last reached the Sectional Championship Game in 1976-77.
• All-Sec American Division-1st Team Jameel Patterson; 2nd Team Isaiah Dockett And Jaleel Jimenez. Honorbale Mention-Jordan Arthur.
• All-Area Worrall Publications-Jameel Patterson, Isaiah Dockett. Jaleel Jimenez, Jordan Arthur.
• Team Ranked 5th in Essex County.
• Star-Ledger All-Essex 1st Team-Jameel Patterson; All Group Iv 3rd Team-Jameel Patterson. 

Girls Basketball

• Undefeated in Division Play Winning the Super Essex Conference Independence Division. 
  JV Team Loses to Newark Tech in Essex County Tournament Final.
• All-Sec Independence Division-1st Team-Maya Harris And Alexis Bell; Honorable Mention-Briana Lafiura. 

Boys Indoor Track

• At the Essex County Relay Championshipassad Younas And Serhiy Kralka Win the Shot Put with a Distance Of 95’3.25”. they Are Bloomfield’s First Ever Shot Put Relay Indoor Champions. the Boys Also Placed in the 4x800-5th, Sprint Medley-6th And Distance Medley-6th. The Team Finished in 8th Place Overall.  
• At the Essex County Individual Championship Serhiy Kralka Third in Shot Put Highest Finishing Bengal.

• At the Sectional Championship Serhiy Kralka 2nd –Shot Put, Mike Pontrelli 3rd-800m, Ian Penrose 3rd-3200m, Assad Younas 5th-Shot Put, Darnel Philemon 6th-800. All Advanced to the Group Iv Championship.
• At the Group Iv Championship Serhiy Kralka Places 4th in the Shot Put with a throw Of 54’4.75”. He Advanced to the Meet Of Champions.

• Star-Ledger All-Essex; 2nd Team-Sehiy Kralka-Shot Put; 3rd Team-Mike Pontrelli-800m, Ian Penrose-3200m.

Girls Indoor Track

• At the Sectional Championship Erin Mcfarlane 4th-55m, Tonisha Beresford 4th-400m. Both advanced to Group Iv Championship.

Wrestling

• Nate Garcia And Adam Wooten Finish Second at the 49th Annual Bloomfield Holiday Tournament.  
  Nate Garcia And Kyle Christiansen Finsih Second at the Essex County Tournament.
• Kyle Christiansen-Second Team All-Sec American Division.District Champions-Kyle Christiansen, Nick Saccaro And Adam Wooten. Second Place-Nate Garcia, Isaiah Thomas, Stanley Dameua, Chris Collado. Third Place-Justin Corio and Ed Milan. All Advanced to the Regional Championship.
• Nate Garcia And Adam Wooten Place Fourth in the Region.
• Kyle Christiansen Selected Second Team All-Essex By Star-Ledger. Nate Garcia Third Team All-Essex.