Athletic Updates: May 20

The Bergen Catholic tennis team was shut out of the North Non-Public A semifinals 5-0 by Delbarton. TheCrusaders came into the match as the 5th seed advancing through the first round with a Bye and then toppling the St. Peter's Prep Pirates, 5-0. But the top seeded Delbarton Green Wave's singles and double teams over powered the Crusaders by taking all matches in two.

In a regular season match-up, the River Dell tennis team came up short 4-1 to the Indian Hills Braves. The Braves rode to victory in all rounds except second doubles where the Hawks Mike Albanese and George Kim defeated Joe Perry and Sean Reischel 6-1, 6-7 (4-7), 7-6 (7-3).

The Lady Hawks softball team only needed five innings to knock off former rival Tenafly 13-3. Chloe DeSanctis improved her season pitching record to 14-5. Jordan Bastable batted in three runs with Lindsey Clark, Sara Recanati and Gabby Smith blasting in two runs each. Stephanie Caracozza, Jo Marie Massaro and Lauren Turner also knocked in an run too.

In the Bergen Group Golf Championships, River Dell took the Group 1-2 Championship while Bergen Catholic placed second in the Group 3-4 Championship. The Hawks finished with an overall 311 ahead of Pascack Hills' 314.  Thomas Barnes shot one over par with a 72 to take the individual championship. Golden Hawks sophomore Scott Kim shot 77, senior Steve Osterlof 78, senior Anthony Gagliostro 84 and junior Mac Barnett 99 to round out the rest of the team.

Once again, the Crusaders and arch rival Don Bosco battled for supremacy but the Ironmen finished with a 297 in front of Bergen's 303.  In the individual round, Sean O'Neill placed fourth with 74, Harrison Shih in fourth with74 and Matt Love took fifth with 75. Peter Repetto shot 80 followed by Erick Alonso with 83.