Winter Sports Begin for Hawks and Crusaders

At the second annual Crusader Classic bowling tournament at Bowler City in Hackensack on Dec. 3 the boys' team title went to Hackensack (2,800) and the overall girls title to Bergen Tech (2,643). Individual titles were awarded to Ramapo's Mike Carr (680 series) for the boy's division and Belle Estee Dante of Bergen Tech (665 series) for the girl's.

While hosted by Bergen Catholic, the Crusaders bowling team did not compete in the event; instead BC hosts the inaugural event to raise money for the team.

The River Dell/Westwood co-operative hockey team started their season off with a 2-1 loss to the Fair Lawn Cutters. While the defense for both squads kept to a scoreless first period, Zach Rosenoff (RD) and John Polyak (FL) came up in the second to force a 1-1 tie before the final period. And while Hawks goalie Connor O'Reilly came up with 31 saves between the posts, Cutters Justin Ritter netted the go ahead goal to advance Fair Lawn for the win.

The Golden Hawks hockey squad then dropped a 8-5 decision to Pascack Valey on Sunday with Chrs Detittie making his debut between the posts (23 saves). River Dell and the Indians were tied 1-1 after the first period but PV went on a 3-2 shooting run in the second followed by a 4-2 run in the third to pull ahead for the win. Scoring for the Hawks were Zach Stankus (2), Zach Rosenoff (2) and Mark Schaefer (1).

The Bergen Catholic Crusaders hockey team also started their season with a loss, a staggering 8-1 route by Delbarton. The Green Wave dominated all three periods shutting out BC until 2 minutes remained in the game when Brian Ayers fed Brandon Crawley the puck to avoid a total shut out. David Gerity made 34 saves between the posts.