Bergen Catholic High School
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Bergen Catholic High School is an all-male Roman Catholic
high school
in Oradell
, Bergen County
, New Jersey
, United States, serving students in ninth through twelfth grade. The school has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools
Commission on Secondary Schools since 1989.
Bergen Catholic operates under the supervision of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark
. Bergen Catholic draws students from a wide geographic area that includes North Jersey
, Rockland County
in New York
and Pennsylvania
.
As of the 2009-10 school year, the school had an enrollment of 738 students and 43.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE
basis), for a Student–teacher ratio of 17.2.
program which began with the class of 2007, students buy a ThinkPad
through the school as their own laptop for completing work that requires internet access and for taking notes. Uses of the computer include interactive whiteboard
s and Edline
. The school custom-installs software on each student's computer, such as the screen monitoring program DyKnow and various test programs.
Edline is used to allow students to communicate with their teachers, and stay up to date with their homework assignments and standing in the class. Bergen Catholic has recently introduced Turnitin
, which offers an extensive plagiarism prevention tool utilized by most of the faculty. A new technology, DyKnow Monitoring, is often utilized to monitor students' screens and ensure that students are on task, as well as collect assignments via file transfer.
Bergen Catholic also offers a program of intramural sports for students not on the school's interscholastic teams: golf, basketball, tennis, bowling, volleyball, and street hockey. A program of weight training is available.
BCTV is the school's own television crew. BCTV presents a TV show every day at 8 am before first period which shows the cafeteria menu for the day and the news of the day. Beginning with the 2011-12 school year, the departure of sports anchor Matt Orso has left a major void in the morning lineup, and the channel is still attempting to find a suitable replacement.
teams in the State, with many state and county championships and a National Championship. In 1991, Bergen Catholic High School won the National High School Mock Trial Championships held in New Orleans, Louisiana
. 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.
In the 2004-05 season, the Bergen Catholic team was defeated at the county semi-final stage in an upset win by the team from Queen of Peace High School
. In the 2005-06 season they made it to the County Semi-Finals before losing to Immaculate Heart Academy
. 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. The team then lost in the regional semi-finals, ending its season as one of the top ten teams in the state. The Bergen Catholic team fell to Mahwah High School in the semi-final round in the county tournament at the end of January 2011. Mahwah High School went on to win the 2011 Bergen County Championship.
, following a reorganization of sports leagues in Northern New Jersey by the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association
. Bergen Catholic has a long-standing rivalry with fellow Catholic schools Don Bosco Preparatory High School
in Ramsey
and St. Joseph Regional High School in Montvale
.
Bergen Catholic offers 15 sports at the varsity level:
, which Bergen won 44-34, was voted "Game of the Century" by the Bergen Record
. Quite possibly the most anticipated high school game 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 was 12-0, #1 in New Jersey, #9 in USA Today national poll, and was voted "Team of the Century" by the Bergen Record.
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 in large part to the heroics of Brian Cushing
. Cushing would later go on to become an All-American at USC
and a 1st round draft pick of the Houston Texans who was named NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year in 2009.
The Crusaders played Don Bosco Prep on December 3, 2010, at New Meadowlands Stadium for the 2010 Non-Public Group 4 State Championship, where the Crusaders lost to the Ironmen 37-27.
40-30. In addition to state and county titles, BC has won the District 7 crown in 21 consecutive seasons (1990–2010). BC has also seen four of its wrestlers win a total of five individual state championships: Jason Hernandez (1994, 130 lbs.), Jim Finn
(1995, 185 lbs.), Joe Trause (2006, 119 lbs and 2007, 125 lbs.) and Frank Cagnina (2007, 103 lbs.)
. The team would make it to the semi-finals of the Tournament of Champions
where they eventually fell to national powerhouse, St. Anthony
. Bergen would continue their success the next season in becoming one of the top teams in New Jersey and the country. The 2002-03 team consisted of five Division I players led by Sean Banks
, the school's leading scorer. 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. Their dream of the school's first ever Tournament of Champions championship ended when they lost to Camden Catholic
45-44 in the Parochial "A" state championship game.
Roman Catholic Church
The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the world's largest Christian church, with over a billion members. Led by the Pope, it defines its mission as spreading the gospel of Jesus Christ, administering the sacraments and exercising charity...
high school
Secondary education in the United States
In most jurisdictions, secondary education in the United States refers to the last six or seven years of statutory formal education. Secondary education is generally split between junior high school or middle school, usually beginning with sixth or seventh grade , and high school, beginning with...
in Oradell
Oradell, New Jersey
Oradell is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. At the 2010 United States Census, the borough population was 7,978. The borough's territory includes a dam on the Hackensack River that forms the Oradell Reservoir...
, Bergen County
Bergen County, New Jersey
Bergen County is the most populous county of the state of New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, its population was 905,116. The county is part of the New York City Metropolitan Area. Its county seat is Hackensack...
, New Jersey
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
, United States, serving students in ninth through twelfth grade. The school has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools
Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools
The Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools is a voluntary, peer-based, non-profit association dedicated to educational excellence and improvement through peer evaluation and accreditation...
Commission on Secondary Schools since 1989.
Bergen Catholic operates under the supervision of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark
The Archdiocese of Newark is an archdiocese of the Catholic Church in northern New Jersey, United States. Its ecclesiastic territory includes all of the Catholic parishes and schools in the New Jersey counties of Bergen, Union, Hudson and Essex .-History:Originally established as the Diocese of...
. Bergen Catholic draws students from a wide geographic area that includes North Jersey
North Jersey
North Jersey is a colloquial term, with no precise consensus definition, for the northern portion of the U.S. state of New Jersey. A straightforward, noncolloquial term for the region is northern New Jersey.- Two-portion approaches :...
, Rockland County
Rockland County, New York
Rockland County is a suburban county 15 miles to the northwest of Manhattan and part of the New York City Metropolitan Area, in the U.S. state of New York. It is the southernmost county in New York west of the Hudson River, and the smallest county in New York outside of New York City. The...
in New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
and Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...
.
As of the 2009-10 school year, the school had an enrollment of 738 students and 43.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE
Full-time equivalent
Full-time equivalent , is a unit to measure employed persons or students in a way that makes them comparable although they may work or study a different number of hours per week. FTE is often used to measure a worker's involvement in a project, or to track cost reductions in an organization...
basis), for a Student–teacher ratio of 17.2.
Technology program
As part of Bergen Catholic High School's laptopLaptop
A laptop, also called a notebook, is a personal computer for mobile use. A laptop integrates most of the typical components of a desktop computer, including a display, a keyboard, a pointing device and speakers into a single unit...
program which began with the class of 2007, students buy a ThinkPad
ThinkPad
ThinkPad is line of laptop computers originally sold by IBM but now produced by Lenovo. They are known for their boxy black design, which was modeled after a traditional Japanese lunchbox...
through the school as their own laptop for completing work that requires internet access and for taking notes. Uses of the computer include interactive whiteboard
Interactive whiteboard
An interactive whiteboard , is a large interactive display that connects to a computer and projector. A projector projects the computer's desktop onto the board's surface where users control the computer using a pen, finger, stylus, or other device...
s and Edline
Edline
Edline is a Learning Community Management System that many schools use for school and class organization. It provides district, school and classroom level website support for administrators, parents, teachers and students from kindergarten through 12th grade...
. The school custom-installs software on each student's computer, such as the screen monitoring program DyKnow and various test programs.
Edline is used to allow students to communicate with their teachers, and stay up to date with their homework assignments and standing in the class. Bergen Catholic has recently introduced Turnitin
Turnitin
Turnitin is an Internet-based plagiarism-detection service created by iParadigms, LLC. Typically, universities and high schools buy licenses to submit essays to the Turnitin website, which checks the documents for originality...
, which offers an extensive plagiarism prevention tool utilized by most of the faculty. A new technology, DyKnow Monitoring, is often utilized to monitor students' screens and ensure that students are on task, as well as collect assignments via file transfer.
Activities
Activities within the school include CCA (Crusaders for Catholic Action, a Catholic activist group), the Student Government, The Herald school newspaper, The Crusader yearbook, a chorus group (which plays at all school liturgies), a jazz ensemble which performs both in and out of school, a dramatics club, ski club, chess club and team, math club and team, guidance club, stock market club, an award-winning mock trial team and a quiz bowl team.Bergen Catholic also offers a program of intramural sports for students not on the school's interscholastic teams: golf, basketball, tennis, bowling, volleyball, and street hockey. A program of weight training is available.
BCTV is the school's own television crew. BCTV presents a TV show every day at 8 am before first period which shows the cafeteria menu for the day and the news of the day. Beginning with the 2011-12 school year, the departure of sports anchor Matt Orso has left a major void in the morning lineup, and the channel is still attempting to find a suitable replacement.
Mock trial team
Bergen Catholic has one of the most successful mock trialMock trial
A Mock Trial is an act or imitation trial. It is similar to a moot court, but mock trials simulate lower-court trials, while moot court simulates appellate court hearings. Attorneys preparing for a real trial might use a mock trial consisting of volunteers as role players to test theories or...
teams in the State, with many state and county championships and a National Championship. In 1991, Bergen Catholic High School won the National High School Mock Trial Championships held in New Orleans, Louisiana
New Orleans, Louisiana
New Orleans is a major United States port and the largest city and metropolitan area in the state of Louisiana. The New Orleans metropolitan area has a population of 1,235,650 as of 2009, the 46th largest in the USA. The New Orleans – Metairie – Bogalusa combined statistical area has a population...
. 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.
In the 2004-05 season, the Bergen Catholic team was defeated at the county semi-final stage in an upset win by the team from Queen of Peace High School
Queen of Peace High School (New Jersey)
Queen of Peace High School is a Roman Catholic, coeducational parochial secondary school operated by the Sisters of St. Joseph and the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools. It is located in North Arlington, New Jersey. The school has been honored two times by the Blue Ribbon Schools...
. In the 2005-06 season they made it to the County Semi-Finals before losing to Immaculate Heart Academy
Immaculate Heart Academy
Immaculate Heart Academy is an all-girls college preparatory private Roman Catholic high school located in Washington Township, in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. The school was founded in 1960 by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace as the first regional high school for girls in the Roman...
. In the 2008-09 season the team made it to the county finals, losing to Indian Hills High School
Indian Hills High School (New Jersey)
Indian Hills High School is a comprehensive four-year public high school located in Bergen County, New Jersey. The school is a part of the Ramapo Indian Hills Regional High School District, serving students from Franklin Lakes, Oakland and Wyckoff. The high school is located in Oakland. Ramapo...
. In 2010, the team defeated Mahwah High School to win the Bergen County Championship. The team then lost in the regional semi-finals, ending its season as one of the top ten teams in the state. The Bergen Catholic team fell to Mahwah High School in the semi-final round in the county tournament at the end of January 2011. Mahwah High School went on to win the 2011 Bergen County Championship.
Athletics
Bergen Catholic is member of the newly formed Big North ConferenceBig North Conference
The Big North Conference is a high school athletic conference in New Jersey. It is one of six North Jersey "super athletic conferences" created by the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association in 2009...
, following a reorganization of sports leagues in Northern New Jersey by the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association
New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association
The New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association is an association of hundreds of New Jersey high schools that regulates high school athletics and holds tournaments and crowns champions in high school sports.-State championships:...
. Bergen Catholic has a long-standing rivalry with fellow Catholic schools Don Bosco Preparatory High School
Don Bosco Preparatory High School
Don Bosco Preparatory High School is a private, Roman Catholic secondary school for young men, grades 9 through 12. Founded by the Salesians of Don Bosco, a religious order of priests and brothers, the school is situated on a campus in Ramsey, New Jersey, United States...
in Ramsey
Ramsey, New Jersey
Ramsey is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. It is a suburb of New York City, located northwest of Midtown Manhattan. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough population was 14,473....
and St. Joseph Regional High School in Montvale
Montvale, New Jersey
Montvale is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough population was 7,844.Montvale was incorporated as a borough on August 31, 1894, from portions of Orvil Township and Washington Township, at the height of the "Boroughitis" craze then...
.
Bergen Catholic offers 15 sports at the varsity level:
- Fall Sports: FootballAmerican footballAmerican football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
, Soccer, Cross CountryCross country runningCross country running is a sport in which people run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open country, and include hills, flat ground and sometimes gravel road... - Winter Sports: WrestlingScholastic wrestlingScholastic wrestling, sometimes known in the United States as Folkstyle wrestling, is a style of amateur wrestling practised at the high school and middle school levels in the United States. This wrestling style is essentially Collegiate wrestling with some slight modifications. It is currently...
, BasketballBasketballBasketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
, SwimmingSwimming (sport)Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native...
, Indoor TrackAthletics (track and field)Athletics is an exclusive collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking. The most common types of athletics competitions are track and field, road running, cross country running, and race walking...
, BowlingBowlingBowling Bowling Bowling (1375–1425; late Middle English bowle, variant of boule Bowling (1375–1425; late Middle English bowle, variant of boule...
, ice hockeyIce hockeyIce hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take... - Spring Sports: BaseballBaseballBaseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
, LacrosseLacrosseLacrosse is a team sport of Native American origin played using a small rubber ball and a long-handled stick called a crosse or lacrosse stick, mainly played in the United States and Canada. It is a contact sport which requires padding. The head of the lacrosse stick is strung with loose mesh...
, GolfGolfGolf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
, TennisTennisTennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
, Outdoor TrackAthletics (track and field)Athletics is an exclusive collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking. The most common types of athletics competitions are track and field, road running, cross country running, and race walking...
, VolleyballVolleyballVolleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
Football
Bergen Catholic has one of the most successful programs in New Jersey. The Crusaders are 16-time state champions (1963, 1965, 1966, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1986, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2001 and 2004), while holding an all-time record of 365-130-12. A record of 99-10 between 1990 and 1999 made Bergen Catholic the most winning football program in the state of New Jersey for the decade of the 1990s. The undefeated 1992 team's championship game with Paramus Catholic High SchoolParamus Catholic High School
Paramus Catholic High School is a co-educational Roman Catholic high school located in Paramus in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. The school, founded in 1965, is one of several high schools in the Archdiocese of Newark...
, which Bergen won 44-34, was voted "Game of the Century" by the Bergen Record
The Record (Bergen County)
The Record is a newspaper in northern New Jersey. It has the second largest circulation of New Jersey's daily newspapers, behind The Star-Ledger. Owned by the Borg family since 1930, it is the flagship publication of the North Jersey Media Group. Stephen Borg is the publisher of The Record...
. Quite possibly the most anticipated high school game 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
Giants Stadium
Giants Stadium was a multi-purpose stadium, located in East Rutherford, New Jersey, USA, in the Meadowlands Sports Complex. Maximum seating capacity was 80,242. The building itself was 230.5 m long, 180.5 m wide and 44 m high from service level to the top of the seating bowl and 54 m high to...
. The 1998 team was 12-0, #1 in New Jersey, #9 in USA Today national poll, and was voted "Team of the Century" by the Bergen Record.
In 2004, the team went to Giants Stadium
Giants Stadium
Giants Stadium was a multi-purpose stadium, located in East Rutherford, New Jersey, USA, in the Meadowlands Sports Complex. Maximum seating capacity was 80,242. The building itself was 230.5 m long, 180.5 m wide and 44 m high from service level to the top of the seating bowl and 54 m high to...
to play archrival Don Bosco Prep and won the state championship with a 13-10 victory, thanks in large part to the heroics of Brian Cushing
Brian Cushing
-Houston Texans:Cushing was drafted with the 15th overall pick in the 2009 NFL Draft by the Houston Texans.He scored his first career points on October 4, 2009 when he recorded a safety against the Oakland Raiders. The safety was the first recorded by a Texan since the 2002 season.Cushing was...
. Cushing would later go on to become an All-American at USC
University of Southern California
The University of Southern California is a private, not-for-profit, nonsectarian, research university located in Los Angeles, California, United States. USC was founded in 1880, making it California's oldest private research university...
and a 1st round draft pick of the Houston Texans who was named NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year in 2009.
The Crusaders played Don Bosco Prep on December 3, 2010, at New Meadowlands Stadium for the 2010 Non-Public Group 4 State Championship, where the Crusaders lost to the Ironmen 37-27.
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 15 times (1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007), most in county history and hold the record for most consecutive titles by winning nine straight from 1999-2007. The Crusaders have won the North Parochial "A" state sectional title 13 times (1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008 and 2009) and in 5 of those seasons they have gone on to win the overall Parochial "A" state championship (1991, 1994, 1995, 2002 and 2003). One of the most memorable of those state championship wins coming in Trenton in 2003 where the Crusaders upset heavily favored Camden Catholic High SchoolCamden Catholic High School
Camden Catholic High School is a four-year comprehensive private coeducational Roman Catholic High School, located in Cherry Hill Township, New Jersey, serving students from the Camden County area...
40-30. In addition to state and county titles, BC has won the District 7 crown in 21 consecutive seasons (1990–2010). BC has also seen four of its wrestlers win a total of five individual state championships: Jason Hernandez (1994, 130 lbs.), Jim Finn
Jim Finn
James Finn, Jr. is an American football fullback who is currently a free agent. He was originally drafted by the Chicago Bears in the seventh round of the 1999 NFL Draft. He played college football at Pennsylvania...
(1995, 185 lbs.), Joe Trause (2006, 119 lbs and 2007, 125 lbs.) and Frank Cagnina (2007, 103 lbs.)
Basketball
Bergen Catholic's basketball program is one of the top programs in North Jersey. Coach Chris Donfield led the Crusaders to great success for more than 30 years, from 1966-2000. Bergen Catholic won their first Bergen County Jamboree in 1977, and has a total of eight county championships with the most recent one in 2003. Bergen has dominated the Bergen County Jamboree throughout its history with the most total games played, total wins, and championship appearances. They also rank second in appearances and championships. Bergen has won nine North Parochial "A" state sectional championships and three Parochial "A" state championships. Their most recent success came in the 2001-02 and 2002-03. The 2001 team captured the school's first state championship in more than 10 years with a 71-69 win over St. Augustine PrepSt. Augustine College Preparatory School
St. Augustine College Preparatory School is an all-boys Roman Catholic four-year high school located in the Richland section of Buena Vista Township, New Jersey, United States...
. The team would make it to the semi-finals of the Tournament of Champions
Tournament of Champions (NJSIAA)
The New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association Tournament of Champions is the sports tournament for New Jersey high schools that determines which high school will be crowned as the #1 overall team in the state for each sport...
where they eventually fell to national powerhouse, St. Anthony
St. Anthony High School (New Jersey)
St. Anthony High School is a four-year co-educational Roman Catholic high school located in Jersey City, New Jersey, United States, operating under the supervision of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark...
. Bergen would continue their success the next season in becoming one of the top teams in New Jersey and the country. The 2002-03 team consisted of five Division I players led by Sean Banks
Sean Banks
Sean Anthony Banks is an American]] professional basketball player currently in the NBA Development League and playing for Idaho Stampede...
, the school's leading scorer. 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. Their dream of the school's first ever Tournament of Champions championship ended when they lost to Camden Catholic
Camden Catholic High School
Camden Catholic High School is a four-year comprehensive private coeducational Roman Catholic High School, located in Cherry Hill Township, New Jersey, serving students from the Camden County area...
45-44 in the Parochial "A" state championship game.
Notable alumni
- Sean BanksSean BanksSean Anthony Banks is an American]] professional basketball player currently in the NBA Development League and playing for Idaho Stampede...
(born 1985), professional basketball player. - Carl BarisichCarl BarisichCarl John Barisich is a former American football defensive tackle in the National Football League for the Cleveland Browns, Seattle Seahawks, Miami Dolphins, and the New York Giants.-Early life:...
(born 1951), former defensive tackle for nine seasons between 1973 and 1981 for four different NFL teams. - Jim Burt, Jr.Jim Burt, Jr.Jim Burt Jr. is the son of Jim Burt . Burt Jr. was famously carried on his father's shoulders after the Giants won Super Bowl XXI.Burt Jr...
(born 1981), Brooklyn CyclonesBrooklyn CyclonesThe Brooklyn Cyclones is a minor league baseball team in the Short-Season A classification New York - Penn League, affiliated with the New York Mets. The Cyclones play at MCU Park just off the Coney Island boardwalk in the New York City borough of Brooklyn....
1st Baseman; son of former New York Giant Jim BurtJim Burt (football player)James P. Burt is a former American football player who played for the New York Giants and San Francisco 49ers in the National Football League...
and current head coach/manager of the Bergen Catholic varsity baseball team. - John CrowleyJohn Crowley (biotech executive)John Francis Crowley is an American biotechnology executive and entrepreneur. He is best known as the founder of several biotech companies devoted to curing genetic diseases.-Life and career:...
(born 1967), biotech executive who helped develop a treatment for Pompe diseaseGlycogen storage disease type IIGlycogen storage disease type II is an autosomal recessive metabolic disorder which damages muscle and nerve cells throughout the body. It is caused by an accumulation of glycogen in the lysosome due to deficiency of the lysosomal acid alpha-glucosidase enzyme...
after his children were diagnosed with the condition. - Brian CushingBrian Cushing-Houston Texans:Cushing was drafted with the 15th overall pick in the 2009 NFL Draft by the Houston Texans.He scored his first career points on October 4, 2009 when he recorded a safety against the Oakland Raiders. The safety was the first recorded by a Texan since the 2002 season.Cushing was...
(born 1987), Houston TexansHouston TexansThe Houston Texans are a professional American football team based in Houston, Texas. The team is currently a member of the Southern Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...
linebacker. - Mark DeRosaMark DeRosaMark Thomas DeRosa is a Major League Baseball player. DeRosa is a utility player who has been primarily a second baseman, but can play other positions, including the outfield; he played six positions for the Chicago Cubs. He bats right-handed.DeRosa was selected by the Atlanta Braves in the 7th...
(born 1975), San Francisco GiantsSan Francisco GiantsThe San Francisco Giants are a Major League Baseball team based in San Francisco, California, playing in the National League West Division....
left fielder. - Jim DrayJim DrayJames Russell Dray is an American football tight end for the Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League. Dray was drafted by the Cardinals in the seventh round of the 2010 NFL Draft. He played college football at Stanford...
(born 1986), Arizona CardinalsArizona CardinalsThe Arizona Cardinals are a professional American football team based in Glendale, Arizona, a suburb of Phoenix. They are currently members of the Western Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...
tight end. - Alecko EskandarianAlecko EskandarianAlecko Eskandarian is a former American soccer player who last played for Los Angeles Galaxy. He currently is the youth technical director for Philadelphia Union.-High School and College:...
(born 1982), MLSMajor League SoccerMajor League Soccer is a professional soccer league based in the United States and sanctioned by the United States Soccer Federation . The league is composed of 19 teams — 16 in the U.S. and 3 in Canada...
First Pick in the 2003 MLS SuperDraft2003 MLS SuperDraftThe 2003 Major League Soccer SuperDraft was held January 17, 2003 in Kansas City, Missouri.-Round 1:-Round 2:-Round 3:-Round 4:-Round 5:-Round 6:References=* USA Today MLS Draft List...
. - Jim FinnJim FinnJames Finn, Jr. is an American football fullback who is currently a free agent. He was originally drafted by the Chicago Bears in the seventh round of the 1999 NFL Draft. He played college football at Pennsylvania...
(born 1976), former New York GiantsNew York GiantsThe New York Giants are a professional American football team based in East Rutherford, New Jersey, representing the New York City metropolitan area. The Giants are currently members of the Eastern Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...
FullbackFullback (American football)A fullback is a position in the offensive backfield in American and Canadian football, and is one of the two running back positions along with the halfback...
. - Wil HorneffWil HorneffWilliam Samuel "Wil" Horneff is an American actor.-Biography:The eldest of four children, his parents own the Robin Horneff Performing Arts Center in Waldwick, New Jersey while his father, Van, also owns a gymnastics mat business. He grew up in Saddle River, New Jersey and attended Bergen Catholic...
(born 1979), actor, The SandlotThe SandlotThe Sandlot is a 1993 American comedy-drama sports film about a group of young baseball players during the summer of 1962. The film was filmed in Utah and directed by David M. Evans...
, Born to Be WildBorn to Be Wild"Born to Be Wild" is a rock song written by Mars Bonfire and made famous by the Canadian-American rock band Steppenwolf. It is often used in popular culture to denote a biker appearance or attitude...
and The ShiningThe Shining (film)The Shining is a 1980 psychological horror film produced and directed by Stanley Kubrick, co-written with novelist Diane Johnson, and starring Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, and Danny Lloyd. The film is based on the novel of the same name by Stephen King. A writer, Jack Torrance, takes a job as an...
. - Dan LongDan Long (broadcaster)Dan Long is an American broadcaster and sports commentator. He is also the founder, owner, CEO and host of , an Internet-based sports broadcasting outlet.-Personal life:...
(born 1984), sports broadcasterSportscasterIn sports broadcasting, a commentator gives a running commentary of a game or event in real time, usually during a live broadcast. The comments are normally a voiceover, with the sounds of the action and spectators also heard in the background. In the case of television commentary, the commentator...
and founder of DL Sports Media. - Matt LoVecchioMatt LoVecchioMatthew Lawrence LoVecchio was a starting quarterback for the University of Notre Dame football team in 2000-01, and for Indiana University in 2003-04.-Early years:LoVecchio grew up in Franklin Lakes, New Jersey...
(born 1982), starting quarterbackQuarterbackQuarterback is a position in American and Canadian football. Quarterbacks are members of the offensive team and line up directly behind the offensive line...
for the University of Notre DameNotre Dame Fighting Irish footballNotre Dame Fighting Irish football team is the football team of the University of Notre Dame. The team is currently coached by Brian Kelly.Notre Dame competes as an Independent at the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision level, and is a founding member of the Bowl Championship Series coalition. It is an...
football team in 2000-01, and for Indiana UniversityIndiana Hoosiers footballThe Indiana Hoosiers football program represents Indiana University Bloomington in NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision college football and in the Big Ten Conference.-Bowl games:...
in 2003-04. - Bill MaddenBill Madden (sportswriter)Bill Madden is an American sportswriter for the New York Daily News. A member of the Baseball Writers Association of America, he has served on the Historical Overview Committee of the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2005, 2007 and 2008, helping to select candidates for the final ballots presented to the...
(born 1946), sports columnist in the Daily News and recipient of the 2010 J. G. Taylor Spink Award for meritorious contributions to baseball writing presented by the Baseball Writers Association of AmericaBaseball Writers Association of AmericaThe Baseball Writers' Association of America is a professional association for baseball journalists writing for daily newspapers, magazines and qualifying Web sites. The BBWAA was founded on October 14, 1908, to improve working conditions for sportswriters in the early part of the 20th century...
. - Jim McGovernJim McGovern (golfer)James David McGovern is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and the Nationwide Tour.McGovern was born in Teaneck, New Jersey. He grew up in Oradell, New Jersey in a house adjoining the Hackensack Golf Club...
(born 1965), professional golfer. - Pierre McGuirePierre McGuirePierre McGuire , is an ice hockey analyst for National Hockey League broadcasts on NBC and Versus in the United States. Until 2011, he was a prominent hockey analyst on The Sports Network in Canada. Previously, he was a player, coach, and scout.-Hockey career:McGuire won two Stanley Cups as a scout...
(born 1961), Sports IllustratedSports IllustratedSports Illustrated is an American sports media company owned by media conglomerate Time Warner. Its self titled magazine has over 3.5 million subscribers and is read by 23 million adults each week, including over 18 million men. It was the first magazine with circulation over one million to win the...
columnist. - Dennis McNerneyDennis McNerneyDennis McNerney is an American Democratic Party politician who served as the County Executive of Bergen County, New Jersey from 2003 to 2011.McNerney was raised in Teaneck, New Jersey, attending a Catholic grammar school in neighboring Bogota...
, former County ExecutiveCounty executiveA county executive is the head of the executive branch of government in a county. This position is common in the United States.The executive may be an elected or an appointed position...
of Bergen CountyBergen County, New JerseyBergen County is the most populous county of the state of New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, its population was 905,116. The county is part of the New York City Metropolitan Area. Its county seat is Hackensack...
. - Miles OrmanMiles OrmanMiles Orman played Miles Robinson on Sesame Street from 1985 to 1992. He is the son of Roscoe Orman, who plays Miles Robinson's adopted father Gordon....
(born 1984), actor who played Miles Robinson on Sesame StreetSesame StreetSesame Street has undergone significant changes in its history. According to writer Michael Davis, by the mid-1970s the show had become "an American institution". The cast and crew expanded during this time, including the hiring of women in the crew and additional minorities in the cast. The...
, son of Roscoe OrmanRoscoe OrmanRoscoe Hunter Orman is an American actor who plays Gordon Robinson on the television program Sesame Street. Orman joined the show in 1973, taking over as the third actor to play Gordon on the show...
, who played Gordon. - Bob PapaBob PapaBob Papa is an American sportscaster. Papa is employed by NFL Network, HBO, and the New York Giants.-Biography:Papa grew up in Dumont, New Jersey and graduated from Bergen Catholic High School in nearby Oradell...
(born 1964), New York GiantsNew York GiantsThe New York Giants are a professional American football team based in East Rutherford, New Jersey, representing the New York City metropolitan area. The Giants are currently members of the Eastern Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...
Play-by-play sportscasterSportscasterIn sports broadcasting, a commentator gives a running commentary of a game or event in real time, usually during a live broadcast. The comments are normally a voiceover, with the sounds of the action and spectators also heard in the background. In the case of television commentary, the commentator...
. - Randi PattersonRandi PattersonRandi Patterson is an American-born Trinidadian soccer player.-College:Patterson spent four seasons at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, where he was a two-time Southern Conference Player of the Year and National Soccer Coaches Association of America All-American selection...
(born 1985), professional soccer player, played internationally for the Soca WarriorsTrinidad and Tobago national football teamThe Trinidad and Tobago national football team, nicknamed The Soca Warriors, is the national team of Trinidad and Tobago and is run by the Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation. It reached the first round of the 2006 FIFA World Cup Finals...
. - Darren RizziDarren Rizzi-References:...
(born 1970), assistant special teams coach for the Miami DolphinsMiami DolphinsThe Miami Dolphins are a Professional football team based in the Miami metropolitan area in Florida. The team is part of the Eastern Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...
. - Rich ScanlonRich ScanlonRichard James Scanlon is an American football linebacker. He was signed by the Kansas City Chiefs as an undrafted free agent in 2004...
(born 1980), former New York GiantsNew York GiantsThe New York Giants are a professional American football team based in East Rutherford, New Jersey, representing the New York City metropolitan area. The Giants are currently members of the Eastern Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...
linebacker. - Msgr.MonsignorMonsignor, pl. monsignori, is the form of address for those members of the clergy of the Catholic Church holding certain ecclesiastical honorific titles. Monsignor is the apocopic form of the Italian monsignore, from the French mon seigneur, meaning "my lord"...
Robert Sheeran, former President of Seton Hall UniversitySeton Hall UniversitySeton Hall University is a private Roman Catholic university in South Orange, New Jersey, United States. Founded in 1856 by Archbishop James Roosevelt Bayley, Seton Hall is the oldest diocesan university in the United States. Seton Hall is also the oldest and largest Catholic university in the...
. - Andy UnanueAndy UnanueAndy Unanue is a former Vice President, General Manager, and COO of the family-owned Goya Foods, the largest Hispanic-owned food company in the United States.In 2008, he flirted with candidacy for the Republican nomination for the U.S...
, former executive with Goya FoodsGoya FoodsGoya Foods, Inc. is the manufacturer or distributor of a brand of foods sold in the United States and many Latin American countries, with company headquarters in Secaucus, New Jersey....
. - Isaiah WilliamsIsaiah WilliamsIsaiah Williams is an American football wide receiver for the Seattle Seahawks. He played college football for the Maryland Terrapins at the University of Maryland.-Early years:...
(born 1987), Arizona CardinalsArizona CardinalsThe Arizona Cardinals are a professional American football team based in Glendale, Arizona, a suburb of Phoenix. They are currently members of the Western Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...
wide receiver.
External links
- Bergen Catholic High School Website
- Bergen Catholic High School Soccer
- Bergen Catholic High School Wrestling
- Data for Bergen Catholic High School, National Center for Education StatisticsNational Center for Education StatisticsThe National Center for Education Statistics is the part of the United States Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences that collects, analyzes, and publishes statistics on education and public school district finance information in the United States...