Irish Too Much in Rout of St. Matthews

Comming off a sloppy win against Xavier the Irish looked to rebound in a big way against St. Matts, and they did. The 59-27 thumping started a little slow for the Irish as they only had an 11-10 advantage after the first quarter, but once good luck charm Mark Douglas entered the gym it was all over for the blue and gold of St. Matthews. In the second quarter the Irish really clamped down on defence lead by All-CYO Defensive 1st team player Joe Douglas only allowing three points for the quarter and forcing a barage of turnovers to give the Irish a 29-13 lead headed into the half. Even though swingman Matt Sullivan was hurt for most of the second half and Joe Chiappara missed the entire game due to a hunting accident in which he was stabbed in the buttocks by the antlers of a white-tailed deer the Irish played even better in the second half expanding their lead to 32 and comming home with the easy victory. The Irish were lead by JC Laughlin who put up a career best 14 points and played inspired basketball with his girlfriend looking on(must have had a good time with her the night before the game  ). The Irish also got a big game out of Matt Abregg who had 8 points, 3 steals, and 2 great blocks. Goldinger did his usual awesome self scoring 14 and player coach Tim Campbell also got into the act scoring 6 points of his own and giving the Irish that much needed scoring threat off the bench. Next up for the Irish is 3-1 St. Fancis DeSales. This will be a pivatol matchup for both teams because a loss would make it much harder for either team to win the division.

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Irish Get Sloppy Win

     After comming off an impressive win against St. Marys the Irish looked to win there second striaght against St. Francis Xavier. Unfortunatly for the Irish the Explorers came out red hot and took a 16-4 advantage in the first quarter.  The Irish knew they had to step up their game and their intesity in the second quarter and they did. After a big three by Sullivan which cut the deficet to 5 the Irish turned on the defence which was led by Joe Douglas despite have what he later called "garbage" for shoes on.  The defencsive intensity catapulted the Irish to a 4 point lead at halftime. For the rest of the game the Irish never gave up the lead which was between 3 and 8 the rest of the game. Towards the end of the game though the Irishs' victory was in jepordy as the Explorers had three, 3 point oppertunities to tie at the end of the game but missed all three and the Irish took home the victory 35-32. St. V was lead by Goldinger who had 15, Sullivan with 7, Laughlin 7, Fox 2, Douglas 2, and Joe C with 2. 

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Irish Defence Sufficates Crusaders

   After an extremely dissapointing loss to Holy Family last week which saw the Irish play very slugish St. V looked to rebound in a big way against highly favord St. Mary. The game started out great for the irishas they took an early lead and were tied at the end of one. After the second the irish took a one point lead into halftime and clearly had the crusaders frustrated. The second half was no different as the irish pestered the crusaders on the defenceive end and slowly distanced themselves from st. mary on the scoreboard. The end of the game got a little ugly as the crusaders and there coach lost there composure which ultimatley proved to be there downfall as the Irish took home the victory with a 39-32. The Irish were lead by big man Randy Goldinger with 21, Abregg with 4, Sullivan with 6, Douglas with 4, and Fox with 2 and Gilbride with 2. Next up for the Irish is St. Francis Xavier.

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With New Players Irish Look to Win state Title.

After a very successful season which saw the Irish advance to the Elite Eight the Irish look to improve on that feat with a state championship this year. The Irish were busy in the off season signing four new players and adding veteran coach Tim Campbell to the roster. There first order of business was finding a dominate big man to replace the now assistant coach Billy Harmon, Well the Irish struck gold when they landed highly touted free agent Randy Goldinger to a one year contract. Joe Douglas who is a friend of Randys and the starting point guard for the Irish said of Goldinger "he’s a polished big man with lots of skill and grit he will be more than just a replacement for Billy, he will be a star.” The Irish were not done spending though. After losing Alex Ciptak to a four year prison sentence for a robbery of a local seven eleven they knew they needed to get another big man who could solidify the paint. The answer? Matt Abregg! The six foot five inch lanky center will add much needed rebounding power and scoring down low and is known around the league as one of the “good guys” of cyo. After the two signings of the big man the Irish went after key role players who could replace Joe Cooke and recently retired Landon Davis. The Irish went after and got a bulldog in Joe Chiarappa to be the garbage man and also added Laughlin to solidify the post.  Overall this should bring the Irish to their ultimate goal which is a state title.

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With New Players Irish Look to Win state Title.

After a very successful season which saw the Irish advance to the Elite Eight the Irish look to improve on that feat with a state championship this year. The Irish were busy in the off season signing four new players and adding veteran coach Tim Campbell to the roster. There first order of business was finding a dominate big man to replace the now assistant coach Billy Harmon, Well the Irish struck gold when they landed highly touted free agent Randy Goldinger to a one year contract. Joe Douglas who is a friend of Randys and the starting point guard for the Irish said of Goldinger "he’s a polished big man with lots of skill and grit he will be more than just a replacement for Billy, he will be a star.” The Irish were not done spending though. After losing Alex Ciptak to a four year prison sentence for a robbery of a local seven eleven they knew they needed to get another big man who could solidify the paint. The answer? Matt Abregg! The six foot five inch lanky center will add much needed rebounding power and scoring down low and is known around the league as one of the “good guys” of cyo. After the two signings of the big man the Irish went after key role players who could replace Joe Cooke and recently retired Landon Davis. The Irish went after and got a bulldog in Joe Chiarappa to be the garbage man and also added Laughlin to solidify the post.  Overall this should bring the Irish to their ultimate goal which is a state title.

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With New Player Irish look to Win Title.

After a very successful season which saw the Irish advance to the Elite Eight the Irish look to improve on that feat with a state championship this year. The Irish were busy in the off season signing four new players and adding veteran coach Tim Campbell to the roster. There first order of business was finding a dominate big man to replace the now assistant coach Billy Harmon, Well the Irish struck gold when they landed highly touted free agent Randy Goldinger to a one year contract. Joe Douglas who is a friend of Randys and the starting point guard for the Irish said of Goldinger "he’s a polished big man with lots of skill and grit he will be more than just a replacement for Billy, he will be a star.” The Irish were not done spending though. After losing Alex Ciptak to a four year prison sentence for a robbery of a local seven eleven they knew they needed to get another big man who could solidify the paint. The answer? Matt Abregg! The six foot five inch lanky center will add much needed rebounding power and scoring down low and is known around the league as one of the “good guys” of cyo. After the two signings of the big man the Irish went after key role players who could replace Joe Cooke and recently retired Landon Davis. The Irish went after and got a bulldog in Joe Chiarappa to be the garbage man and also added Laughlin to solidify the post.  Overall this should bring the Irish to their ultimate goal which is a state tittle.

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Irish Head to the Quarter Finals

The Irish played a sloppy game against Holy Family in the first round, missing 14 free throws.  The Irish scored 61 in the first round in a dominant game.  Leading scorers were Bill with 18, Joe D with 14, and Matt with 11.

In the second round the Irish played a physical game against a team that was bigger and stronger than them.  St Matthews boasted Hoban's starting quarterback, strong safety, and nose guard.  In the first quarter the Irish started slow falling to 10-12 after the first.  In the second quarter the Irish thoroughly outplayed the Irish but were down six after two quick threes by St Matt.  Third quarter was much about even until Graydon heaved from half at the buzzer to put The Irish up one.  The fourth quarter was the ultimate show of the Irish will to win.  It was a close game throughout the fourth, but the Irish never gave away the lead.  With the Irish up two with less than a minute left Tommy the sure fire free thrower went to the line for a 1-1.  With a heartbreaking thud he missed the first free throw and with it struck fear into the Irish hearts.  With lock down D the Irish forced a turnover and Graydon went to the line.  He split the pair and with 6 seconds left St. Matts had the ball, down three.  Tom tipped the inbounds pass and they heaved an ugly shot that didn't touch rim.  Ballgame.  Next up the cocky cocks from St. Sebastian.

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Hey Arnold Heartbreak

   The Irish went into the weekend with full knowledge they would be without Big Bill, but the surprise came when A Cip got arrested on a DUI before gametime.  As the game began the Irish had just five players and no subs to help them in this one.  The first quarter was a disappointment to say the least as the Irish were outscored 14-2.  The long and lean Joe Cook scored all of the Irish points in the first.  The second quarter was a different story though as the Irish began to claw there way back into the game.  The Irish outscored St. Joes 14-11 to cut the deficit to 25-16.  In the third Tom and Graydon hit some big threes to answer the endless barrage of threes St. Joes was raining upon them.  They went into the fouth with confidence and a deficit small enough to overcome.  Matt and Joe D knew they had to bare the scoring on there shoulders, as Jesus bared the cross.  In the final minutes the Irish were in striking distance.  Down two without the ball and a minute left Joe D made a terrible mistake fouling Tenney.  He went to the line and knocked 'em down.  The Irish never got closer then that until the final moments when Graydon hit a three to end the game 44-43 in a loss.  Matt did best he could trying to help the team win scoring 17,  Joe D had 12, Tom and Graydon added six, and Joe Cook had 2.

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