2015-16 VASJ Game Notes Week 7
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Villa Angela -St Joseph 2015 - 2016 Basketball Game Notes - January 8, 2016 Six-Time State Champions - 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 2013, 2015 Five-Time State Runner-Up - 1979, 1989, 1997, 2006, 2014 THE SCHEDULE THIS WEEK IN THE VILLAGE Overall (NCL) Record 7-1 (1-1) 2014-2015 NORTH COAST LEAGUE - WHITE DIVISION CHAMPIONS Game Number 9 DAY OPPONENT TIME / RESULTS Friday, January 8, 2016 Warren John F Kennedy Eagles NOVEMBER Villa Angela-St Joseph Vikings 27 EUCLID PANTHERS W 77-57 Viking Village, VASJ High School Tip-off: 7:00 PM DECEMBER 5 LAKE CATHOLIC COUGARS W 52-51 Game Number 10 11 at Cleveland Central Catholic Ironmen ** L 56-64 Saturday, January 9, 2016 17 at Richmond Heights Spartans W 60-29 St Edward Eagles 18 at Valley Christian School Eagles ** W 63-20 Villa Angela-St Joseph Vikings 23 JOHN HAY HORNETS W 79-56 Viking Village, VASJ High School 29 vs Shenandoah (W.Va.) Jefferson Cougars W 88-43 Tip-off: 7:30 PM (Polar Bear Holiday Classic; Fairmont, W.Va.) 30 vs Fairmont (W.Va.) Polar Bears W 56-51 (Polar Bear Holiday Classic; Fairmont, W.Va.) Villa Angela-St. Joseph comes off two wins in a holiday tournament in Fairmont. West Virginia, and takes a 7-1 record into a big weekend at Viking Village. JANUARY 8 WARREN JOHN F KENNEDY EAGLES ** 7:00 PM VASJ will host North Coast League foe Warren JFK on Friday, Jan. 8. The marquee matchup occurs Saturday 9 ST. EDWARD EAGLES 7:30 PM when the Vikings welcome perennial power St. Edward. 15 TRINITY TROJANS ** 7:00 PM 16 at Benedictine Bengals 7:00 PM VASJ got a big weekend out of senior Sherman Dean, who hit seven 3s in the first half of a win over Jefferson 22 at Louisville St. Thomas Aquinas Knights ** 7:00 PM (WV). 23 WILLOUGHBY CORNERSTONE CHRISTIAN PATRIOTS 7:30 PM 29 VALLEY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL EAGLES ** 7:00 PM Sophomore Jerry Higgins continues to impress, particularly on defense and running the offense. Jacob Stauffer,l 30 LUTHERAN EAST FALCONS 7:30 PM Kevin Roberts and freshman Alonzo Gaffney are players to watch for the Vikings. Warren JFK is struggling with a new-look roster this season. For the second time in the past seven years, the FEBRUARY Eagles were crowned district champs last March after they defeated Cornerstone Christian (53-40) on March 13 5 at Warren John F. Kennedy Eagles ** 7:00 PM at Grand Valley High School in Orwell. 6 at Mentor Cardinals 7:30 PM 9 at Gilmour Academy Lancers 7:30 PM As in 2009, their run stopped in the next game. This time, they were bounced by St. Thomas Aquinas (61-51). 12 at Trinity Trojans ** 7:00 PM 19 LOUISVILLE ST. THOMAS AQUINAS KNIGHTS ** 7:00 PM JFK will reload this year minus a large number of contributors who led the Eagles to a 13-12 finish and a district 20 CLEVELAND CENTRAL CATHOLIC IRONMEN ** 7:00 PM championship. It was just three years ago that Kennedy had a youthful lineup of many sophomores and (VASJ Senior Night) newcomers. Fast forward as this year’s roster could take shape into having that type of success in the (near) future. MARCH Bobby Jefferson (Sr./F); Dan Rossi (Sr./F); Justin Bofenkamp (Jr./G); Evan Boyd (Jr./F); Hylan Burton; Antonio OHSAA State Tournament Games McQueen (Jr./F); Joe Millard (Jr./F); Jared Misocky (Jr./F); Aaron Williamson (Jr./F); Nate Woods (Jr./F); Alec Burzynski (So./G); and Terrance King (So./G) ** - - North Coast League - White Division Game St. Edward, a Division I final four qualifier in 2015, suffered key losses in graduating Kipper Nichols and losing transfer Derek Funderburk, but the Eagles are once again a formidable squad led by Coach Eric Flannery. Flannery’s son, Sean, is a talented 5-foot-9 guard who helped lead the Eagles past highly regarded Medina in a Scholastic Play By Play Classic game at Baldwin-Wallace. “We are the type of team that can probably lose to anybody if we’re not shooting well, but we also can beat anybody if we get our pace going,” Eric Flannery said. FOLLOW THE VIKINGS Tommy Schmock scored a game-high 24 points, Danny Chambers added 16 and the Eagles hit 10 3s. They also assisted on 12 of 22 baskets with Sean Flannery’s five assists heading that effort in the win over Medina. @babekwas @vasjbasketball St. Edward (5-3) emerged from its holiday visit to Myrtle Beach, S.C., a deeper team. The Eagles went 1-2 on @VASJ_HighSchool the trip but used 18 players in two games. @Vikings_AD For full schedules, statistics, and @RealChalkTalk upcoming events of the VASJ Basketball team, visit www.vasjbasketball.com and www.vasj.com . Villa Angela -St Joseph 2015 - 2016 Basketball Game Notes - January 8, 2016 Six-Time State Champions - 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 2013, 2015 Five-Time State Runner-Up - 1979, 1989, 1997, 2006, 2014 POLLS AND RANKINGS 2015 - 2016 VASJ VIKINGS ROSTER CLEVELAND.COM / PLAIN DEALER (Jan 4 Poll) 0 Phillip Bessick Sr 6-2 175 1 Chad Porter Jr 6-2 175 1 St. Ignatius Wildcats 3 Kevin Roberts Sr Guard 6-1 170 Cleveland / Apex Academy 2 Akron St Vincent-St Mary Irish 4 Noah Newlon Jr 6-2 170 3 Garfield Heights Bulldogs 5 William Butler Jr 5-11 235 4 Lorain Titans 10 Terrance Lawler Jr 5-10 175 5 St. Edward Eagles 12 Danny McGarry Jr Guard 6-3 170 Our Lady of the Lake 6 Akron Archbishop Hoban Knights 14 Andre George Jr 5-9 160 7 Beachwood Bison 15 Gene Higgins So Guard 5-7 150 Wickliffe / Wickliffe Middle 8 Cleveland Central Catholic Ironmen 21 Sherman Dean, III Sr Guard 6-2 155 Euclid / St. John of the Cross 9 Medina Bees 22 Anthony Turk Sr Forward 6-4 190 Euclid / St. John of the Cross 10 Brunswick Blue Devils 31 Alonzo Gaffney Fr Forward 6-7 165 35 Graham Koppel Fr 6-3 170 50 Jacob Stauffer Sr Center 6-6 235 Euclid / St. Paschal Baylon NEWS-HERALD TOP OF THE CROP (Jan 1 poll) 1 Beachwood Bison 2 Mentor Cardinals Head Coach Babe Kwasniak ' 94 (5th season - 100--33) Hired May 4, 2010 3 VASJ VIKINGS 4 Benedictine Bengals Assistant Coaches Tedd Kwasniak, Dale Thomas '97, Ashen Ward '08, 5 Lake Catholic Cougars TJ Kwasniak '96 Gary Wilson '94, Rich Newlon. 6 Perry Pirates 7 Cornerstone Christian Patriots Managers Ronny Faddoul, Adam Keyes, Marty McGarry 8 Gilmour Lancers 9 NDCL Lions Video Ryan Barry '04 10 Mayfield Wildcats USA TODAY SUPER 25 (Jan 6 Poll) 2015 - 2016 VASJ VIKINGS STARTERS 1 Chino Hills (CA) 2 Mouth of Wilson (VA) Oak Hill Academy OPP 1 2 3 4 5 Rec 3 Montverde (FL) Academy 4 Henderson (NV) Findlay Prep Euclid Higginis Lawler DeanMcGarry Stauffer 1-0 5 Humble (TX) Atascocita Lake Cath Higginis Lawler Dean McGarry Stauffer 2-0 6 Elizabeth (NJ) The Patrick School CCC Higginis Lawler Dean McGarryStauffer 2-1 7 Chatsworth (CA) Sierra Canyon Richmond Hts Higginis Lawler Dean McGarry Stauffer 3-1 8 Hyattsville (MD) DeMatha Catholic Valley Christain Higginis Lawler Dean McGarry Stauffer 4-1 9 Jersey City (NJ) St Anthony John Hay Higginis Lawler Dean McGarry Stauffer 5-1 10 Washington (DC) St John's College Jefferson Higginis Lawler Dean McGarry Stauffer 6-1 11 Detroit (MI) University of Detroit Jesuit Fairmont Higginis Lawler Dean McGarry Stauffer 7-1 12 High Point (NC) Christian Academy Warren JFK 13 Columbia (SC) Hammond St Edward 14 Newark (NJ) St Benedict Trinity 15 St Louis (MO) Chaminade Benedictine 16 Philadelphia (PA) Roman Catholic St Thom Aquinas 17 La Porte (IN) La Lumiere Cornerstone 18 Washington (DC) Gonzaga College Valley Christain 19 Torrance (CA) Bishop Montgomery Lutheran East 20 Chicago (IL) Morgan Park Academy Warren JFK 21 Waterbury (CT) Sacred Heart Mentor 22 Hopkins (MN) Gilmour 23 Seattle (WA) Garfield Trinity 24 Oakland Gardens (NY) Cardozo St Thom Aquinas 25 Indianapolis (IN) North Central CCC * Projected Line-up Villa Angela -St Joseph 2015 - 2016 Basketball Game Notes - January 8, 2016 Six-Time State Champions - 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 2013, 2015 Five-Time State Runner-Up - 1979, 1989, 1997, 2006, 2014 VASJ QUICK FACTS VASJ ADMINISTRATION Location East 185th & Lakeshore Blvd, Cleveland, Ohio Richard Osborne '69 Founded Villa Angela (1878), St Joseph (1950) PRESIDENT Federated in 1990 Affiliation Roman Catholic (Diocese of Cleveland) Richard Osborne (‘69) has been President of Villa Angela-St Joseph High School since July 2011. Conference North Coast League (White Division) Enrollment 314 (co-educational) An area native who grew up in Euclid and the North Collinwood area of Cleveland Colors Columbia Blue and Scarlett Red (he attended both Holy Cross and St. Jerome grade schools), Osborne has been a Nickname Vikings steadfast supporter of St. Joseph and VASJ for many years and served as chairman of the school’s Board of Advisors from 2009 to 2011. Home Arena Viking Village Capacity 1,250 Osborne was a member of the 1969 class of St. Joseph and retired from the President Richard Osborne '69 publishing business in 2011 to take the leadership role at VASJ. Prior to retiring, Principal David Csank Osborne served as the editor and publisher of Ohio Magazine. Athletic Director Nate Zavorek '94 While a student at St. Joe’s, Osborne served as editor of the school’s literary magazine, as an editor for the school newspaper, a class Athletic Phone 216-481-8414 extension 224 officer, and as vice president of the Student Council. After graduating in 1969, he earned a bachelor’s degree in fine arts at the University Head Coach Babe Kwasniak '94 (6h season 100-33) of Cincinnati in 1973.