Philadelphia High School Baseball
Catholic League Winners, Year by Year

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Year School Coach League Playoff Wins
'20 Villanova Prep Unavailable 4-2 One
'21 West Catholic Bro. Michael Quinlan 4-2 One
'22 Villanova Prep Unavailable   None
'23 Salesianum Unavailable   One
'24 Camden Catholic Unavailable   (tie
  SJ Prep Unavailable   not
  West Catholic Unavailable   broken)
'25 SJ Prep Unavailable   None
'26 Roman Unavailable   None
'27 West Catholic Unavailable 5-1 None
  1928-44 No Competition    
'45 North Catholic Rev. Thomas Rush   None
'46 La Salle Bill Magarity   None
'47 North Catholic John Gillespie   None
'48 St. James Ed "Reds" McGuire   None
'49 North Catholic Rev. Thomas Rush   None
'50 North Catholic Rev. Thomas Rush   One
'51 La Salle Harry Woltemate   One
'52 Southeast Catholic Paul Bartolomeo   None
'53 Southeast Catholic Paul Bartolomeo   One
'54 North Catholic Rev. Thomas Rush   None
'55 La Salle Harry Woltemate   One
'56 North Catholic Rev. Thomas Rush   None
'57 Father Judge Chas. "Gabbo" Gaffney   None
'58 Bishop Neumann Paul Bartolomeo   #Two
'59 La Salle John Hricinak   Two
'60 Bishop Neumann Paul Bartolomeo   One
'61 St. James John Mooney   One
'62 St. James John Mooney   One
'63 St. James John Mooney   *Two
'64 Father Judge Bob Ryan   One
'65 St. James John Mooney   *Two
'66 West Catholic Bill Zwaan Sr.   One
'67 Father Judge Bob Ryan   One
'68 Bishop Egan Joe Coleman   One
'69 Cardinal Dougherty Ray Merkle   Two
'70 Monsignor Bonner Bob Stratton   One
'71 St. James John Mooney   One
'72 St. James John Mooney   One
'73 Father Judge Henry King   Two
'74 Archbishop Ryan George Paull   Two
'75 Cardinal O'Hara Bill Dugan   Two
'76 Father Judge Joe McDermott   Two
'77 North Catholic Larry Conti   *Three
'78 Roman Bob Koch 9-5 Two
'79 West Catholic Ed Brouillette 12-2 Two
'80 Archbishop Ryan Rich Papirio 15-1 Two
'81 North Catholic Larry Conti 13-3 Two
'82 Father Judge Joe McDermott 16-0 Two
'83 Cardinal O'Hara Bill Dugan 12-2 Two
'84 Archbishop Ryan Rich Papirio 13-3 Two
'85 Father Judge Joe McDermott 10-6 Four
'86 North Catholic Larry Conti 13-3 Two
'87 Father Judge Joe McDermott 10-6 Four
'88 La Salle Joe Parisi 13-3 Two
'89 Monsignor Bonner Bob Vent 11-3 Two
'90 Archbishop Wood Paul Ellis 14-2 Two
'91 Archbishop Carroll Frank Allison 10-4 Three
'92 Roman Catholic Joe O'Brien 13-1 Two
'93 Archbishop Wood Bill O'Toole 9-7 *Five
'94 La Salle Joe Parisi 11-3 Two
'95 North Catholic Pete Maddaloni 12-2 Two
'96 Archbishop Carroll Frank Allison 10-4 Four
'97 Archbishop Carroll Frank Allison 13-5 Three
'98 Archbishop Ryan Mike Lake 10-8 Four
'99 Archbishop Carroll Fran Murphy 15-3 Two
'00 Father Judge Joe McDermott 15-3 Two
'01 Archbishop Carroll Fran Murphy 13-5 Two
'02 Archbishop Carroll Fran Murphy 14-4 Two
'03 Cardinal O'Hara a-John Fleming 15-3 Two
'04 Archbishop Carroll Fran Murphy 15-3 Three
'05 La Salle Joe Parisi 12-2 Two
'06 Conwell-Egan Rich Papirio 14-0 Two
'07 St. Joseph's Prep Chris Rupertus 17-4 Two
'08 St. Joseph's Prep Chris Rupertus 12-2 Three
'09 Ss. Neumann-Goretti Lou Spadaccini 13-3 Three
'10 Monsignor Bonner Joe DeBarberie 11-3 Three
'11 Ss. Neumann-Goretti Lou Spadaccini 12-0 Three
'12 Ss. Neumann-Goretti Mike Zolk Sr. 9-1 Three
'13 La Salle Joe Parisi 11-4 Four
'14 Ss. Neumann-Goretti Kevin Schneider 12-2 &Six
'15 Archbishop Wood Jim DiGuiseppe Jr. 10-2 Three
'16 Ss. Neumann-Goretti Kevin Schneider 7-5 Three
'17 Ss. Neumann-Goretti Mike "Zoom" Zolk Jr. 9-3 Three
'18 La Salle Kyle Werman 11-1 Three
'19 La Salle Kyle Werman 11-2 Three
'20   Season canceked   (COVID-19) 11-1 Three
'21 La Salle Kyle Werman 13-0 Three
'22 Bonner-Prendergast Steve DeBaeberie 12-0 Three
*-includes win in pre-playoff
a-filling in for Frank Allison (medical leave)
#-in best-of-three finals
&-also lost one playoff (double-elimination tournament)

MOST TITLES BY SCHOOL (1945-present)
 11 La Salle
10  North Catholic
10  South Catholic/Neumann/N-G
  9  Judge
  7  St. James
  7  Carroll

MOST TITLES BY COACH (1945-present)
  6  John Mooney, St. James
  5  Rev. Thomas Rush, North Catholic
  5  Joe McDermott, Judge
  4  Paul Bartolomeo, Southeast Catholic/Neumann
  4  Fran Murphy, Carroll
  4  Joe Parisi, La Salle

FATHER-SON CHAMPIONSHIP COACHES
Mike Zolk, Neumann-Goretti '12 / Mike "Zoom" Zolk Jr., Neumann-Goretti, '17
Joe DeBarberie, Bonner, '10 / Steve DeBarberie, Bonner-Prendergast, '22

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