Gil Brooks Coach Brooks' Daily News All-City Players: *Played in NFL FIRST TEAM     Lance Shaw RB 1993 Chris Hamwright DL 1993 Jess Sodaski MP 1993 Fran McCartan DL 1995 Scott Palanjian K 1995 *Victor Hobson LB 1995 *Victor Hobson LB 1996 Frank Cacciola L 1997 Aaron Brown RB 1997 *Victor Hobson LB 1997 Jermaine Slade DB  1997 Warren Spivey DL 1998 Jim Jankiewicz DB 1998 Kevin Stefanski DB 1998 John Connors L 2000 Kyle Ambrogi RB 2000 John Connors L 2001 Vince Gallagher QB 2001 Kyle Ambrogi RB 2001 Mike Mailey DL 2001 John Quinn L 2002 Pat Kaiser RB 2002 Pat Kaiser K 2002 Brian Tracz LB 2002 Mike Buscaglia L 2003 Matt Parkhurst DL 2003 Brian Tracz LB 2003 Dan Jones DB 2003 Greg Ambrogi DB 2003 Dan Voss L 2004 Steve Quinn Rec. 2004 John Shaw RB 2004 Jim McKenzie L 2005 Bill Edger Rec. 2005 Chris Whitney QB 2005 Charlie Noonan DL 2005 Joe D'Orazio L 2006 Jeff Battipaglia L 2006 Chris Whitney QB 2006 Neil Doogan LB 2006 Greg Castillo DB 2006 Jamir Livingston RB 2007 Tim Edger P 2007 Jim McGoldrick DB 2007 Mark Arcidiacono L 2008 Seth Betancourt L 2008 Mike Yeager RB 2008 Mike Pinciotti DL 2008 Mike Pereira LB 2008 Seth Betancourt L 2009 Sean McGinn L 2009 Mike Labor LB 2009 SECOND TEAM     Dave Johnson L 1993 Dwayne Carey DL 1994 Brian Kraus MP 1996 Dan Gress DL 1997 Sean Killeen LB 1997 Steve Comly QB 1998 Kenny Wilson DL 1998 John Paul Mantey LB 1999 Sean Heenan LB 1999 Mike McGann QB 1999 Mike Mailey DL 2000 David O'Beirne DB 2000 Pete Chromiak Rec. 2001 Jim Lachman Rec. 2001 Dan Jones DB 2002 Steve Quinn Rec. 2002 Brandon Friday DL 2003 Charlie Noonan DL 2004 Andrew Spross LB 2004 Matt Leddy DL 2005 John Gazzola L 2006 Brian Brinkmann MP 2006 Jamir Livingston RB 2006 Tim Edger P 2006 Ryan Haber DL 2006 Mark Giubilato QB 2008 Ryan McGinn L 2007 Desmon Peoples MP 2009 THIRD TEAM     Damian Lavelle L 1992 Dorian Henry DB 1993 Pat Pluck DL 1994 Frank Cacciola L 1996 Aaron Brown LB 1996 Kasim Holloman DL 1998 Chris Short L 1999 Carton Rogers L 1999 Ed Turner Rec. 1999 Steve Wagner LB 2000 Pat Kaiser K 2001 Matt Stefanski QB 2002 Mike Robinson L 2003 Steve Quinn Rec. 2003 Brendan Gilroy L 2004 Mike Boyle DL 2004 Chris Whitney DB 2004 Colin Wixted LB 2005 Tim Edger K 2005 Jeff Battipaglia L 2005 Jamir Livingston RB 2005 Andy Shalbrack DB 2005 Aaron Haas QB 2007 Gary Williams DL 2007 Bill Mancini DL 2009 Steve O'Hara LB 2009

Gil Brooks Tribute Page   Gil Brooks, an alumnus, coached St. Joseph's Prep's football team for 18 seasons, winning 162 games and five Catholic League championships. The first crown was won in 1997, ending a 20-year wait for the school. Here is that story . . . By Ted Silary   A playful daily battle took place last week between the administrators at St. Joseph's Prep and one persistent student.   The kid might not have been a football player, but he certainly wanted the grid Hawklets to end two decades of frustration.   Early last week, the kid's signs began appearing on walls all over the school: Don't concentrate on schoolwork. Concentrate on winning the championship.   "They were sheets of paper, the kind you'd print out from a computer,'' said senior Kevin Komelasky, a 6-3, 240-pound defensive end. "They were everywhere. Must have been 100 of them.   "The people in the administration kept ripping them down, but the signs kept coming back. When we'd come in every morning, they'd be all over the school again. We had fun with it. It was kind of a rallying cry."   Then came Saturday night at Northeast High. In front of 8,000 roaring, shivering patrons, the Prep stunned Archbishop Ryan, 14-3, to win its first Catholic League title since 1977.   As the final seconds melted away, several hundred members of the Prep's humongous student rooting section dashed onto the field from the visiting side, enveloping the players and coaches. Some kids wore only shorts. One wacko wore only a diaper.   "Our school is known for student pride,'' Komelasky said. "The kids support all athletics, not just football. Activities, too. The fans were a big help."   So was Komelasky, who made a team-high nine tackles as the Prep became just the third Southern Division representative in 17 years to win the championship.   This time four years ago, Komelasky - who lives in Holland, Bucks County - was still playing soccer and was reasonably positive he would attend La Salle, where his father, George, had played football and where his uncles also had gone.   Kevin's brother, Chris, an engineering student at Virginia, began switching the family tradition by opting for the Prep. Kevin decided to follow.   "When I visited both schools, I liked Prep better,'' he said. "My brother and I took some joking around from the family, but they were behind us all the way.   "I liked soccer. It was real good for conditioning. But I kept getting bigger, so I decided to go out for football as a freshman.''   The Prep's defense, coordinated by Chris Lomax, featured ends Komelasky and Derek Osborne, tackles Dan Gress and Warren Spivey, linebackers Victor Hobson, Aaron Brown and Sean Killeen, cornerbacks Jermaine Slade and Keith Olkowski and safeties Steve Comly and Jim Jankiewicz.   The Hawklets allowed only a 22-yard, first-quarter field goal by Mike Gavaghan. Ryan's chances were severely damaged early in the second quarter when leading rusher Jeff Moore departed with a broken ankle. The Prep scored on its next possession on Comly's 6-yard pass to Slade and on the first play of the third quarter as Brown bowled over two defenders on a 62-yard run.   Ryan then methodically advanced to the Prep 4, but Joe Corsanico's fourth-down pass to Dave Udowenko was knocked down at the very last instant by Jankiewicz.   After the game, coach Gil Brooks gave Jankiewicz a long bear hug and kept telling him how well he had played.   Brooks later explained: "When we played Ryan before [a 27-0 non-league loss Sept. 23], I had to take Jimmy out. Udowenko had a big day on him. This was real justification for Jimmy.''   In that September loss, Slade did not play at all because of an injury and Brown saw only scant duty at running back because he was returning from an injury. Also, the starting quarterback was ineffective and yanked - for good, as it turned out - in favor of Comly.   "We knew Ryan had good, aggressive kids,'' Brooks said. "But we also knew they were young and not real big. We figured we could make that work for us, in time. We also knew we were a different team compared to the first time we played them."   Back to the myriad signs.   If Komelasky did allow his studies to slip for a week, he could afford it. He maintains a 3.75 grade-point average and has scored 1,240 on the Scholastic Assessment Test. His pursuers include Lafayette, Georgetown and many Ivy League schools.   Komelasky is one of eight grid Hawklets in the National Honor Society, joining Brown, Gress, part-time receivers Paul Wood and Michael Washlick, kicker Mike Musial, backup running back Christian Pierce and special-teamer Dan Heist.   Today, maybe one of those guys, or someone else, will come up with a new sign: Don't concentrate on schoolwork. Concentrate on celebrating the championship.   TITLE TIDBITS: Prep's Milton Johnson had 20 carries for 93 yards, giving him 1,032 for the season. He and Ryan's Joe O'Connell (28-106, 1,147) are the only two sophs in Catholic League history to rush for 1,000 yards . . . For Prep, Victor Hobson and Warren Spivey had two tackles apiece for losses . . . Keith Ulrich and John Price (11 each) led Ryan . . . The Prep (12-2) won 11 in a row after a 1-2 start. Its other loss was to Gonzaga, of Washington, D.C. . . . Forty minutes after the game ended, Prep coach Gil Brooks was still on the field receiving hugs from well-wishers . . . Comcast's CN8 will show the game tonight at 7:30.

SEASON BY SEASON Catholic League 1992: South, 1-6 1993: South, 4-2-1 1994: outh, 2-4-1 1995: South, 5-2 1996: South, 6-1 1997: South, 7-0 1998: South, 6-1 1999: Red, 5-2 2000: Red, 7-0 2001: Red, 7-0 2002: Red, 7-0 2003: Red, 6-0 2004: Red, 6-0 2005: Red, 7-0 2006, Red: 7-0 2007, Red: 7-0 2008, 4A: 5-1 2009, 4A: 6-0 Total: 101-19-2 --- Overall 1992: 2-8 1993: 8-3-1 1994: 2-7-1 1995: 8-4 1996: 10-3 1997: 12-2 1998: 9-3 1999: 7-5 2000: 12-1 2001: 10-3 2002: 13-0 2003: 12-0 2004: 10-3 2005: 11-2 2006: 9-3 2007: 10-3 2008: 8-4 2009: 9-3 Total: 162-57-2 -- CATHOLIC LEAGUE TITLES 1997: Overall 2001: Red 2002: Red 2003: Red 2005: Red -- 1,000 RUSHERS Yards Year Pat Kaiser 2,178 '02 Kyle Ambrogi 2,109 '00 John Shaw  1,737 '04 Kyle Ambrogi 1,672 '01 Lance Shaw 1,527 '93 Jamir Livingston 1,502 '06 Jamir Livingston 1,390 '07 Mike Yeager 1,344 '08 Dan Jones 1,181 '03 John Shaw 1,143 '03 Jamir Livingston 1,076 '05 Aaron Brown 1,068 '97 Desmon Peoples 1,050 '09 Aaron Brown 1,036 '96 Milton Johnson 1,032 '97 1,000 PASSERS Yards Year Mike McGann 1,750 '00 Vince Gallagher 1,720 '02 Chris Whitney 1,629 '06 Matt Stefanski 1,624 '02 Skyler Mornhinweg 1,543 '09 Steve Comly 1,515 '98 Aaron Haas 1,381 '07 Kevin Stefanski 1,080 '99 Dave Hand 1,050 '95 Mark Giubilato 1,008 '08 500 RECEIVERS Yards Year Brian Kraus 805 '96 Bill Edger 782 '05 Pete Chromiak 774 '00 Brian Brinkmann 754 '06 Steve Quinn 698 '02 Pete Chromiak 676 '01 Jim Lachman 649 '01 Jim Lachman 629 '00 Jim Jankiewicz 622 '98 Ed Turner 594 '99 Steve Quinn 579 '04 Greg Castillo 538 '07

This story was written in 2003 after Gil guided the Hawks to their 33rd consecutive win
 thus claiming the city record . . .

By Ted Silary
  On the occasion when his football team claimed a prestigious city record, coach Gil Brooks revealed plans to immortalize an
individual.
  Nah, Brooks was only kidding when he talked about naming St. Joseph's Prep's weight room after senior guard Mike "Bus''
Buscaglia, but he obviously holds him in high regard.
  Saturday night at Northeast High, The Prep jolted Father Judge, 42-0, in a Catholic Red game to extend its winning streak to 33
 games, one better than La Salle won in a stretch from 1995 to '97.
  Buscaglia, a 5-10, 245-pound senior, lined up at guard and his blocking helped the Hawks' potent offense average a first down
(37 plays, 377 yards).
  While Brooks' squad indeed has many players who simply ooze talent, it also has numerous guys such as Buscaglia, a
 relentless, self-made contributor.
  Brooks said Buscaglia - how about "The Bus Stop'' for the weight room? - can bench press 380 pounds and squat 785, and
that he never missed an offseason weightlifting workout.
  "Mike's definitely our leader on the line,'' Brooks said. "He's as good as anyone we've seen this season. He's not big, but he's
incredibly strong. He sets such a tone in our weight room. ''
  The blocking of center Pat Regan, guards Buscaglia and Brendon Gilroy, tackles Mike Robinson and Dave O'Brien eabled
time-sharing tailbacks Dan Jones and John Shaw to post outrageous statistics. Jones, a senior, ran eight times for 130 yards and
touchdowns of 26, 78 and 10 yards. Shaw, a sophomore, had 141 yards on just three carries. He zoomed for TDs of 70 and 68
yards.
  Buscaglia had just as much fun as they did.
  "I love being an offensive lineman,'' he said. "I wouldn't change things for the world. Everybody else gets the glory, but I'm in
on a battle every single play. You just keep going to war. That's why I find it to be so much fun. Maybe other people don't,
but I do. ''
  The Prep opened the 2001 season with losses in three non-league games, then stormed to 10 straight wins and the Red title.
Last season was perfect at 13-0 and this season's record is 10-0. The Hawks will be off this weekend, having earned a
first-round playoff bye.
  "It's good to get this record into the books, but the playoffs are a whole different ballgame,'' Buscaglia said. "This won't mean
much if we don't go on to win it all.''
  He smiled. "Coach Brooks pounds that into us. He says it nonstop. I don't mind. We do have to be reminded of that. We have
to play each game as each game.
  "There wasn't too much [hoopla] leading up to this game. We're pretty humble and low-key. No head cases.''
  Two years ago, Buscaglia never could have imagined such excellence from the Hawks. As only a rotating lineman on the
junior varsity, he was fighting for his own survival. He flat-out outworked all of the competition, though, and became a varsity
starter last season.
  "When you're a sophomore,'' Buscaglia said, "you don't really think that a 33-game winning streak might be coming up. I
knew we had some good players in our class and the class ahead of us. But something like this? No way.
  "I guess when I started to think something really nice could be possible was when we beat Central Bucks West and Malvern
to begin last season. They were tough opponents. ''
  Saturday's postgame scene was rather subdued. As parents and other rooters gathered 'round near the east end zone, Brooks
noted, "Only one team owns the record now. '' He then talked a little more about the overall accomplishment and the pride he
has in his players. By Prep standards, the game was actually underattended, especially from the student standpoint.
  On defense, Greg Ambrogi (two), Jones and Dan DiBona had interceptions and DiBona returned his for a 32-yard TD. Mike
Boyle and Matt Leddy had fumble recoveries.
  Buscaglia, who lives in Broomall, sports a 3.7 grade-point average and a 1,130 SAT score. He is thinking hard about
attending Division III Dickinson.
  "That level would be perfect for Michael,'' Brooks said. "So many kids forget that the most important thing is playing.''
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This story was written in 2005 after Gil steered the Prep to its fourth title in five years . . .

By Ted Silary
  Charlie Noonan was hoping to emerge with special memories. He never figured they'd be two-pronged, though.
Oh, aside from being a quality defensive lineman, Noonan is definitely capable of wreaking havoc at fullback, both as a
blocker and truck-guys runner. But you need to play there to produce there and that was the rub.
  We take you back to mid-September, when St. Joseph's Prep is practicing for an upcoming game with a tough opponent
from Baltimore, Gilman School.
  The drill is the first-team defense against the scout-team offense, with Noonan at his usual down lineman spot. An offensive
tackle gets hit and falls against the side of Noonan's left leg. Ouch. The diagnosis is a strain of the medial collateral ligament.
The recommendation: about a month's worth of rest.
  "Ryan Bradley is a good fullback," Noonan said. "You can't take anything away from him. He did a great job all season."
  Now we take you to Saturday night at Northeast's Charlie Martin Memorial Stadium and the Catholic Red title game
featuring the Prep and Cardinal O'Hara. It's midway through the fourth quarter and Bradley is on the sideline, being treated
for a busted lip. Noonan, who has not carried the ball since the opener, gets waved onto the field.
  Boom! He immediately rumbles 25 yards to the 3 and darn near embeds the guy who tackles him into the artificial surface.
Two plays later? Two yards for a touchdown.
  We're guessing the 6-3, 250-pound senior, who's being eyed by Division I-A schools, will remember those moments much
longer than his meaty contributions on defense, as impressive as they were.
  "Yeah, definitely," he said, laughing. "I've been wanting to run all year. That felt good. I never bugged anyone because,
like I said, Ryan was doing nice things for us.
  "But I was a fullback in grade school [Sacred Heart, Manoa] and scored a lot of TDs. To get this one last chance was nice."
  The final was Prep 41, O'Hara 7, and the chasm was wide.
  The Hawks won the yardage battle, 352-26, and held O'Hara to one first down while capturing their fourth Red crown in
5 years (O'Hara won last year) and enabling coach Gil Brooks to tie the late Dick Bedesem (five at Bishop Egan from 1963
to '70) for the most crowns in CL history. Brooks also won in '97, before the Red-Blue split based on enrollment.
  The Lions scored first on Joe Juisti's 6-yard run, which came six plays after Rob McLaughlin recovered a fumbled punt
at the Prep 26. The Crimson Crushing followed.
  Sophomore Jamir Livingston rushed 32 times for 187 yards and four TDs, tying the city postseason record. Also,
lassmate Tim Edger broke the city mark for kicking points in a game with 11, thanks to two field goals (24, 32 yards) and
five PAT. Junior quarterback Chris Whitney added 88 yards on 10 carries.
  Noonan led the defense with 11 stops. He looked like a whirlwind at the very start, dumping halfback John Dempsey for
1 yard and then QB Anthony Walters for 5. He later added two more tackles for losses.
  He also extended a family tradition. Each Noonan brother has gone out with a championship. Tom, now attending Pitt,
was a starting guard in '02. Mark, now a star receiver at Wesleyan (and baseball player), was the QB in '03.
  We'll have to wait roughly a decade to see if brother No. 4, Pete, can match the feat. He's only 7.
  "He's one of our waterboys," Charlie said.
  He added, "I had a big advantage having brothers ahead of me. I learned a lot from them."
  Noonan said the Hawks were affected very little by their Thanksgiving loss to La Salle, and he reasoned in Yogi Berra
fashion, "Even if you can beat somebody nine out of 10 times, there is going to be that one time. "
  Prep's defense included ends Matt Leddy and Neil Doogan, tackles Noonan and Ryan Haber, linebackers Josh Howley,
Ryan Malarick and Colin Wixted, cornerbacks Dave Clement and Ryan Malarick, and safeties Dave Mendez and Whitney.
  In his postgame speech to his players, with parents/fans looking on, Brooks reminded them how last January they had
vowed not to forget the title-game loss to O'Hara, nor let it happen again.
  "This is a special group," Brooks said. "With the guys from this team who are going to get them, the '03 team had 10
scholarship football players. Ten! But this team, with everybody healthy, was my best. It could have beaten anybody."
  Speaking of scholarships, Noonan will visit Rutgers this weekend with further treks scheduled for Indiana, Colorado
State and Toledo. He intends to major in business or economics. He's being eyed as a defensive lineman.
  "When I started playing varsity as a soph," he said, "Brian Tracz [now at Indiana] was in front of me so there wasn't
much chance of playing linebacker. They moved me to the line. It worked out well. I like it now."
  No wonder.

  Below are the players who earned first or second team Coaches' All-Catholic honors during Gil Brooks'
18 seasons as the coach at St. Joseph's Prep.
 

	FIRST TEAM			FIRST TEAM (cont.)			SECOND TEAM
Pos.	Name	Year	Pos.	Name	Year	Pos.	Name	Year
L	Damian Lavelle	1992	L	Mike Buscaglia	2003	DL	Damian Lavelle	1992
L	Dave Johnson	1993	L	Mike Robinson	2003	DL	Chris Hamwright	1992
WR	Dorian Henry	1993	TE	Matt Parkhurst	2003	E/OB	Don Lepore	1992
RB	Lance Shaw	1993	RB	Dan Jones	2003	L	Don Lepore	1993
DL	Chris Hamwright	1993	DL	Matt Parkhurst	2003	QB	Jess Sodaski	1993
K	Scott Palanjian	1994	DL	Brandon Friday	2003	K	Scott Palanjian	1993
L	Fran McCartan	1995	E/OLB	Steve Quinn	2003	P	Scott Palanjian	1993
Rec.	Brian Kraus	1995	ILB	Brian Tracz	2003	DB	Jess Sodaski	1993
K	Scott Palanjian	1995	DB	Dan Jones	2003	TE	Pat Pluck	1994
DL	Fran McCartan	1995	DB	Greg Ambrogi	2003	DL	Pat Pluck	1994
LB	Victor Hobson	1995	L	Dan Voss	2004	DB	Anthony Gentlesk	1994
L	Frank Cacciola	1996	L	Brendan Gilroy	2004	QB	Dave Hand	1995
DL	Brian Blaisdell	1996	TE	Matt Leddy	2004	C	Nick Faiola	1996
E/OB	Sean Killeen	1996	WR	Steve Quinn	2004	L	Dan Gress	1996
ILB	Victor Hobson	1996	RB	John Shaw	2004	WR	Brian Kraus	1996
DB	Jermaine Slade	1996	DL	Charlie Noonan	2004	RB	Aaron Brown	1996
L	Frank Cacciola	1997	DL	Mike Boyle	2004	DL	Kevin Komelasky	1996
L	Chris Minetti	1997	E/OLB	Steve Quinn	2004	DB	Brian Kraus	1996
RB	Aaron Brown	1997	ILB	Andrew Spross	2004	C	Nick Faiola	1997
DL	Dan Gress	1997	DB	Chris Whitney	2004	RB	John Wagner	1997
DL	Kevin Komelasky	1997	DB	Dave Clement	2004	L	Neal McGinley	1998
E/OB	Sean Killeen	1997	C	Joe D'Orazio	2005	L	Carton Rogers	1998
ILB	Victor Hobson	1997	L	Jim McKenzie	2005	WR	Keith Olkowski	1998
DB	Jermaine Slade	1997	TE	Matt Leddy	2005	RB	Milton Johnson	1998
C	Jeff Minetti	1998	WR	Bill Edger	2005	DB	Kevin Stefanski	1998
WR	Jim Jankiewicz	1998	QB	Chris Whitney	2005	C	John Connors	1999
QB	Steve Comly	1998	RB	John Shaw	2005	L	Chris Short	1999
DL	Warren Spivey	1998	K	Tim Edger	2005	L	Carton Rogers	1999
E/OB	Kenny Wilson	1998	DL	Charlie Noonan	2005	WR	Ed Turner	1999
E/OB	Kasim Holloman	1998	ILB	Josh Howley	2005	DL	Mike Mailey	1999
ILB	John Paul Mantey	1998	C	Joe D'Orazio	2006	E/OLB	Sean Heenan	1999
DB	Jim Jankiewicz	1998	L	Jeff Battipaglia	2006	DB	David O'Beirne	1999
QB	Kevin Stefanski	1999	L	John Gazzola	2006	QB	Mike McGann	2000
ILB	John Paul Mantey	1999	WR	Brian Brinkmann	2006	DL	Tim Giangiulio	2000
DB	Kevin Stefanski	1999	QB	Chris Whitney	2006	DB	F.J. Wesner	2000
L	John Connors	2000	RB	Jamir Livingston	2006	DB	Paris Farrell	2000
L	Pat Spadaro	2000	K	Tim Edger	2006	C	Mike Minetti	2001
L	Matt Battipaglia	2000	DL	Ryan Haber	2006	L	Steve Mair	2001
RB	Kyle Ambrogi	2000	ILB	Neil Doogan	2006	DL	Tim Giangiulio	2001
K	Pat Kaiser	2000	DB	Chris Whitney	2006	ILB	Brian Tracz	2001
DL	Mike Mailey	2000	RB	Jamir Livingston	2007	L	John Brewster	2002
E/OLB	Sean Heenan	2000	FB	Mike McCarthy	2007	L	Mike Buscaglia	2002
ILB	Steve Wagner	2000	K	Tim Edger	2007	WR	Steve Quinn	2002
B	David O'Beirne	2000	P	Tim Edger	2007	RB	Brian Tracz	2002
L	John Connors	2001	DL	Gary Williams	2007	DL	Brandon Friday	2002
WR	Pete Chromiak	2001	ILB	Mike Pereira	2007	KL	Brendan Gilroy	2003
QB	Vince Gallagher	2001	DB	Greg Castillo	2007	RB	Brian Tracz	2003
RB	Kyle Ambrogi	2001	DB	Jim McGoldrick	2007	RB	John Shaw	2003
DL	Mike Mailey	2001	L	Mark Arcidiacono	2008	K	Greg Ambrogi	2003
E/OLB	Adam Hepp	2001	L	Seth Betancourt	2008	C	Scott Howley	2004
DB	Dan Jones	2001	RB	Mike Yeager	2008	DB	Andy Shalbrack	2004
L	John Quinn	2002	DL	Mike Pinciotti	2008	L	Jeff Battipaglia	2005
TE	Kevin Walker	2002	DL	Andy Marshalick	2008	L	James Dunn	2005
QB	Matt Stefanski	2002	ILB	Mike Pereira	2008	RB	Jamir Livingston	2005
RB	Pat Kaiser	2002	L	Seth Betancourt	2009	DL	Ryan Haber	2005
K	Pat Kaiser	2002	L	Sean McGinn	2009	DB	Andy Shalbrack	2005
DL	John Quinn	2002	RB	Desmon Peoples	2009	DB	Chris Whitney	2005
E/OLB	Matt Parkhurst	2002	MP	Steve O'Hara	2009	DB	Dave Clement	2005
ILB	Brian Tracz	2002	DL	Bill Mancini	2009	TE	Steve Schell	2006
DB	Dan Jones	2002	ILB	Mike Labor	2009	P	Tim Edger	2006
			DB	Skyler Mornhinweg	2009	DL	Jeff Battipaglia	2006
			DB	Kushmir Miller	2009	ILB	Buster Ousley	2006
						DB	Greg Castillo	2006
						L	Mike Pinciotti	2007
						L	Mark Arcidiacono	2007
						WR	Tim Edger	2007
						E/OLB	Ryan McGinn	2007
						C	Ryan Donovan	2009
						WR	Bobby D'Orazio	2009
						E/OLB	Steve O'Hara	2009

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Recaps of Wins in Catholic League Championship Games 1997 At Northeast SJ Prep 14, Ryan 3     Kevin Komelasky (nine tackles), Victor Hobson and Aaron Brown (seven apiece) led the defense as the Hawklets limited Ryan to Mike Gavaghan's 22-yard, first-quarter field goal and won their first championship since 1977. Ryan's chances were damaged early in the second quarter when leading rusher Jeff Moore suffered a broken ankle. The Prep scored on Jermaine Slade's 6-yard pass from Steve Comly and Brown's 62-yard run. Brown ran eight times for 89 yards. Milton Johnson added 93 yards on 20 carries. Johnson and Ryan's Joe O'Connell (28-106) were the first sophs in CL history to surpass 1,000 yards in a season. Their totals: O'Connell (1,147), Johnson (1,032). 2001 Red Division At Northeast SJ Prep 31, Bonner 6     While often sharing one wideout spot, Pete Chromiak (3-84) and Jim Lachman (4-64) caught one TD apiece from Vince Gallagher (11-for-17,189) as the Hawks (10-3) completed their all-the-way-back climb from an 0-3 start to the season. A close game was broken up in the final 3 minutes of the first half as Chromiak scored on a 71-yard bomb and Kyle Ambrogi (21-95) ran 4 yards for a TD, making it 21-0. Gallagher and Danny Jones had interceptions. Bonner ran 41 plays, and just five produced gains of more than 10 yards. Three occurred after the score was 24-0. 2002 Red Division At Northeast SJ Prep 38, Roman 7     For the first time in decades, the title games in both divisions were played before Thanksgiving. In this one, the first scrimmage play yielded a 59-yard scoring pass from Matt Stefanski to Steve Quinn and then the night became The Pat Kaiser Show. Shrugging off teasing about a learning disability from Roman's fans, Kaiser set city playoff records for rushing yards (316, on 18 carries) and points (32) and tied city marks for rushing TDs in a playoff (four) and career field goals (25). Kaiser's field goal was a 32-yarder. After a penalty, he converted one of his five PAT from 35. Kaiser finished the season with 2,178 rushing yards and city marks for rushing TDs (35) and total TDs (37). His 525 career points are No. 1 in CL history and his 306 season points were briefly the state record. For Roman, Andre Sloan-El was involved in 51 plays and accounted for 331 yards, passing 20-for-35 for 230 and rushing 16 times for 101. 2003 Red Division At Plymouth-Whitemarsh St. Joe's Prep 45, O'Hara 7    Steve Quinn recovered the opening kickoff on the O'Hara 11, Dan Jones immediately ran for a TD and the Lions were as good as done against this powerhouse. Soph John Shaw tied a city postseason record with four TDs while rushing 19 times for 98 yards. Mark Noonan passed for a TD to Quinn and ran for one of his own. The Hawks (12-0) extended their city record winning streak to 35 games and were dubbed the best team in school history by coach Gil Brooks. Brandon Friday, Matt Parkhurst and Charlie Noonan, Mark's brother, had sacks as O'Hara was held to 75 yards total offense. 2005 Red Division At Northeast SJ Prep 41, O'Hara 7    The Hawks were guilty of two early missteps in the form of a fumble that led to O'Hara's lone score, on Joe Juisti's 6-yard run, and a missed, chip-shot field goal. They were dominant thereafter, though, while claiming their fourth title in five years and raising coach Gil Brooks' total to five overall (also '97). That tied him with the late Dick Bedesem (Egan, five from '63 to '70) for the most championships in CL history. Soph Jamir Livingston ran 32 times for 187 yards and four TDs, tying the city's postseason record, and classmate Tim Edger broke the mark for kicking points with 11 on two field goals and five PAT. O'Hara was held to one first down.