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SPORTS
at Holy Ghost Prep
Holy Ghost Preparatory School, founded by members
of the Congregation of the Holy Ghost, the Spiritans,
is a private Catholic school dedicated to the quality
education of college bound young men.
With Christ at the center, Holy Ghost Preparatory
School aspires to form young men morally,
intellectually, and spiritually in the Spiritan tradition.
This tradition fosters the development of community
in “one heart and one mind,” the cultivation of each
student’s unique gifts, academic excellence, and
generous service to the poor.
SPORTS
at Holy Ghost Prep
Holy Ghost Prep provides a variety of
athletic opportunities for students to
develop, test, and display their skills.
These experiences are designed to
promote several desired outcomes for
the individual athlete and the school.
Student athletes have opportunities for
character refinement, which occurs
through goal setting, emotional control,
perseverance, leadership skills, loyalty
and respect for authority.
Students who do not play an
interscholastic sport may participate in
intramural sports throughout the year.
Holy Ghost Prep participates in the
Bicentennial Athletic League, District
One of the Pennsylvania Interscholastic
Athletic Association.
SPORTSMANSHIP
The Holy Ghost Prep Athletic
Complex includes:
• Firebird Fieldhouse
• Two Baseball Diamonds
• Six-Lane Track
• Field Event Locations
• Two Lacrosse Fields
• Three Soccer Fields
• One Cross Country Course
• The Swim Team hosts home
meets at Bensalem High School.
• The Golf Team hosts home
matches at Frankford-Torresdale
Country Club.
• The Bowling Team hosts home
matches at Bristol Pike Lanes.
• The Tennis Team hosts home
matches at Frosty Hollow
Tennis Center.
• The Ice Hockey Team hosts home
games at Grundy Ice Rink
(Bristol, PA) and the Flyers
Northeast Skatezone
• Holy Ghost Prep has a fulltime
athletic trainer.
The mission of Holy
Ghost Prep is found
throughout the school
environment, including
athletics. Each team is
expected to demonstrate
the highest level of
sportsmanship on the
field. For these efforts,
HGP has been recognized
on a local and state level.
2004
PIAA District One
Sportsmanship Award
2004
Bicentennial Athletic
League Sportsmanship
Award
In 2005, Holy Ghost Prep
introduced a new award
at the annual Athletic
Recognition Night. Each
team selects a member
of the varsity team that
demonstrates outstanding
sportsmanship during
the season.
2006-2007
PIAA District One
Sportsmanship Award
2007-2008 District One
Sportsmanship Award
FALL
HEAD COACH:
CHRIS FEHRLE
FIRST SEASON
HGP CLASS OF 1999
ASSISTANT COACH:
KEN LAWSON '92
JUNIOR VARSITY COACH:
JASON FISHER '95
Championship Years
Statistics
Bicentennial League Champions:
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1981, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990,
1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998,
1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007
District 1 Champions:
1986, 1988, 1992, 1993, 2001, 2003, 2007
PA Eastern State Champions:
1986, 1991, 1993
PA State Champions:
1992
League Record: 11-1
Overall Record: 18-5-1
22 Consecutive League Championships
2003 Eastern Finalist
7-time State Final Four Participant
3-time Eastern State Champion
1992 State Champions
2002 District One Finalist
2006, 2007 EP&D Officials Association
Sportsmanship Award
• 2007 BAL Champion
• 2007 District One Champion
• 2007 State Quarterfinalist
HEAD COACH:
MIKE MEISTERING
23 SEASONS
HGP WEBSITE MANAGER
HGP COMPUTER SCIENCE DEPT.
2006, 07 BICENTENNIAL ATHLETIC
LEAGUE COACH OF THE YEAR
HGP HALL OF FAME COACH
ASSISTANT COACHES:
JOHN MUNDY ‘65
HUGH MUNDY
MIKE JACOBS ‘01
Championship Years
Bicentennial League Champions:
1978, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1992, 1994,
1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001,
2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
District 1 Champions:
1983, 2007
Statistics
FALL
• 2007 League Record: 8-0
• 12th Consecutive League
Championship
• 2007 PIAA District One AAA
Champions
• Sixth Place out of 64 teams in
the District One AAA/AAAA
Championship Race
• First Place, Innaugural PIAA
Foundation Invitational Blue Race
(Hershey, PA)
• First Place at the Mill Street Run,
DeSales Univ. Invitational &
Briarwood Invitational
• Fifth Place at the Manhattan
College Invitational (15th place
overall out of 408 teams)
• Fifth Place at the Carlisle, PA
Invitational Reebok Challege Race
HEAD COACH:
GARY NOLAN
FIRST SEASON
HGP CLASS OF 1995
JUNIOR VARSITY COACH:
TOM ECKERLE
Championship Years
Bicentennial League Champions:
1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002,
2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
District 1 Champions:
1998, 1999
Statistics
• 2007 League Record: 10-0
• 2007 Overall Record: 11-1
• 12 Consecutive League
Championships
• 8 District Qualifiers
• In 2007, six varsity golfers
were selected All-League
• 2007 District One, Third Place
• The Varsity Golf team plays
home matches at the TorresdaleFrankford Country Club
FALL
ASSISTANT COACHES:
TOM FINNEGAN
GARY NOLAN ‘95
BOB SARCEWICZ
JUNIOR VARSITY COACH:
MIKE DONOFRIO ‘95
Championship Years
Bicentennial League Champions:
1978, 1979, 1982, 1987, 1989, 1992, 1994,
1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002,
2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008
District One Champions:
1971, 1972, 1974, 1975,
1977, 1987, 1996, 2004
PA Eastern State Champions:
1976, 1999, 2004
PA State Champions:
1972, 1974
PA State Final Four:
1972, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1988, 1989,
1996, 1999, 2004
Statistics
WINTER
HEAD COACH:
TONY CHAPMAN
31 SEASONS
HGP CLASS OF 1971
HGP SOCIAL STUDIES DEPARTMENT
HGP DEAN OF DISCIPLINE
HGP ATHLETIC HALL OF FAME PLAYER
HGP ALUMNI PARENT
• 2007-2008 Record: 24-5
• 2008 PIAA State Second Round
• 2007 PIAA District One Runner-Up
• 2005-2006 League Champions
• 2005 PIAA District One Runner-Up
• 2004 Eastern State Champions
• 13 League Championships: 1990-2006
• 600+ Wins for Tony Chapman
• Tony Chapman, 2000
Philadelphia Inquirer Neighbors
Coach of the Decade
• Tony Chapman, 2004
Bucks County Courier Times
Coach of the Year
• 9-time E. State Final Four Participant
• 3-time Eastern State Champions
• 2 State Championships
• Philadelphia Inquirer
Team of the Year 2004
WINTER
HEAD COACH:
STEVE IVCIC
4 SEASONS
HGP ALUMNI PARENT
ASSISTANT COACH:
BOB POSEY
JOHN SERAVALLI
RYAN TOCICKI '00
JUNIOR VARSITY COACH:
JOE VANOSTEN ‘95
Statistics
• 2007-2008 Record: 29-15-2
• 2008 AAA Flyers Cup Finalist
• 2007 AAA Flyers Cup Champions
• 2004, 2006 Flyers Cup Semifinalist
• 2003 AA Flyers Cup Champions
• 2003, 2007 Pennsylvania Cup Finalist
• 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008 Lower
Bucks Scholastic Hockey Commissioner's
Cup League Champions
• 10 recent graduates are playing
Ice Hockey in college
• Steve Ivcic, 2006, 2007, 2008 Bucks County
Courier Times Coach of the Year
• 2008 Nick Seravalli '08 & Patrick Corcoran '08
Lower Bucks League Co-MVPs
• 2008 Nick Seravalli '08 Breakaway Magazine
Player of the Year
• Nick Seravalli '08 and Patrick Murphy '08,
AAA Flyers Cup All-Tournament Team
• 2007 - Nick Seravalli ’08 AAA Flyers Cup MVP
• 2007 - John Soroka ’08 Lower Bucks MVP and
Bucks County Courier Times Player of the Year
WINTER
HEAD COACHES:
ED ROUSSELL
SHEREE MARSH
ASSISTANT COACH:
DR. STEVE TOMSHAW,
PH.D.
Statistics
• 1 Individual State Qualifier
• Joe Esposito '11 - PA State Honorable Mention
at the PIAA State Diving Championships
• 6th Place Team at the District One
Championships
• Chris Millen, Class of 2004, All State
Swim Team
• 14 swimmers qualified for the District
One Championships
• Chris Millen, Class of 2004, Swimmer of
the Meet
• Joe Esposito '11 - Individual District
One Champion in Diving
• Chaz Narwicz ‘06: 2 Time 100m Breaststroke
District Champion
• 2007-2008 Record: 7-3
WINTER
HEAD COACH:
MIKE MEISTERING
23 SEASONS
HGP WEBSITE MANAGER
HGP COMPUTER SCIENCE DEPT.
HGP ATHLETIC HALL OF FAME COACH
Statistics
• The 2007-2008 Season was capped by
the 4x800m relay team's 5th place PA
State Medals - the first in school
history.The team of Michael Pierce '09,
Sean Galiczynski '08, Matthew Chylak
'09 & Eric Arnold '08 set a new school
record of 7:59:73FAT in the 4x800m
relay at the PTFCA State Championship
Indoor Meet held at Penn State
University.
Indoor State Qualifiers:
• Michael Pierce '09 - Distance Medley Relay,
4x800m Relay, Mile Run and 800m dash.
• Eric Arnold '08 - Distance Medley Relay,
4x800m Relay, Mile Run
• Sean Galiczynski '08 - Distance Medley
Relay, 4x800m Relay
• Michael Saracino '08 - 4x400m Relay, 200m
• Jack O'Malley '08 - 4x400m Relay
• Michael LaBrasca '09 - 4x400m Relay
• Robert Borski '09 - 4x400m Relay
National Qualifiers:
• Michael Pierce '09, Matthew Chylak '09,
Eric Arnold '08 and Sean Galiczynski '08 in
• Matthew Chylak '09 - Distance Medley Relay, the 4x800m Relay
4x800m Relay, 800m Run.
• Matthew Chylak '09 in the 800m Run
HEAD COACH:
TOM ECKERLE
5 SEASONS
HGP RELIGION AND SOCIAL STUDIES
DEPARTMENTS
2007 BAL COACH OF THE YEAR
2007 Bucks County Courier Times
COACH OF THE YEAR
ASSISTANT COACH:
PETE PULEO '95
Statistics
• 2007-2008 League Game
Record: 17-7
• 2007-2008 Overall Record: 5-7-2
• 2007-2008 Bicentennial Athletic
League Second Place
WINTER
SPRING
HEAD COACH:
LOU CACCHIO
8 SEASONS
HGP CLASS OF 1997
JUNIOR VARSITY COACH:
TONY OMROD
HGP CURRENT PARENT
Statistics
• 2008 League Record: 6-0
• Lou Cacchio, 2006 Bucks County Courier Times
Coach of the Year
• The Lacrosse Team plays in the
Northeast Lacrosse League
• Dennis Murray ‘06, 2005 NE League MVP,
Drexel University
• The team made its 5th
appearance in the PSLA State
Tournament in 2008
• Chaz Narwicz ‘06, 2006
Bucks County Courier Times Player of the Year,
Ohio Wesleyan University
• Lacrosse will be a PIAA sport
for the 2009 Season.
• Sean Walsh ‘08, 2007 Northeast League MVP
• 2008 Overall Record: 12-6
HEAD COACH:
JUSTIN GOULET
3 SEASONS
HGP CLASS OF 1999
HGP DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH
HGP ATHLETIC HALL OF FAME
PLAYER
ASSISTANT COACH:
TOM ECKERLE
Statistics
• 2008 League Record: 11-3
• 2008 Overall Record: 12-7
• 2008 Bicentennial Athletic
League Second Place
• 2008 PIAA District One Team
Qualifier
SPRING
SPRING
HEAD COACH:
MIKE MEISTERING
Championship Years
Statistics
Bicentennial League Champions:
23 SEASONS
1974, 1986, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993,
1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001,
2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
• 2008 Overall Record: 8-0
• 2008 Bicentennial Athletic
League Champions
• 14 Consecutive League
Championships
• PIAA District One Qualifiers in
the: 4x8, 4x4, 400, 800, 1600,
Javelin and Long Jump
• Michael LaBrasca, PIAA District One
400m Medalist
• New School Records in the
4x800m Relay and the Javelin
HGP WEBSITE MANAGER
HGP COMPUTER SCIENCE DEPT.
HGP ATHLETIC HALL OF FAME
ASSISTANT COACHES:
JOHN MUNDY ‘65
HUGH MUNDY
JIM BORTZ
DREW BORTZ ‘92
MIKE JACOBS ‘00
District One Champions:
1974, 1986
PCIAA State Runner-Up:
1970, 1973
PCIAA State Champions:
1971, 1972
SPRING
HEAD COACH:
KEITH SMERAGLIO
Championship Years
Statistics
4TH SEASON
Bicentennial League Champions:
• 2008 League Record: 14-3
1972, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1981, 1982, 1984,
1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994,
1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2004,
2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
• 2008 Overall Record: 15-4
HGP PARENT
ASSISTANT COACHES:
TED GRABOWSKI
GARY NOLAN ‘95
KEVIN MCGRATH ‘96
JUNIOR VARSITY COACH:
AL SLAWTER
District 1 Champions:
1985, 1990, 2002, 2003
• 15 League Championships
• Over two dozen players have moved on
to Division I programs
• 4 HGP players participated on the
Philadelphia Phillies Carpenter Cup
Championship Team
OPEN HOUSE
October 26, 2008
ENTRANCE EXAMINATION
November 1, 2008
PRACTICE ENTRANCE
EXAMINATION
February 28, 2009
SUMMER SPORTS CAMPS
(Ages 6-15)
Basketball
Baseball
Track and Field
Soccer
Brochures are sent in March.
Call (215) 639-2102
with questions.
HOLY GHOST PREPARATORY SCHOOL
2429 Bristol Pike, Bensalem, PA 19020
Admissions:
Main Office:
215-639-0811
215-639-2102
Fax:
215-639-4225
www.holyghostprep.org