Don Bosco Preparatory High School, Ramsey, New Jersey

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Don Bosco Preparatory High School
Ramsey, New Jersey
By Casie Vogel
The Don Bosco Preparatory High School varsity team set the scene for their season
when they won opening game was against their rival Bergen Catholic High School (Oradell,
N.J.), 7-6.
“We won on a walk off 2-run homer by Matt Dacey. That has set the tone for the
year,” said Head Coach Mark DeMenna.
Currently no. 6 in the Baseball America/National High School Baseball Coaches of
America ranking, Don Bosco High School is undefeated, 18-0.
“The season is going very well. We are winning the games we expect to win and
playing the better teams even tougher,” DeMenna said.
The Don Bosco Ironmen have had no trouble this season. With strong pitching and
solid defense, the undefeated team’s recent wins have been against Northern Valley High
School (Old Tappan, N.J.) 15-1, Pope John XXIII (Sparta, N.J.) 11-8, and Paramus
Catholic (Paramus, N.J.) 10-2.
“The past few games have been lopsided in score but very intense none the less,”
DeMenna said. “We have a very tough conference schedule and there is a lot of build up to
these rivalry games.”
Don Bosco is lucky to have strong senior and junior players on their team.
DeMenna’s star pitchers include senior Jordan Gross (LHP, 3-0), junior Tom Burns (RHP,
5-0), and junior Mike Gomez (RHP, 5-0).
“They keep us in the game until our offense rolls around,” he said. “Offensively we
are led by Jason Vosler, (senior, SS), Matt Dacey (junior, 1B) and Nick Bruno (senior,
OF).”
Just like any team, DeMenna says that their goals for the season are to win the
league, county championship and get as far as possible in the state tournament.
“As long as we keep working hard and keep our focus, the sky is the limit for this
group,” DeMenna said.
The Don Bosco Ironmen still have four games left on their schedule. Good luck!