St. Maria Goretti High School

Goretti Boys Basketball Teams To Face John Carroll In Opening Round of BCL Tourney

The Goretti boy’s basketball team will play defending Baltimore Catholic League Champion John Carroll in the first round of the BCL Tournament. The game will be played at Stevenson University (Owings Mills campus) on Friday, February 24 at 5:15PM.

The Gaels finished the BCL regular season with a record of 6-8 and will compete as the sixth seed in the eight-team tournament. The winner of the Goretti/John Carroll game will face the winner of the St. Frances/Loyola game on Saturday, February 25 at 5:00PM. All games will be played at Stevenson University.

Spring Sports Begin Monday, February 27

A reminder for all spring athletes that the first day of practice for baseball, lacrosse, softball and tennis is Monday, February 27. For those studnets practicing outdoors, please remember that a long sleeve shirt and sweatpants are required for participation in practice until further notice.

Half-Court Buzzer Beater Leads Boys Basketball Team to Win in Baltimore Catholic League

Goretti Fall Athletes Honored 

The following Goretti students were recently honored for their accomplishments during the Fall athletic season (IPSL means All-Independant Parochial School League & H-M means all County as named by the Herald-Mail)

Boys Soccer                                                                            Girls Soccer

Thomas Blake – IPSL & 1st team H-M                               Theresa Barton – IPSL & 1st team H-M

Mateo Pelja – IPSL & 1st team H-M                                   Annie Cochran – IPSL & 2nd team H-M

Aaron Hawk – IPSL & 2nd team H-M                                Lauree Lorensen – IPSL

Kevin Proctor – 2nd team H-M                                             Cross Country

Rodrigo Reyna – 2nd team H-M                                          Mitchell Swope – IPSL & 1st team H-M

Casey Bartholomew – Honorable mention H-M              Patrick Jones – IPSL & 2nd team H-M

Drew Katrina – Honorable Mention H-M                            Kevin Proctor – IPSL

Daniel Lopes – Honorable Mention H-M                           Matthew McDermott – IPSL

Jon Winalski – Honorable Mention H-M                            Casey Caruso – IPSL

Clarence Wroblewski – Honorable Mention H-M             Keeley Scott – IPSL

                                                                                                   Anne Marie Sullivan – IPSL

Volleyball                                                                                     Golf

Jean Hogan – IPSL & Honorable Mention H-M                  Nik Steiner – Honorable Mention H-M

Ellie Burke – Honorable Mention H-M

Beth Eich – Honorable Mention H-M

Mary Hackney – Honorable Mention H-M

Jessica Swarner – Honorable Mention H-M 

Important reminder for Goretti students who plan to participate in athletics

Physical Evaluation Form To participate on any Goretti team you must complete your ‘Physical Evaluation Form’. You may not participate in either practices or games until this form is returned to the Head Athletic Trainer.

 Congratulations to Rodney Monroe, Class of 87!

On Thursday, May 19th, Rodney was a part of the first class inducted into the Baltimore Catholic League Hall of Fame.  Here’s the link to find out about many of Rodney’s accomplishments and other information about this year’s banquet and Hall of Fame class:

http://www.pressboxonline.com/story.cfm?id=7673

Goretti to join newly formed IPSL St. Maria Goretti (Hagerstown, MD), St. James School (Hagerstown, MD), St. John’s Catholic Prep (Frederick, MD), the Maryland School for the Deaf (Frederick, MD), and Mercersburg Academy (Mercersburg, PA) are pleased to announce the formation of the Independent-Parochial School League (IPSL), an interscholastic athletics organization comprised of the Tri-State area’s Catholic and independent schools.

The Independent-Parochial School League unites regional independent and parochial schools that share the objective of fostering good, meaningful competition with a healthy approach that balances the values of sportsmanship and healthy rivalries. The IPSL embraces cohesive cooperation that does not infringe on the autonomy of each school and that does not create conflicts with other organizations with which member schools are aligned.

Goretti will compete in soccer, golf, cross country, volleyball, basketball, baseball, softball, tennis and lacrosse beginning in the 2011-2012 school year.

Philosophy

Athletics are a vital part of the total curriculum at St. Maria Goretti High School. As an extension of the academic classroom and traditional school day, many valuable lessons are learned through athletic participation. The objective of athletics is to foster an environment where young people reach their fullest potential intellectually, emotionally and physically.

Goretti encourages students to vary their athletic experiences in order to enhance the diversity of learning. Goretti athletics are dedicated to teaching the principles of participation, excellence, discipline, loyalty, self-confidence, dealing with success and failure, respect for authority and getting along with others.

Good sportsmanship, displayed by participants and fans alike, is highly valued and an expectation at Goretti. The manner in which teams win or lose reflects the values the school holds most closely.

Sports

St. Maria Goretti offers the following sports:

                 Fall                                   Winter                              Spring

Boys      Cross Country              Basketball                       Baseball

                Golf                                  Swimming                        Lacrosse

                Soccer                                                                          Tennis

Girls     Cross Country              Basketball                       Lacrosse

               Golf                                  Cheerleading                  Softball

               Soccer                             Swimming                       Tennis

               Volleyball