Bergen Catholic High School

Bergen Catholic High School is an all-male Roman Catholic high school in Oradell, Bergen County, New Jersey, United States, serving students in ninth through twelfth grade.[6] The school has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Elementary and Secondary Schools since 1989.[4]

Bergen Catholic High School
Address
1040 Oradell Avenue

Oradell
,
(Bergen County)
,
New Jersey
07649

United States
Coordinates40.959302°N 74.049659°W / 40.959302; -74.049659
Information
TypePrivate
MottoDeus Vult
("God Wills It")
Religious affiliation(s)Roman Catholic,
Congregation of Christian Brothers
Established1955
School codeBGB
NCES School ID00861718[1]
PresidentDr. Brian Mahoney
PrincipalTimothy McElhinney
ChaplainFather Sam Monaco
Faculty51.3 FTEs[1]
Grades9–12
Enrollment667 (as of 2017–18)[1]
Average class size25
Student to teacher ratio13:1[1]
Campus typeSuburban
Color(s)  Scarlet and
  Gold [2][3]
SongLead on Bergen Catholic High
Athletics17 varsity sports
Athletics conferenceBig North Conference
SportsFootball, basketball, soccer, ice hockey, lacrosse, volleyball, golf, swimming, tennis, bowling, baseball, cross country, wrestling, track and field, crew and skiing
MascotCrusader
Team nameCrusaders[2]
RivalDon Bosco Prep, St. Joseph Regional
AccreditationMiddle States Association of Colleges and Schools[4]
PublicationThe Talisman (literary magazine)
NewspaperThe Herald
YearbookThe Crusader
Tuition$18,300 (2020–21)[5]
Alumni11,000+
Assistant Principal for DisciplinePeter Coleman
Athletic DirectorJack McGovern '76
Websitewww.bergencatholic.org

Bergen Catholic operates under the supervision of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark.[7] Bergen Catholic draws students from a wide geographic area that includes over 100 North Jersey communities, Rockland, Orange, Westchester counties and New York City.

As of the 2017–18 school year, the school had an enrollment of 667 students and 51.3 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13:1. The school's student body was 64.0% (427) White, 12.1% (81) Hispanic, 9.1% (61) Asian, 7.3% (49) two or more races and 5.1% (34) Black.[1]

Academics

All students are required to graduate with at least 140 credits.

Required courses for graduation are three years of a world language (Chinese, Italian, Latin, and Spanish), of social studies/history, and of science. Also required are four years of mathematics, English, religion, computer science, and physical education. General elective courses include visual art, jazz ensemble, orchestra, vocal ensemble, and music editing and recording.

Senior year electives include college credit courses from Seton Hall University, allowing students to earn credits that are transferable to many colleges and universities and allowing the student advance standing in courses that have included English, Spanish, Italian, Biology, Chemistry, and History.

Bergen Catholic offers more than 35 honors and Advanced Placement courses. Students who are qualified may apply for and be accepted into the National Honor Society, Spanish National Honor Society, Italian Honor Society, Chinese Honor Society, Latin Honor Society, Mathematics National Honor Society, History Honor Society, Visual Arts Honor Society, and Tri-M Music Honor Society.

Technology

As part of Bergen Catholic High School's laptop program which began with the class of 2007, students buy a ThinkPad through the school as their own laptop for completing work that requires internet access and for taking notes. Uses of the computer include PowerSchool and Edline help everyone in the school community stay up to date on news, announcements and grades. The school custom-installs software on each student's computer, such as the screen monitoring program DyKnow and various test programs. In the fall of 2013, the campus increased its bandwidth from 50 megabits per second to one Gig or 1000 megabits per second to accommodate the use of more devices. In 2013–2015, in addition to the network upgrades, 5 new classrooms have been fit with 75 HDTVs that have AppleTV capabilities.

The school shifted to Apple products for the 2014–2015 school year, providing a MacBook Air and iPad to all students. The two serve the school's physical text-book free program as students can access e-texts on-line and create content on a separate device simultaneously. The tools allow for a wide variety of student-engagement utilizing technology. Sites, software and apps such as BlackBoard Learn, BlackBoard Collaborate, Google Apps, Naviance, Examsoft and Turnitin are used as part of the learning experience at Bergen Catholic.

Activities

Mock trial team

Bergen Catholic has one of the most successful mock trial teams in New Jersey, with 12 county championships (in 1985, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2010, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2019) and five state titles (in 1985, 1989, 1991, 2000, and 2016), as well as a National Championship.[8] Bergen Catholic's team is nearly entirely student-run, with student captains in charge of preparation, practices, and tactics. In 1991, Bergen Catholic High School won the National High School Mock Trial Championships held in New Orleans, Louisiana.[9] Bergen Catholic returned to the national championship hosted in Columbia, South Carolina in 2000 after going undefeated in the county, Regional and State tournaments. The 1999-2000 team ultimately finished 4th in the country, with three "Outstanding Attorney" awards. The 2016 team won the New Jersey state championship, sending it to the National High School Mock Trial Championship in Boise, Idaho.[10]

In the 2008–09 season the team made it to the county finals, losing to Indian Hills High School. In 2010, the team defeated Mahwah High School to win the Bergen County Championship, but the team lost in the regional semi-finals, ending its season as one of the top ten teams in the state.[8] The Bergen Catholic team fell in the semi-final round of the county tournament at the end of January 2011 to the Mahwah High School team that went on to win the 2011 Bergen County Championship.[11]

In 2012, the team fell to Immaculate Heart Academy in the county quarterfinals. In an identical situation in 2013, Bergen Catholic defeated Immaculate Heart to advance to the county semi finals. After winning against two-time defending champion Mahwah High School, the team lost to Torah Academy of Bergen County in the county finals. Bergen Catholic's Mock Trial team finished undefeated in the regular season in 2014 and finished third overall in the county. In the 2015 season Bergen Catholic again finished undefeated in the regular season. In the "playoff" tournament Bergen Catholic defeated Northern Valley Demarest in the first round. Then on January 29, 2015 in a double header, defeated Mahwah (2014's county champion) in the semifinals and Indian Hills in the finals.[12]

Athletics

The Bergen Catholic Crusaders[2] compete as a member of the Big North Conference (United Division), a super conference that is comprised of public and private high schools in Bergen and Passaic counties that operates under the supervision of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association.[13] Until the NJSIAA's 2009 realignment, the school had participated in Division C of the Northern New Jersey Interscholastic League, which was made up of high schools located in Bergen County, Essex County and Passaic, and was separated into three divisions based on NJSIAA size classification.[14] The school was classified by the NJSIAA as Non-Public Group IV for football for 2018–2020.[15]

Bergen Catholic has a long-standing rivalry with fellow Catholic schools Don Bosco Preparatory High School in Ramsey[16] and Saint Joseph Regional High School in Montvale.

Bergen Catholic offers 17 sports at the varsity level:[2]

Football

Bergen Catholic has one of the most successful programs in New Jersey. The Crusaders are 17-time state champions (1963, 1965, 1966, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1986, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2004, and 2017.[17]), while holding an all-time record of 365-130-12. A record of 99-10 between 1990 and 1999 made Bergen Catholic the winningest football program in the state of New Jersey for the decade of the 1990s.[18] The 1979 team defeated DePaul Catholic High School by a score of 14-6 in the Parochial A North championship game at Giants Stadium to finish the season 10-0-1.[19] The 1986 team finished the season with a 9-1-1 record after defeating St. Peter's Preparatory School by a score of 33-0 in the Parochial A North sectional championship game played at Hinchliffe Stadium.[20] The 1991 team finished the season 11-0 after defeating Saint Joseph Regional High School by a score of 14-0 to win the Parochial A North championship and earn a ranking of 11th from USA Today.[21][22] The undefeated 1992 team's championship game with Paramus Catholic High School, which Bergen won 44–34, was voted "Game of the Century" by The Record.[23] One of the most anticipated high school games in New Jersey history was their championship game in 1998, when BC won the Parochial Group IV championship by defeating rival St. Joseph Regional 35–9 in the final at Giants Stadium. The 1998 team finished with a 12–0 record,[24] and was ranked first in New Jersey, 9th in USA Today national poll, and was voted "Team of the Century" by The Record.

Since 1998, the program has been to the state championship game 12 times. In 2004, the team went to Giants Stadium to play archrival Don Bosco Prep and won the state championship with a 13–10 victory, thanks to the play of Brian Cushing.[25] Cushing would later go on to become one of two players to have started in four Rose Bowl football games (Archie Griffin of Ohio State University was the other)[26] as well as an All-American at USC and a 1st round draft pick of the Houston Texans who was named NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year in 2009.

After a 13-year drought, the team finished the season with a 10–2 record and won the 2017 Non-Public Group IV state sectional championship with a 44–7 win against St. Peter's Preparatory School in the title game of the tournament;[27] The team dominated all three rounds, defeating eighth-seeded St. Augustine Preparatory School by a score of 56–21 in the first round and fifth seed Delbarton School 41–16 in the semifinals, before scoring 44 points in the final.[28]

Wrestling

The Crusader wrestling program has been the most successful in Bergen County over the past two decades. Bergen Catholic has won the Bergen County Championship 19 times (1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017), most in county history and hold the record for most consecutive titles by winning nine straight from 1999–2007. The Crusaders have won the North Parochial "A" state sectional title 21 times (1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2012-2019) and in 13 of those seasons they have gone on to win the overall Parochial "A" state championship (1991, 1994, 1995, 2002, 2003, 2012-2019); The program's 13 state championships are the fourth most of any team in the state.[29]

One of the most memorable of those state championship wins came in Trenton in 2003 where the Crusaders upset heavily favored Camden Catholic High School 40–30.[30] In addition to state and county titles, BC has won the District crown in 25 consecutive seasons (1990–2014). BC has also seen six of its wrestlers win a total of 12 individual state championships. The 2013-14 team won their first Star-Ledger Trophy as the #1 ranked team in the state of New Jersey and was ranked within the top ten in various national polls.[31][32]

In 2016, Nick Suriano won his fourth consecutive state championship, finishing his career with a record of 159-0 and becoming the second wrestler in state history to complete his career undefeated while winning four state titles.[33]

Basketball

The basketball team won the Non-Public A state championship in 1978 (defeating St. Anthony High School in the tournament final), 1994 (vs. Camden Catholic High School) and 2002 (vs. St. Augustine Preparatory School) and 2019 (vs. Camden Catholic).[34]

Bergen Catholic won their first Bergen County Jamboree in 1977, and has a total of nine county championships with the most recent in 2015. Through the history of the Bergen County Jamboree, Bergen Catholic holds the most total games played, total wins, and championship appearances. They also rank second in appearances and championships. Bergen has won nine North Parochial "A" state sectional championships and four Parochial "A" state championships. Their most recent success came in the 2001–02 and 2002–03. The 2002 team captured the school's first state championship in more than 10 years with a 71–69 win over St. Augustine Prep.[35] The team would make it to the semi-finals of the Tournament of Champions where they eventually fell to St. Anthony. The 2002–03 team consisted of five Division I players. They finished with a 25–4 record and a #3 ranking in New Jersey. They captured the school's most recent Bergen County Jamboree along with another sectional championship.[36]" The Crusaders won the 2015 Bergen County Jamboree by a 66-44 score in the tournament final, defeating a Teaneck High School team that had previously won four consecutive Jamboree championships.[37]

Ice hockey

Bergen Catholic’s hockey program first hit the ice during the 1967–68 season and ran through the 1971–72 season. The school has enjoyed a continuous run of interscholastic ice hockey since the 1974–75 season and immediately achieved success with a league title. The Crusaders would go on to win a Bergen County Championship in just three years time, raising the cup in 1978 and bringing home two more in 1980 and 1981. Since the 1990s, the Crusaders participate in the Gordon Conference, which includes other college preparatory high schools in New Jersey. Area rivals include Don Bosco Prep, Delbarton, Christian Brothers Academy, Seton Hall Prep, St. Peter’s Prep and St. Joseph’s Montvale. The Crusaders captured state championships in 2001 and 2003. In 2001, the Crusaders defeated Christian Brothers Academy in the Parochial pool 3-2 and then went on to defeat Clifton High School for the state title 8–1. In 2003, the Crusaders defeated Seton Hall Prep in the parochial pool 2–1 and defeated Randolph for the state championship 6-4.[38] As a result of this success, the Crusaders were recognized as the North Jersey Team of the Decade (2000-2009).

The team had an 18–5–0 record in 2019–20 where the Crusaders were ranked the #3 team in New Jersey. The highlight of the 2019–20 campaign was defeating rival Don Bosco Preparatory High School for the Crusaders’ first Bergen County Tournament Championship. The Crusaders were also the first team to win the Championship other than Don Bosco who had won eight straight titles since the Tournament's inception.[39]

Golf

The Bergen Catholic golf program has earned 101 championship titles,[40] nine Tournament of Champions titles[41] and 52 league titles. With a record of 984-33-1 through the 2015 season, Coach Jim Jacobsen is the winningest golf coach in state athletics history and has been at the helm since 1983.[42] The most recent being May 2015, where the program captured the State Meet of Champions trophy and the number 1 ranking in the state.[43]

Bowling

The boys bowling team won the overall state championships in 1998 and 1999.[44]

Lacrosse

The school started a varsity lacrosse program in 1995. The varsity program has posted a 218-173 overall record (.558 winning percentage). The team enjoyed its first winning season and NJSIAA playoff berth in 1997. In 1999, the Crusaders won the Catholic Schools Lacrosse Tournament. While a part of the NNJIL, BC won four consecutive league titles from 2002 - 2005. The program had a three-year winning streak in its current conference, the NNJIL "Gibbs" Division, winning in 2013, 2014, 2015. Bergen Catholic has won four varsity county championships, in 2006, 2009, 2014 and 2015.[45] In 2013, the JV Crusaders won its first county championship. In 2015, Bergen Catholic won its first NJSIAA Non Public "A" state championship with a 15–14 victory over Delbarton School.[46] The Crusaders continued on to defeat Summit High School 8–5 in the semifinal round of the Tournament of Champions before losing to Bridgewater-Raritan High School in the finals, by a score of 16–13.[47] The 2015 Crusaders set a school record and led New Jersey in scoring with 365 goals on the season.

Soccer

The school started their soccer team when the school was first founded in 1965. The team won the Non-Public A state championship in 1987 (defeating Notre Dame High School in the tournament final) and 1999 (vs. Christian Brothers Academy).[48] The Crusaders have won their state section five times. (1976, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1999). Bergen Catholic were also named the Bergen County champions three times (1986, 1999, 2019) and the reigning county champions in their win over Ridgewood High School on October 27.

The soccer program has produced more than 20 college Division I players and in specifically the 2003 MLS Superdraft first overall player Alecko Eskandarian. He posted 156 career goals for the Crusaders and 66 goals his senior year where the team won their county, state section, and state tournaments.

Spring track

The track team won the Non-Public Group a spring track state championship in 1963, 1964, 1977.[49]

Baseball

The baseball team won the Non-Public Group A state championship in 1968, defeating Roselle Catholic High School in the tournament final.[50]

Cross country

The cross country team won the Non-Public Group A state title in 1970 and 1977.[51]

Indoor relay

The track team won the Non-Public indoor relay championship 1975 (as co-champion).[52]

Notable alumni
See also: List of Christian Brothers school alumni

Many of the alumni listed have been recognized by induction into the school's Hall of Fame:[53]

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  55. Caldera, Pete. "Where are they now: Joe Azelby of Bergen Catholic" Archived June 5, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, The Record, December 13, 2011. Accessed June 2, 2014. "In the late summer of 1984, former Bergen Catholic star Joe Azelby still had football in his blood and a No. 50 Buffalo Bills uniform on his back."
  56. Conrad, JJ. "Recruiting: Updates on Bergen Catholic Football, including QB Jarrett Guarantano" Archived June 17, 2015, at the Wayback Machine, Varsity Aces, January 23, 2015. Accessed June 16, 2015. "And with Tennessee, the current offensive coordinator, Mike Bajakian, is a Bergen Catholic graduate ('92) — scratch that, Bajakian was hired Thursday as the Tampa Bay Buccaneers QB coach — and the Vols' head coach, Butch Jones, was a grad assistant at Rutgers when Guarantano's father was at Rutgers."
  57. Glier, Ray. "College Basketball; Carney Answers Call for Memphis", The New York Times, March 20, 2004. Accessed April 25, 2012. "While the rest of the Memphis Tigers were finishing practice here Thursday, the day before their N.C.A.A. tournament opener against South Carolina, their coach, John Calipari, was handing his cellphone to Sean Banks, the freshman forward from Bergen Catholic High School."
  58. Staff. "Watch This Tiger", The New York Times, December 25, 1972. Accessed September 1, 2011. "Barisich is far less experienced than his college counterparts across the country. The Bergen Catholic High School graduate won a starting position at Princeton as a sophomore and led all Tiger linemen in tackles with 49."
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  60. Justice, Richard. "Casserly's Career Is A Real Piece of Work; Since Humble Start, Always a Job to Do", The Washington Post, August 28, 1996. Accessed January 28, 2012. "'My father told me I was going to high school at Bergen Catholic and I was going to have to come up with the money to pay the $300 tuition,' Casserly recalled."
  61. Rispoli, Michael. "Republican may make Senate bid, after all", Asbury Park Press, April 4, 2008. Accessed February 17, 2011. "Unanue and Crowley went to high school together at Bergen Catholic in Oradell."
  62. Mehta, Manish. "Family of former Bergen Catholic star Brian Cushing seething at unfounded steroid rumors as NFL draft approaches", The Star-Ledger, April 23, 2009. Accessed February 16, 2011.
  63. Staff. "Eight Former Crusaders Inducted Into Hall Of Fame; Alumni and former faculty join 147 other members of the Bergen Catholic Hall of Fame", River Dell Patch, March 29, 2012. Accessed November 14, 2018. "Alvaro de Molina, Class of 1975 (Contributor) – Alvaro is a leader in the business world and his community."
  64. "Dem Presidential Candidate Delnaey: American People Are 'Dying' for Someone to 'Bring Us Together'", Grabien.com from MSNBC, November 17, 2017. Accessed January 22, 2018. "Delaney: 'Good to be here.' Geist: 'I will forgive you for having gone to Bergen Catholic High School, which is my rival high school.'"
  65. Metcalfe, Jeff. "Former Bergen Catholic wrestler Nick Delpopolo seeks Olympic redemption" Archived August 9, 2016, at the Wayback Machine, The Record, August 5, 2016. Accessed August 9, 2016. "Instead, if his draw in the 73-kilogram division pans out as well as he imagines, the former Bergen Catholic wrestler would leave Rio with an Olympic medal and lifetime redemption."
  66. McCarron, Anthony. "Mark DeRosa signs with San Francisco Giants, spurns New York Yankees", New York Daily News, December 29, 2009. Accessed August 27, 2011. "The Yankees viewed free agent Mark DeRosa as potential help in left field and an unbeatable super-utility option. But DeRosa, a Bergen Catholic product, agreed to a preliminary two-year deal with the San Francisco Giants Monday night, The Associated Press reported."
  67. Popper, Steve. "While Giants work, Garrett Dickerson waiting for his chance", The Record, July 30, 2018. Accessed October 10, 2018. "But for Garrett Dickerson, who grew up just a few miles away in Englewood and spent his high school years playing for Bergen Catholic, the goal is to make the Giants’ roster, not the National Football League."
  68. Ditrani, Vinny. "Paramus' Jim Dray looks to sway NFL teams at combine" Archived July 14, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, The Record, February 26, 2010. Accessed February 16, 2011. "Former Bergen Catholic and Stanford star Jim Dray is among the better blocking tight ends at this year's NFL combine."
  69. Yannis, Alex. "Soccer; MetroStars Win 3rd Straight By Shutting Down United", The New York Times, May 11, 2003. Accessed September 1, 2011. "Tonight he tried Alecko Eskandarian, the first overall selection in the draft this season, as a starter but replaced him in the 60th minute with Hristo Stoitchkov. Eskandarian played for Bergen Catholic High School in New Jersey and is the son of the former Cosmos defender Andranik Eskandarian."
  70. Alecko Eskandarian profile, US National Soccer Team Players Association. Accessed April 17, 2007. "Selected as the 2000 Gatorade National Player of the Year at Bergen Catholic.
  71. Yellin, Deena. "Local pastor's coming-of-age drama about young priests is heading to the screen", The Record, July 16, 2019. Accessed December 1, 2020. "Fichter, who grew up in Tenafly, never set out to be a filmmaker or a priest. In fact, when a classmate at Bergen Catholic High School first told him he was considering the priesthood, Fichter thought he was nuts."
  72. Branch, John. "Giants' Finn Is the Anonymous Blocking Back", The New York Times, November 11, 2005. Accessed November 14, 2018. "Just last week Finn brought to work a tape from his days at Bergen Catholic High School, which Finn carried to a New Jersey state championship, and showed it to teammates between meetings."
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  74. Mattura, Greg. "Zach Freemantle of Bergen Catholic basketball among North Jersey's best bigs", The Record, July 2, 2018. Accessed December 2, 2020. "Zach Freemantle has been working diligently in the offseason to expand his domain on the basketball court. Bergen Catholic’s 6-foot-8, 225-pound center was North Jersey’s best low-post player last season, and now the rising senior is developing his perimeter game."
  75. Staff. "For Young Actor, It's Wil Power Over Aping", Los Angeles Daily News, March 7, 1995. Accessed February 16, 2011. "Wil rescues her and the adventure begins, said the 15-year-old sophomore at Bergen Catholic High School in New Jersey."
  76. Alden, Bill. "NJ Native Kalemba Has Come a Long Way in Becoming Star Goalie for PU Men's Hockey", Town Topics (newspaper), December 27, 2006. Accessed December 17, 2013. "Zane Kalemba is a native of nearby Saddle Brook but he has come a long way to become the starting goalie for the Princeton University men's ice hockey team. After helping Bergen Catholic to the N.J. state high school championship as a freshman, Kalemba headed to New England to play at The Hotchkiss School."
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  79. via Associated Press. "Looking at careers of this year's Hall inductees", Houston Chronicle, July 24, 2010. Accessed February 16, 2011. "Bill Madden: ... born in 1946 and grew up in New Jersey ... graduated from Bergen Catholic High School"
  80. via Associated Press. "Big Ten football roundup: Hillsdale's Tanner McEvoy dazzles" Archived August 18, 2016, at the Wayback Machine, The Record, September 20, 2015. Accessed June 13, 2016. "Two-way player and Bergen Catholic alum Tanner McEvoy had one of No. 24 Wisconsin's three touchdown runs, and the Badgers wore down Troy for a 28-3 win Saturday in Madison, Wis."
  81. Brown, Clifton. "Golf; A Former Rising Star Hopes to Rise Again", The New York Times, December 18, 1999. Accessed April 25, 2012. "When Jim McGovern was an all-state tight end at Bergen Catholic High School, few people would have predicted that he would become a professional golfer. He didn't start playing golf seriously until 11th grade."
  82. Gulitti, Tom. "McGuire Open To Rangers", The Record, April 5, 2000, accessed April 17, 2007. "Alpine native Pierre McGuire among those who will be keeping a close eye on the reconstruction of the Rangers' management. The former Hartford Whalers head coach and Bergen Catholic graduate would like to get back into coaching after spending the last three seasons as a color commentator for an English-language radio station ..."
  83. County Executive Dennis McNerney Archived December 6, 2006, at the Wayback Machine, Bergen County, New Jersey. Accessed June 23, 2011. "Dennis McNerney is a lifelong resident of Bergen County. He graduated from Bergen Catholic High School, attended Bergen Community College, the University of Delaware, and went on to receive his Masters Degree in Public Administration from Columbia University."
  84. McIntyre, Jason. "'Big Bird' The Center Of Attention", The Record, March 16, 2002. Accessed April 17, 2007. "Even now, when he's on the basketball court playing center for state champion Bergen Catholic, 'some kids call me Big Bird,' said Orman..."
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  86. Bob Papa profile, HBO Boxing. Accessed April 17, 2007. "Bob Papa was born in the Bronx before moving to New Jersey as a child. After graduating from Bergen Catholic High School in 1982, Papa received a business degree from Fordham University in 1986."
  87. Staff. "All-Decade boys soccer" Archived September 30, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, The Record, June 9, 2010. Accessed July 18, 2011. "F: Randi Patterson, Bergen Catholic (2003) - One of only two three-time All-Bergen selections on the list, Patterson scored 80 goals with 20 assists from 2000 through 2002."
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  89. Biggane, Brian. "Darren Rizzi, Dolphins' new special teams coach, teamed with Tony Sparano in New Haven", The Palm Beach Post, October 5, 2010. Accessed February 5, 2011. "A native of Hillsdale, N.J., and a graduate of prep power Bergen Catholic, Rizzi starred as a tight end at Rhode Island after arriving as a walk-on in 1988."
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  91. Biography of Monsignor Robert Sheeran Archived October 25, 2006, at the Wayback Machine, Seton Hall University. Accessed April 17, 2007. "Born in Troy, New York, Robert Sheeran graduated from Bergen Catholic High School in Oradell before enrolling in 1963 as an undergraduate at Seton Hall."
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  93. "Troubador", The Record, June 11, 1972. Accessed November 14, 2018. "Whether on the stage or strolling in a park, Roger Steffens has a way of capturing his audience of one or 100.... When Roger hopped home the other day to visit his family's house in Westwood and see his mother, Mrs. Edith Steffens, it was then he performed the dirt pile scene out of fond remembrance.... Summoned to go forth and be heard for Bergen Catholic in New Jersey oratorical contests, Roger has extended the command."
  94. Fulkerson, Vickie. "Huskies have a fan in Williams", The Day (New London), November 24, 2007. Accessed February 17, 2011. "Isaiah went to Bergen Catholic High School, while Tahirah, a 6-foot guard, went to nearby Immaculate Heart Academy, an all-girls school."
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