Championship

WINTER 2014-2015
football Team completes quest for x
The Providence Catholic varsity football team was crowned State Champion at the
2014 IHSA Class 7A Finals in late November. The mighty Celtics defeated Cary-Grove
31-28 in a close match up for the title, finishing their season with a record of 13-1. This
victory earned the school their 28th State Championship Title and the football team’s
10th 1st Place Trophy. Check out the football page at il.8to18.com/Providence/
to view the numerous awards and links to news stories on the football team’s amazing
journey. The 2014 State Champion Varsity Football Team includes:
Team Captains
• Miles Boykin ‘15 (Tinley Park)
• Justin Hunniford ‘15 (Frankfort)
• Jake Rost ‘15 (Orland Park)
• Jimmy Sharkey ‘15 (Mokena)
• Nate Vejvoda ‘15 (Homer Glen)
State TEAM
• Teddy Azar ‘16 (Joliet)
• Justin Balog ‘15 (Lockport)
• Nick Barker ‘15 (Tinley Park)
• Mike Beller ‘15 (Homer Glen)
• Ryan Blackburn ‘16 (Plainfield)
• Alex Bowler ‘17 (Naperville)
• Derek Bresingham ‘17 (Mokena)
• Jerod Burczak ‘16 (Homer Glen)
• Erik Carroll ‘15 (Tinley Park)
• David Charnot ‘16 (Orland Park)
• Justin Chmura ‘15 (Tinley Park)
• Connor Creed ‘16 (Lockport)
• Hunter Dauparas ‘18 (Mokena)
• Dylan Davalos ‘18 (Braidwood)
• Abraham De Frias ‘16 (Monee)
• Sean Diehl ‘15 (Orland Park)
• Anthony DiNardi ‘16 (Palos Park)
• Jared Drake ‘17 (Shorewood)
• Jackson Dvorak ‘16 (New Lenox)
• Mike Falejczyk ‘16 (Manhattan)
• Eduardo Favela ‘18 (New Lenox)
• Owen Flaherty ‘17 (Mokena)
• Nick Fleischmann ‘16 (Tinley Park)
• Chris Fleischmann ‘15 (Tinley Park)
• Justin Gardner ‘15 (New Lenox)
• Luke Garwood ‘17 (Joliet)
• De’Shon Gavin ‘18 (Joliet)
• Nate Griffin ‘16 (Joliet)
• Mike Halleran ‘17 (Orland Park)
• Jimmy Havlin ‘16 (Orland Hills)
• Mason Heimlich ‘16 (Elwood)
• Brendan Hoffmeister ‘15 (Homer Glen)
• Brad Jenner ‘16 (Lemont)
• Nick Jones ‘18 (Wilmington)
• Caden Kalinowski ‘18 (Mokena)
• Christopher Kaminski ‘17 (Frankfort)
• Oliver Kapelski ‘16 (Homer Glen)
• PJ Kowalkowski ‘16 (New Lenox)
• Max Kraus ‘16 (Tinley Park)
• Blake LaBelle ‘16 (Orland Park)
• Jake Lawler ‘17 (Mokena)
• Matt MacNab ‘15 (Homer Glen)
• Michael Madej ‘16 (Manhattan)
• Jake Magurany ‘18 (Mokena)
• Martez Malone ‘17 (Plainfield)
• Mike Markasovic ‘16 (Frankfort)
• Joey Markasovic ‘18 (Frankfort)
• Kevin Marmo ‘17 (Mokena)
• Dan McDonald ‘16 (Orland Park)
• Jack McFarland ‘18 (Frankfort)
• Joe McGrath ‘16 (Manhattan)
• Gavin McKendry ‘16 (Lemont)
• Steven Meyer ‘18 (Homer Glen)
• Dan Miller ‘15 (Tinley Park)
• Ryan Minikel ‘17 (Lemont)
• Cody Nawrot ‘18 (Wilmington)
• Adam Nichols ‘16 (Elwood)
• Kevin O’Boyle ‘17 (Plainfield)
• Harry O’Connell ‘16 (Frankfort)
• Brendan O’Hara ‘16 (New Lenox)
• Connor O’Neill ‘16 (Manhattan)
• Jack Pell ‘15 (Mokena)
• Nico Planeta ‘18 (Joliet)
• Mateo Probst ‘17 (Lockport)
• Zachary Pych ‘16 (Homer Glen)
• Joe Santschi ‘15 (New Lenox)
• Jake Scheeringa ‘17 (Plainfield)
• Tyler Schiemann ‘16 (Beecher)
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QB Justin Hunniford
was named Chicago
Tribune Player of the
Year in Illinois.
• Stephen Simowitz ‘16 (New Lenox)
• Mariano Sori-Mann ‘18 (Mokena)
• Jake Swenson ‘15 (Homer Glen)
• Mike Szot ‘15 (Homer Glen)
• Conor Townsend ‘18 (Frankfort)
• Brendan Treacy ‘15 (Homer Glen)
• Emmet Trost ‘15 (Elwood)
• Liam Trost ‘17 (Elwood)
• Kevin Troy ‘15 (Homer Glen)
• Kyle Troy ‘15 (Homer Glen)
• Matt Troy ‘17 (Homer Glen)
• Luis Vasquez ‘15 (Joliet)
• Richie Warfield ‘17 (Orland Hills)
• Lucas Weaver ‘17 (Frankfort)
• Colt Wennlund ‘15 (Lockport)
• Travis Woerner ‘16 (New Lenox)
• Tom Younker ‘16 (Tinley Park)
• Joe Zemen ‘15 (Manhattan)
coaching staff
• Mark Coglianese (Head Coach)
• Mark Coglianese Jr. ‘08
• Josh Ditzler ‘99
• Jerry Grohn
• Terry Gross
• Tom Lenahan ‘99
• Dan Olszta ‘03
• John Pergi
• Luke Senffner ‘01
• Matt Senffner
• Nick Stanton ‘03
• Jim Strimel
7A state Championship team
Photo by Ray Tuminello
CELTIC REVIEW
fall sports make pchs history
The Fall sports season at Providence Catholic was
spectacular! The girls cross country team placed 4th at
Regionals and qualified for Sectionals. Kirsten Schultz
‘15 qualified for State; she is only the second female
runner in PCHS history to qualify. The boy’s golf team
won Sectionals, which qualified the team for State.
They placed 4th overall in State; the best boy’s golf team
finish in the school’s history. Ricky Costello ‘17 placed
6th overall. Alyssa Gromala ‘17, member of the girl’s
golf team, placed 3rd at Regionals, tied for 8th place
at Sectionals and qualified for State. Furthermore,
Hannah Davis ‘16, tennis player and Maria Papes ‘16,
swimmer, also qualified for State.
Harvest Drive Brings out the “Fun” in Fundraising
Providence Catholic concluded its Annual Fall Harvest Drive in
late September. Through the hard work of students, parents,
teachers and patrons who supported the school, this year’s Fall
Harvest Drive generated more than $375,000. To celebrate this
success, the entire student body enjoyed the traditional spiritfilled
Harvest Drive Olympics at the conclusion of this drive.
Several events took place, including dodge ball, tug-ofwar
and an obstacle course. The Olympics concluded
with the annual pie-in-the-face-of-a-faculty-member;
this year’s volunteer target was Mrs. Pat Foster, Dean of
Students.
The Class of 2016 rose to their feet to support their fellow
classmates as they competed in the dodge ball event.
Above (standing left to right): Boy’s Golf State Qualifiers: Mike Cascino ‘17
(Palos Park), Tim McNally ‘15 (Lockport), Coach John Platt, Kevin McEneany
‘15 (Lemont) and Ricky Costello ‘17 (Homer Glen). Sitting: Will McCabe ‘15
(Mokena), Mickey Brick ‘15 (Frankfort) and Dom Cascino ‘15 (Palos Park).
At left (standing left to right): Maria Papes ‘16 (Elwood), Kirsten Schultz ‘15
(Tinley Park) and Alyssa Gromala ‘17 (Mokena). Sitting: Hannah Davis ‘16
(Mokena).
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Above, sophomore girls battled the freshman
girls at the 2014 Harvest Drive Olympics
Tug-of-War competition. At left, senior Katriona
Horan of Orland Park proudly displayed the US flag
after the seniors won the Dodge Ball event.
The 2014 Harvest Drive top-selling student was senior Nicholas
Bratcher of Lockport who raised $5,500; the top selling PCHS
siblings were the Stolarek family (senior Daniel and freshman
Cassidy) of Frankfort who raised $2,000. Following the Olympic
celebration, Fr. Richard McGrath, OSA, President, drew eleven
raffle tickets and named the $10,000 Grand Prize winner along
with 10 other winning tickets totaling $5,000. All top-sellers and
raffle winners are posted on the Harvest Drive page of the PCHS
website at www.providencecatholic.org.