For 35 years, Ralph Dalton has been dedicated to the students and athletes of St. John the Baptist. Mr. Dalton has been selected as the C.H.S.A.A. Athletic Administrator of the year and will be presented with this award Thursday, March 16, 2023 in Saratoga Springs, NY. Congrats!!
Congratulations to the Varsity Football team who defeated St. Peter’s in the quarterfinals 35-6. The entire team was locked in first to last snap. Great job boys!!!
Breaking Cougar News! SJB Alum, Logan O'Hoppe, will start behind the plate for the Los Angeles Angels tonight⚾!
O'Hoppe graduated from SJB in 2018, and as the Angels' top prospect, he was called up ahead of tonight's game against the Oakland Athletics.
Congrats Logan!
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“SJB Football defeated AAA Chaminade 34-7! DJ Lisbon had 135 yards & 2 TDs. Mikey Conza added 57 yards & 1 TD. Joey Rivera had 2 PBUs & 1 INT, while Luka Skoda totaled 6 tackles with a sack. The Cougars advance to 2-1 and take on LUHI next Saturday for Homecoming! Statement win!”
The Varsity Football Team defeated Christ the King in their Home Opener, 22-18. Great team win as they honored their late teammate Jake Wuestefeld. The Cougars are 2-0 in League Play.
Congratulations to Logan O’Hoppe 2018 Graduate of SJB He is the recipient of the Stand Up Award given to the minor leaguer who does the most community service.
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Hi- This is Mrs. Bouklas and Mr. Dalton- just wanted to let you all know we are thinking of you and praying everyday that you and your families are well. We hope you are taking time each day to do something fun! Stay Cougar Strong! 🐾❤️
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SJB Football 2022
Today is the first day for SJB Football. Looking forward to seeing you all show Cougar pride at our first home game on 9/17 vs. Christ the King!
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Varsity Football defeated St. Peter’s 44-20 on Senior Day! QB Mike Wheat threw for 165 yds & 2TD rushed for 121 yds & 1 TD. Jayson Zeva 147 yds 3TDS. Eli Alverez 97 yds 2TDS.Ethan Smith ran for 54 Yds. Luka Skoda added 9 Tackles & Sean Dennehy had 10. SJB is 3-0 in League Play.
Congratulations to Eli Alvarez, Jayson Zeva and Pat Moloney who won the National Championship as members of the Cortland Football Team. We are all so proud of them for their hard work and dedication. Cougar Pride!!!
Congratulations to the Boys Varsity Basketball team who defeated St. Anthony’s 48-45 in the semifinals to advance to the championship! Leading the way scoring was Jeremiah Carter and DJ Lisbon who each had 15 points The championship game is on Tuesday at Hofstra University at 7pm
Congratulations to the Varsity football team who defeated Holy Trinity 10-9 on a cold rainy day. It hard hitting game but the SJB cougars took the lead late on the 4th quarter. It was a total team effort. Great job Boys!!!
Players from the varsity football team received their team championship trophy this morning at the CHSFL Annual Communion Awards Breakfast. Congratulations to the all the players and coaches on an amazing season!!!
Congratulations to the 4x100 meter Relay Team Andrew Simmons,
Mark Anthony Scott,
Aidan Oviedo-Torres and
Elijah Alvarez who took 3rd Place at the CHSAA Catholic State Championships.. Great job boys!!!!
SJB CLASS OF 2020
We Love You ❤️🐾
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Tonight at 8:20PM (20:20 military time), SJBDHS honored the Class of 2020 by illuminating our score board for 20 minutes to honor the Class of 2020; it was set to read 20:20.
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Wishing our Varsity Football team safe travels as they head to Avon Lake, Ohio to play under the Friday Night Lights!
The game will be live streamed starting at 7pm.
The link is .
Let’s Go Cougars!!🏈
Congratulations to the Varsity Basketball who defeated St. Anthony’s 61-59. Clinton Efinda led the Cougars with 22 pts &11 rebounds including the winning dunk. Stevie Williams added 12 pts&. Roddy Jones hit 4 Three pointers.
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Playing in front of a packed house including many alumni, & a vocal student section, Varsity Football defeated Kennedy Catholic 29-14 to cap off a perfect Homecoming weekend. True TEAM win on both sides of the ball. The Cougars improved to 4-1 in League Play.
CONGRATULATIONS to Justin & Hailey on signing letters of intent!
Justin:
@SacredHeartUniv
for Soccer
Hailey:
@UofHartford
for Cross Country (XC) and Track!
Left to Right:
JP Madden, Coach David Wood, AD Lorraine Bouklas, AD Ralph Dalton, Nick Gallagher
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On Saturday’s Varsity Football Home Opener vs Christ the King, the Cougars remembered
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Jake Wuestefeld, as his Mother was our honored guest for the ceremonial coin toss.
Varsity Football capped off a fantastic 6-1 regular season with a victory over Mount St. Michael, 55-28. Eli Alvarez led the Cougars with 4 TD. Proud of how they have played together as a TEAM all season. SJB will host the quarterfinal playoff game on Nov. 6th. Great job boys!
Logan O'Hoppe ('18) has been named the Opening Day Starting Catcher for the Los Angeles Angels! O'Hoppe will be the youngest Angels catcher to start Opening Day. See him catching Shohei Ohtani as the Angels take on the Oakland Athletics on Thursday, March 30, 2023 at 10:07 p.m.
Varsity Football won their Home Opener, defeating Fordham Prep, 35 - 7. DJ Lisbon led the offense with 7 catches, 168 yards, and 2 TD. Branden Raines added 1 sack, 1 TD, and 2 major tackles that set tone for a dominant defense. The Cougars are 1-1 on the season.
Great team win!!!
Congratulations to the Boys Varsity Soccer team with help from the Cougar Crazy Crowd, Zane Brown scores on a penalty kick with 35 seconds left in the game to defeat St Anthony's 5-4.
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Congratulations to Mark Anthony Scott, Patrick Moloney, Derrick Hill and Bryce Robinson they are the Nike Nationals EE 4x200m Relay National Champions running 1:30.81. Great job boys! We are proud of you!!
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Congratulations to the boys varsity basketball team who defeated Holy Trinity 63-57 in the quarterfinals. Chris Williams had 19 points, Stevie Williams and Jeremiah Carter each had 15 points. Next is the semifinals at Farmingdale State College Sunday vs St. Anthony’s at 515 pm
This Sunday, come on out and support St. John the Baptist Football as we take on Kennedy Catholic at 1:30🏈. The theme for our Homecoming game is White Out!
Varsity Football defeated St. Peter’s in the AA-1 semifinals, 27-14. Max Bowers combined for 220 yds. Luka Skoda had 2 TDs and 11 Tackles. Brayden Mangan and Andrew Simmons both added TDs. The Cougars Moore Catholic in the championship next Saturday 230pm at Fordham University!
Congratulations to SJB Track and Field Catholic State Champions.
Laila Gedeon First Place Triple Jump.
Fernando Sanchez First Place 600m.
Brian Healy First Place 1000.
Also Fernando runs SJB Record of 1:21.29.
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Varsity Football defeated Xavier 21-7, under the Lights at Aviator Field. Eli Alvarez led the Cougars with 3 TD’s. Patrick Moloney led the defense w 10 tackles and Branden Raines with 8 tackles & 1 interception. The Cougars are now 5-1 in League Play!
Congratulations to Jullian Vitucci who won the weight throw at the Long Island Elite Championships.
Jullian reset his school record 62’1” and is now
#7
in New York State. Great job!!!!
Congratulations to our seniors of Cheerleading, Football and Kickline on this Senior Day! Thank you for all your dedication to SJB and your programs. We will miss you and we wish you all the best life has to offer. Good luck and always show your Cougar Pride 🐾!!
Congratulations to SJB Baseball coach, Ron McKay on winning the Lifetime Achievement award at the Axcess Baseball awards banquet on Saturday night. We are very lucky to have him in our program as he continues to share his knowledge with our baseball community.
Boys Varsity Basketball defeated Bellport HS 83-58 at Nassau Coliseum! True team win as ALL players got in the game. Great experience for St. John’s and the basketball program.
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Congratulations to Madison Guerrera on setting a new school record of 8.67 in the 55meter Hurdles at the Christmas Classic held at St. Anthony’s today. SJB record was previously set in 2009!
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The Varsity Football team defeated Kennedy Catholic 42-29 in the CHSFL Semi-Finals. The Cougars were led by senior Marc Anthony Scott who had55 yards and 5 TD’s. The Cougars will play Holy Trinity for the Championship on Saturday Nov 20th - 11 am at Mitchell Field.
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THIS SATURDAY (11/18)! SJB Varsity Football will compete against Moore Catholic in the CHSFL AA1 Championship Game🏈 at 2:30 p.m. Click the link below for the livestream broadcast on Varsity Media's YouTube Channel.
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Congratulations to the JV football team who defeated Christ the King 30-6. CJ DiBenedetto had 4 TD’s,Dom Witt had 3 TD’s and Michael Murphy had 1 TD and 1 INT.
Tim Tehan and Kevin Peters had a great game. It was a total team effort. Great job boys!
Congratulations to the Varsity baseball team who defeated The Stony Brook School 9-2 in their home opener. Kyle Chase went 5 innings with 8k’s for the win. RJ Azarieh was 1-1 with 3 RBI’s and Jayden Asencio was 2-3 with 2 RBI’s. Great job boys!
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Congratulations Varsity baseball defeated St Dominic’s 8-0. Kyle Chase threw a No Hitter with 11K’s and only threw 81 pitches. He has 34 IP with 55 K’s and a 0.00 ERA on the season.
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Congratulations to seniors Liam Dunn and Mark Anthony Scott who were honored today by the National Football Foundation - Liam Dunn received the Scholar Athlete Award. Mark Anthony Scott received the Player of the week. Below Phil Alba, Liam Dunn, Mark Anthony Scott and James Alba
It was a great day at St. John the Baptist.
SJB Football opens the season honoring all of our 9-11 heroes. After a moving ceremony and flyover, SJB wins 49-0.
Great job Cougars!! 🏈🐾
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Boys varsity volleyball defeated St Anthonys 3-0 on Friday to finish the regular season 12-0. Congratulations on the first undefeated season in SJB team history.
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The first annual 1000lbs competition at SJB. Squat, Bench and Deadlift combined weight total.
Julian Vitucci
1115 lbs
Nick Limberg
1085 lbs
Jack Montagano
1045 lbs
Nick Fazzini
1000lbs
Congratulations and welcome to the club!!!
2023 CHAMPIONS!!!!
Top Seed Girls Varsity Bowling defeated St. Anthony’s,5-4, to win the 2023 Championship! A true team win! This is their first title since 2012.
Congratulations to the varsity wrestling team for defeating Stepinac 60-15. Special thank you to our seniors Colby D’andria,Troy Cannon and Pat Berry for all their hard work and dedication to our wrestling program.
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Jayson Zeva had 3 TD and Eli Alvarez had 2 TD to lead the Varsity football team to their first League Win against Cardinal Spellman, 51-0. Great team win to start League play.
Boys Varsity basketball Down by 15 in 2nd half the Cougars fought back to beat Kellenberg 92-84 in OT! With 2.5 seconds left Clinton Efinda scored at the BUZZER to TIE game at 72! Efinda led the Cougars with 30 pts & 13 rebounds. Big time team win.
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Congratulations to Chris DiLegge who is the CHSAA Freshman Champion in the triple jump and Joe Imperato resets his SJB Freshman School Record in the Shot Put.
What a night!!
CONGRATULATIONS TO SJB BOYS’ V VOLLEYBALL
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They’ve set a new record, 1st NSCHSSA boys volleyball title in SJB history!!!
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Boys Varsity Basketball had a huge win to extend their winning streak to 9 -defeating Chaminade 102-88. The Cougars were led by Jeremiah Carter scored 28 pts.Carter Wilson scored 19 & Jawaun Smith added 20 pts. The Cougars are now 6-2 in the CHSAA (2nd place) and 18 - 2 overall.
Congratulations to the Boys Soph Cross Country Team for taking 2nd place today in the Soph Championship. Chris McGrath Soph League Runner Up.
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Congratulations to the Varsity football team for defeating Holy Cross on the road today 22-15 in the first round of the CHSFL playoffs . Great team effort!!!
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Congratulations to Fernando Sanchez for winning the 600m, in a time of 1:22.50, at The Yale Invitational. Fernando was only 1 second away from the SJB record.
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The Boys Varsity Basketball programs at St John the Baptist and Kellenberg gathered together to celebrate mass prior to their matchup this afternoon at Kellenberg. Good luck boys!
Congratulations to the following athletes on the
SJB Winter Track & Field Teams for winning their
individual events at our League Frosh/Soph
Championships:
The Three League Champions are
Logan Byrnes -Long Jump
Madison Erb - High Jump
Dominick Coniglio - Pole Vault.
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Congratulations to Mark Anthony Scott for receiving Player of the week honors in the CHSFL. His 4 Touchdowns help lead the varsity football team over Mount 48-14. Great Job!
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Madison Guerrera sets School Record at the Longwood Track Classic. She came in 4th Place in the 400 Hurdles and 1st place in both the 100 Hurdles and the 4x100m Relay.
Maddie also Crushed the school record in the 100 Hurdles and ends the day as
#1
in NYS so far this season.
Varsity baseball defeated St Anthonys 13-0 in game one of a double header.Kyle Chase earned his third win of the year and lowered his ERA to 0.32 while striking out 6 in 5 innings. Jayden Asencio and Jayson Campo each homered .
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Congratulations to senior Emily Hamel for winning the Thomas O’Brien Scholar/Athlete Award for the 2022 Girls Cross Country season!
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The Varsity Baseball team opened the season defeating the Stony Brook School 4-1. Keegan McElligott hit a 2 RBI double in the 4th to give the Cougars a 2-1 lead. Dom Coniglio single to make it 4-1. Sophomore Aidan Casey earned the win, pitching 4 scoreless innings in relief.
Varsity baseball won their first league game defeating St Francis Prep 11-1.Aedan Forde was 3/3 with 5 RBI.
Nick D’Avanzo earned his first varsity win going 4 innings and allowing no earned runs.Edwin Torres and Carsen Wengrovsky combine for 3 innings of scoreless relief.
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SJB Summer Sports Camp week 2 is in the books! Great time was had by all. Next week- Girls Soccer, Boys Volleyball/ beginner co-ed Volleyball and Wrestling . Spots are still available.
Boys swimming had a great day at the Novice championship. Congratulations to Jax Grella, Matt Koch, Ryan Holton, Michael Grunhaus, Thomas Cassata and James Olejnik.
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Congratulations to Alexandria Martinez on being the 1st girl to win a CHSAA State Individual Bowling Championship! This was the Inaugural Tournament and we are so proud of her accomplishment! 🐾🎳