#1 BERGEN CATHOLIC (13-3-1) vs. #5 RIDGEWOOD (9-3)
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2025 - 5:00 PM - WALDWICK HS

HERE COME THE CRUSADERS!
Waldwick HS is the host of the 2025 Jerry Lewis Memorial County Tournament Semifinal sponsored by the Bergen County Coaches Association. BC has reached this round 22 times and has advanced to the finals only six. Coach Pete's Crusaders are focused and ready to attack to return to the final for the first time since they won the title in 2019. 
 
BC PREVIEW  The top-seeded Crusaders enter with a 13-3-2 record and have a four-game win streak including quality wins over Leonia (Quarterfinals) and Clifton (independent game) the past week.  BC averages yielding 1.2 goals per game and scores on average quite a bit more.
     Six Crusaders have scored double-digit points this year with #8 James Melia (8 goals, 5 assists, 21 points) and #21 Dangelo Tavarez (8G, 4A, 21P) leading the pack.  #6 Frank Burns (5G, 6A, 16P),  #31 Liam Agans (5G, 3A, 13P) and #17 John Semelsberger and #20 Tyler Oehm, each with 4 goals, 3 assists and 11 points pace a team that has been hot as a pistol. 
     Junior goalkeeper #0 John Coleman is having a strong season with 40 saves on the season and senior #0 Ian Chung has turned away 14 shots for BC.
 
RIDGEWOOD PREVIEW The fifth-seeded Maroons are 9-3 on the season.  The have scored 21 goals in 12 games (1.8 goals per game) and have yielded only 10 goals (0.8 goals per game).  That makes them a very dangerous opponents as so many games come down to on misplay.
    They look to senior #10 Nick Luddy (6 goals, 1 assist) to provide the majority of their scoring punch.  #11 Caden Ferrara (3 goals 4 assists) boosts the team as well.
     The Maroons use a pair of goals who each have outstanding numbers.  Senior #1 Ian Phelps has 37 saves in 6 games and junior #00 Chase Yannuzzi has 44 saves in 7 games in goal.

BERGEN CATHOLIC SOCCER IN THE COUNTY SEMIFINAL

DATE	OPP	HAN	VENUE	WL	BC	OPP
10/27/1978	Don Bosco Prep	A	Don Bosco Prep	L2OT	0	1
11/4/1984	Indian Hills	H	Bergen Catholic	L	2	5
11/3/1985	Indian Hills	N	Bergen Catholic	W	4	1
11/17/1988	Don Bosco Prep	N	BCC	L	0	1
11/5/1989	Lyndhurst	N	BCC	L	0	1
11/12/1995	Ridgewood	N	Ramapo	L	2	1
11/5/1997	Don Bosco Prep	A	Don Bosco Prep	L	0	1
11/1/1998	Ramapo	N	Ramapo Coll.	L	0	3
10/31/1999	Ramapo	N	Ramapo Coll.	W	3	1
10/28/2001	Ramapo	A	Ramapo HS	W	2	1
10/27/2002	Don Bosco Prep	N	Ramapo HS	L	0	1
10/31/2004	Ramapo	A	Ramapo HS	L	1	2
10/28/2007	Don Bosco Prep	A	Demarest	L	0	2
11/1/2008	Don Bosco Prep	N	Indian Hills	L	0	3
11/1/2009	Cliffside Park	N	Ramapo HS	W	2	1
10/21/2012	Don Bosco Prep	A	Ridgewood	W	2	1
10/26/2014	No. Highlands	A	RIdgewood	L	0	3
10/18/2015	Pascack Valley	H	Ramapo HS	L	2	3
10/23/2016	Pascack Valley	N	Ramapo HS	LPK	1	1
10/19/2019	Cliffside Park	N	Ramsey	W	3	2
10/15/2022	Ramapo	N	Ramapo HS	L	1	2
10/14/2023	Ramsey	N	Ramapo HS	L	0	1

 
BERGEN CATHOLIC VS RIDGEWOOD IN THE COUNTIES
The Crusaders are 2-1 vs. Ridgewood in three meetings in the Jerry Lewis Bergen County Tournament. The last time the Crusaders faced the Maroons in the tourney, was a 2-1 victory at Indian Hills HS. 
     BC won in dramatic fashion, taking home the school's third Bergen County title as Allen Villafranca scored a pair of goals. Andrew Remias turned away five Ridgewood shots on goal to win it.  Villafranca's game winner, was a late, second-half penalty kick.  The win was Coach Pete Berkanish's first county title as head coach of the Crusaders.  He joined Hugh Beattie (1985) and Hugh "Jim" McGirr (1999) as a county championship coach.

YEAR	HAN	VENUE	WLT	BC	'WOOD
1995	N	Semifinal	L	2	1
2012	A	1st Round	W	1	0
2019	N	Final	W	2	1