APRIL 6 – RAMSEY, NJ – The Crusaders opened with three runs in the first and another three in the second and Joe Gugliotta threw a pair of shutout innings to put BC in command to open the 2026 BNC United Season at Don Bosco Prep.
     Jael Santos homered and drove in four runs as he continued driving the ball hard in his first varsity season at BC.  Aquiles Hache had a pair of doubles, scored two runs and drove one in and Michael Alberto went 3-for-4 as the two switched places in the line-up.  Early results suggest that was a great move!
     The win snapped a three-game skid against the #4-ranked Ironmen, dating back to May, 2023.
     Gugliotta earned the win, yielding only two earned runs while striking out 5 over three and a third.  Joaquin Rivera finished things  up striking out five in three and two-thirds.

TEAMS	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Bergen Catholic (2-3)	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	8	11	1
Don Bosco Prep (2-1)	0	0	3	0	0	0	2	5	8	1

 

BATTER	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	AVG	SLG
Aquiles Hache #25	4	2	2	1	0	.500	1.000
Michael Alberto #28	4	1	3	3	0	.750	.750
Jael Santos #26	4	1	2	4	0	.500	1.250
Andres Polanco #1	4	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Adriel Huertas #14	4	0	1	0	0	.250	.250
Michael Tarpinian #10	3	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Arnav Vega #11	3	1	1	0	0	.333	.667
Maximos Demaras #4	3	1	1	0	0	.333	.333
Thomas Harmke #3	3	1	1	0	0	.333	.333
Brady Smith	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.000
Totals:	32	8	11	8	0	.344	.531

2B:  Aquiles Hache (2), Arnav Vega (1)
HR:  Jael Santos (1)

PITCHER	PIT	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	ERA
Joe Gugliotta #18 (WP)	67	3.1	4	3	2	1	5	4.20
Joaquin Rivera #9	55	3.2	4	2	2	0	5	3.82
Totals:	122	7	8	5	4	1	10	4.00

 
     The win was Coach Bob Muggeo's 200^th at the helm of the BC nine.  Muggeo started coaching the Crusaders in 2015 and in that time has never had a losing record.  His teams have reached the 20-win plateau 5 times in that span and with yesterday's win, his record improves to 200-76, an impressive .725 winning percentage. The tenth coach in BC history, he is now just the second to have won 200 or more games, trailing only BC Hall of Famer Al Barton by just 30 wins.

COACH	SEASONS	SEAS	WIN	LOSS	W%
Vic Liggio	(1958-71)	14	128	114	.529
Vince Otskey	(1972-73)	2	22	20	.524
Norm Dermody	(1974-79)	6	61	67	.477
Gerry Goldee	1980	1	12	5	.706
Al Barton	(1981-94)	15	230	115	.667
Joe Dionisio	(1995-00)	6	144	29	.832
John Picarello	(2001-08)	8	151	69	.686
Jim Burt, Jr.	(2009-12)	4	67	43	.609
Mark DeMenna	(2013-14)	2	43	11	.796
Bob Muggeo	(2015-Pres)	11	200	76	.725