WHEREAS, The Father Judge Bowling Team was in a battle for first place all season with rival St. Joseph's Prep; and
WHEREAS, Judge defeated Roman Catholic in the Catholic League Semi-Finals to move onto the championship; and
WHEREAS, Judge was pitted against the Prep in the championship game, the top two seeds in the Catholic League battling it out for bragging rights; and
WHEREAS, Responding to a confidence boosting pep talk from their coach, Jim Donnelly, Judge bowled one of their best games of the season, soundly defeating the Prep in the championship game by 170 pins, earning the Catholic League Title; and
WHEREAS, In addition to their Catholic League Championship,
five student-athletes earned All-Catholic Bowling Honors this season; First Team All-Catholic Charlie Aguado, and Second Team All-Catholic Honors for Justin Roarty, Matt Fry and Nick Haldis; and
WHEREAS, Rounding out the awards was the honor for Catholic League Most Valuable Bowler, Senior Daniel Matase; and
WHEREAS, The Crusaders finished their season with a record of 53 wins and 11 losses; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, That we hereby honor and recognize the Father Judge High School Bowling Team on their Philadelphia Catholic League Championship.
RESOLVED FURTHER, That an Engrossed copy of this resolution be presented to Head Coach Jim Donnelly and the members of the 2014 Philadelphia Catholic League Champions
as further evidence of the sincere respect and admiration of this legislative body.
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