Lafayette's St. Perpetua Panther Pride - CYO Champions
Submitted by Monica Chappell
West Diablo & Oakland Diocese Basketball Champions
Fourth Grade Boys American League - Oakland Diocese Champions
Back: Coaches J Torchio and Tim Regan
Middle: Justin Pratt, Caden Moses, Seppi Ortman, Ty Whelehan, Robby Rowell,
Front: John Torchio, Ryan Regan, Gabe Middleton and Isaac Plotkin (not pictured Nick Price)
Photo Wendy Pratt
St. Perpetua parish sponsors a Catholic Youth Organization (CYO) as one dimension of its total ministry to youth. Athletic programs through CYO provide opportunities for young people to develop strong moral character, self-esteem and leadership qualities.
Fourth Grade Girls National League
- West Diablo Champions
Front Row - Kneeling (L to R): Kaitlin Herzer, Schuyler Rosson, Savannah Mone, Claire Swan, Kaitlin Enrici, Hannah Ruane, Natalie Keefer
Back Row - Standing (L to R) Sam Swan (head coach), Grace Carlson, Emily Rasmussen, Jenna Kisner, Lauren Van Stralen, Abby Morris, Andrea Ruane and Mollie Van Stralen (Asst. Coaches) Photo Kelly Carlson
Fifth Grade Girls National League - Oakland Diocese Champions - undefeated
Back: Coach Bob Phipps and John Kirke
Left to Right: Isabel Kirke, Allie Figueredo, Juliana Van Laanen, Jacqueline Nichols, Molly Davis, Asiana Tam, Saskia Lamb, Gwen Kessenich, Morgan Rogers, Alexis Frumenti Photo Teresa Jimenez
Seventh Grade Boys American League
- West Diablo Champions
Submitted by: Robin Fox
Row 1: Joey Hewitt, Casey Harrington, Scotty Fox, Sam
DeRogue, Calvin Saribay, Kevin Hull
Row 2: Coach Ed Saribay, Tyler Petite, Matt O'Reilly,
Chris Hansen, Head Coach Rob O'Reilly
Congratulations to St. Perpetua's seventh Grade Boys’
basketball A team. The Panthers defended last year's
title to win the Diocese of Oakland CYO Basketball
Championship again. On March 7th, they beat St.
Bonaventure, 70-57, in the championship finals, bringing
St. P's season record to 29-3.
Photo Teresa Saribay
Sixth Grade Boys American League - West Diablo
Champions - Undefeated in season play
Back: Coaches Mike Cassidy, Mark Flower and Greg Young
Left to Right: Tyler Henderson, Grant Young, Sutter
Lindberg, Jake Rowely, Max Flower,Jake Berry, Jack
Cassidy, Devin Regan, Gabe Middleton and Ryan
Cardiff.
Eighth Grade Boys American League - Oakland
Diocese Champions – Third Straight Championship
The CYO American Boys team beat All Saints from
Hayward to win the Diocese Championship for the
third year in a row. The special part of this victory is
that this team plays in honor of their former coach,
Ken Nelson. They won last year in his honor (he
passed away before the season ended), and the boys
decided to play together again to fight for another
championship for their coach.
The coaching of the team was taken on by Mike Cassidy
and Steve Lauth, but there was always a seat left
on the bench for Ken.
Back: Coach Steve Lauth, Andrew Cassidy, John
Lauth, Zack Kisner, Andrew Zolintakis, Coach Mike
CassidyMiddle: Justin Dunn, Issac Christian, Matt,
ThomasFront: Grant Sivesind Photo Kristin Krisner
Sixth Grade Girls National League
- Oakland Diocese Champions
Back: Amy Sabbadini, Sophia Ross, Martha Morse,
Asha Alagappan, Amanda Strang, Grace Deskin
Front: Coach Gary Sabbadini, Diana Duque, Emily
Collins, Alexis Grant-Hudd, Coach Dino Duque
Not pictured: Amanda Warbritton Photo Ruth Dugue
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