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   Belleville (Althoff Catholic) Crusaders (24-4)


School Information

Name: Althoff Catholic High School
City: Belleville
County: St. Clair
Classification Enrollment: 476.025 (M)
Nickname: Crusaders
Colors: Navy Blue/Gold
Conference: Gateway Metro Conference
Principal/Head Coach: Skip Birdsong
Asst. Principal: Greg Leib
Asst. Principal: Jean Smith
Athletic Director: Kathy Wuller
Asst. Athletic Director: Austin Frazier
Assistant Coaches: Michael Stevens, Chris Bunting
Athletic Trainer: Geof Manzo
Captains: Tyler Birdsong, Bo Gomric, Jack Sorgea, Luke Smith
Last Year's Advancement: Lost to Troy (Triad), 3-1, in Sectional Final.

Team Photo


Roster

  
No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr.
0 Aidan Brown GK   Jr.
0 Zach Winkler GK-MID   Sr.
1 Brady Luechtefeld GK   Sr.
2 Nate Pitre MF   So.
3 Jack Sorgea MF   Jr.
4 Joseph Hamilton MF   Sr.
5 Luke Smith MF   Jr.
6 Josh Meyer MF   Jr.
7 Tyler Pollock MF   So.
8 RJ Devine D   Jr.
9 Mackin Neville MF   So.
10 Sam Medlin D   Jr.
11 Dakarai Gray F   So.
12 Indy Johanigmeyer MF   Fr.
13 Drew Gilliland MF   Jr.
14 Tyler Birdsong D   Jr.
15 Allan Pham D   Sr.
16 Nash Johanigmeyer MF   Jr.
17 Michael Roche F   Jr.
18 Sam Roche D   Sr.
19 Danny Lopez-Baez F   Fr.
20 Bo Gomric F   Sr.
21 Ben Ysursa D   So.
22 Christian Youngmeyer MF   Jr.
24 Dax Ahlers MF   Jr.
25 Hayden Tell D   Jr.

Statistics

  
Name Games Shots Goals Assists
Dax Ahlers 14   0 1
Tyler Birdsong 28   7 7
RJ Devine 23   0 3
Drew Gilliland 10   2 0
Bo Gomric 25   16 10
Dakarai Gray 18   5 2
Joseph Hamilton 7   0 0
Indy Johanigmeyer 27   3 1
Nash Johanigmeyer 28   4 10
Danny Lopez-Baez 10   1 1
Sam Medlin 25   3 0
Josh Meyer 24   1 0
Mackin Neville 9   1 2
Allan Pham 5   0 0
Nate Pitre 28   22 10
Tyler Pollock 28   7 18
Michael Roche 26   5 4
Sam Roche 5   0 0
Luke Smith 28   12 5
Jack Sorgea 28   9 1
Hayden Tell 28   0 5
Zach Winkler 25   1 0
Christian Youngmeyer 4   1 0
Ben Ysursa 13   1 0
Name Games Goals Avg. Saves PK Blkd PK Allwd
Aidan Brown 1 1 1.00 2    
Brady Luechtefeld 5 1 .20 10    
Zach Winkler 23 18 .78 107    

Scores

Date Opponent W/L Own Opp
8/27 Springfield (H.S.) L 2 4
8/29 Mascoutah W 1 0
8/31 Edwardsville (H.S.) L 0 1
9/4 Bethalto (Civic Memorial) W 8 1
9/5 Edwardsville (Metro-East Lutheran) W 9 0
9/9 Waterloo (H.S.) W 4 0
9/10 Glen Carbon (Father McGivney) W 2 1
9/14 Troy (Triad) W 3 2
9/16 Columbia L 0 1
9/17 Alton (Marquette) W 3 0
9/19 Maryville (M. Christian) W 3 1
9/21 O'Fallon (H.S.) W 4 0
9/23 Breese (Mater Dei) W 3 0
Great River Classic
9/26 Union Grove, WI W 2 0
9/27 Elmhurst (Timothy Christian) L 0 1
9/30 Edwardsville (Metro-East Lutheran) W 8 0
10/1 Belleville (East) W 2 0
10/3 Alton (Marquette) W 2 1
10/8 Maryville (M. Christian) W 2 0
10/9 Waterloo (Gibault Catholic) W 8 0
10/10 Glen Carbon (Father McGivney) W 3 1
10/12 Highland W 6 1
10/16 Belleville (West) W 3 0
Belleville (Althoff Catholic) Regional
10/22 Litchfield [Coop] W 7 1
10/25 Bethalto (Civic Memorial) W 3 1
Troy (Triad) Sectional
10/30 Carbondale (H.S.) W 4 0
11/2 Troy (Triad) W 4 2
Illinois College Super-Sectional
11/5 Chatham (Glenwood) W 3 2

Head Coach Skip Birdsong

  
Year W-L-T
Granite City
2007 14-6-1
2008 11-7-3
2009 4-10-2
3 yrs. 29-23-6
Belleville (Althoff Catholic)
2016 10-12-2
2017 11-11-3
2018 17-4-3
2019 11-8-1
2020 11-0
2021 23-3-3 (2nd)
2022 27-2 (2nd)
2023 21-5-1
2024 24-4
9 yrs. 155-49-13
GRAND TOTAL
12 yrs. 184-72-19

Tournament History

1999-A      0    4  0-1 (17-9-1)   DNP  Dave Stosberg
       L    0    4  Springfield (Sacred Heart-Griffin)
2021-1A     1    2  1-1 (24-4-3)   2nd  Skip Birdsong
       W    4    1  Bloomington (Central Catholic)
       L    1    2  West Chicago (Wheaton Academy)
2022-1A     1    4  1-1 (27-2-0)   2nd  Skip Birdsong
       W    4    1  West Chicago (Wheaton Academy)
       L    1    4  Quincy (Notre Dame)