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Chicago (Brother Rice) Crusaders (16-6)


School Information

Name: Brother Rice High School
City: Chicago
County: Cook
Classification Enrollment: 1301
Nickname: Crusaders
Colors: Maroon/Burnt Orange
Conference: Chicago Catholic League (CCL)
President : Mark Donahue
Principal: Robert Alberts
Athletic Director: Sean McBride
Head Coach: Jan Murzyn
Assistant Coaches: Allan Lick, Ronald Oglesby, Jan Murzyn, Marty Burke
Athletic Trainer: Hugo Camacho
Managers: Murphy Kane, Henry Manning, Luis Soto, Marty Flynn

Team Photo

Roster

  
Wt. Name Yr.
106 Owen Manning So.
113 Duane Connolly So.
113 Danny Tait Sr.
120 Logan Connors Jr.
126 James Lotito So.
132 Bobby Conway Sr.
138 Oliver Davis Jr.
138 Kyle Fehsel Sr.
144 Jonathan Harris So.
150 Colin Carpenter Fr.
150 Jack O'connor Sr.
157 Manny Lopez So.
157 Frank Miceli So.
165 Brian Goggin Fr.
165 Jack Mcginnis So.
175 Dan Costello So.
190 James Crane Sr.
190 Colin Goggin Jr.
190 Brendan Kalchbrenner Fr.
285 Landon Gilbert Jr.
285 Charley Stec Sr.
Probable starters are identified by bold (*)

Statistics

  
Name W-L TD PF-PA
Owen Manning (106) 26-18    
Duane Connolly (113) 19-15    
Danny Tait (113) 22-14    
Logan Connors (120) 15-14    
James Lotito (126) 22-15    
Bobby Conway (132) 22-9    
Oliver Davis (138) 43-9    
Kyle Fehsel (138) 15-8    
Jonathan Harris (144) 19-11    
Colin Carpenter (150) 10-8    
Jack O'connor (150) 32-17    
Manny Lopez (157) 15-5    
Frank Miceli (157) 39-11    
Brian Goggin (165) 21-7    
Jack Mcginnis (165) 20-19    
Dan Costello (175) 29-11    
James Crane (190) 35-11    
Colin Goggin (190) 31-15    
Brendan Kalchbrenner (190) 34-6    
Landon Gilbert (285) 12-12    
Charley Stec (285) 17-11    

Scores

Date Opponent W/L Own Opp
11/27 Chicago (Leo) W 71 6
11/27 Chicago (Hancock) W 84 0
11/27 Chicago (Agricultural Science) W 53 23
11/30 New Lenox (Lincoln-Way West) W 54 12
11/30 Palos Heights (Shepard) W 70 0
11/30 Joliet (Central) W 56 12
12/11 Chicago (St. Patrick) W 41 37
12/11 Chicago (St. Ignatius College Prep) W 50 16
12/12 Lombard (Montini) L 17 49
12/17 Chicago (Mt. Carmel) L 27 39
12/28 Joliet (West) W 41 31
12/28 New Lenox (Lincoln-Way Central) W 35 29
12/28 Niles (Notre Dame) W 42 32
12/31 New Lenox (Providence Catholic) L 29 45
12/31 Chicago (DePaul) W 50 26
12/31 Chicago (De La Salle) W 55 23
1/8 Elmhurst (IC Catholic) L 28 47
1/10 Chicago (St. Rita) W 47 24
1/16 Chicago (Marist) L 11 55
1/18 Hillside (Proviso West) W 71 7
1/18 Yorkville (Y. Christian) L 34 36
Chicago (Brother Rice) Sectional
2/25 Riverside (R.-Brookfield) W 60 12

Head Coach Jan Murzyn

  
Year W-L
Chicago (Brother Rice)
2021-22 9-4
2022-23 9-6
2023-24 19-5 (4th)
2024-25 16-6
4 yrs. 53-21

Tournament History

2023-2A    17   50  0-1            DNP  
       L   17   50  Geneseo
2024-2A    17   57  1-2 (20-7-0)   4th  Jan Murzyn
       W   36   27  Mahomet (M.-Seymour)
       L   21   51  Washington
       L   17   57  Chatham (Glenwood)