Soccer Senior Night

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Congrats to our Soccer Seniors who were celebrated under the lights of Abessinio Stadium on Thursday night in a big rivalry matchup vs. Saint Marks.  It was a defensive battle between the schools with junior Chase Esser scoring in the 73rd minute off of an assist from teammate Bryan Perez.  Our seniors were recognized prior to the game with their families.  Good luck to the team as they complete the regular season and look towards the postseason. 

Seniors:  Alex Wang, Tanner Williams, Ian Fahnoe, Dominic Gennusa, Gannon Tolmie, Gabe Guzman-Jimenez, Aiden Dietrich, Tyler Cifa, Diego Castillo-Hernandez, Ryan Hearn, and Jacob McDermond.  

Cross Country in Manhattan

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The Cross Country team participated in one of the largest and most competitive cross country races of the year, the Manhattan College Invitational.  The race takes place in Van Cortlandt Park in NYC with thousands of runners competing from all around the United States.  In the Boys Eastern States Championship race (team was 16th), senior Ethan Walther finished 16th overall with a time of 12:59.80.  He was followed by teammates, Aidan Leary (81st), James Dempsey (88th), Matthew Poole (100th), Kaleb Kain (107th), Colin Dempsey (113th), and Lincoln Narvaez (116th).  The JV Boys A won their race (1st place) and were led by Andrew Bradley who finished 1st overall with a time of 14:21.20 followed by teammates Sam Fielding (2nd), James Szpak (3rd) and Tyler Gaydos (11th).  
   

Soccer wins on the road

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The Soccer team traveled to North Carolina and in spite of the weather, defeated Charlotte Latin 2-1 and Durham Academy 4-1.  

 

Fall Sports starting off strong

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Our Football team is currently 2-0 defeating Episcopal Academy and Smyrna.  Our Cross Country team opened their season at the Cherokee Challenge in NJ on Saturday, which hosted over 100 schools.  The team finished 4th overall with top finishes by freshman Colin Dempsey (6th) and Lincoln Narvaez (8th) in the freshman division, James Dempsey (5th), Matthew Poole (6th), and Kaleb Kain (8th) in the sophomore division, Aidan Leary (18th) was the top Salesianum junior finisher, and Andrew Bradley (28th) was the top senior runner for Salesianum in their respective divisions.  Soccer played a talented Charter team this afternoon and defeated them 3-2 with goals by seniors Alex Wang and Tyler Cifa, and junior Joseph Turtoro with freshman Tom deRosa making some key saves in the goal.   

Photo Cred:  Football: Benjamin Chambers, DelawareOnline, Cross Country: Don Blake, Soccer: William Bretzger, DelawareOnline

 

Online Fall Sports Stores are OPEN until 8/28

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Preseason Information

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Cross Country:
First day of tryouts are Wednesday, August 14th.  Meet at Abessinio Stadium at 4pm for check in and Time Trials.  See team info page for more information about preseason dates and times.
Email Coach Davis with any questions:  sdavis@salesianum.org

Football:
Varsity:  Tryouts for Varsity started on Monday, August 5th.  Email Coach Delle Donne with any questions.  gdelledonne@salesianum.org
JV: Tryouts begin on Monday, August 12th.  Meet in Longwood Lecture Hall by 9am for equipment distribution and team meeting.  Practice will follow at 10am to 12:30pm.  Email Coach Crkvenac with any questions.  tcrkvenac@salesianum.org
Freshman: UPDATED: Tryouts begin on Thursday, August 15th.  Meet in Longwood Lecture Hall at 1pm for a team meeting.  Practice will end at 5pm with pick at school.  Email Coach Tischler with any questions.  stischler@salesianum.org  On Friday, August 16th meet in Longwood Lecture Hall at 12pm for equipment distribution and a team meeting.  Practice will follow and end at 5pm.  Pick up at school.  
*IMPORTANT: All freshman football players must supply their own football girdles and football knee pads.
Practice and Tryouts Schedule
August 15th: 1pm meeting in Longowood Room in Athletic area. Practice at 3pm-5pm
August 16th: 12 noon meeting/equipment distribution. Practice follows and ends at 5
August 19th-21st-Practice 3:30-5:30
August 22nd-No Practice-Freshman Oreintation
August 23rd-Practice 3:30-5:30

Soccer:
JV/V:  Tryouts are on Monday, August 12th for Sophs, Juniors, and Seniors only.  Meet at Fusco Fields for  practice at 7-10am and 11am-1pm.  There is a temporary gravel athlete entrance to Fusco Fields that is located on the right as soon as your pull into the main parking lot off of Broom Street.  That entrance will keep the athletes safely away from any other construction projects that are still being worked on in the upper corner of the lot where they used to enter the fields.
Freshman:  Freshman interested in trying out attend on Wednesday, August 14 and Thursday, August 15 from 3:00-4:30pm.  Meet at Fusco Fields for practice.  Please see note about about the temporary athlete entrance.
Email Coach Mosier with any questions regarding soccer tryouts.  smosier@salesianum.org

Fall Sports & Physicals

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DIAA HEALTH FORMS
Students trying out for any fall sport need to have their DIAA forms (PreConsent, Health History, Physical, and Student Medical Card) completed and dated after 4/1/24.  Please see the DIAA Forms link on the top left for more information and a how-to video.  All forms must be uploaded to the Magnus Portal accessible via the OnCampus Resource board using the parent/guardian credentials - not the student's.   No paper copies or other physical forms will be accepted.
Please check to make sure you have signed and dated all the appropriate spots!  

MANDATORY BASELINE CONCUSSION TESTING
As part of Salesianum's ongoing care for the health of our athletes, all students participating in football, soccer, basketball, wrestling, ice hockey, rugby or lacrosse are required to complete Baseline Concussion Testing through our partnership with Nemours Children's Hospital every two years.  Only the comprehensive testing at Nemours fulfills the school's requirement.   Please call 302-485-7010, Option 2 to schedule an appointment.  

The sequence of testing lasts about 45-60 minutes and the cost of the test is $55.00.  Please complete the linked Baseline Concussion Test Authorization Form and bring it with you to the appointment.   See the Concussion tab to the left for further information.  

Please check out the TEAM INFO page under each fall sport for preseason information.  

DIAA & Mental Health

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