Soccer Program
St. Casimir Soccer Roundup~ Championship Weekend
In the inaugural Championship weekend of the Archdiocese of Baltimore Soccer Program (ABSP) St. Casimir had three teams step onto the field; U10 Boys - White, U10 Boys - Blue, and U10 Girls - Red. A huge congratulations to all of our student athletes who worked hard to get to this point.
The U10 Boys - White, composed of St. Casimir and Our Lady of Hope boys, having finished 3rd in the regular season, had an initial playoff game where they defeated St. Joseph Fullerton 2:1 off of a game-ending penalty kick, converted by Leo Smith. This put them into the final later in the day against a much stronger Cathedral team where they were not able to realize victory but still persevered to represent Casimir well and walk away as FINALISTS.
The U10 Boys - Blue, composed of St. Casimir and Our Lady of Hope boys, having finished 2nd in the regular season, had a thriller of a game with lots of back and forth play, neither team wanting to budge and risk an error. However, our boys kept pushing and eventually found a lone goal by Christos Christopoulos to a final 1:0 win over Cathedral, the same team Casimir had lost 2:8 in the first game of the regular season! Congratulations CHAMPIONS!
The U10 Girls - Red, having finished 1st after they went 8-0-0 in the regular season, looked to cap it off with a win in the championship game against St. Joseph Fullerton and they did exactly that! Flying out of the gates Casimir jumped to an early lead and never looked back. Sophie Bartomioli's first half hat trick (3 goals) put the game on ice on their way to a final 4:0 win to finish off a perfect season! Congratulations CHAMPIONS!
St. Casimir Soccer Roundup, Week 9:
In the final weekend of the regular season Casimir came out strong and put up some good games. The highlight of the weekend was our U10 Girls - Katsas finishing 8-0-0 on the season. Congratulations ladies!
With the regular season complete we now look ahead to the Championship Games this weekend where three Casimir teams are competing for it all.
U10 Boys - Szczepaniak will be competing in a playoff at 8am for a chance in the final at 11:30 am.
U10 Boys - Wise will be competing in the final at 9:30am.
U10 Girls - Katsas will be competing in the final at 2:00pm.
All games played at Our Lady of Hope. Come and cheer on our Anchors!
St. Casimir Soccer Roundup, Week 8:
St. Casimir had some highs and lows this past weekend but came off the fields with their heads held high! Of special note is that this is the inaugural season of a post-season championship whereby the top two teams in each division will compete in a final, winner-takes-all game held on November 9.
At present St. Casimir has three teams in position to play in this championship game as we head into the final games of the regular season: U10 Boys - Szczepaniak, U10 Boys - Wise, and U10 Girls - Katsas. All U10 championship games will be held at Our Lady of Hope (our home field!) on November 9, times are TBD. Standings can be found HERE.
Standout players of the weekend were:
Diana Pylypchak, U8, for contribution to a 2:0 shutout and scoring a goal
Finley Harrel, U10, for exceptional defensive play in a 2:0 shutout
Gywneth Porter, U10, for stepping up to play goalie with a couple great saves
Christo Christopoulos, U10, for his two goal contribution
Mason Saraullo, U10, for his two goal contribution AJ Tanner, U12, for putting St. Casimir onto the scoresheet with a goal
Jack Bailey, U14, for contributing to putting Casimir on the scoresheet with a goal
St. Casimir Soccer Roundup, Week 7:
St. Casimir Soccer had a tough go at it with one win, a few ties, and a few losses. The U10 Girls - Katsas continued their incredible season with another win in the books to go 6-0-0 on the season. Despite the challenging weekend, there were many signs of a bright future ahead!
Standout players of the weekend were:
Jaxon Gabriel, U8, for his first goal of the season
Hawke Bickel, U8, for his efforts in goal
Tsega Sifir, U8, for his efforts in goal
Oliver Stachowiak, U10, for his efforts in goal
Jack Washo, U10, for his goal in a 1:1 tie
Mariniasia Katsas, U10, for aggressiveness in goal
AJ Tanner, U12, for his effort in goal
Korynn Holmes, U14, for consistent defensive pressure
Chance Przybylowicz, U14, for his multiple saves in goal
St. Casimir Soccer Roundup, Week 6:
In what was a weekend off for a majority of our teams, at least one used this opportunity to get a win! Our girls U8 team went onto the field with both Layla Sebeck and Maggie Lindemann (first goals of the season) each putting in two goals to cruise to a cool 4:1 win!
Soccer resumes this coming weekend with seven teams playing at home, including our U10 Girls - Katsas who look to continue their win streak to 6 wins from 6 games!
St. Casimir Soccer Roundup, Week 5
Our players stepped on to the fields to compete in 7 games and game away with 6 wins! The U10 girls, 3rd & 4th grade, chalked up their second win of the season behind a lone goal by 1st grader Layla Sebeck, assisted by Grace Bowen! The other U10 girls team continued their undefeated run, storming their way to an 8:1 win. U14 Boys - George earned their first win of the season, 5:2, behind two well-taken penalty kicks, congratulations boys!
Standout players of the weekend were:
Oliver Stachowiak, U10, for 2 goals in his team's 4:1 win
Princeton Delaney, U10, for scoring a hattrick (3 goals)
Jack Washo, U10, for stellar defense and sportsmanship
Sophia Roman, U10, for persistence in attack
Hudson Hall, U12, for his first goal of the season
Javier Seymour (OLH), U14, for 2 goals in his team's first win
St. Casimir Soccer Roundup, Week 4
In what was a very wet weekend at the halfway point of the season either with water splashing up off the fields or raining down from the heavens, St. Casimir's athletes stepped out onto the fields and gave it their all!
On Saturday the U14 Boys - Sibiski came back from a two goal deficit to take points from their opponent and come away with a 4:4 draw. On Sunday the U10 girls continued their undefeated season against their strongest opponent yet and came away with a 6:3 win after going down by a goal early on but were spurred on to victory by an assist then five goals by Sophie Bartomioli.
While offense is easy to notice, defense is the unsung hero of many a game and that could not have been more true for many of our games this past weekend.
Standout players of the weekend were:
Tyler Szczepaniak, U8, for resilience in goal despite a tough opponent
Brady Powell, U8, for continued grit and determination on the field
Jude Kurtik, U10, for pressing play and an assist for a goal!
Walter Lindemann, U10, for his continued defensive IQ in controlling the game
Teagen McGiveny-Pearce, U10, for shutting down multiple attacks
Maverick Sebeck, U10, for helping his team to victory with 2 goals
Lexi Sticka, U14, for her first goal of the season
St. Casimir Soccer Roundup, Week 3
St. Casimir soccer had a phenomenal weekend coming off the fields with 9 wins and 2 losses. The U10 girls - blue division posted their first win of the season with a 3-0 shutout. Key among the highlights was awesome defense by Princeton, U10 boys, and Camdyn Calhoun, U10 girls. Camdyn literally threw her body in the way to deny a surefire goal!
Standout players of the weekend were:
Jack Pivec, U8, for multiple saves in goal
Olivia Kelley, U8, 7 goals in a single game!
Adam Bartomioli, U8, 5 goals
Amalia Asmar, U10, first goal of the season
Jackie Bond, U10, 2 goals and an assist\
Paige Purtell, U12, 4 goals
Gavin Sadler, U14, 3 goals
Nick Purtell, U14, 5 goals
St. Casimir Soccer Roundup, Week 2
St. Casimir walked off the field with 3 wins and 4 losses. Both U10 boys teams had their first wins of the season The highlight of the weekend was the combination of Sophie and Adam Bartomioli who on Saturday contributed to both U10 boys wins as guest players. In the first Sophie had 2 goals at one end while Adam was phenomenal with diving saves and defensive play pushing to a 4:2 final win. In the second game the two combined to open the scoring with Adam, 2nd grade, assisting to his older sister, Sophie, 4th grade, to spur the team on to a 4:1 win.
Standout players of the weekend were:
First time goal scorers: Layla Sebeck and Journey Myers, both U8 girls
Allie Kim, U10, playing up as a 2nd grader
Sophie Bartomioli, U10, 4 goals across 3 games, all wins
Javier Seymour, U14, for his play on the field representing St. Casimir
St. Casimir Soccer Roundup, Week 1
St. Casimir was on the receiving end of some very tough competition. In competitive matches they came off the field with two wins and five losses. The U10 girls game was the highlight game of the weekend where they dominated the game from start to finish and cruised to a cool 9:2 victory.
Standout players of the weekend were:
Will Szczepaniak, U10, for scoring a hat-trick (3 goals in one game)
Jackie Bond, U10, for scoring a hat-trick
Paige Purtell, U12, for scoring the first (and second) goals of the season for St. Casimir
Crisitan Kim & Nick Purtell, U14, for combining to pull St. Casimir into the win column