Bethlehem Catholic High School

Bethlehem Catholic High School
Address
2133 Madison Avenue Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 18017 United States
Coordinates	40°38′31″N 75°22′18″W / 40.64194°N 75.37167°W / 40.64194; -75.37167Coordinates: 40°38′31″N 75°22′18″W / 40.64194°N 75.37167°W / 40.64194; -75.37167
Information
Type	Private, Coeducational High school
Religious affiliation(s)	Roman Catholic
Established	1925
Oversight	Diocese of Allentown
Principal	John P. Petruzzelli
Staff	43
Grades	9-12
Enrollment	760 (2010)
Student to teacher ratio	17:1
Campus type	Suburb
Color(s)	Brown and Gold
Athletics conference	Eastern Pennsylvania Conference
Nickname	Golden Hawks
Rival	Liberty High School, Allentown Central Catholic High School
Newspaper	The Hawk
Yearbook	Sceptre
School fees	$1,200
Tuition	$9,000
Website	www.becahi.org

Bethlehem Catholic High School, more commonly referred to as Becahi or just Beca, is a parochial high school, located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, in the United States within the Diocese of Allentown. The school is located at 2133 Madison Avenue, in Bethlehem, in the Lehigh Valley region of the state.

Bethlehem Catholic currently has several dozen International Students enrolled from China, France, Germany, Korea and Venezuela.^[1]

Athletics

Bethlehem Catholic is one of 12 Lehigh Valley high schools that compete in the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference. Home athletic events are held on the campus of Bethlehem Catholic High School while football games are played at Bethlehem Area School District Stadium.^[2] In 2011-12 school year, Bethlehem Catholic won PIAA State Championships in Boys Volleyball and Wrestling (both State Duels & Team titles).

State championships

Football: Pennsylvania state champions, first two time champion in PIAA football championship history.

• 1988 Class AA champions (inaugural year of State playoffs)
• 1990 Class AAA champions

Wrestling

• 2011 Class AA State Duels Champions (team duels)^[3] - Ranked #15 nationally by WIN Magazine.^[4]
• 2012 Class AA State Duels Champions (team duels)^[5][6] - Ranked #12 nationally by Inter-Mat.
• 2013 Class AA State Duels Champions (team duels)^[7]
• 2014 Class AA State Duels Champions (team duels)

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• 1979 Class AAA State Team Champions (2 State Champions)
• 2012 Class AA State Team Champions (3 State Champions & 1 runner-up)
• 2013 Class AA State Team Champions (1 State Champion & 1 runner-up)
• 2014 Class AA State Team Champions (3 State Champions & 1 runner-up)
  • Individual PIAA State Champions^[8](since 1973): Pat Sculley (1973), Mike Brown (1976), Rich Santoro (1978, 1979), Tom Bold (1979), Bernie Brown (1980, 1981), John Likens (1986), Dave Foley (1987), Tony Iasiello Jr (1989), Blayne Diacount (1989), Ziad Haddad (2008), Darian Cruz (2012, 2013), Randy Cruz (2012), Elliot Riddick (2012), Luke Karam (2014), Zeke Moisey (2014), Jake Riegel (2014).
  • Prior to 1973, Bethlehem Catholic crowned numerous individual PCIAA State Champions including 3X PCIAA Champ Tom Sculley who went on to win an 1974 NCAA Championship for Lehigh.^[9]

Track and Field

• 2002 Class AA State Boys Team runner-up
• 2003 Class AA State Boys Team Champions
• Individual Event State Championships:
  • 2002 Class AA Boys 400 meter relay team 42.81^[10]
  • 2007 Class AA State Boys Discus 179'11" - Joe Kovacs^[11]
  • 2007 Class AA State Boys Shot Put 64'10.75" (PA state record) - Joe Kovacs
  • 2007 Class AA State Girls Pole Vault 11'6" - Kerry McDermott
  • 2009 Class AA Boys 400 meter relay team 42.67^[12]

Softball

• 2009 Class AAA State runner-up (9 innings 1-0)^[13]
• 2014 Class AAA State runner-up
• 2015.Class AAA STATE CHAMPIONS !!!

Girls Basketball

• 1993 Class AAA runner-up (North Catholic 62-42)^[14]
• 2013 Class AAA runner-up (South Park 53-38) ^[15]

Boys Basketball

• 1960 PCIAA Class B State Champions^[16]
• 1962 PCIAA Class B State Champions

Girls Volleyball

• 2014 Class AA State Champions^[17]

Boys Volleyball

• 2012 Class AA State Champions^[18][19]

League & District championships

Bethlehem Catholic has won many Lehigh Valley Conference^[20] or District XI championships, including the following sports and years (prior to 2001, Becahi was a member of the East Penn Conference-EPC):

• Baseball: District XI 1976, 1996, 2005, 2006, 2007 (2007 PIAA AAA State semi-finalists).
• Football: 1967*, 1974*, 1982, 1985, 1988*, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2013 (*undefeated seasons)
• Football: Eastern Conference Champs 1995, 2004, 2009.
• Wrestling: EPC Team Champions 1979 LVC Team Champs 2012, 2013*, 2014 - District XI AA Duel Champs 2011, 2012, 2013*, 2014
• Boys Basketball: District XI AAA Champs 1978, 1998, 2002, 2003. -- 2003 LVC Champions
• Boys Volleyball: District XI AA Champs 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 // 2007, 2011 LVC Champions (2012 PIAA Champs)
• Boys Soccer: 2007 District XI AA Champions
• Boys Golf: 1981, 1982 EPC Champions
• Softball: District XI AAA Champions 2003, 2005, 2006, 2009(PIAA runners-up), 2011, 2012, 2014 (PIAA runner-up) // 2011, 2012 LVC Champs
• Girls Basketball: District XI AAA Champions 1992, 1993(PIAA runner-up), 1994, 1995, 2013 (PIAA runner-up).
• Girls Tennis: 2003, 2004, 2006.
• Girls Volleyball: 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 2005, 2007, 2012, 2013.
• Girls Swimming: 2012 individual Dist.Champion 100 Freestyle (dist record) & 100 Backstroke = Sydnee Karam.^[21]

2013 individual District Champion 100 Freestyle & 200 Freestyle = Sydnee Karam 2014 individual District Champion 100 Freestyle & 200 Freestle (dist record) = Sydnee Karam

• Flag Football: IHPW 2011
• Dodgeball: IHPW 2011

Notable alumni

• Richard Carl Fuisz, physician and inventor
• Mike Guman, former professional football player, Los Angeles Rams
• Dan Kendra, former Florida State quarterback and fullback
• Zach Makovsky, wrestler; professional mixed martial arts fighter, currently competing in the Ultimate Fighting Championship^[22]
• Jim Molinaro, former professional football player, Dallas Cowboys and Washington Redskins
• Daniel Roebuck, actor, ABC's Lost, CBS's Matlock, The Fugitive feature film and various Disney Channel productions.
• Pat Santoro, college wrestling head coach, Lehigh University and former two-time NCAA wrestling champion at Pitt.
• John Spagnola, former professional football player, Green Bay Packers, Philadelphia Eagles and Seattle Seahawks^[23]

Notes and references

External links

• Bethlehem Catholic High School Official Web Site.
• Bethlehem Catholic athletics schedule and scores at HighSchoolSports.net.
• Bethlehem Catholic High School Page at Lehigh Valley Conference Official Web Site.

Diocese of Allentown
Ordinaries	Bishops Joseph Mark McShea Thomas Jerome Welsh Edward Peter Cullen John Oliver Barres Diocesan priests who became bishops Ronald William Gainer Joseph Edward Kurtz David B. Thompson
Churches	Cathedral Cathedral of Saint Catharine of Siena, Allentown Parishes Mary Queen of Peace Catholic Church, Pottsville St. John the Baptist Church, Pottsville
Education	High schools Allentown Central Catholic High School, Allentown Bethlehem Catholic High School, Bethlehem Berks Catholic High School, Reading Marian Catholic High School, Tamaqua Nativity BVM High School, Pottsville Notre Dame High School, Easton Pius X High School, Bangor Seminary (closed) Mary Immaculate Seminary, Northampton
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