Transfiguration Wildcats Undefeated
Top Row, (L-R): Coach - Chad Geisler, Sarah Yang #0, Jayden Johns #12, Coach Chad Sullivan, Jessica Verdier #2, Gabi Rogge #23, Mya Williams #55 Coach Rick Verdier. Bottom Row, (L-R): Siena Giannecchini #3, Sofia Hochkoeppler #41, Taylor Sullivan #30, Isra Sherif #14, Isabella Vazquez #53, Katelyn Geisler #1.
Congratulations to the 8th Grade Girls CYO basketball team. The Wildcats completed another successful season going undefeated in league play and winning the Southern Alameda County League championship over St Joachim with a final score of 31 -19. This win set up the Wildcats to be the #1 seed going into the Oakland Diocese Tournament May 18 – 20. In the Diocese tournament, the Wildcats earned a first-round bye, then in the semi-finals played the School of Madeliene out of the East Bay Parochial League, winning 36 - 15.
This set up a rematch in the championship game with St. Joachims Trojans who had won their side of the tournament bracket. In the championship game both teams started out slow and scoring was limited. By halftime the score was Wildcats 10 – 9. Starting in the 3rd quarter, the Wildcats turned up the defensive pressure going into a full court press and causing multiple turnovers that were converted into fast break points. The Wildcats ended up scoring 15 points in the 3rd quarter and holding the Trojans scoreless for the entire 3rd quarter and a few minutes into the 4th quarter while cruising to the victory. The final score of the Diocese Championship Game May 20 was Transfiguration Wildcats 30 – 18 over the St Joachim Trojans. The team has now won back-to-back Diocese’s Championships winning in 7th Grade as well, also over St. Joachim. Highlights of the last two years for the Wildcats team are, going 12 -2 in the 7th Grade season and winning the Diocese Tournament. This season going 14 – 0 as 8th graders and winning the SAC League Championship and Diocese Tournament. Having now beat St. Joachim five times in a row starting from last season’s Diocese Championship to this current year’s one, knowing that St. Joachim had previously been undefeated in all seasons leading up to this, making the Wildcats the only team to ever beat them.
Congratulations to the 8th Grade Transfiguration Wildcats girls and their storybook finish to their CYO careers as they move on to the High School level and hopefully many more championships!
