St. Francis 5th-grade boys go?unbeaten, win CYO hoops title

Last year, Sonoma’s St. Francis Solano CYO basketball program’s fourth-grade boys claimed the Division-1 crown after posting a 9-1 regular-season first-place record, and a year later the same group of boys and coaches have taken it a step further while repeating as champions.

Dominating the opposition from the start of the 2015 regular season, the St. Francis fifth-grade boys ran the Division-1 table, going undefeated through the playoffs, including a 37-30 victory over St. Eugene’s in the final to finish with a 12-0 overall mark and winners of the CYO title.

Comprising the CYO Division-1 champion St. Francis fifth-grade boys’ hoops team – directed by head coach Marco Girish and assistant coaches Mike Sangiacomo and Nickolai Mathison – are Rollo Benstead, Luc DeMartini, Adam Duffield, Dom Girish, Anders Mathison, Tyler Oda, Gavin Rognlien, Robby Sangiacomo and Bennet Steiger.

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Six other St. Francis CYO teams also turned in solid seasons en route to making the playoffs, where they finished in third place.

The St. Francis eighth-grade Division-1 boys – coached by Justin Garrett and Barney Lehane – consisted of Justin Cox, Marco Della Santina, Trent Garrett, Tyler Garrett, Brendan Hogan, Gavin Lehane, Will Natuzzi, Riley Phelan, Nicolas Spanger and George Stewart.

Comprising the St. Francis eighth-grade Division-3 boys – coached by Brian Cooper and Walt Williams – were Brian Boldt, Maxx Castellucci, Johnathan Diaz, James Greenslade, Sean Herrick, Logan Mak, Matthew Norrbom, Angel Tapia, Tuck Williams and Max Winslow.

The St. Francis seventh-grade Division-2 boys – coached by Charlie DeTorres and Dave Johnson – consisted of Brady Armitage, Sam Balchinas, Rishi Clark, Joe Costanzo, Nolan Dunkle, Noah Fruge, Reed Hewitt, Zach Johnson, Luke Sendaydiego and Anthony Tommasi.

Comprising the St. Francis seventh-grade Division-3 boys – coached by Kevin Jaggie and Les Thompson – were Ricardo Cab, Bruno Cess, Dom Fiorito, Eli Fucile, Nolan Jaggie, Nate Jordan, Elijah Lakritz, Mason Matulaitis, Andrew McKale and Nate Simonson.

The St. Francis fourth-grade Division-2 girls – coached by Ken Juhasz, Dylan James and Boris Medak – consisted of Carlie Fiorito, Jojo Grippi, Olivia Harb, Kerry James, Kathryn Juhasz, Audrey King, Julia Lage, Sophie Rulmont, Matea Medak, Gabriella Sebastiani and Francesca Zanin.

Comprising the St. Francis fourth-grade Division-2 boys – coached by Ray Sullivan and John Blanchard – were Owen Barry, Andrew Bonfigli, Grant Boydell, Sam Cutting, David Larsen, Max Retterer, Luc Rulmont, Will Schuler, Kelly Sullivan and Jaden Vides.