ROCKLEIGH – Ryan Applin, his Bergen Catholic teammates, and their longtime coach, Jim Jacobsen, all had something to celebrate.Īpplin led Bergen Catholic to the Big North Conference Golf Bergen Bracket overall title Friday. Matthew Antonucci, Passaic Tech 94 Bergen Catholic among 5 winners at Big North Bergen Bracket I think I hit nine out of 18 greens, and I was draining putts from 10 feet to help me get up-and-down every time.” “My putting and chipping kind of saved me,” said Cammarota, who last week won the Big North Passaic Bracket individual crown and led the Bulldogs to the team title. His chipping and putting was the difference. They get along great, and they’re constantly practicing, competing, pushing each other, which I encourage, and then it shows when we go and play.”Ĭammarota won it with two birdies, five bogeys and a double-bogey.

“This team, they enjoy their company together, they go out and play on their own time, which is rare, and they click. “Two in a row after never having won one, it’s surprising,” Passaic Tech coach Jeff Bargiel said. In addition to Cammarota’s 75, junior Thomas Scheidegger shot 85, senior Brian Gaboda 86, freshman Zach Soder 87 and senior Matthew Antonucci 94. Golf continues to grow in popularity at Passaic Tech, and all five players finished in the top 15. “Two years in a row, and it’s the first time the school’s ever seen it, Cammarota said, “But we’ll be back here next year for three.” Passaic Tech won the team title with a shoot-five, count-four score of 333 that was 22 strokes ahead of Wayne Valley and 25 better than DePaul. WAYNE - Passaic Tech posted its first sweep at the Passaic County Golf Championship, with junior Tyler Cammarota winning the individual crown and the Bulldogs repeating as team titlist.Ĭammarota carded 5-over-par 75 on Wednesday at the Preakness Valley West Course to finish one shot ahead of the two-time defending champion, DePaul senior Damian Scelba.

All in the Cards by Rebecca Cohen