Congratulations to Donovan McMahon, who placed 9th in the 2025 State 1-Meter Diving Competition. Donovan won the Diving Event in Sectionals.

Sectionals
The Trojan Boys Team placed 4th in Sectionals, their highest finish since 2022 and most points since 2015.

Donovan McMahon won the diving event with a score of 476.85. Ethan Lyon finished 9th with 222.75 points.

The Trojan Boys Team placed 4th in Sectionals, for their highest finish since 2022 and most points since 2015.

In the medley relay, Kellen Ford (29.66), Tommy O’Gara (34.16), Sebastian Bourgeois (27.47), and Marcus Monachino (24.65) dropped over a second from their prelims performance to finish 7th.

Next up was Sebastian in the 200 IM, who dropped a second from his prelims time to lower his lifetime best to 2:15.38 and finish 11th.

The 50 free was huge for the Trojans, as Alex Paz finished 2nd (22.54), Marin Bonhomme finished 4th (22.85), and Santiago Cutchin finished 6th (23.28).

Santi (59.78) and Sebastian (1:02.51) both dropped time in the 100 fly to finish 11th and 16th.

The Trojans had three outstanding performances in the 100 free. In the B final, Tommy dropped from his prelims time to finish 16th in 59.50, and Kellen dropped over a second from prelims to win the B final in a new lifetime best of 52.72. Swimming in the A final, Alex dropped 1.3 seconds to finish 5th with a 49.91.

The 200 free relay was one of the most exciting races I’ve seen in a while. Santi (23.26), George Park (23.74), Marin (22.59), and Alex (21.99) combined for a 1:31.58. Despite outstanding splits on the first three legs, Alex dove in nearly 3 seconds behind North Central and rocketed to close the gap, finishing just 0.36 seconds back. Looking at the other Sectionals, the Trojan relay was the 41st fastest in the state.

In the 100 breaststroke B final, Sean O’Gara improved on his seed, finishing 15th in 1:17.88. In the A final, Marin had an excellent swim to finish 5th in 1:03.53.

In the 400 free relay, Santi (51.23), Kellen (53.65), Marin (50.31), and Alex (49.64) combined for a 3:24.83—just 0.61 off the school record—to finish third.

Congratulations to Jack Davis and Sam Bustamante, as they both advanced to compete in the 2025 State Tourney!

Jack (138) and Sam (144) both placed 2nd in Semi-State competition to advance to State.

Regional Results

BCHS had 7 wrestlers advance to 2025 semi-state competition. Congratulations and good luck in the next round!

• Eddie Tomlinson (106): 2nd place
• Quinn McNamee (113): 2nd place
• Jack Davis (138): 1st place
• Sam Bustamante (144): 1st place
• Gabriel McNamee (150): 2nd place
• Danny Adams (157): 1st place
• Kade Rickard (175): 3rd place

Sectional Results

BCHS placed second as a team in the Sectionals, with a school record 13 out of 14 wrestlers advancing to the Regionals at Pendleton Heights.

• Eddie Tomlinson (106): 2nd place
• Quinn McNamee (113): 2nd place
• Nick Bell (120): 4th place
• Lennox Griffin (132): 4th place
• Jack Davis (138): 1st place
• Sam Bustamante (144): 1st place
• Gabriel McNamee (150): 2nd place
• Danny Adams (157): 1st place
• Charlie Rushenberg (165): 2nd place
• Kade Rickard (175): 1st place
• Jax Washburn (190): 3rd place
• Chris Davis (215): 2nd place
• Jacob Arteaga (285): 2nd place

Congratulations to the Trojan Girls for an outstanding Sectionals! The Trojans built on their excellent prelim swims on Thursday to outperform themselves in the 2025 Sectional Finals on Feb. 8.

The girls were seeded to score 151 points and finish 7th going into the sectional finals, but they scored 164 points to move up to 5th!

The backstroke relay team of Addie Fleming (33.96), Cassie Hunt (40.42), Allison Loiselle (33.33), and Makenzie Messengale (28.86) held their seed in the medley relay to finish 8th. Addie stepped up big to fill in on the backstroke leg despite not having swum a backstroke race all season.

Katie Countryman was the Sectional Champion in the 200 free, qualifying for next week’s State Championships! She swam a 1:54.33 to drop over 2 seconds off her lifetime best, set a new school record, and win by over 2 seconds.

In the B final, Sophia Reed went for it, flipping at the 100 in a time faster than her best 100 before this meet. She finished 15th in a time of 2:20.27.

In the 200 IM, Allison dropped 4 seconds from her prelims time and notched a new lifetime best to move up 2 places and finish 12th with a 2:39.80.

Hanna Ross capitalized on her opportunity in the A final of the 50 free to finish 5th with a 25.33. The time was by nearly a second faster than she went in prelims and half-second improvement on her lifetime best.

Katie scorched the field by 2 seconds again in the 100 fly, setting a new lifetime best and Bishop Chatard record in 57.11, clipping the automatic qualifying standard for State.

In the 200 free relay, Hanna (25.47), Elaine Dilts (27.52), Addie (27.66), and Katie (23.43) combined for a 1:44.08. Katie’s 23.42 split was the fastest of all swimmers in the field, and the team out touched Franklin Central for second in a massive upset.

In the next event, with only about 10 minutes rest, Hanna turned on the jets in her 100 back to go from 8th to 4th, dropping 2 seconds from her prelims time for a 1:03.89.

The biggest time drop of the day came in the 400 free relay, which saw Hanna (55.75), Sophia (1:01.96), Elaine (1:01.54), and Katie (52.32) each put up lifetime bests to finish 3rd in 3:51.57.

With her two event wins, Katie Countryman earned berths into the State Championship meet, where she will represent the Trojans in the 200 freestyle and 100 butterfly.

Congratulations to the following BCHS Lady Wrestlers who advanced to 2025 Regional Competition.

In sectional competition, Jillian Donnelly placed 1st in the 125 lbs class, Katherine Figura placed 2nd in the 120 lbs class, Maggie Van Vliet placed 3rd in the 115 lbs class. and Alexa Moore placed 3rd in the 110 lbs class.

Come cheer on the Lady Wrestlers at Regionals on Friday, Jan. 10, 2025 at Alexandria, beginning at 9 am.

Bishop Chatard Boys Soccer Program had their most successful season in school history this year. The team notched a school record 17 wins, their 1st conference championship, 1st City finals appearance since 2006, 2nd Sectional Championship, 1st Regional Championship, and first Semi-State appearance.

Post Season Tournament

In Class 2A Sectionals, the #4 ranked team defeated Washington 4-0 and Cardinal Ritter 0-0 (4-2 in PKs) on their path to the championship game vs Purdue Poly, which they won 10 -1.

In regionals, they defeated Connersville, 3-0, and then defeated Cascade 2-0, for the Regional Championship.

In Semi-State, BCHS fell to eventual State Champion Evansville Memorial 2-0.

Honors and Awards

The team was recognized for their achievements with the following honors:

• Academic All State Team (ISCA): LJ Deypalubos, Jude Forestal, Jack Ryan, Andrew Taylor, Cooper Teeple, Vikas Walling, Lorenzo DeVettori, Reiley Kumler, Matthew Marrano, Nicholas Marrano, Marcus Monachino, Cash Moore, Tommy O’Gara, Alex Paz, and John Reynolds.
• ISCA First Team All District and 3rd Team All State: Vikas Walling
• ISCA Second Team All District: Tommy O’Gara
• All Circle City Conference Team: Tommy O’Gara, Bryan Rodriguez, and Vikas Walling
• All City Team: Cash Moore, Tommy O’Gara, and Vikas Walling
• Indy Star ALL-USA Central Indiana Super Team
  • 2nd Team: Tommy O’Gara and Vikas Walling
  • 3rd Team: Cash Moore
  • Honorable Mention: Marcus Monachino, Alex Paz, John Reynolds, Bryan Rodriguez

Congratulations to the 2024 BCHS Football team as they defeated Roncalli, 28-24, for the Sectional Championship. En route to the championship, they won vs Crispus Attucks, 42-0 and vs Mooresville, 42-15.

In a hard fought game, the Trojans fell to New Palestine on Nov. 15, 2024: 28-21 in overtime.

In the IHSAA state meet, the girls cross country team placed 12th! Julia Score led the team with a 5th place finish.

Senior JD Haines placed 84th to end an awesome season and BCHS cross country career.

Regional Results

The girls team placed 4th in the Regionals and advances to the state meet, with Julia Score as the individual Regional Champion! The boys team placed 10th, with JD Haines qualifying for the State meet!

Boys Team

In regionals on Oct. 26, 2024, the boys team placed 10th. JD Haines qualified for the State Meet, finishing 8th in the Regional with an excellent 15:34! Phoenix Boyer broke 17:00 and the rest of the team ran great, but came up short. Great season boys and good luck JD!

Girls Team

Girls team qualifies for STATE! Julia Score was the Individual Champion! Ceci Jackson and Grace Leppert earned All Regional honors! Macy Betz had a huge breakout race, 19:24!

Come cheer on the Trojan runners as they compete in the 2024 State Finals on Nov. 2, 2024, at LaVern Gibson Championship Cross Country Course, Terre Haute. Girls run at noon ET. Boys at 2:30 p.m. ET

Sectional Results

Boys Team
The Trojans placed 4th in Sectionals on Oct. 19. JD Haines finished 3rd and Phoenix Boyer earned All – Sectional honors!

Girls Team

The Lady Trojans finished 2nd in the Sectional.

Julia Score was the individual champion and Grace Leppert, Ceci Jackson, & Maisie Chesebrough earned All -Sectional honors!

Come cheer on the Trojans teams as they compete in Regionals on Oct. 26, 2024, (Sat) at Brownsburg H.S. Girls begin at 10:30 a.m.; boys at 11:15 a.m.

Congratulations to both the Boys and Girls Cross Country Teams, as they ran to 2024 City Championships! This is the 6th Girls City title in a row and the 4th Boys City title in a row.

For the boys team, JDHaines(1), Phoenix Boyer(3), Eli Hummel(4), Paddy Boyle(6), Marcus Pivec(7), Quinn Hostettler(8) earned All City Honors! It was the second year in a row that JD Haines was the individual City Champion.

For the girls team, Julia Score(1), Grace Leppert(2), Ceci Jackson(3), Maisie Chesebrough(4), Macy Betz(7), and Emmerson Bloede(10) earned All-City honors! It was the second year in a row that Julia Score was the individual City Champion.

This is the 4th year in a row that both teams won the City Tourney.

Pictured above: Dylan Comforth (14th), Marcus Pivec (7th), Eli Hummel (4th), Quinn Hostetler (8th), JD Haines, Phoenix Boyer (3rd) & Paddy Boyle (6th).

Pictured above: Macy Betz (7th), Julia Score (individual champ), Ceci Jackson (3rd), Emmerson Bloede (10th), Maisie Chesebrough (4th) & Grace Leppert (2nd).

Matt Boling has been hired as Bishop Chatard’s new head basketball coach. Boling currently serves as the Academic Success Coach for Student Athletes at Marian University.

Coach Boling brings with him nearly 20 years of coaching experience in both the high school and college ranks. Most recently, he served as the Head Varsity Assistant Coach at Shortridge High School. Prior to his stint with the Blue Devils, Boling coached at Scecina, as well as at Bishop Chatard during the 18-19 season with then Head Coach, Brian Shaughnessy. Other coaching experiences include Guerin Catholic High School under Hall of Fame Coach, Pete Smith, Lawrence North High School under Hall of Fame Coach, Jack Kieffer, and Olivet Nazarene University.

“I’ve been coaching basketball, in some capacity, for nearly 20 years. It is a game I love and a game that has meant so much to me throughout my life. When I stepped into the conversation about the head boy’s basketball coach at Bishop Chatard and learned there was an opportunity to positively affect the experience of the basketball players in the program, I jumped at the chance,” said Boling. “I am excited to continue using my love of the game to support the young men in our community on their journey towards finding what makes them successful.”

Prior to coaching, Boling played collegiately at Taylor University. He is a graduate of Lawrence North High School, where he also played for Coach Kieffer.

Before joining the academic support program at Marian, Boling worked in the technology field as a Success Consultant and Account Manager. In 2017, he served as a College and Career Counselor at Providence Cristo Rey High School. Prior to his work in guidance, Boling was the Team Coordinator for Student Success at Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis from 2014-18. He entered his work in the education field in 2008, serving as the Director of the My Achievement Center at Lawrence North High School.

Boling and his wife, Jenny, were married at St. Pius X Catholic Church, and have three sons, Quincy (7th grader), Grady (5th grader), and Sonny, (4th grader). They are active parishioners at St. Joan of Arc.

“We are excited for Coach Boling and his family to join the Bishop Chatard community,” said Bishop Chatard Athletic Director, Kyle Reh. “Coach Boling has been mentored by outstanding coaches throughout his playing and coaching career, and we look forward to him leading the young people in our boys basketball program, both on and off the court.”

Coach Boling is excited to get to work immediately. The Trojans open up their season Dec. 7, 2024, against Montini Catholic (IL) at Hoosier Gym with a boys and girls doubleheader.