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BB&N Fall Sports Teams Primed for Playoffs

No ISL opponent has been able to overcome BB&N's football team yet this fall.

Football Undefeated So Far

The Knights enter into November in uncharted territory: they lead the ISL with an undefeated record with games upcoming against Thayer Academy and Roxbury Latin.

History was made this fall as the Knights overtook defending ISL champion Belmont Hill for the first time in 21 years in a 38-8 win. Quarterback Mike DiChiara led a 29-point second-quarter with two touchdowns and finished the game 11-of-17 for 203 yards. He helped on the ground by Derek Papagianopoulos, who scored on a 15-yard sweep in the second quarter and finished off the scoring for the Knights with a 2-yard plunge up the middle in the final minutes of play.

“To be honest, to win for the program after so many years is huge, not just for us but for everyone who has ever come through here, but we will try and treat it just like any other win,” said DiChiara to The Boston Herald. “Sure (my) stats look good, but the credit goes to the offensive line, I was able to see the whole field.”

A 40-yard field goal by Philippe Panico kicked off the scoring, and BB&N scored on its next four possessions as DiChiara’s two strikes to Blake Barker and Andre Joseph were sandwiched between Papagianopoulos’ first rushing touchdown and a 2-yard score by Steve Grassa.

Grassa was a star on both sides of the ball with a fumble recovery, an interception and eight tackles along with his touchdown, which came right at the halftime whistle to give the Knights a comfortable 32-0 lead at the break.

“Sometimes coaches overrate themselves and the X’s and O’s but it is really the ‘Jimmys’ and the ‘Joes’ and we have a bunch of great ones,” said Papas to The Herald.

Boy's Soccer Sits Atop ISL

When Nobles goal keeper Jan Trnka-Amrhein watched two one-touch shots by Max Walker ’08 streak by him during a 2-0 loss this season, Amrhein became only the latest in a series of goalies to be burned by the streaking BB&N Boys’ Varsity soccer team.

With their 10-2 record (only one league loss), the Knights are atop the ISL standings, and hoping for a strong finish with both the league championship and Class A title well within their reach.

“As far as expectations, we always want to be over .500, and we strive to be top five each year, which almost guarantees postseason,” says head coach Jesse Sarzana ’93.  “To be at the top of the table right now is great—but there is plenty of soccer left, and it’s premature to talk about any championships.”

The team has succeeded with contributions from all grade levels, including a precocious group of seven sophomores who according to Sarzana have “played major roles” all year.
But the season has really turned on the stalwart achievements of its five seniors.

“This is a solid team, with great leadership from the seniors,” Sarzana says.  “Max Walker, leading the league in scoring, Pete Randall, four-year letterman, Tarek Eljahmi, three-year letterman, Dan Fleisher, three-year letterman, and Max Meyer, two years.”

BB&N’s last and only league championship came in 2004 when they also won the Class A title.  The Knights hope to follow the example of that squad and take a page from the home team Red Sox by winning this year as well to give them two titles in four years.

“We are looking forward to finishing well, and look forward to hopefully getting a postseason bid.” Sarzana says.  “A home game would be tremendous.”