Welcome to CSS! Connecticut Catholic School & Christian Academy Soccer !
CASCAS (CSS) is the Central and Northern Connecticut home for
Family, Friends, Football and Faith! Celebrating 28 years of honored service to our middle
and elementary Catholic School & Christian Academy school families in a
co-ed, competitive youth soccer powered by a Christian spirit of Volunteerism!
------- Our faith guides us in helping develop and encourage today's youth in this manner... -------
.."those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles;
they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint" - Isaiah 40:31
"Cast your cares upon the Lord and He will sustain you; He will
never let the righteous be shaken" - Psalm 55:22
"For where 2 or 3 are gathered in My name, there am I in the midst of them!" - Matt 18:20
"Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them for the Lord your God
goes with you; He will never leave you or forsake you!" - Deuteronomy 31:6
2025
CATHOLIC SCHOOL & CHRISTIAN ACADEMY SOCCER (CASCAS)
The 28th blessed season ran from April 11 through June 12
***** THURSDAY JUNE 12 *****
East-West Farewell Graduate Game
West squad overpowered the East 7-2 as 27 of our graduating 8th graders took part!
Kayden Dinh (St James) & Dana Knotts (St Bridget) were Most Impactful for the East! (in blue)
Aleah Rivera & AJ Tine of St Paul were names Most Outstanding players for the West.(in red)
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CS&CAS Coach's Sportsmanship Awards:
Varsity: Derrick Williams - Emmanuel (left)
JV: Tim Devanney - St James (right)
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Varsity Final-4 Champions: St Paul
St. Paul held off a tenacious Corpus Christi team to complete the perfect 8-0 season
SJPll upsets St Bridget 4-3 to grab Consolation trophy!
Varsity Wrap-Up Tournament Champions: Emmanuel-Black!! 3-0!
Emmanuel-White & St James-Blue also go 3-0 and tied for 2nd Place!
Goal differential Tie-Breaker employed
Regular Season Champions: St Paul
St Paul goes unbeaten at 6-0 to win Regular Season Varsity Title
Well done Lorrie & Tony Tine
Kelly Knotts' very talented St Bridget side took the 2nd place trophy.
Rich DiNinni and Mike Caporiccio's Corpus Christi gang grabbed third place.
Sweet Lou, Tim Frederick & SJPll snagged 4th
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JV Final-4 Champions: Corpus Christi-Blue
Congratulations to Pat Tomas, Mike Caporiccio and Corpus-Blue as they
defeated Emmanuel-Blue to capture the Final-4 title!
Emmanuel-Gray took the 3rd place trophy.
JV Wrap-Up Tournament Champion: St Paul
Congratulations are also in order to Martin Julmas & Joe Esposito's very skilled St Paul side!
They went 3-0 and outscored their opponents 17-1 to reach the Final against SJPll.
St John Paul ll was also 3-0 to reach the Final but were overrun by powerful St Paul.
Corpus Christi-Gold took the 3rd place trophy.
JV Regular Season Champions
Congratulations to Tim Devanney's St James-Royal team as they win the Regular Season Trophy!!
Corpus Christi-Blue grabs second place while Emmanuel-Gray & Emmanuel-Blue tied for third.
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All 2025 outdoor games played at:
Martin School
140 Dartmouth Rd
Manchester, CT
Indoor games played at:
Star Hill
100 Gerber Dr.
Tolland, CT
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Please remember to have your team pray prior to their first games.
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Standings note: overall points and wins & losses determines seedings for tournaments, not record in a division. Strength of schedule may be utilized to weight points to determine tournament seedings.
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| Team | Record (W-L-T) | Home | Away | Pts | GF | GA | Last 10 | Streak | Win % |
| VARSITY DIVISION | |||||||||
 St. Paul | 6-0-0 | 3-0-0 | 3-0-0 | 18 | 41 | 14 | 6-0-0 | Won 6 | 1.000 |
| St. Bridget | 5-1-0 | 1-1-0 | 4-0-0 | 14 | 28 | 14 | 5-1-0 | Won 1 | .833 |
 Corpus Christi | 4-2-0 | 2-1-0 | 2-1-0 | 10 | 32 | 20 | 4-2-0 | Won 3 | .667 |
| SJPll | 3-2-1 | 3-1-1 | 0-1-0 | 8 | 20 | 25 | 3-2-1 | Won 1 | .583 |
 Emmanuel-Black | 3-3-0 | 1-1-0 | 2-2-0 | 6 | 22 | 24 | 3-3-0 | Lost 1 | .500 |
| Emmanuel-White | 3-3-0 | 0-3-0 | 3-0-0 | 6 | 20 | 30 | 3-3-0 | Lost 1 | .500 |
| St. James-Gold | 2-4-0 | 0-2-0 | 2-2-0 | 2 | 16 | 28 | 2-4-0 | Lost 3 | .333 |
| St James-Blue | 1-4-1 | 0-2-0 | 1-2-1 | - | 15 | 20 | 1-4-1 | Lost 2 | .250 |
| St. James-White | 1-4-1 | 1-2-0 | 0-2-1 | - | 22 | 34 | 1-4-1 | Lost 1 | .250 |
| Cornerstone CS | 0-5-1 | 0-4-1 | 0-1-0 | -4 | 15 | 22 | 0-5-1 | Lost 3 | .083 |
| CSS JUNIOR VARSITY | |||||||||
| Team | Record (W-L-T) | Home | Away | Pts | GF | GA | Last 10 | Streak | Win % |
| JV DIVISION | |||||||||
| St. James-Royal | 5-0-3 | 2-0-1 | 3-0-2 | 18 | 21 | 6 | 5-0-3 | Tied 1 | .813 |
| Corpus Christi-Blue | 5-1-2 | 2-0-2 | 3-1-0 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 5-1-2 | Won 3 | .750 |
| Emmanuel-Gray | 5-2-1 | 4-1-0 | 1-1-1 | 14 | 23 | 10 | 5-2-1 | Won 1 | .688 |
| Emmanuel-Blue | 4-1-3 | 3-0-1 | 1-1-2 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 4-1-3 | Won 2 | .688 |
| St Paul | 4-2-2 | 1-1-0 | 3-1-2 | 12 | 25 | 13 | 4-2-2 | Won 2 | .625 |
| SJPll | 4-2-2 | 3-1-2 | 1-1-0 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 4-2-2 | Tied 1 | .625 |
| St. James-Cobalt | 4-4-0 | 3-2-0 | 1-2-0 | 8 | 15 | 18 | 4-4-0 | Lost 2 | .500 |
| Corpus Christi-Gold | 2-5-2 | 1-2-1 | 1-3-1 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 2-5-2 | Tied 1 | .333 |
| Cornerstone CS | 2-5-1 | 1-2-0 | 1-3-1 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 2-5-1 | Lost 1 | .313 |
| St. Bridget | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0-0-0 | ||
| Emmanuel-Gold | 1-6-1 | 0-3-1 | 1-3-0 | -2 | 10 | 20 | 1-6-1 | Lost 2 | .188 |
| St. James-Yellow | 0-7-1 | 0-4-1 | 0-3-0 | -6 | 6 | 34 | 0-7-1 | Lost 3 | .063 |
2024
CATHOLIC SCHOOL & CHRISTIAN ACADEMY SOCCER (CASCAS) YEAR 27!!
16th Annual East-West Farewell Graduate Game, Monday 6/10
East Coach: St Bridget-Roger Wierbecki, Kelly Knotts, Keith Everett
West Coach: Emmanuel: Mike Sanzaro, Rob Brown, Derrick Williams
4th Official/Game Manager: Jon Sargent
Most Outstanding Players: West: Nate Sanzaro-Emmanuel, Emery Tarry-St Paul
East-Mimi Smyrnow-Cornerstone & Jayden Doucelle-St James
Under beautiful sunny, cool spring skies, 52 CS&CAS Soccer athletes competed for the last time for their schools.
Given the opportunity to compete with current and future classmates, they put on quite a competitive show!
Nate Sanzarro's 2 goals led the way for West as they edged the East squad, 3-1! Terrific game and great way to say goodbye and God bless to our graduates as they embark on their new adventures!!
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CS&CAS Coach's Sportsmanship Awards:
JV: Marc Blue - St Bridget & Varsity: Ed Main - Cornerstone Christian
Marc and Ed were both honored by their peers (AD's, Coaches and Referees) for possessing the
fine qualities that reflect this terrific program! Displaying character, sportsmanship, coaching acumen, exhibiting respect and being Christian role models for our young athletes! Thank you Marc and Ed for your valuable contributions to our youth!!
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Varsity Final-4 Champions: St Bridget!!
#4 seed St. Bridget sprung the upset of the season downing #3 seed St Paul, 2-2 (3-1) in PK's!
St Bridget needed a tying goal in the last 3 minutes to force PK's!
St Bridget earned a trip to the Final by defeating #1 seed Emmanuel-Black, also in PK's!!
Cinderella stuff! Congratulations to Roger Wierbicki and St. Bridget on their exciting win!
Emmanuel-Black came from behind to defeat St James-Gold and capture Consolation trophy!
Congrats to Roger, Keith, Jon Sargent, Sukant Sethi and the Tines on a most memorable F4!!
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Varsity Wrap-Up Tournament Champions: Cornerstone Christian!!
Ed Main's Cornerstone Christian squad took no prisoners in 2024 Varsity Wrap-Up Championship!
Cornerstone was squeaked out of the F4 in a heart breaking 1-2 loss to #1 seed Emmanuel Black.
They rebounded with authority sweeping SJPll-Blue, St James-Blue and Emmanuel-White!
Congratulations to Ed and his talented Cornerstone side!
Emmanuel-White captured the Wrap-Up Finalist Trophy going 2-1 in a very strong display!
Well done Derrick Williams and Mike Sanzaro!
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Varsity Regular Season Champs: Emmanuel-Black!!
Congratulations to Emmanuel-Black who successfully defended their Regular Season Title with a 6-0-1 mark!
Keith Tower's Black side did so by holding off a very determined Cornerstone side in a terrific match at Star Hill, 2-1!!
Black will be the #1 Seed in the Final-4! Jon Sargent and Sukant Sethi's St James-Gold side won 2 games this week vs SJPll-Red and St Bridget to go 6-1-0 and grab second & #2 seed. The Tine's powerful St Paul side finished 5-1-1 and snagged third place! Roger Wierbecki's talented St. Bridget squad grabbed 4th posting a solid 4-2-1 record
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JV Regular Season: Emmanuel-Gray #1
Congratulations to Emmanuel-Gray and Fred Laughman and Jason Daniels on scorching the JV Regular Season and taking first place! Gray posted a very impressive 9-0-1 mark and are the number 1 seed in the Final-4 Tournament.
Super job! St John Paul ll snagged second place with a terrific 7-0-3 record and will be the number 2 seed. Well done Greg Heard and Rob Link! Nice work by coaches Mike Caporiccio, Rich Dinnini, Ray Esposito and Patrick Thomas!
Strong finish! Congrats!
For the second year in a row, St James-Cobalt took third place with a strong 8-2-0 mark and will be the third seed. Great job Dwayne Harris! And Emmanuel-Blue skippered by Steve Montepeque and Adrian Torres grabbed the #4 seed. Nicely done! Well done, guys!
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Congratulations St James-Cobalt! Winner of 2024 JV Final-4 Tournament !
Congratulations to Corpus Christi! Winner of the 2024 JV Wrap-Up Tournament
Championship: Corpus Christi 4 Emmanuel-Gold 0
2023
***** S E A S O N R E C A P ***** 2 6 t h Y E A R ! *****
• Varsity NEWS: Regular Season winner: Emmanuel-Black
Emmanuel CA-Black went unbeaten/untied in regular season play to capture the first-place trophy and the number one seed in the Varsity Final-4 Tourney! Congratulations Keith Tower and well done Emmanuel! Emmanuel is followed by powerful St. Bridget whose only loss was to Emmanuel. Well done Ray Martin! Tom Modugno's very talented and fun St. James-gold side grabbed third place while Ed Main's Cornerstone crew knocked off SJPll to grab 4th place!
Varsity Season Standings:
- Emmanuel-Black
- St. Bridget
- St. James-Gold
- Cornerstone
• Varsity Final-4 Tournament: Emmanuel-Black 2, St Bridget 1
Revenge: one year in the making! One year after Emmanuel loses a last second heartbreaker to St. Bridget in the finals, Emmanuel comes out on top 2-1, in another nailbiter. Congratulations to Keith Tower and Adrian Torres and his coaching staff!
Consolation: Congratulations are also in order to Cornerstone's Ed Main and his coaching gurus who pulled off the huge upset over St James-Gold! Number 4 seed Cornerstone CS takes the Consolation Trophy, 4-2 after a big second half!
Varsity FINAL-4 Standings:
- Emmanuel-Black
- St. Bridget
- Cornerstone
- St.James-Gold
• Varsity Wrap-Up Tournament: St Paul-Gabriel 3-0
St Paul-Gabriel outclassed all their rivals on Saturday and easily earned the Wrap-Up Tournament trophy after sweeping all 3 matches to earn the wrap-up tournament championship! Congratulations to St Paul's Michelle Belcher-Felton and St. Gabe's Toni Fonseca on a super tournament result!
2nd Place: St James-Blue and St John Paul ll played to a scoreless tie and then went to Penalty Kicks to decide the Wrap-Up 2nd place. St James-Blue was victorious posting a 3-1 PK advantage! Congrats to coaches Jon Sargent and Sukant Sethi!!
• Varsity Coach's Sportsmanship Award: Jon Sargent-St James
Big Congratulations for St James' Jon Sargent as he received the largest tally of votes from his coaching peers and league referees to accept the 15th annual CASCAS Varsity Coach's Sportsmanship Award. The annual award reflecting the merging characteristics of Christian values and coaching education is presented annually to worthy JV and Varsity coaches! Congratulations Jon on your third award in 15 years!
• JV Regular Season Winner: St. Bridget-Green #1
Brent Montminy’s St. Bridget-Green finished the regular season flawless with a record of 10-0-0 and clinched first place for the season! Corpus Christi grabbed second place with a terrific 8-2-2 record, St James-Cobalt took third place with a strong 8-2-0 mark and St. John Paul ll of Middletown finished 4th with a 6-4-2 record.
JV Season Standings:
- St. Bridget-Green
- Corpus Christi
- St. James -Cobalt
- St. John Paul II
• JV Final-4 Tournament: St. Bridget-Green Winner
Congratulations once again to St. Bridget as they swept the Final-4 going 4-0 to remain unbeaten/untied for 2023! Quite an accomplishment and they defended their 2022 championship as well! Both Corpus Christi and St. Bridget went unbeaten at 3-0 to get to the Final with St. Bridget edging a powerful and well-coached Corpus side, 3-1! St. James-Cobalt, St James-Royal, Emmanuel-Gray and SJPll were all super competitive to make it a terrific 2023 Final-4!
JV Final 4 Standings:
- St. Bridget-Green
- Corpus Christi
- St. James -Cobalt
- St. John Paul II
• JV Wrap-Up Tournament: Emmanuel-Gold Winner!
Emmanuel-Gold was certainly golden as they went 3-0 to take the Wrap-up, first place trophy! Gold was the only unbeaten side in the tournament! Emmanuel-Blue was right behind Gold as they finished 2-1 to grab second place as Emmanuel swept both awards! Congratulations to them as well as Cornerstone, St James-White and St. Bridget-White on a super fun tournament!
• JV Coach's Sportsmanship Award: Jon Riopel-Emmanuel CA:
Congratulations are in order to Emmanuel's Jon Riopel as he was the recipient of the greatest number of votes from his coaching peers and referees to accept the 15th annual CASCAS JV Coach's Sportsmanship Award.The annual award is presented to the JV coach who best reflects the Christian Values of CASCAS and who possesses the requisite coaching acumen! Congratulations John. Well deserved!
• 15th Annual East vs West Farewell Graduate Game for 8th graders
On Monday June 12, coaches Ed Main of Cornerstone CS and Tom Modugno of St James led the classic East-West (respectively) competition for graduating 8th grade players. In the end, the West team outlasted the East team by a score of 6-5.
East-West Most Outstanding Players
East: Finnegan Kay-St James (Cheney Tech), Lauren Nyberg-St James (E. Catholic)
West: Allie Pelletier-SJPll (Mercy), Danny Dufault-SJPll Xavier)
The Catholic Schools Soccer Program was established in 1998 by Manchester-Area parochial school students, teachers and parent volunteers. CSS is hosted by St. Bridget School of Manchester Connecticut. Original 1998 schools and their representative members were St. Bridget Manchester-Lou Carpenter, Assumption Manchester-Mark Suprin, St. James Manchester-Chris Garrahan and St. Christopher E. Hartford-Paul Fitzgerald. 1999 entries were St. Bernard Rockville-Brian Griffin, St. Joseph Vernon-Tom Skahan, St. Mary Newington-Bob Biancamanno and St. Gabriel Windsor-Bob Luby. Since then, St. Rose E. Hartford-Vilma Canales(2002), St. Augustine Hartford-Ed Silvia(2003), St. Brigid-W. Hartford Bill Mentus(2005) and Corpus Christi Wethersfield-Dale Harris(2006) have joined our Catholic school soccer family! In 2009, we have been blessed with 2 new family members in St. Dominic Southington-Pete Rappoccio and St. Edward Stafford Springs-Isaac Walters. In 2010, St. Bernard-Enfield & Will Lorenz joined the CSS family while St. Gabriel-Windsor via Patricia Martin rejoined! Patricia Wright worked overtime to bring St. Martha-Enfield into the fold in 2011! In 2012, Peter Rappocchio, Paul Cyr & Brandon Moore joined together to insure St. Paul-Kensington's successful entry into CSS. Peter, a former coach at St. Dominic, helped coach a competitive St. Paul Varsity team in 2012! In 2013, Pope John Paul ll of New Britain was the latest newcomer to the family under the auspices of Jose Del Ama Gonzalo and Principal Cuprak! In 2014, Principal Kathy Peck with assists from AD Katie Schuman and coach Lou Carpenter brought St. John Paul ll Regional School, a merger between Saints Mary and John of Middletown, to the CSS table! 2015 witnessed our first Christian academy on the fields of Manchester as Jim Kirch and Cornerstone Christian Academy joined our faith based soccer community! In 2019, Principal Rebecca Goddard led the way in bringing recently merged St. Brigid/St Augustine into the CSS family. 2020 was the year Meriden's Our Lady of Mt. Carmel and Eric Lopez and Michael Frechette committed to join the CSS ranks but alas, Covid shut down those thoughts quickly. In 2021, Jon Riopel and Adrian Torres brought Emmanuel Christian Academy of Newington into the CSS program bringing 2 JV and 1 Varsity team! Quite an enegetic program Adrian has developed! In 2022, Truth Baptist Church and program director Keith Tower joined the CSSCAS Family. We are truly blessed!
The CSS Committee:
Host School: St. Bridget - Manchester
Volunteer Director - Lou Carpenter
Assistant Director - Andrew Tyler
Assistant Director - Jon Sargent
Legal Advisor/Head Referee - Tom Boscarino
Website and photography volunteer - Ed Main
CSS Distinguished Service Award Winners
Paul Fitzgerald - St, Christopher
Bill Mentus - St. Brigid
Vilma Canales - St. Rose
Mario Proano - St. Rose
David Blackwell - St. James/Administrator
John Reagan - Assumption
Andrew Tyler - St. James/Administrator
Tom Malin - E. Catholic
Tom Skahan - St. Joseph/Assumption/St. Bridget
Marco Caruso - Corpus Christi
John Dudzinski - Assumption
Jon Sargent - St. James
Nancy Thomas - St. Bridget/St. Joseph
