Bogota Sports

2- Nov-2014
   Some results from games played by teams from Bogota.
   # 2 ranked Bogota Lady Bucs Volleyball team will play the #31 Malcolm Shabazz from Newark on Wednesday 5- Nov. This is a first round match of the 2014 NJSIAA playoff tournament.   It will be played at Speary Gym . As of this post the start time scheduled to be 12:00 noon.

 The Bogota Bucs Football team lost to  Cresskill  7-27 at on Saturday 1- Nov Fiegel Field. Austin Urbaez received a 5 yard  pass for a Touchdown from Brennen Rodgers as Bogota's only major score. Bogota finishes  their regular season on Friday 7- Nov at Secaucus with the kick-off schedule to be at 7:00p
   The Bogota Junior Bucs Football teams play at Ridgefield on Saturday 1- Nov.  In the first game the Pee-Wee team had a 7-6 win. The Junior team was shut-out 0-14. The Senior team also lost by two touchdowns  6 -21.  They play their final games on Friday 7- Nov. at Ft. Lee with the Pee-Wee game starting at 6:00p with the the games to follow.
  The Junior Bucs  Football teams will have an end of the season party on Saturday 8- Nov. starting at 5:00p. This will be held at the Bogota VFW post 5561 Hall. There will be more details  as they known.

The Bogota Cross Country squad had 8 total runners competing in the  Lou Molino Memorial Bergen County meet of Champions at Darlington Park on Saturday 1- Nov.  The Lady Bucs were represented by Jillian O'Brien who finished 68 out of the 104 Women running. The Men's team placed 9th  from the field of 12 teams competing.  Andy Jaipersaud finished in 36 to be the highest Bogota finishers.
      On of the Bogota runners who did not run at the Meet of Champions was Alberto Castillo. Last year as a Junior at Bogota High School Mr. Castillo suffered from a stroke that not only stopped his athletic career but forced him out of school for several months. After months of therapy he was able to re enter school, and was cleared to run  as a members of the 2014 Men's Cross Country squad.  His hard work  on learning how to walk correctly  show when he placed 20th in the Bergen County Group "D" Junior Varsity race.  His effort was one part  as the Men's J.V. Squad took a third place  out of the 8 squad meet.  His time in that race was 9 seconds faster , at 19:30, then his previous personal best. Part of his recovery process help Mr. Castillo become more of a leader to his teammates, and is credited as a part of this year squad success.

 Bogota Blog NJ would like to thank Coach Pat Rochford with  proving information for this story & the photos from the Group "D" Championships.

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