What rebuilding year? Xaverian overcomes seven elimination games to city title
They weren’t even supposed to be here.
Xaverian Clippers head coach Frank Del George now infamously tabbed this season a rebuilding year. Even after they established themselves as a real contender, they faced elimination seven different times.
With great pitching, strong defense and timely hitting, the Clippers somehow fought through it all and on Wednesday at St. John’s University Xaverian beat Archbishop Molloy High School twice to win the Catholic High School Athletic League’s AA city championship.
“I hated hearing that word (rebuilding),” Xaverian’s ace Anthony “Siggy” Sigismondi said. “I absolutely hated it. I’ve been saying it since day one that this is definitely not a rebuilding year. We had the talent that we needed and it definitely shows right now.”