1050 High School SportsBosco Coach: Greg Toal named Coach of the Year by USA Today
His team went 12-0 to win its fourth consecutive state Non-Public, Group 4 title and finished No. 1 in the USA TODAY Super 25 rankings. His record is 246-35-2 with 13 state titles, six at Don Bosco (he won state titles with two other teams).
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Football FAB 50 Rankings
In being crowned the FAB 50 champs, Don Bosco Prep becomes the first team from New Jersey to finish on top of a national football ranking. As a school, however, Don Bosco Prep is no stranger to this type of honor. Just 18 months ago, the Ironmen went unbeaten in baseball and were named the FAB 50 national champion on the diamond.
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Coach Toal on the Michael Kay Show
Don Bosco Head Coach Greg Toal joins The Michael Kay Show to discuss his team's National Title.
Don Bosco 35, St. Peter's Prep 15
Bosco RB Tony Jones - 218 yards rushing, 5 touchdowns
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1050 ESPN Metro Top 10 Poll
FINAL 2009 RANKINGS
By Bob Galerstein
1050 ESPN Anchor
E-mail Bob- Don Bosco Prep (12-0)
- St. Peter's (9-3)
- St. Anthony's (10-1)
- Bergen Catholic (8-3)
- Holy Trinity (10-1)
- St. Joe's Montvale (9-3)
- Curtis (11-2)
- Freeport (10-2)
- New Rochelle (11-1)
- Wayne Hills (10-2)
Monroe - Woodbury (10-1) (tie)
When the Don Bosco - St. Peter's game concluded Saturday early evening at Giants Stadium, we wanted to stay and do the Wayne Hills - Ramapo game. The swirling snow that started to stick on the field turf during the fourth quarter was piling up so much that before the opening kickoff, shovels were used to clear the snow every five yards. It looked like Foxboro with the Jets and Patriots. It was the kind of atmosphere that the game engineer back at our Madison Square Garden studios, Ray Santiago, always dreamed of playing in when he suited up for Perth Amboy High School a handful of years ago.
This championship game meteorological texture enhancement was not favorable at the start of Bosco - Peter's. The precipitation then was a cold, annoying rain that seemed on the verge of freezing rain. My color commentator Andrew Gundling spoke with me on the air about whether this would affect the game. It didn't. Our halftime guest, the legendary Mike Quick of MSG Network, was in the Bosco lockerroom before the game, and he heard Ironmen Head Coach Greg Toal preach to his players, "Make the weather your friend."
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