East Suburban Catholic Conference

Joliet Catholic

Coach: Tom Cranmer

Last season’s record: 3-14-2

Top returners: Diego Rios, sr., MF; Marco Heald, sr., MF; Charlie Czerkies, sr., D

Key newcomers: Juliani Verdin, sr., D; Louis Czerkies, jr., M; Nick Kelly, so., F

Worth noting: On the plus side for Joliet Catholic, they only graduated three seniors from last year’s team. However, those three seniors played some pretty important positions now left to be filled by youngsters. The good news is Rios is back after earning all-conference honors last year. Cranmer said, “The goals for this season are to be successful in the BodyArmor tournament which we won in 2023, be competitive in our conference to prepare for the playoffs, and win a regional title that has eluded us the past three se

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