Head Coach: Scott McClary – 7th season
Assistant Coaches:
Kort Wickenheiser
Katy Mitton
Dan Muir
Sammy Barona
Charles Thom
Sport: Basketball (B)
Team Name: Bethlehem Catholic
League: EPC
2023-24 Record: 8-14
Key Players Lost:
Josh Brown
Isaiah Hodge
Jeremy Holmes
Darius McNair
Josh Benka-Coker
Cayden Vassa
Jeremy Fyrer
Jonny Benka-Coker
Jaylen Leak
Jared Benkna-Coker
Key Returning Players:
’26 Marcus Drysdale 6’5″ wing (injured through mid/late January)
’26 Jackson Wickenheiser 6’3″ wing
’25 Ethan Roman 5’11” guard
Key Newcomers:
’25 Laz Carrasquilla 6’6″ forward
’26 Parker McClary 6’0″ guard
’26 Sammy Barona Jr 6’3″ wing
’25 Djibril Sylla 6’3″ wing
’26 Brodie Muir 6’0″ guard
’25 Jack Rushe 6’4″ forward
’26 Roman Jackson 6’0″ wing
2024-25 Outlook: We will play a two guard system with Ethan and Parker as primary ball handlers and playmakers. Parker, Jackson, and Brodie are all elite shooters, with Jackson our most experienced returning player. Sammy Jr will develop as an athletic primary defender with Laz as our top rebounder and inside presence.
Marcus Drysdale is still recovering from second ACL injury/surgery. If cleared later in the year, would be a major addition as he started as a freshman 2 years ago and would have been leading returning scorer but missed all of last year due to first ACL injury. We lost 11 other players from the program with 7 seniors, 3 transferred out to attend prep school and re-class their grade and Cayden Vassa concentrating on football only. This group is inexperienced other than Ethan Roman and Jackson Wickenheiser, but we are built on all juniors and seniors.
Our schedule has very tough games early on (Liberty, PMW, Whitehall etc) but I really feel this group could surprise many in second half of the season. While maybe not as big or athletic as many of the top EPC teams, they are very skilled and we went 27 and 7 this off-season playing almost entirely outside competition. This group has to learn how to play, compete, and then win at the varsity level, but we have high hopes for them!
