Fall 2025 has officially wrapped; here’s brief look at this historic season…
Football & Cheer
The Crusaders’ Fall Season ended with the Cardinal Newman Varsity Football team bringing home the FHSAA 1A State Championship in a thrilling 17-14 victory over four-time reigning champion Chaminade-Madonna. The Cheer squad was joined by four buses full of CN fans on the sidelines at Pitbull Stadium in Miami, cheering the Crusaders to victory. This was a historic moment as the first FHSAA football state championship in school history. Three Crusaders signed to play college football during the early signing period – Adam Balogoun-Ali (Auburn), Brayden Charney (Syracuse) and Jyron Hughley (West Virginia).
Palm Beach Post Recognitions:
All County (Defense):
First Team: Ty Kirkpatrick, Adam Balogoun-Ali, Cooper Clark,Kahlil Gabaud
Second Team: William Hart, Kyrus Haston
Honorable Mention: Zion Brown, Ayden Elam, Chris Laborde
All County (Offense):
First Team: Jyron Hughley, Phoenix Donghia, Leslie Mosley, Brayden Charney
Second Team: Janarro Sumpter, Ignacio Zulaica
Honorable Mention: Ethan Holland
Coach of the Year: Jack Daniels
Sun Sentinel Recognitions:
Palm Beach 4A-1A Football Offensive Player of the year: Jyron Hughley
Palm Beach 4A-1A Football co-defensive player of the year: Adam Balogoun-Ali
Co-Coach of the Year: Jack Daniels
All County (Offense):
First Team: Brayden Charney, Phoenix Donghia, Leslie Mosley, Iggy Zulaica
Second Team: Jasiah Thomas
Honorable Mention: Zion Brown, Cooper Clark, Aiden Elam, Sean Fleming, Kyrus Haston, Colt Hauser, Chris Laborde, Shangler Limage, Michael Loudort, Tresean McClellion, Janarro Sumpter
All County (Defense):
First Team: Ty Kirkpatrick
Second Team: Cooper Clark, Kahlil Gabaud
Cross Country
Cardinal Newman Boys & Girls Cross Country had successful seasons with deep post-season runs. The Girls team took 2nd at districts and 3rd at regionals, qualifying for the FHSAA 2A State Championship along with Kenneth Wagner from the boys’ team who qualified to compete individually at States. At the district meet, Tessa Brown broke the school 5k record with a time of 19:21.3.
Sun Sentinel Recognitions:
First Team: Kenneth Wagner
Second Team: Tessa Brown
Palm Beach Post Recognitions:
Second Team: Kenneth Wagner
Honorable Mention: Tessa Brown, Lucy Burkly
Golf
Cardinal Newman Golf wrapped up an exciting season with the boys team qualifying to compete in the FHSAA 1A State Championship. Our 2025 season also introduced the inaugural Crusader Golf Invitational with five competing teams and a midseason commitment by Lawson Ford to the University of Florida.
Sun Sentinel Recognitions:
Second Team: Lawson Ford
Honorable Mention: John Beebe, Hagen Bensel, Ethan Earley, Blake Quilleon
Palm Beach Post Recognitions:
Second Team: Hagen Bensel, Lawson Ford
Swimming & Diving
Crusader Swimming & Diving concluded with Gia Euseppi qualifying to compete individually at the FHSAA 1A State Championship in Ocala. Both the boys and girls teams had strong showings in the district and regional meets.
Sun Sentinel All County:
Honorable Mention: Gia Euseppi
Volleyball
Crusader Volleyball had an outstanding season, finishing 21-5 overall and holding the top spot in the Palm Beach County rankings for most of the season. After starting the season with 7 consecutive wins, the team earned the Baptist Health Orthopedic Care Sports Performance of the Week award. Three of our girls will be going on to play Division 1 volleyball – Ava Castro (Boston College), Olivia Peterson (Furman) and Lyla Buser (Providence).
Sun Sentinel All-County:
First Team: Ava Castro
Second Team: Dayana Acevedo, Lyla Buser
Honorable Mention: Olivia Peterson
Palm Beach Post All-County
First Team: Ava Castro
Second Team: Dayana Acevedo, Lyla Buser, Olivia Peterson
Congratulations to all of our fall athletes on a phenomenal 2025 season! Go Crusaders!
