Bethlehem Catholic High School, more commonly referred to as Becahi or just Beca, is a parochial high school, located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, in the United States within the Diocese of Allentown. The school is located at 2133 Madison Avenue, in Bethlehem, in the Lehigh Valley region of the state.
Bethlehem Catholic currently has several dozen International Students enrolled from China, France, Germany, Korea and Venezuela.
Bethlehem Catholic is one of 12 Lehigh Valley high schools that compete in the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference. Home athletic events are held on the campus of Bethlehem Catholic High School while football games are played at Bethlehem Area School District Stadium. In 2011-12 school year, Bethlehem Catholic won PIAA State Championships in Boys Volleyball and Wrestling (both State Duels & Team titles).
Football: Pennsylvania state champions, first two time champion in PIAA football championship history.
1988 Class AA champions (inaugural year of State playoffs)
1990 Class AAA champions
Wrestling
2011 Class AA State Duels Champions (team duels) - Ranked #15 nationally by WIN Magazine.
2012 Class AA State Duels Champions (team duels) - Ranked #12 nationally by Inter-Mat.
2013 Class AA State Duels Champions (team duels)
2014 Class AA State Duels Champions (team duels)
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1979 Class AAA State Team Champions (2 State Champions)
2012 Class AA State Team Champions (3 State Champions & 1 runner-up)
2013 Class AA State Team Champions (1 State Champion & 1 runner-up)
2014 Class AA State Team Champions (3 State Champions & 1 runner-up)
Individual PIAA State Champions(since 1973): Pat Sculley (1973), Mike Brown (1976), Rich Santoro (1978, 1979), Tom Bold (1979), Bernie Brown (1980, 1981), John Likens (1986), Dave Foley (1987), Tony Iasiello Jr (1989), Blayne Diacount (1989), Ziad Haddad (2008), Darian Cruz (2012, 2013), Randy Cruz (2012), Elliot Riddick (2012), Luke Karam (2014), Zeke Moisey (2014), Jake Riegel (2014).
Prior to 1973, Bethlehem Catholic crowned numerous individual PCIAA State Champions including 3X PCIAA Champ Tom Sculley who went on to win an 1974 NCAA Championship for Lehigh.
Track and Field
2002 Class AA State Boys Team runner-up
2003 Class AA State Boys Team Champions
Individual Event State Championships:
2002 Class AA Boys 400 meter relay team 42.81
2007 Class AA State Boys Discus 179'11" - Joe Kovacs
2007 Class AA State Boys Shot Put 64'10.75" (PA state record) - Joe Kovacs
2007 Class AA State Girls Pole Vault 11'6" - Kerry McDermott
2009 Class AA Boys 400 meter relay team 42.67
Softball
2009 Class AAA State runner-up (9 innings 1-0)
2014 Class AAA State runner-up
2015.Class AAA STATE CHAMPIONS !!!
Girls Basketball
1993 Class AAA runner-up (North Catholic 62-42)
2013 Class AAA runner-up (South Park 53-38)
Boys Basketball
1960 PCIAA Class B State Champions
1962 PCIAA Class B State Champions
Girls Volleyball
2014 Class AA State Champions
Boys Volleyball
2012 Class AA State Champions
Bethlehem Catholic has won many Lehigh Valley Conference or District XI championships, including the following sports and years (prior to 2001, Becahi was a member of the East Penn Conference-EPC):
Baseball: District XI 1976, 1996, 2005, 2006, 2007 (2007 PIAA AAA State semi-finalists).
Football: 1967*, 1974*, 1982, 1985, 1988*, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2013 (*undefeated seasons)
Football: Eastern Conference Champs 1995, 2004, 2009.
Wrestling: EPC Team Champions 1979 LVC Team Champs 2012, 2013*, 2014 - District XI AA Duel Champs 2011, 2012, 2013*, 2014
Boys Basketball: District XI AAA Champs 1978, 1998, 2002, 2003. -- 2003 LVC Champions
Boys Volleyball: District XI AA Champs 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 // 2007, 2011 LVC Champions (2012 PIAA Champs)
Boys Soccer: 2007 District XI AA Champions
Boys Golf: 1981, 1982 EPC Champions
Softball: District XI AAA Champions 2003, 2005, 2006, 2009(PIAA runners-up), 2011, 2012, 2014 (PIAA runner-up) // 2011, 2012 LVC Champs
Girls Basketball: District XI AAA Champions 1992, 1993(PIAA runner-up), 1994, 1995, 2013 (PIAA runner-up).
Girls Tennis: 2003, 2004, 2006.
Girls Volleyball: 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 2005, 2007, 2012, 2013.
Girls Swimming: 2012 individual Dist.Champion 100 Freestyle (dist record) & 100 Backstroke = Sydnee Karam.
2013 individual District Champion 100 Freestyle & 200 Freestyle = Sydnee Karam 2014 individual District Champion 100 Freestyle & 200 Freestle (dist record) = Sydnee Karam
Flag Football: IHPW 2011
Dodgeball: IHPW 2011
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