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Butler Boys Have History Together

Six of the Bulldogs have played together for over 10 years.

The winds are blowing and the temperatures are dropping and the varsity teams are preparing for the 2012 seasons. Tri-Boro Patch will be previewing the local teams. Here's a look at the Butler High School boys basketball team.

OVERVIEW

The Bulldogs bring a great deal of experience and a good chemistry to this year's team, with six members of the squad playing together for over 10 years. 

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This season, the coaching staff welcomed former Pope John player and coach Brandon Mefford to the bench as assistant varsity coach. Mefford also played at Muhlenburg College and worked in the front office of the Pheonix Suns.

Butler is hosting the Bulldog Holiday Bash for the third year and looks to improve on their second place finishes from the last two years. Although having a winning record against Group 1 teams, the Bulldogs finished up with a 8-16 record.

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KEEP YOUR EYE ON

James Spadaccini - Morris County's top scorer for 2011 with 20.5 points per game comes back to break the 1,000-point mark from his 744-career total.

Nick Delpan - Delpan was a second team all division honoree for the 2011 season with 6.3 per game scoring and 6.7 rebounds per game.

Mike McConville - McConville was an all-division honorable mention in 2011.

THEY WILL MISS

Brian Hallock - Bulldog grad Hallock had a 4.4 points per game average.  Hallock is not playing in college.

Ryan Fontanazza - Fontanazza had a 2.5 points per game average. The Bulldog grad is not playing in college.

CAPTAIN

The 2012 Bulldogs will be led by senior James Spadaccini.

THEY SAID IT

"A rough start in 2010 led to a promising ending. The struggle for Butler will be its schedule has very few games against Group I teams." - Butler head coach Jon Simoneau 

ROSTER

NUMBER NAME POSITION GRADE 2 Nicholas Ballistreri Guard Sophomore 4 Nikola Danevski Guard Senior 5 Kirc Bargemento Guard Junior 11 James Spadaccini Guard Senior Captain 12 Nicholas Costa Guard Senior 14 Chris Heredia Guard Junior 15 Billy White Center Junior 21 Nicholas Delpan Forward Senior 25 Eric Mullin Guard Junior 32 Michael McConville Forward Senior 33 Jason Delattiboudere Guard Junior 34 Kevin Fitzpatrick Forward Sophomore 35 Greg White Center Senior 42 Kevin Lee Forward Senior
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