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SIX WILDCATS GARNER ALL-LEAGUE HONORS IN HOCKEY AND PAT O'ROURKE IS SELECTED AS COACH OF THE YEAR.

By Eddie Dwyer, 02/10/12, 12:00AM EST

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THE 'CATS' SUPER SIX, ALONG WITH COACH O'ROURKE, WILL BE RECOGNIZED BEFORE SUNDAY'S BARON CUP FINALS AT BROOKLYN'S JOHN M. COYNE RECREATION CENTER.

SELECTED TO THE GREATER CLEVELAND HIGH SCHOOL HOCKEY LEAGUE'S ALL-RED FIRST TEAM WERE SENIOR CENTER/FORWARD AND FOUR-YEAR VARSITY MAINSTAY PADDY SPELLACY, HOCKEY-SAVVY SENIOR FORWARD MIKE ABOOD, GIFTED JUNIOR FORWARD MILES MCQUINN AND SENIOR MATT KOVESDY, WHO IS HAVING A ROCK-SOLID SEASON IN GOAL.

SECOND-TEAM HONORS WENT TO THE 'CATS' SCORING MACHINE - SENIOR FORWARD LIAM GEITHER AND HIS SINGLE-SEASON SCHOOL RECORD 53 GOALS, AND NAMED TO THE THIRD TEAM WAS HARD-NOSED SENIOR DEFENDER ANDREW STEED.

IN WHAT WAS THE OBVIOUS CHOICE, COACH PAT O'ROURKE '90, WHO HAS GUIDED HIS WILDCATS TO 30 OR MORE VICTORIES IN THREE CONSECUTIVE SEASONS, INCLUDING A SCHOOL-BEST 34-0 MARK THIS WINTER AND 31 WINS AND A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP IN MARCH 2010, WAS CHOSEN AS THE ALL-RED COACH OF THE YEAR.

CONGRATULATIONS TO COACH O'ROURKE AND HIS TEAM AND NOW LET'S TAKE CARE OF BUSINESS ON SATURDAY EVENING AGAINST LAKE CATHOLIC IN THE BARON CUP SEMIFINALS. THE PUCK WILL DROP AT 5:30 IN THE COYNE RECREATION CENTER.