CURLEY’S BIGGEST FAN CLIF SCRUGGS ’84

By Joe Gaeta

“Curley’s Biggest Fan” is quite the accolade, and nobody embodies the spirit of Archbishop Curley High School better than 1984 graduate, Clif Scruggs. Rather than the title of Biggest Fan, Clif prefers to think of himself as a “Curley Ambassador” as he is always looking to promote Curley’s Franciscan beliefs, and the strong bond of brotherhood that brings the Curley Family together.

These accolades don’t go without hard work, countless hours spent, and tremendous dedication from Clif. He currently serves as Alumni Board President and is finishing up his 6th year serving on the board. He prides himself on staying in touch with our young alumni from the day they leave Curley, and as they continue their journey to being young working professionals.

Clif is currently a Baltimore County teacher at Crossroads Center where he has spent the last 16 years of his professional career. He is going on his 27th year teaching history in Baltimore County. His career started at Curley where he did his “student teaching,” and taught current principal, Mr. Jeremy Joseph. He then spent one year in the classroom at The Catholic High School of Baltimore, followed by

11 years at Middle River Middle School.

In his “spare time” you can find Clif driving one of the Curley athletic teams in “Big White” (The full size bus in the Curley fleet) to athletic events, out of state college trips, and student retreats. He also shares his life experiences with Curley Seniors, giving motivational speeches on being transformational alumni. This past August was Clif’s third participating in the freshman retreat “Pinnacle Talk” as he presented the “virtues” needed to become the Ideal Curley Man.

Clif’s latest hobby of photography has him at most athletic and school events taking photos of the student body and staff in action.

Clif, along with his wife Kathleen, are the proud parent of two recent Curley graduates, Trevor ’17 and Roman ’22.

“I want my young Brothers to realize that once one graduates from Curley, the school’s spirit will STILL be with you. Through the best of times and those most challenging, Brothers for life always rings true.”

Which of the following is NOT true???

A. Clif has a photo of himself and Ric Flair on his desk at home.

B. Clif once drove R Kelly to a local hotel.

C. Clif once drove Tim McGraw to buy shoes at the Galleria.

D. Clif LOVES making memes of colleagues.

E. Clif owns an actual “Pope” costume and wears it when celebrating retirements of colleagues.

F. Clif LOVES Tik Tok.

G. Clif spent 3 weeks in Japan.

Answer: All are true

CURLEY | SPORT SHORTS

Volleyball

Both Varsity and Junior Varsity played 18 games throughout the season. Some highlights were defeating Friends School, St. Paul’s, and Archbishop Spalding. This is the strongest the program has been in terms of numbers.

This was also head coach Joe D’Adamo’s last game. He is hanging up the whistle of coaching volleyball for a total of 16 years after starting the Archbishop Curley Volleyball program. He has a total of 48 years coaching between lacrosse, volleyball and wrestling.

Football

The 2022 Friars had a strong showing in MIAA conference play this season. Led by 14 seniors, Curley put together a 4-2 conference record (6-4 overall) beating longtime conference rivals John Carroll, St. Paul’s, Boys’ Latin, and 2021 Delaware State semi-finalist Delaware Military Academy. The Friars lost a heartbreaker 27-24 to Concordia Prep in the semi-finals, but the future looks bright with a large group of underclassmen returning to build upon this season.

Soccer

Led by All-American goal scorer Brady Geho and midfielder Casey Price the Friars finished with an overall record of 14-9-1. Curley finished the regular season as the three seed and earned a first round victory in the MIAA playoffs over McDonogh on a last second goal in double overtime. The team was ranked #6 in the Metro Area in the post season poll.

College Committments

Eight seniors signed their National Letter of Intent to play athletics at the college level next year.

Cross Country

During the 2022 Cross Country season, the team competed against their A Conference rivals and at a number of invitationals. Some of the highlights of the season included multiple runners placing high at the Bull Run Invitational hosted by Hereford High School and the Spiked Shoe Invitational at Stevenson University.

(Pictured L to R) Liam Roesener-Lacrosse/St. Mary’s College of Maryland; Darius Thompson-Lacrosse/Neumann University; Brady Geho-Soccer/St. John’s University; Brett Townsley-Baseball/ Gettysburg College; Dillon Michaloski-Baseball/York College; Harry Middlebrooks-Baseball/Wilson College; John Petryszak-Baseball/ Frostburg University; Adam Sawyers-Volleyball/Stevenson University.

MIAA ALL-CONFERENCE

Soccer

Brady Geho

Casey Price

Nick Lentz

Volleyball

Adam Sawyers

Football

Jamaun Brown

Stevie Carter

Cole Floyd

Caron Madison

Chris Pond

Aaron Rose

Dustin Vieanneau

Caron Madison