Verona High School Captures San Fillipo Cup

The Hillbillies have been awarded the Ron San Fillipo Olympic Cup for the 2012-2013 sports year, symbolic of overall athletic excellence, announced Verona athletic director Gary Farishian earlier this month.

“On behalf of the athletic department, I’d like to congratulate all the coaches and student athletes for helping to bring this award to Verona High School”, Farishian said.“I’m very proud of everyone who helped make this possible.  Millburn and Mt. St. Dominic won the award in past years, and we knew it wouldn’t be easy to win in such a competitive conference.”

The cup is on campus and will be visible to all visitors at the high school for the upcoming school year. Named after the Super Essex Conference’s Executive Director, the Ron San Fillipo Olympic Cup is presented annually to a conference school whose (boys or girls) teams, according to established criteria, have excelled in conference play. 

There are two cups, one for the boys and one for girls and the award is passed around annually to the victorious schools. Seton Hall Prep gained the boys cup for the third time in the four years of the SEC’s existence, while Millburn has won two years in the girls category prior to Mt. St. Dominic. 

The voting was extremely close, with Verona tallying 73.65 points to edge Livingston, which had a strong fall season to take second with 72.85. West Essex was third, scoring 66.95.