Congratulations to all CYO Boys Basketball teams on a wonderful season! Special congratulations to the diocesan champions and tournament champions: Pee Wee A St. Clare Pee Wee B Blessed Trinity Novice A Divine Mercy Novice B Our Lady of Mount Carmel Bantam A Divine Mercy Bantam B Sacred Heart (Bayside) Rookie A Divine Mercy Rookie B St. Pancras Intermediate A Divine Mercy Intermediate B St. […]
Author: Jim Mancari
Christ the King Wins Consecutive State Federation Titles
The Christ the King R.H.S., Middle Village, boys’ varsity basketball team captured its second straight N.Y.S. Federation title March 22 with a 58-52 win over Long Island Lutheran.
Sacred Heart 6th Grade Boys Win Bantam ‘B’ Diocesan Championship
The Sacred Heart, Bayside, sixth grade boys’ basketball bantam ‘B’ division are CYO diocesan champions. The team finished its season with an undefeated record, both in the regular season and in the playoffs, en route to facing Resurrection Ascension, Rego Park, in the championship game on Sunday, March 16 at Msgr. McClancy M.H.S., East Elmhurst. The […]
St. Saviour Student Competes at NYS YMCA Swimming Championships
From March 14-16, St. Saviour H.S. sophomore Mariah Jenkins competed in the NYS YMCA Swimming Championships at Ithaca College. Mariah has been swimming competitively since the age of eight. For the past five years she has been training at the Bedford-Stuyvesant YMCA, and in each of those years she has qualified to compete at the […]
State Senator Golden Honors Bishop Kearney’s Varsity Basketball Team as Part of Women’s History Month
On Thursday, March 13 as part of Women’s History Month, the Bishop Kearney High School Varsity Basketball Team was honored by State Sen. Marty Golden. Sen. Golden held an awards ceremony at Kearney to honor Brooklyn women’s groups whose actions have inspired others and who have improved Brooklyn’s quality of […]
Girls H.S. Basketball All-Stars 2014
With another exciting season of GCHSAA action in the books, here are the 2014 Brooklyn/Queens girls’ high school basketball all-stars. Special thanks to the GCHSAA and league coaches for providing stats and pertinent information. Division I First Team Sierra Calhoun Christ the King R.H.S., Middle Village Senior Guard 22.7 pts. per game 8.2 […]
4 CYO Hoops Championships for Divine Mercy
At the Catholic Youth Organization boys basketball championships on March 16, the Divine Mercy, Williamsburg, hoops program had quite the showing. The teams captured four diocesan titles: one each on the fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth grade levels. Below are the four championship teams:
CTK’s Sierra Calhoun named Gatorade NY Basketball Player of the Year
CHICAGO (March 13, 2014) — In its 29th year of honoring the nation’s best high school athletes, The Gatorade Company, in collaboration with USA TODAY High School Sports, today announced Sierra Calhoun of Christ the King High School as its 2013-14 Gatorade New York Girls Basketball Player of the Year. Calhoun is the seventh Gatorade […]
Xavier Knights Win Catholic League Hockey Championship
Here in the Diocese of Brooklyn, many of the Catholic high schools consider Xavier H.S., Manhattan, a major sports rival. But it’s actually funny that most of the student-athletes who play on the school’s athletic teams hail straight from the Diocese of Brooklyn. Such is this case for the Knights’ varsity ice hockey team, which […]
Boys H.S. Basketball All-Stars 2014
After another exciting season of CHSAA action, here are the 2014 Brooklyn/Queens boys’ high school basketball all-stars. Special thanks to the CHSAA and league coaches for providing stats and pertinent information. Boys ‘AA’ First Team All-Stars Khadeen Carrington Bishop Loughlin M.H.S., Fort Greene Senior Guard 24.2 pts. per game (Led N.Y.C. CHSAA ‘AA’) […]