From St. Joseph’s College Brooklyn, Clinton Hill Teamwork is a lesson that can be taught on or off the field. Members of the St. Joseph’s College Brooklyn baseball team learned this first hand when they came together in December and volunteered with the Friends of Rockaway organization, which specializes in rebuilding houses that were severely […]
Author: Jim Mancari
Transportation to the March for Life
Bus transportation will be available from various points around the diocese to Washington, D.C., for the national March for Life next Wednesday, Jan. 22. Buses are leaving from the following sites. Call to reserve your seat in advance. B.V.M. Help of Christians (St. Mary’s Winfield), Woodside — Bus leaves after 5:30 a.m. Mass. Call Kevin and […]
CYO Indoor Track Meet Results
This past weekend, The Catholic Youth Organization held an indoor track meet at St. Anthony’s H.S., Huntington, L.I. Our Lady of Lourdes, Queens Village, was the big winner. Here are the rest of the results: Boys Our Lady of Lourdes: 72 pts. St. Kevin’s: 40 pts. St. Margaret’s: 29 pts. St. Andrew Avellino: 25 pts. […]
Another Hall of Fame Snub for Mike Piazza
Receiving 62.2 percent of the vote, former New York Mets’ catcher and Brooklyn diocesan hero Mike Piazza fell short Jan. 8 of the 75.0 percent threshold necessary for election into the Baseball Hall of Fame at Cooperstown, N.Y. This was Piazza’s second year on the ballot, and though his percentage increased, baseball fans everywhere – […]
CYO Boys’ Swim Champions Crowned
The Catholic Youth Organization (CYO) of Brooklyn and Queens hosted its annual boys’ swimming championships Jan. 11 at the Eisenhower Park Aquatic Center in East Meadow, L.I. In the ‘A’ Division, the swim team from St. Sebastian, Woodside, continued its dominance in the pool over the past few years with a first-place finish (379 pts.) The […]
CYO Giving
The CYO basketball programs at Holy Family, Flushing, and St. Nicholas of Tolentine, Jamaica, recently raised $1,057 in a fundraiser for the victims of Typhoon Yolanda. The donation was sent to the diocese’s Catholic Charities office for distribution. Great job to the players, coaches and parents of both teams and good luck the rest of […]
Curran’s Spirit Lingers for Molloy Boys’ Hoops
Walk into the athletic office at Archbishop Molloy H.S., Briarwood, and straight ahead you’ll find the desk of the school’s athletic director Mike McCleary. To the left however sits an unoccupied desk – complete with all sorts of memorabilia and awards. That desk belongs to the late Jack Curran, who passed away last March at […]
Victory for Sacred Heart
The Sacred Heart parish, Bayside, CYO boys’ basketball team took home the championship title in the Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament Holiday Hoops Tournament with a victory in the finals over St. Margaret’s, Middle Village. Pictured above, top row from left: coaches John Divine and Carl Bayer; […]
Christmas Champs Crowned
The St. Stanislaus Bishop and Martyr, Ozone Park, ninth-grade boys’ CYO basketball team defeated St. Joseph’s, Astoria, 56-52, to win the championship of the CYO Christmas Tournament. This year’s team was made up of Michael Bode, Travis Zurita, Angelo Ranieri, Damon Calcada, Jose Velazquez, Ben Balcarcel, Isaac Stumme, Hector […]
New Records Set at CYO Boys’ Swim Olympics
The Catholic Youth Organization (CYO) of Brooklyn and Queens held its annual boys’ swimming Olympics Jan. 4 at the Eisenhower Park Aquatic Center in East Meadow, L.I. The Olympics serve the purpose of preparing the young swimmers for the following weekend’s championships. There were four CYO records broken at the meet, three of which were […]