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 […]
Author: Jim Mancari
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 […]
St. Sebastian CYO Swimmers Set New Team Records
At the Catholic Youth Organization (CYO) Boys’ Swim Olympics held Jan. 4 at the Eisenhower Park Aquatic Center in East Meadow, L.I., the St. Sebastian’s, Woodside, swim team broke a few CYO records, listed below: Novice (Age 8 and under) 100 yd Medley Relay, 1:15.63 The relay team broke the record that was standing since 2005 […]
Tablet’s 2013 Football Diocesan All-Stars
With another competitive season of Brooklyn/Queens CHSFL football in the books, here’s a look at The Tablet’s 2013 All-Diocesan Team. Players were selected from one of the following six schools: Bishop Ford H.S., Park Slope; Christ the King R.H.S., Middle Village; Holy Cross H.S., Flushing; Nazareth R.H.S., East Flatbush; St. Francis Prep, Fresh Meadows; and […]
Presepio: Italian Tradition Tells the Christmas Story (with slideshow)
The Christmas season is a time known for its traditions, from putting up lights and stockings, to singing carols and of course displaying a Christmas tree. But there’s a tradition that lives on today that has been passed on from generation to generation: the construction of a presepio, a Nativity scene depicting the birth of […]
Record-Setting Performances from Bishop Loughlin Hoops Stars
On Dec. 17, two Bishop Loughlin M.H.S., Fort Greene, basketball stars forever cemented their legacies in the Lions’ record books. Senior shooting guard Khadeen Carrington, who will be playing in college next fall at Seton Hall University, broke the school’s all-time points record set by Jayvaughn Pinkston. Carrington needed 26 pts. to break the mark, […]