Following a 14-point come-from-behind thriller Wednesday against St. Edmund Prep, Sheepshead Bay, it seemed like nothing could stop the Bishop Kearney H.S., Bensonhurst, Tigers from capturing the Class ‘B’ girls’ basketball city championship. Kearney was still fresh off winning the Division II Brooklyn/Queens diocesan championship with a weekend victory over St. John’s Prep, Astoria. But […]
Author: Jim Mancari
A ‘Saintly’ Coach At Christ the King
Most people would balk at the idea of having to work 15 hours per day. But not Tyree Allison. The head football coach at Christ the King R.H.S., Middle Village, voluntarily puts in those long days. And why, you may ask? It’s because Allison truly is a “saint” – and more so than just his […]
GCHSAA Basketball Varsity and JV Diocesan Champions and Award Winners
Varsity and JV Champions The Bishop Ford H.S., Park Slope, girls’ varsity basketball team captured the Division I Brooklyn/Queens title with a 51-45 victory over Archbishop Molloy H.S., Briarwood, on March 2. The Bishop Kearney H.S., Bensonhurst, varsity basketball team earned a 44-33 win March 2 over […]
McClancy Girls Cap Off Inaugural Season with Diocesan Crown
As of now, the Msgr. McClancy M.H.S., East Elmhurst, junior varsity girls’ basketball team can say that it owns a 100 percent success rate in capturing the Division II Brooklyn/Queens diocesan title. That’s because the Lady Crusaders won the league championship in their inaugural season as a team. McClancy went coed in fall 2012 and […]
St. Francis Prep Volleyball Champs Honored by NYC Council
The St. Francis Prep, Fresh Meadows, volleyball team was honored by the N.Y.C. Council on Wednesday, March 27 at City Hall in lower Manhattan on the occasion of their sixth CHSAA championship title and their third consecutive berth as a semifinalist in the New York state championships. Speaker of the N.Y.C. Council, Christine Quinn, and […]
Holy Cross Defensive Tackle Signs with Southern Connecticut State
Though it wasn’t on National Signing Day, Holy Cross H.S., Flushing, senior defensive tackle Demeji Bamishile signed to play football at Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, Conn. Bamishile stands at six-feet, one-inch and weighs 285 pounds. He was a 2012 Tablet All-Star. Pictured below, Bamishile, center, with Holy Cross Director of Guidance Mary Anne […]
McClancy Coach Kent’s Well Wishes to Star Senior
In this year’s CHSAA Boys’ Basketball Playoff Program, Msgr. McClancy M.H.S., East Elmhurst, head varsity basketball coach Don Kent took out an ad to honor one of his graduating seniors, Austin John Huggins. Here is what Coach Kent had to say: Congratulations To Austin John Huggins Captain of this year’s Msgr. McClancy Memorial High School […]
Nazareth Crowned NYC ‘A’ Champs
The only thing better than one “Samson” is two “Samson’s.” Nazareth R.H.S., East Flatbush, juniors Samson Usilo and Samson Akilo led the Kingsmen to a 46-41 victory over Cardinal Spellman H.S., the Bronx, to capture the CHSAA Class ‘A’ city championship, played at the historic Rose Hill Gymnasium on the campus of Fordham University, the […]
Rutgers Coach’s Roots Trace to St. Francis
It’s an unfortunate fact that most people never get their dream job. For those that do, they certainly consider themselves lucky. However, Rutgers University, Piscataway, N.J., head football coach Kyle Flood has been fortunate enough to be hired to his dream job twice. Long before taking the helm of the Scarlet Knights, Flood taught mathematics […]
CYO Girls Basketball Championship Results
The Catholic Youth Organization of Brooklyn and Queens crowned 10 girls basketball champions Feb. 24. Seven games were played at St. John’s Prep, Astoria; two were played at St. Margaret’s parish, Middle Village; and the final game was played at Our Lady of Hope parish, also Middle Village. Here are the scores and results of […]