Bishop Kearney H.S., Bensonhurst, senior Amanda DiLeo was featured on the YES Network during the Feb. 24 Brooklyn Nets game. DiLeo, a combo guard/forward on the Tigers’ basketball team, is a devout Nets fan and sent in her drawing (pictured at left) of Nets’ All-Star point guard Deron Williams. Wearing her Nets’ T-shirt, DiLeo was […]
Author: Jim Mancari
Christ the King Captures Brooklyn – Queens Title (with slideshow)
The Christ the King R.H.S., Middle Village, boys basketball team won the 2013 Brooklyn/Queens CHSAA title with an 80-65 victory over Bishop Loughlin M.H.S., Fort Greene. The win marks the fourth time in the past five seasons that the Royals have won the sectional title. Entering the game as the No. 1 seed, the Royals […]
Lady Bears Capture HVWAC League Title
The St. Joseph’s College’s Brooklyn Campus, Clinton Hill, women’s basketball team captured its fifth Hudson Valley Women’s Athletic Conference (HVWAC) championship with a 57-43 victory Feb. 17 over top-seeded Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Albany, N.Y. Junior Kelly McNamee scored a team-high 15 points – 13 of which came in the second half […]
Coaches vs. Cancer in the CHSAA
Sometimes the best medicine for someone battling cancer is partaking in one’s passion. For three CHSAA coaches who were diagnosed with breast cancer, coaching was the passion that allowed them to stay strong throughout their treatment. Of course, the medical forms of treatment were crucial to saving these coaches’ lives, but these coaches will all […]
CHSFL Stars Bring Talents to College
Eight seniors from four Catholic high schools in the Diocese of Brooklyn signed their National Letters of Intent Feb. 6 on National Signing Day to continue their football-playing careers in college. They each shined on the gridiron playing in the CHSFL and have earned the opportunity to showcase their skills at the next level, as […]
Class of ’13 Inducted Into Cathedral Hall
Six alumni of Cathedral Prep Seminary, Elmhurst, were inducted into the school’s Hall of Fame Feb. 2 as part of the 14th annual Mass and induction ceremony at Immaculate Conception Center, Douglaston. The Class of 2013 brings the total amount of Cathedral Prep Hall of Famers to 77. While the Super Bowl was played the […]
Fontbonne Shocks at GCHSAA Swim Championships
On Feb. 3, the Fontbonne Hall Academy, Bay Ridge, swim team finished second at the GCHSAA championships held at the Eisenhower Park Aquatic Center, East Meadow, L.I. The Bonnies entered the meet with the best record in Brooklyn and finished ahead of Staten Island rivals Notre Dame Academy and St. Joseph Hill. Archbishop Molloy H.S., […]
Still Marching for Life After 40 Years (with video and slideshow)
For 40 years, the cries of unborn children lost to abortion have been heard at the annual March for Life held in Washington, D.C. At this year’s march on Jan. 25, an estimated 500,000 anti-abortion advocates – the largest crowd in march history – traversed up Constitution Ave. through the snow to the Supreme Court. […]
New Statue for Middle Village Parish
by Marie Elena Giossi Despite cold temperatures, warm smiles surrounded Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio as he blessed an outdoor statue of Mary, Mother of God at St. Margaret Church, Middle Village, following 5 p.m. Mass on Saturday, Jan. 26. Located on the Juniper Valley Rd. side of the church, the five-foot six-inch statue, carved in first-grade […]
Keep Christ in Christmas: Youth Express Faith through Art (with slideshow)
. Over 700 students from all over the diocese entered into the annual Keep Christ in Christmas art contest co-sponsored by the Archbishop John Hughes Council No. 481 of the Knights of Columbus and The Tablet newspaper. From those, 11 winners walked away with a medal. Their work was judged to best exemplify the theme, […]