For the junior varsity bowling team at Cathedral Prep and Seminary, Elmhurst, there were plenty of winning smiles as the team left the alley this past season.
Author: Jim Mancari
Sports Round Up Feb. 3
Chris DiStefano, a 2006 graduate of St. Joseph’s College Brooklyn, Clinton Hill, was inducted Jan. 21 into the Bears Athletic Hall of Fame. The ceremony took place on Alumni and Family Day during halftime of the St. Joe’s matchup with the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, Kings Point, L.I.
Three HS Hoops Stars Named All-Americans
Catholic high school seniors Jordan Nixon, Emily Engstler and Moses Brown will play in the 2018 McDonald’s High School All-American basketball games.
Sports Round-Up Jan. 27
The first-ever Msgr. John J. Brown Memorial Girls Basketball Tournament wrapped up Martin Luther King Jr. weekend with some exciting hoops taking center court at St. Thomas Aquinas, Flatlands.
Hoops Tourney Honors Late Pastor’s Memory
Everyone who came in contact with Msgr. John Brown knew what a kind, caring and generous individual he was. As a result, the girls’ Msgr. King Tournament has been named in his honor.
Sports Round-Up Jan. 20
Cathedral Prep and Seminary, Elmhurst, hosted the seventh annual Jim Dilg Classic Christmas Basketball Tournament Dec. 28-29 in honor of longtime Cathedral Prep coach Jim Dilg.
CYO Swimmers Display Olympic Sportsmanship
At the annual boys’ swimming Olympics held Dec. 16 at the Eisenhower Park Aquatics Center, East Meadow, L.I., three swimmers displayed the values of what CYO sports are truly all about.
Sports Round-Up Jan. 13
St. Thomas Aquinas was once again the site of the Msgr. King Basketball Tournament, played for the 49th time, Dec. 26-30, and featuring top boys’ varsity teams from New York City and beyond.
Cristo Rey Brooklyn Hoops Taking Off Under New Coach
Anthony Alfaro, who coached the women’s basketball team at LaGuardia Community College, for the past four seasons, has taken over as the girls’ varsity hoops coach at Cristo Rey Brooklyn H.S.
Sports Round-Up Jan. 6
Khalid Moore, a senior forward on the Archbishop Molloy H.S., Briarwood, boys’ varsity basketball team, will continue his hoops career at the Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta.