To ring in the baseball season, Father Bill Sweeney (Mets) and Father Kevin Sweeney (Yankees) offer their takes on their respective favorite teams.
Author: Jim Mancari
Sports Round-Up April 7
Just in time for the start of baseball season, Good Shepherd parish, Marine Park, held its annual “Baseball Bash” to celebrate the start of a new campaign.
St. Kevin’s Welcomes NFL Pros for Clinic
The St. Kevin’s Youth Guild held a football clinic March 17 featuring two former NFL players: punter Sean Landeta of the New York Giants and wide receiver Wesley Walker of the New York Jets.
Sports Round-Up March 31
The Catholic Youth Organization boys’ basketball season wrapped up with the following teams winning diocesan titles.
Boys’ High School Basketball All Stars
After another exciting season of CHSAA hoops action, here are the 2017-2018 Brooklyn/Queens boys’ high school basketball all-stars.
Sports Round-Up March 24
The following CHSAA boys’ high school basketball teams won league titles this season.
Girls’ High School Basketball All Stars
After another exciting season of GCHSAA hoops action, here are the 2017-2018 Brooklyn/Queens girls’ high school basketball all-stars. The stats and pertinent information were provided by the league’s coaches.
Sports Round-Up March 17
The following GCHSAA teams won diocesan titles this season.
Team USA Hockey Star Fulfills Olympic Dream
Matt Gilroy, a 33-year-old defenseman, recently suited up as an assistant captain for Team U.S.A.’s men’s ice hockey team at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. This crowning achievement of his hockey career was even more special, since he wore his brother’s No. 97 on his back.
Sports Round-Up March 10
Our Lady of Grace, Howard Beach, hosted its fifth annual Invitational Indoor Soccer Tournament from January through the beginning of March at Aviator Sports Complex, Marine Park.