At 92 years old, the great Carl Erskine remains very much a part of Brooklyn Dodgers lore.
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Sports Round-Up Oct. 19
Former Holy Cross H.S., Flushing, varsity football running back Justin Felder was named Northeast 10 Offensive Player of the Week for the second time this season for Stonehill College, Easton, Mass.
Holy Cross JV Coach Returns To His School ‘Family’ – Former Knight comes back to his alma mater for football job
Former Knight comes back to his alma mater for football job
FLUSHING — John J. McArdle, the new coach of the junior varsity football team at Holy Cross H.S., Flushing, has good timing.
Breast Cancer Survivor from Queens Paddles for a Cure
After successfully batting cancer, Queens resident Leah Salmorin founded a dragonboat team for survivors of breast cancer.
Sports Round-Up Oct. 13
Destiny Howell, a senior guard on the St. Francis Prep, Fresh Meadows, girls’ basketball team, has committed to continue her hoops career at Howard University in Washington, D.C.
‘Amazin’ Mets’ of ’69 Can Inspire Church to Evangelize, Bishop Writes
The New York Mets’ improbable World Series championship in 1969 can inspire the Catholic Church to a new era of evangelization, Bishop John O. Barres of Rockville Center wrote in a new pastoral letter.
Running the Race Against Cancer in Brooklyn
Over 40 Resurrection boys’ and girls’ CYO track runners participated Sept. 14 in the annual Dan’s 5K.
Sports Round-Up Oct. 5
Xaverian H.S., Bay Ridge, hosted its 31st Annual P.O. Hoban Memorial Run on Sept. 15. The 5-mile run keeps alive the memory of P.O. Christopher Hoban, ’80, who gave his life in the line of duty in 1988 at the age of 26.
Brooklyn Cyclones Win Championship on Eve of 9/11
The Brooklyn Cyclones won the New York-Penn League championship outright for the first time in franchise history.
Sports Round-Up Sept. 28
Margaret Alaimo, a graduate of Stella Maris H.S., and former basketball standout at St. Francis College, Brooklyn Heights, was named a new director of athletics and recreation at St. Joseph’s College, Clinton Hill.
