One Diocese of Brooklyn teen has his sights set on playing lacrosse in the Olympics, and his recent taste of international competition has him craving more: Patrick Cahill is a 16-year-old sophomore junior varsity lacrosse player at Xaverian H.S., Bay Ridge.
One local dad has turned his passion into a unique career, allowing dads who love sports, especially college football, to read to their children while also passing on their devout fandom.
After decades of supporting Catholic education, William Janetschek is investing in its future at St. John’s University, unlike anyone has before — gifting the university a $32.5 million donation last month.
Whity Rigsby, a graduate of Archbishop Molloy H.S., Briarwood, and now radio broadcaster for the Villanova men’s basketball team, says it’s surreal to think that he walked the same halls and shared in similar experiences as the pope.
This spring, St. Francis de Sales, Belle Harbor, expanded its Catholic Youth Organization (CYO) flag football program to include sixth, seventh, and eighth grade teams comprised only of girls — the only parish in the diocese to field such a squad. While the CYO flag football league is technically a co-ed league, the vast majority of young athletes are boys.
The local Catholic baseball league has a somewhat new structure, in that the varsity and junior varsity teams from the Diocese of Brooklyn are also squaring off against the Diocese of Rockville Centre, Long Island.
The 2025 Basketball Old-Timers of America Hall of Fame class includes Mitch Buonaguro, Steve Lappas, Evan Pickman, Mike Fratello, Art Kenney, and Ed Pinckney.
Former Bishop Kearney H.S. basketball coaches Cathy Crockett and Kerry O’Grady walked away from their passion to spend more time with their children.
Msgr. McClancy H.S. has started its own Gaelic football club, making it one of only a handful of area schools to participate in the sport.
St. Margaret’s in Middle Village hosted its first-ever March Madness CYO Tournament featuring 52 boys’ and girls’ teams from third to eighth grade.
