For most people, bowling can be a fun recreational activity enjoyed with friends on a weekend night. However, for MJ Sim, a senior bowler at Archbishop Molloy High School, Briarwood, it is a way of life.
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Friars, Miters and ‘That’s Amore’: Notre Dame Beats Villanova in Basketball Season Opener
It was a basketball season opener unlike any other, made possible by the first U.S.-born pope, who hails from Chicago but when to Villanova.
St. Edmund Prep Volleyball Players Rally for Breast Cancer Research
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, which means the St. Edmund Prep, Sheepshead Bay, community is “digging pink.” Since 2016, the school’s girls’ volleyball program has hosted the “Dig Pink” movement, a monthlong series of events that raises funds for breast cancer research.
Prep Soccer Coaches Provide Silva Lining to NYPD Team
Brothers Brandon and Justin Silva balance careers in law enforcement with coaching at St. Francis Prep and playing together on the NYPD soccer team.
Christ the King H.S. Girls’ Basketball Star Chooses Syracuse, Eyes One Final Royals Run
Josie Pinnock, the standout senior point guard on the Christ the King H.S., Middle Village, girls’ varsity basketball team, announced that she will continue her hoops career at Syracuse University
McClancy Mourns Loss of Former MLB Player, Coach
Don Cooper, a 1974 graduate of Msgr. McClancy H.S., East Elmhurst, who went on to play and coach professional baseball, died on Sept. 22 in Brentwood, Tennessee, at the age of 70.
Gen Z Gymgoers Raise Heart Rates With Faith-Centered Workout in NYC
Personal trainer Daniel McKenna and Catholic wellness influencer Isabella Orlando organized a new event, the Catholic Workout, at a Greenwich Village gym on Oct. 4 to bring young adults together for fitness and fellowship.
Former Hoops Pro, Brooklyn Native Returns to Roots as Fontbonne’s New Athletic Director
Brooklyn native and former professional basketball player Maria Laterza returns home as Fontbonne Hall Academy’s new athletic director, bringing global experience to girls sports.
Terriers Play in Prestigious HS Hall of Fame Football Game
The St. Francis Prep varsity team competed in the annual high school football showcase games at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium in Canton, Ohio — the site of the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Pope Leo Tells Special Olympics Athletes They ‘Remind Everyone of the True Values of Life’
Addressing a delegation from the Special Olympics, Pope Leo XIV recalled his own great fondness of sports and invited them to live holy lives following the example of St. Pier Giorgio Frassati, “who, in love with Jesus, knew how to translate values of sport into a holy life.”