The Msgr. McClancy junior varsity boys’ basketball team won this year’s city championship with a 49-35 victory over Msgr. Farrell H.S., Staten Island.
Sports
St. Joseph’s Runners on Track for Success
The runners from St. Joseph the Worker Catholic Academy have plenty of heart. The academy formed a track program in the spring of 2013 for students in fifth through eighth grade. The program expanded to include the CYO fall cross-country and winter indoor track seasons.
CYO Crowns Girls Hoops Champs
The Catholic Youth Organization of Brooklyn and Queens held its girls’ basketball diocesan championships Feb. 21 at St. John’s Prep, Astoria. Here are the results from each of the respective divisions title games.
St. Saviour Junior Scores 1,000th Point
Lauren Duggan, the point guard and a co-captain of the Pandas varsity team, became the first player in school history to reach the 1,000-point mark as a junior. She accomplished the feat Feb. 5 in the team’s final home game of the season, a non-league matchup against St. Vincent Ferrer, Manhattan.
Sports Round-Up, Feb. 20
National Signing Day on Feb. 3 was an eventful day at Nazareth H.S., East Flatbush, and Bishop Kearney H.S. indoor track team had an impressive showing at the annual Brooklyn/Queens CHSAA sectional finals.
At St. Ephrem’s Gym, Hoops Is Part of Recovery Process (with video)
Local college hoops teams took part in the annual “Swish For Kids” basketball classic at St. Ephrem’s parish, Dyker Heights, for children battling cancer and those who have completed their treatment.
Former Holy Cross Star Soaks Up Super Bowl
Dean Marlowe, a 2010 graduate of Holy Cross H.S., Flushing, was a member of the Carolina Panthers 2016 Super Bowl squad, though he was listed as inactive for the game itself.
Knights of Columbus Free-Throw Championship
Boys and girls ages nine to 14 are invited to participate in the local level of competition for the 2016 Knights of Columbus Free Throw Championship, sponsored by St. Finbar Council No. 15728.
Texas Rangers Hire McClancy HS Grad
Local baseball standout Anthony Iapoce, a 1991 graduate of Msgr. McClancy M.H.S., will be taking his hitting prowess to the Texas Rangers as the team’s new hitting coach.
St. Joseph’s College Hosts ‘Play 4Kay’ (with video)
The St. Joseph’s College Brooklyn men’s and women’s basketball teams hosted their first-ever “Play 4Kay” doubleheader on Jan. 30 at The Hill Center.