Christina Bellero, a freshman on the St. John’s University, Jamaica, women’s soccer team, was named the Big East Conference Offensive Player and Rookie of the Week.
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L’il Terriers’ Coach Follows in Footsteps of a Legend (with video)
It’s finally time for another high school football season here in the Diocese of Brooklyn. But right from the start, this season has already taken on a different feel, especially at St. Francis Prep in Fresh Meadows.
Medina Named AD at Cathedral Prep
Larry Medina has been named athletic director at Cathedral Prep and Seminary, Elmhurst. He will also serve as the head cross-country coach.
Learning from an Olympian at St. A’s
St. Athanasius, Bensonhurst, always has parents assist with parish sports. But one parent has quite the baseball past.
Field of Dreams at St. A’s (with video)
The St. Athanasius, Bensonhurst, sports program opened a brand new youth baseball field earlier this summer at the parish’s athletic complex.
Another Cyclones’ Team Represents Brooklyn (with video)
Just like the Mets’ farm club takes the borough of Kings by storm each summer, another Brooklyn Cyclones’ team has garnered the attention of the local softball world.
Carbone Steps Down as Coach to Be Full-Time AD
Frank Carbone, the athletic director and longtime women’s basketball and softball coach at St. Joseph’s College Brooklyn, Clinton Hill, has announced that he will step down from coaching duties starting this upcoming season.
There Is Crying in Baseball, After All
Tears of despair have evolved into tears of joy for New York Met Wilmer Flores in recent weeks as he’s become a sort of folk hero, making the most of what seems like a second chance in N.Y.
Sweeney in Royals’ Hall of Fame
Former Kansas City Royals team captain Mike Sweeney, a practicing Roman Catholic ballplayer, was inducted Aug. 15 into the Royals’ Hall of Fame.
Coaches and Rosaries Bring Students Closer to Christ
More than 350 teenage boys clad in different-colored football jerseys sat on the grass at Cincinnati’s Mount St. Mary’s Seminary with rosaries in hand for a SportsLeader Rosary Rally, a unique event that brings high school football players from different teams together to pray before the Blessed Sacrament.