Get your tickets to the annual Coaches vs. Cancer College Basketball Classic Nov. 21-22 at Barclays Center. Nov. 21 will be “CYO Night.”
Sports
R.I.P. ‘Shotgun’ Shuba
George “Shotgun” Shuba, who played seven seasons with the Brooklyn Dodgers, died peacefully Sept. 29 at the age of 89.
CYO Welcomes New Brooklyn Parishes
A few Brooklyn parishes have joined the CYO, including St. Columba, St. Bernadette and Holy Innocents.
St. Stan’s Continues Raising Breast Cancer Awareness
St. Stanislaus Bishop and Martyr, Ozone Park, continued its slate of games in its first annual “Battle Against Breast Cancer” hoops tournament.
CYO Mass Opens Hoops Season
Queens Deanery No. 5 held a special CYO Mass Saturday, Oct. 18 at Our Lady of the Snows Church, North Floral Park.
St. Clement Pope Takes Long Strides
The St. Clement Pope, Jamaica, Catholic Youth Organization track team hosted its annual “Long Stride” event on Oct. 18.
Former NFL Tight End Supports Alma Mater
Former NFL tight end Marco Battaglia is a 1991 graduate of St. Francis Prep and still supports his alma mater.
A ‘Breezy’ Day in the ‘Windy City’
Brian Lang, a parishioner at Blessed Trinity, Breezy Point, finished the Chicago Marathon on Oct. 12 with a time of 3:44.
Video: CYO Hoopsters ‘Playing For a Cure’
St. Adalbert, Elmhurst, hosted the CYO’s Cancer Awareness Games Oct. 11-12 to support the Coaches vs. Cancer Foundation.
History for Fontbonne Volleyball
The Fontbonne Hall Academy varsity volleyball accomplished the rare feat of handing St. Francis Prep its first loss in eight years.