Running track is in the blood of Brother Edward Kent, O.S.F. So much so that the 76-year-old Franciscan has not been able to give up competing for 60 years. Brother Edward still runs competitively in USA Masters Track and Field, an organization that holds national competitions for men and women in five-year age brackets starting […]
Rich Donnelly, who managed the Brooklyn Cyclones the past three summers, was named the manager of the Tacoma Rainiers, the Triple-A affiliate of the Seattle Mariners. Donnelly was the longest-tenured manager in Cyclones’ franchise history and won 128 games, second to only Edgar Alfonzo. His teams reached the postseason in two of his three seasons. […]
The Bishop Kearney H.S., Bensonhurst, varsity basketball team defeated host team Dwight Morrow, 52-42, in the “Dwight Morrow New Jersey vs, New York High School Showcase.” Senior Chrissy Heyer, who scored 14 pts., was named M.V.P. of the tournament. Senior Emily Hiltunen, who led the team with 20 pts., earned the Student-Athlete Academic Award for […]
From St. Joseph’s College Brooklyn, Clinton Hill Teamwork is a lesson that can be taught on or off the field. Members of the St. Joseph’s College Brooklyn baseball team learned this first hand when they came together in December and volunteered with the Friends of Rockaway organization, which specializes in rebuilding houses that were severely […]
This past weekend, The Catholic Youth Organization held an indoor track meet at St. Anthony’s H.S., Huntington, L.I. Our Lady of Lourdes, Queens Village, was the big winner. Here are the rest of the results: Boys Our Lady of Lourdes: 72 pts. St. Kevin’s: 40 pts. St. Margaret’s: 29 pts. St. Andrew Avellino: 25 pts. […]
Receiving 62.2 percent of the vote, former New York Mets’ catcher and Brooklyn diocesan hero Mike Piazza fell short Jan. 8 of the 75.0 percent threshold necessary for election into the Baseball Hall of Fame at Cooperstown, N.Y. This was Piazza’s second year on the ballot, and though his percentage increased, baseball fans everywhere – […]
The Catholic Youth Organization (CYO) of Brooklyn and Queens hosted its annual boys’ swimming championships Jan. 11 at the Eisenhower Park Aquatic Center in East Meadow, L.I. In the ‘A’ Division, the swim team from St. Sebastian, Woodside, continued its dominance in the pool over the past few years with a first-place finish (379 pts.) The […]
The CYO basketball programs at Holy Family, Flushing, and St. Nicholas of Tolentine, Jamaica, recently raised $1,057 in a fundraiser for the victims of Typhoon Yolanda. The donation was sent to the diocese’s Catholic Charities office for distribution. Great job to the players, coaches and parents of both teams and good luck the rest of […]
Walk into the athletic office at Archbishop Molloy H.S., Briarwood, and straight ahead you’ll find the desk of the school’s athletic director Mike McCleary. To the left however sits an unoccupied desk – complete with all sorts of memorabilia and awards. That desk belongs to the late Jack Curran, who passed away last March at […]
The Sacred Heart parish, Bayside, CYO boys’ basketball team took home the championship title in the Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament Holiday Hoops Tournament with a victory in the finals over St. Margaret’s, Middle Village. Pictured above, top row from left: coaches John Divine and Carl Bayer; […]
