From St. Joseph’s College, Clinton Hill The St. Joseph’s College (Brooklyn) men’s basketball team received a trio of double-doubles from sophomores Michael Megafu (Brooklyn, N.Y./Nazareth Regional) and Matt O’Neill (Brooklyn, N.Y./St. Edmund Prep) along with junior David Louison (Brooklyn, N.Y./St. Edmund Prep), on their way to a wire-to-wire, 92-75 victory over Sarah Lawrence College to secure the Hudson Valley Intercollegiate Athletic […]
The Xaverian H.S., Bay Ridge, varsity hockey team made its way to Yankee Stadium in the Bronx for the second of two outdoor professional hockey games hosted in the baseball stadium. The New York Rangers hung on for a close 2-1 victory over the rival New York Islanders. Earlier this season, the Clippers played a […]
St. Francis College, Brooklyn Heights, basketball paid tribute to a loyal fan, the late Anthony “Chucka” Raykowski, at halftime of its recent home game against L.I.U. Brooklyn with the announcement of the Anthony Raykowski Scholarship Award to two deserving St. Francis College students. From left, are Irma Garcia, director of athletics; Anthony’s siblings, Teresa Raykowski […]
In what has become a winter tradition, St. Ephrem’s parish, Dyker Heights, hosted the third annual “Swish for Kids” basketball classic Jan. 19 in the school’s gymnasium. The men’s basketball teams from St. Francis College, Brooklyn Heights, and the College of Mount St. Vincent, the Bronx, played a scrimmage, held relay races and taught basketball […]
Chaz Williams, a red-shirt senior point guard for the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Mass., has led the Minutemen to a 17-2 start through the team’s first 19 games. Williams is a graduate of Bishop Ford H.S., Park Slope, and was the captain of the varsity boys’ team that won the school’s only N.Y.C. championship in […]
St. Francis Prep, Fresh Meadows, boys’ varsity basketball coach Tim Leary earned his 600th career win Jan. 8 when his L’il Terriers defeated All Hallows H.S., the Bronx, 66-40. Leary, a 1963 graduate of St. Francis Prep, has spent the past 39 seasons at the school after being head boys’ coach at St. Augustine D.H.S. […]
Congratulations to the Holy Cross H.S., Flushing, bowling team! The team, coached by Ray Cullinan, won the Brooklyn/Queens Diocesan Championship. They then advanced to the City Championship where they took second place in the finals. Team members include: Tyler Cacioppo, Bobby Fox,Justin Boniello, Tom Strong and team captain Matthieu Francois.
At City College in Manhattan, the varsity boys’ basketball team from Bishop Loughlin H.S., Fort Greene, won the SNY Invitational Jan. 25 with a 69-55 victory over national high school powerhouse St. Anthony’s H.S., Jersey City, N.J. Lions’ senior guard Khadeen Carrington, who has committed to play basketball at Seton Hall University, South Orange, N.J., […]
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. […]
