Holy Cross H.S., Flushing, has begun an anti-bullying campaign, featuring orange "Stop Bullying" bracelets. (Photo courtesy Andrew D'Angelo)

Bullying: Incident in NFL Raises Awareness in Local High Schools

Turn on any television news program, read any newspaper, or follow any online blog, and you’ll surely find some sort of commentary on one of the lead stories in America right now: the Miami Dolphins’ bullying scandal. Though various reports have surfaced, the main premise involves the incessant harassment and hazing of Dolphins’ offensive tackle […]

Anthony Iapoce enjoys the weather at the Chicago Cubs’ spring training facility in Mesa, Ariz., as much as the company of his 14-month-old daughter Lily. (Photo courtesy Anthony Iapoce)

Local Baseball Star to Host Winter Clinic

As football season continues this autumn, for some it’s still always baseball season. Even as the weather begins to get colder, there will undoubtedly be traces of baseball being played in the city this winter. And we have Anthony Iapoce to thank for that. Iapoce, who grew up playing Catholic Youth Organization (CYO) basketball and […]

Local Teams Emerge as CYO Soccer Champions

The 2013 Catholic Youth Organization (CYO) soccer season wrapped up with back-to-back weekends of championship games. Listed below are the results from those games: Girls’ Midget Our Lady of Hope, Middle Village, defeated St. Francis de Sales, Belle Harbor: 1-0. Girls’ Pee Wee Blessed Trinity, Breezy Point, defeated St. Francis de Sales: 1-0 Girls’ Novice […]

The "Battle of the Boulevard" (Photo by Diana Colapietro)

Holy Cross Wins ‘Battle of the Boulevard’ (with slideshow)

Holy Cross H.S., Flushing, and St. Francis Prep, Fresh Meadows, are located just two miles apart on Francis Lewis Boulevard in Queens. So naturally, a heated football rivalry – one that has been called the best high school football rivalry in New York City – exists between these two schools. Whenever they meet on the […]

St. Saviour Alumnae Named to USCAA Women’s Volleyball National All-Academic Team

St. Saviour H.S., Park Slope, alumnae Cassandra Nasta has been named to the USCAA Women’s Volleyball National All-Academic Team. USCAA National All-Academic Team members must be sophomore academic standing or higher and maintain a minimum cumulative 3.5 grade point average in order to qualify. Nasta, a Brooklyn native who graduated from St. Saviour in 2012, […]

Marathon Signals Closure After Sandy

More than 47,000 runners ran in the 42nd annual ING N.Y.C. Marathon on Sunday, Nov. 3. But of course, this year’s marathon was supposed to be the 43rd running, since the race was established in 1970. After Hurricane Sandy led to the cancellation of the 2012 N.Y.C. Marathon, runners – many of whom were affected […]

H.S. Girls Soccer Champs Crowned

              The Christ the King R.H.S., Middle Village, girls’ varsity soccer team won its third straight GCHSAA Division I Brooklyn/Queens championship with a 1-0 victory Nov. 2 over The Mary Louis Academy, Jamaica Estates.               The St. Edmund Prep, Sheepshead Bay, girls’ varsity […]

Molloy’s Davis Chooses Columbia

C.J. Davis, a senior guard on the Archbishop Molloy H.S., Briarwood, varsity basketball team, has committed to play basketball at Columbia University, Manhattan. Davis is a two-time Tablet basketball all-star (2012, 2013). He averaged 16.9 pts. per game during his junior season, which ranked him fifth in the N.Y.C. CHSAA “AA” division. He was selected […]

Diocesan Volleyball Champions Crowned

The GCHSAA crowned this year’s Brooklyn/Queens champions.                 The Fontbonne Hall Academy, Bay Ridge, junior varsity team capped off its undefeated season with a victory over Archbishop Molloy H.S., Briarwood, with scores of 25-22 and 25-21 to capture the Division I title.             […]