The 1990 City Championship varsity baseball team was inducted into the Xaverian H.S., Bay Ridge, Hall of Fame March 9. Thirteen members of that team returned to accept the honor, and the team’s head coach, Lou Piccola, spoke on the team’s behalf. Joining the team on the auditorium screen via Skype was Jay Gavigan, a […]
The St. John’s University, Jamaica, Red Storm men’s basketball fell to Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wis., 69-67 in overtime Saturday at Madison Square Garden. But the story of the day was that the Red Storm welcomed members of the N.Y.C. Police, Fire and Sanitation Departments, as well as the Office of Emergency Management (OEM) who were […]
With the threat of it possibly being their last-ever game in a Royals’ uniform, Christ the King R.H.S., Middle Village, seniors Jon Severe, Jordan Fuchs and Isaiah Cosbert set the tone in the team’s 78-63 victory over Bishop Loughlin M.H.S., Fort Greene, Sunday to capture the ‘AA’ N.Y.C. CHSAA Championship at Fordham University, the Bronx. […]
Following a 14-point come-from-behind thriller Wednesday against St. Edmund Prep, Sheepshead Bay, it seemed like nothing could stop the Bishop Kearney H.S., Bensonhurst, Tigers from capturing the Class ‘B’ girls’ basketball city championship. Kearney was still fresh off winning the Division II Brooklyn/Queens diocesan championship with a weekend victory over St. John’s Prep, Astoria. But […]
Most people would balk at the idea of having to work 15 hours per day. But not Tyree Allison. The head football coach at Christ the King R.H.S., Middle Village, voluntarily puts in those long days. And why, you may ask? It’s because Allison truly is a “saint” – and more so than just his […]
Varsity and JV Champions The Bishop Ford H.S., Park Slope, girls’ varsity basketball team captured the Division I Brooklyn/Queens title with a 51-45 victory over Archbishop Molloy H.S., Briarwood, on March 2. The Bishop Kearney H.S., Bensonhurst, varsity basketball team earned a 44-33 win March 2 over […]
As of now, the Msgr. McClancy M.H.S., East Elmhurst, junior varsity girls’ basketball team can say that it owns a 100 percent success rate in capturing the Division II Brooklyn/Queens diocesan title. That’s because the Lady Crusaders won the league championship in their inaugural season as a team. McClancy went coed in fall 2012 and […]
The St. Francis Prep, Fresh Meadows, volleyball team was honored by the N.Y.C. Council on Wednesday, March 27 at City Hall in lower Manhattan on the occasion of their sixth CHSAA championship title and their third consecutive berth as a semifinalist in the New York state championships. Speaker of the N.Y.C. Council, Christine Quinn, and […]
Though it wasn’t on National Signing Day, Holy Cross H.S., Flushing, senior defensive tackle Demeji Bamishile signed to play football at Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, Conn. Bamishile stands at six-feet, one-inch and weighs 285 pounds. He was a 2012 Tablet All-Star. Pictured below, Bamishile, center, with Holy Cross Director of Guidance Mary Anne […]
In this year’s CHSAA Boys’ Basketball Playoff Program, Msgr. McClancy M.H.S., East Elmhurst, head varsity basketball coach Don Kent took out an ad to honor one of his graduating seniors, Austin John Huggins. Here is what Coach Kent had to say: Congratulations To Austin John Huggins Captain of this year’s Msgr. McClancy Memorial High School […]
