St. John’s University, Jamaica, as well as some local Catholic high schools, had a good showing in this year’s Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft, June 6-8. St. John’s has built a tradition of producing professional prospects, and this year was no different, as four Red Storm players will be given a chance to pursue […]

Though Xaverian H.S., Bay Ridge, senior catcher and MLB Draft hopeful Elvin Soto will have to wait a few years to play professional baseball, he now has something else to be proud of. The Xaverian Clippers defeated the All-Hallows H.S., the Bronx, Gaels, 7-1, in the Class ‘AA’ Intersectional City Championship at Jack Kaiser Stadium […]

“When you mention Catholic high school basketball, you mention the Stith brothers,” said Don Kent, Msgr. McClancy M.H.S., East Elmhurst, head basketball coach. On June 2, St. Francis Prep, Fresh Meadows, standout Sam Stith led a class of six new inductees into the CHSAA Hall of Fame at the 26th annual Golf and Hall of […]

The St. Saviour H.S., Park Slope, varsity softball team capped off its miracle season with a victory in the Brooklyn/Queens ‘B’ Division Diocesan Championship. The Pandas finished with a league-best 10-1 record and added two more playoff victories to bring their overall record to 12-1. After a .500 regular season finish last year and a […]

After growing up in Brooklyn, Nolan Adams will be returning to the borough in which his basketball career commenced. Adams was recently named as the new men’s basketball head coach of the NYU-Poly Fighting Blue Jays from Downtown Brooklyn. He is a lifelong member of Good Shepherd parish, Marine Park, and attended St. Edmund Prep, Sheepshead […]