Longtime CYO and CHSAA referee Phil McBride took part in a ceremonial jump ball before the CHSAA Brooklyn-Queens championship game to mark his 50 years of service – with this being his final season.
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Local Hoops Squads Hope for a Chance at the ‘Big Dance’
Here’s how the men’s and women’s basketball teams at the two local Division I Catholic colleges stack up heading toward the annual NCAA Tournament.
Sports Round-Up March 4
Emma Kiley, a senior center on the St. Joseph’s University Brooklyn women’s basketball team, reached the 1,000-career-point mark on Feb. 18.
Former McClancy Star Lands 1st Managerial Gig in Minors
Anthony Iapoce, a sports star at St. Joseph’s parish in Astoria and Msgr. McClancy H.S., is now the manager of the Toledo Mud Hens, the Triple-A affiliate of the Detroit Tigers.
Sports Round-Up Feb. 25
The GCHSAA named the 2022-2023 winter All- League girls’ swim team.
The Boys of Summer Have Returned to the Baseball Field
All-time baseball greats Willie Mays and Babe Ruth are ranked No. 1 and No. 2, respectively, in the bestselling book “The Baseball 100” by Joe Posnanski.
Sports Round-Up Feb. 18
Jose Alvarado played on the NBA Sophomores team during the 2023 Jordan Rising Stars game of the NBA’s All-Star Weekend.
Heart & Smarts: Mickey Steuerer Was Catalyst for St. Benny Joe
Mickey Steuerer was a perennial winner for the the St. Benedict Joseph Labre Catholic Youth Organization basketball program.
Sports Round-Up Feb. 11
Archbishop Molloy H.S. varsity girls’ basketball guard/forward Alexia Mousouroulis recently scored her 1,000th career point.
Parents vs. Kids Hoops Game Honors Legend Kobe Bryant
St. Michael/St. Malachy hosted a Parents vs. Kids Basketball Game to honor the memory of Kobe and Gianna Bryant around the third anniversary of their tragic deaths.