The coronavirus has canceled all levels of sports nationwide in an effort to contain the pandemic.
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Sports Round-Up March 21
The Pee-Wee boys’ CYO basketball team from St. Andrew Avellino completed an undefeated season by winning this year’s diocesan championship.
Team of Destiny! Prep Senior Guides Terriers to Title
The St. Francis Prep girls’ varsity basketball team won the GCHSAA ‘AA’ diocesan title over Xaverian H.S.
Sports Round-Up March 14
The St. Joseph’s College Brooklyn women’s basketball team appeared in the Skyline Conference championship game for the first time in program history.
Sign-Stealing Scandal Casts Cloud over MLB Season
The start of the 2020 MLB season instead has been clouded by the Astros sign-stealing scandal.
Sports Round-Up March 7
Msgr. McClancy H.S., East Elmhurst, and Holy Cross H.S., Flushing, were the sites of the annual Catholic Youth Organization girls’ basketball diocesan championships.
Remembering St. John’s Basketball Great Lloyd ‘Sonny’ Dove
It’s been 37 years since the untimely death of former St. John’s basketball standout Lloyd “Sonny” Dove.”
Sports Round-Up Feb. 29
Shemar Latty, a senior guard on the St. Edmund Prep H.S. boys’ varsity basketball team, became the all-time leading scorer in school history on Feb. 18.
‘Miracle on Ice’ Still Inspires 40 Years Later
Feb. 22 marks the 40th anniversary of the memorable “Miracle on Ice,” when the U.S. hockey team defeated the Soviet Union.
Sports Round-Up Feb. 22
John Woods, who coached varsity basketball and baseball at Xaverian H.S., Bay Ridge, for 38 years, died on Feb. 1 at the age of 84. He was a member of the Xaverian and CHSAA Halls of Fame.