JoAnn Arbitello-Pinnock, the head girls’ varsity basketball coach at The Mary Louis Academy, Jamaica Estates, was one of five finalists for Junior Knicks Coach of the Year Award, presented by the Hospital for Special Surgery.
Sports
Girls’ HS Hoops Teams Capture Diocesan Crowns
The GCHSAA held its annual diocesan basketball championships.
Sports Round-Up March 9
Xaverian H.S., Bay Ridge, captured the varsity hockey league ‘A’ Division title with a two-game sweep of Kellenberg Memorial H.S., Uniondale, L.I.
Hope Springs Eternal for 2019 NY Mets
The Mets enter the 2019 campaign as a much-improved squad but still with a few major question marks.
Sports Round-Up March 2
Two St. Edmund Prep H.S., Sheepshead Bay, varsity basketball players recently eclipsed the 1,000-career-point plateau.
St. John’s Priest Is a ‘Rock’ for Athletes
Father Richard Rock, C.M., is the campus minister for athletics at St. John’s. As a Vincentian, he weaves the college’s mission of serving the poor into his daily interactions with the Red Storm student-athletes.
Sports Round-Up Feb. 23
The St. Francis Prep, Fresh Meadows, and CHSFL communities are mourning the passing of longtime L’il Terriers assistant varsity football coach Frank Nastro, who died Feb. 13.
Star Point Guard Leaves Lasting Legacy at Kearney
The “Luck of the Irish” has had nothing to do with the emergence of Casey O’Shaughnessy as one of the top players in the GCHSAA ‘A’ Division. She will rank second all-time on the school’s scoring list.
Sports Round-Up Feb. 16
The GCHSAA’s cheerleading competition season wrapped up recently, with several diocesan high schools turning in impressive performances.
Terriers Honor 2nd Female Athlete with Retired Jersey
Following the ceremony to retire former Terriers’ standout Jeanne Zatorski’s No. 15 on Dec. 15, the No. 40 jersey of Karen Erving Schiera rose to the rafters on Feb. 9 as the women’s team battled Fairleigh Dickinson University, Teaneck, N.J., during “Karen Fest.”