The Catholic Youth Organization hosted its first annual “Nothin’ But Net” Epilepsy Awareness Basketball Tournament Jan. 15 at St. Adalbert parish, Elmhurst.
Sports
Hoops Is Therapeutic for St. Columba CYO Coach
CYO coach and parishioner at St. Columba, Marine Park, Dave Ostrowski serves as a role model for the youth of his community through the game of basketball.
Sports Round-Up Feb. 10
Casey O’Shaughnessy, a junior guard on the Bishop Kearney H.S., Bensonhurst, varsity basketball team, scored her 1,000th career point on Jan. 31.
Cathedral Bowls Its Way to Undefeated Season
For the junior varsity bowling team at Cathedral Prep and Seminary, Elmhurst, there were plenty of winning smiles as the team left the alley this past season.
Sports Round Up Feb. 3
Chris DiStefano, a 2006 graduate of St. Joseph’s College Brooklyn, Clinton Hill, was inducted Jan. 21 into the Bears Athletic Hall of Fame. The ceremony took place on Alumni and Family Day during halftime of the St. Joe’s matchup with the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, Kings Point, L.I.
Three HS Hoops Stars Named All-Americans
Catholic high school seniors Jordan Nixon, Emily Engstler and Moses Brown will play in the 2018 McDonald’s High School All-American basketball games.
Sports Round-Up Jan. 27
The first-ever Msgr. John J. Brown Memorial Girls Basketball Tournament wrapped up Martin Luther King Jr. weekend with some exciting hoops taking center court at St. Thomas Aquinas, Flatlands.
Hoops Tourney Honors Late Pastor’s Memory
Everyone who came in contact with Msgr. John Brown knew what a kind, caring and generous individual he was. As a result, the girls’ Msgr. King Tournament has been named in his honor.
Sports Round-Up Jan. 20
Cathedral Prep and Seminary, Elmhurst, hosted the seventh annual Jim Dilg Classic Christmas Basketball Tournament Dec. 28-29 in honor of longtime Cathedral Prep coach Jim Dilg.
CYO Swimmers Display Olympic Sportsmanship
At the annual boys’ swimming Olympics held Dec. 16 at the Eisenhower Park Aquatics Center, East Meadow, L.I., three swimmers displayed the values of what CYO sports are truly all about.