>> Milestone Victory
Joe Tartamella, the head women’s basketball coach at St. John’s University, Jamaica, achieved his 200th win on Feb. 8. In his 11th season, Tartamella became the fourth active Big East Conference women’s hoops coach to reach the milestone with their current school.
>> All-League Swimmers
The GCHSAA named the 2022-2023 winter All- League girls’ swim team. Here are the Diocese of Brooklyn honorees:
Xaverian H.S., Bay Ridge: Kelly Shashaty, Sophia Virella, Sam Zaets
Archbishop Molloy H.S., Briarwood: Brooke Wresch, Abigail Man
Fontbonne Hall Academy, Bay Ridge: Kareena Joseph
St. Edmund Prep H.S., Sheepshead Bay: Emma Sammon
St. Saviour H.S., Park Slope: Erika Rodrigues
Msgr. McClancy H.S., East Elmhurst: Lucy Espinoza
Holy Cross H.S., Flushing: Ripley Petrovic
>> Alumni Hoop Game
St. Edmund Prep H.S., Sheepshead Bay, held a special basketball alumni day event on Feb. 10 to mark the 25th anniversary of the school going co-ed. Alumni from all years were welcomed back for a tripleheader of boys’ basketball games — freshmen, junior varsity, and varsity — against LaSalle Academy, Manhattan.
>> Prep Hockey Night
On Friday Feb. 17, St. Francis Prep, Fresh Meadows, hosted its second annual SFP Islanders Night at UBS Arena in Elmont. Members of the St. Francis Prep community watched the Isles take on the Pittsburgh Penguins, and they even got to take a group photo with Islanders’ mascot Sparky during the first intermission.
