Sports

Sports Round-Up Nov. 27

Several local GCHSAA student-athletes will be continuing their basketball careers in college:

+ A’riel Jackson, Bishop Loughlin H.S., Fort Greene: University of Cincinnati
+ Skye Owen, St. Francis Prep, Fresh Meadows: Wake Forest University
+ Reyna Scott, Nazareth H.S., East Flatbush: University of Oklahoma
+ Saniyah Glenn, Christ the King H.S., Middle Village: Harvard University
+ Julianna Laguna, Christ the King: Army West Point


Both the men’s and women’s soccer teams from St. John’s University, Jamaica, appeared in this year’s NCAA Tournament.

The women’a team captured first and second round victories over Brown University and Sanford University, respectively. The Red Storm then dropped a third-round match to the bracket’s No. 1 seed Duke University.

On the men’s side, the team opened with a first round victory over Princeton University. The Johnnies then dropped their second-round contest to the bracket’s No. 1 seed Oregon State University.

Meanwhile, the St. Francis College, Brooklyn Heights, men’s soccer team finished as the runner-up for the Northeast Conference championship. The team battled hard against LIU Brooklyn, Downtown Brooklyn, in the championship game. After double overtime knotted at 1-1, the Terriers fell in championship-deciding penalty kicks, 6-5.


Take a look at the diocesan representatives on the CHSAA and GCHSAA All-League Teams for the fall high school sports season:

Girls’ Tennis

Olivia Grabowski – Archbishop Molloy H.S., Briarwood
Kylie Wong – Archbishop Molloy
Lexia Goldberg Freedman – Archbishop Molloy
Karen Augustin – The Mary Louis Academy, Jamaica Estates
Angela Wang – The Mary Louis Academy
Justina Torchio – Fontbonne Hall Academy, Bay Ridge
Stefania Arida – Xaverian H.S., Bay Ridge

Girls’ Soccer

Tier 1
Riley Mullen – Xaverian
Kyra Sienkiewicz – Xaverian
Alexa Barnett – Xaverian
Chelsea Monderson – Xaverian
Mia Gambaro – Xaverian
Jaiden Vera – Christ the King H.S., Middle Village
Ashley Pintado – Christ the King
Aleksandra Leszczynski – Christ the King
Jaylen Vallicillo – Christ the King

​​​Tier 2
Courtney Ortiz – St. John’s Prep, Astoria
Emmarie Guzman – St. John’s Prep
Ana Polychroniadis – St. John’s  Prep
Sierra Flouricic – St. John’s Prep
Chelsea Leal – St. John’s Prep
Hannah Finnerty – Msgr. McClancy H.S., East Elmhurst
Ashley Kieblesz – Msgr. McClancy
Alexa Kieblesz – Msgr. McClancy
Abigail Jalocha – Msgr. McClancy
Janina Fonseca – The Mary Louis Academy
Diane Erhard – The Mary Louis Academy
Venetiana Garyfallos – Fontbonne Hall

Tier 3
Bridget Leahy – St. Edmund Prep H.S., Sheepshead Bay
Jenna Karr – St. Edmund Prep
Brikena Kukaj – St. Edmund Prep
De’Anna Campbell – St. Edmund Prep
Emma Sammon – St. Edmund Prep
Allie Giordano – St. Saviour H.S., Park Slope
Samantha Rodriguez – Holy Cross H.S., Flushing

Girls’ Volleyball

Tier 1
Morgan Thurlow – Xaverian
Samantha Fadel – Xaverian
Claudia Bayard – Xaverian
Samantha Ostrander – Fontbonne Hall Academy
Julia Piccard – Fontbonne Hall Academy
Arashdeep Aulakh – St. Francis Prep, Fresh Meadows
Samantha Alcotas – Archbishop Molloy
Fiona Mullen – The Mary Louis Academy
Katie Martinez – St. John’s Prep

Tier 2
Sara Keenan – Holy Cross
Maria Del Greco – Holy Cross
Alexis Wirta – Holy Cross
Jada Battle – Msgr. McClancy
Krystyna Ryan – Msgr. McClancy
Caitlin Bevacqua – St. Edmund Prep
Sara Mongelli – Christ the King
Carline Boston – Bishop Loughlin H.S., Fort Greene

Tier 3
Kamelia Cameron – Cristo Rey Brooklyn H.S., Flatbush
Alana Bateau – Cristo Rey Brooklyn
Mashiel Sanchez – Cristo Rey Brooklyn
Makylah Moore – Nazareth H.S., East Flatbush
Tierra Hendricks – Nazareth
Danielle Cassata – St. Saviour

Boys’ Soccer

‘AA’

Hugo Alfonso – St. Francis Prep

Johnny Brienza – St. Francis Prep

Jayson Dumont – St. Francis Prep

Tristan Mills – St. Francis Prep

Alex Grodzki – St. Francis Prep

Maksim Sadeghi – St. Francis Prep

Domenic Antonio – Archbishop Molloy

Casper Jankowski – Archbishop Molloy

Jonahson Yu – Archbishop Molloy

Andrew Zalot – Archbishop Molloy

Sebastian Cusu – Christ the King

Nichola Silva – Christ the King

James Doyle – Xaverian

Sean Hanley – Xaverian

Brandon Pender – Xaverian

Thomas McKnight – Holy Cross

‘A’

Teotl Andrade – St. John’s Prep

Anthony Brandimarte – St. John’s Prep

Eduardo Medina – St. John’s Prep

Jason Wyatt Greene – St. John’s Prep

Saul Cardozo – Msgr. McClancy

Christian Draguca – Msgr. McClancy

Brendan Foley – Msgr. McClancy

Larenzo LaRosa – Msgr. McClancy

Ryan Wiseman – Msgr. McClancy

‘B’

Stephon Barclay – Cristo Rey Brooklyn

Ronnie Cuji – Cristo Rey Brooklyn

Aidan Lewis – Cristo Rey Brooklyn

Peter Cardemas – Cathedral Prep and Seminary, Elmhurst

Eoin Moran – Cathedral Prep

Carlos Orellana – Cathedral Prep

Mauricio Rivera – Cathedral Prep

Jarrod Johnson – Bishop Loughlin

Connor McElhinney – St. Edmund Prep

Christopher Zehmisch – St. Edmund Prep