Diocesan baseball icon Mike Piazza – a member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame wearing a New York Mets cap – has agreed to become the manager of the Italian national baseball team. He’ll manage the squad at the European Baseball Championship in 2020 and in the World Baseball Classic in 2021.
The Catholic Youth Organization fall soccer season wrapped up with the following teams taking home diocesan titles:
Girls
Subnovice: St. Francis de Sales, Belle Harbor
Pee Wee: Blessed Trinity, Breezy Point
Novice: Our Lady of Grace, Howard Beach
Bantam: Our Lady of Hope, Middle Village
Rookie: St. Anastasia, Douglaston
Intermediate: St. Andrew Avellino, Flushing
Boys
Subnovice: Blessed Trinity
Pee Wee: St. Andrew Avellino
Novice: St. Andrew Avellino
Bantam: St. Mel, Flushing
Rookie: St. Anastasia
Intermediate: Blessed Trinity
For the second time in league history, the GCHSAA has released diocesan girls’ varsity All-League teams for its fall sports seasons. Congratulations to the following student-athletes for earning the honor:
Cross-Country
Aida Palmer: Bishop Loughlin H.S., Fort Greene
Grace Murphy: Archbishop Molloy H.S., Briarwood
Maya Dorer: St. Joseph H.S., Downtown Brooklyn
Jourdan Garnett: Bishop Loughlin
Madison McDonald: Bishop Loughlin
Cher Mei: Archbishop Molloy
Samarah Bermudez: The Mary Louis Academy, Jamaica Estates
Marina Tsimisiris: Archbishop Molloy
Tara Mansfield: St. Francis Prep, Fresh Meadows
Amber Walters: Archbishop Molloy
Hannah Finnerty: Msgr. McClancy H.S., East Elmhurst
Zara McPartland: The Mary Louis Academy
Gabriela Maldonado: The Mary Louis Academy
Laurah Perrin: Archbishop Molloy
Soccer
Tier 1
Madelyn Mullen: Xaverian H.S., Bay Ridge
Giana Romano: Xaverian
Taylor Bryan: Xaverian
Jenna Como: Xaverian
Riley Millen: Xaverian
Lara Strumpf: Archbishop Molloy
Madison Teta: Archbishop Molloy
Mikaela Barriga: Archbishop Molloy
Maya Marchan: Christ the King H.S., Middle Village
Jaiden Vara: Christ the King
Tier 2
Elizabeth Dunn: The Mary Louis Academy
Shannon Neiswenter: The Mary Louis Academy
Ellen Meegan: The Mary Louis Academy
Fiona Maloney: The Mary Louis Academy
Eva Powers-Velasques: The Mary Louis Academy
Heather Bollman: Msgr. McClancy
Lauren Lynch: Msgr. McClancy
Mary Misfud: Msgr. McClancy
Courtney Ortiz: St. John’s Prep, Astoria
Stephanie Ramirez: St. John’s Prep
Brianna Alicandro: Fontbonne Hall Academy, Bay Ridge
Tier 3
Kathleen Walker: St. Edmund Prep H.S., Sheepshead Bay
Bridget Leahy: St. Edmund Prep
Molloy Murtagh: St. Saviour H.S., Park Slope
Jessica Joyce: St. Agnes H.S., College Point
Tennis
Jade Killikelly: The Mary Louis Academy
Karah Augustin: The Mary Louis Academy
Michela Leandri: The Mary Louis Academy
Kaitlyn Mendoza: Archbishop Molloy
Kylie Wong: Archbishop Molloy
Angelina Gargiulo: Fontbonne Hall Academy
Vanessa Minniti: Xaverian
Volleyball
‘AA’
Noelle Carey: The Mary Louis Academy
Maya Burns: The Mary Louis Academy
Kelly Erhard: The Mary Louis Academy
Julianna Acierno: St. Francis Prep
Victoria Freitas: St. Francis Prep
Morgan Thurlow: Xaverian
Erin Dugan: Archbishop Molloy
Grace Butler: Fontbonne Hall Academy
Katie Martinez: St. John’s Prep
‘A’
Ashley Petrasovic: Msgr. McClancy
Isabella Anzalone: Msgr. McClancy
Julianna Moule: St. Edmund Prep
Jenna Samir: St. Edmund Prep
Yarissa Caresuega: Christ the King
Aleyana Black: Bishop Loughlin
‘B’
Sophia Ortiz: St. Agnes
Alyssa Gross: St. Agnes
Amanda Brantley: St. Agnes
Zhanna Ayapbergenov: St. Saviour
Elisa Lennon: St. Saviour
Unique Stewart: Cristo Rey Brooklyn H.S., Flatbush
Johanne Pluviose: Nazareth H.S., East Flatbush
Barbara Meriser: St. Joseph