Nazareth Forward Chooses College

Nazareth R.H.S., East Flatbush, varsity basketball forward Ammad Alkhulaidi, a 2014 Tablet All-Star, will play basketball next fall at the College of Mount St. Vincent, the Bronx. Congratulations to Ammad for a job well done!

St. Athanasius BCBA Bantam Team Wins Championship

St. Athanasius, Bensonhurst, sixth grade bantam boys basketball team won the BCBA championship over St. Columba, Marine Park, 39-20 on Saturday, March 22. Below is a photo of the St. Athanasius team with its head coach George Firingos and assistant coach Joe Orlando. The members of the championship winning team are as follows: Nicholas Firingos, […]

CYO Basketball Champions Crowned

Congratulations to all CYO Boys Basketball teams on a wonderful season! Special congratulations to the diocesan champions and tournament champions: Pee Wee A       St. Clare Pee Wee B       Blessed Trinity Novice A        Divine Mercy Novice B        Our Lady of Mount Carmel Bantam A        Divine Mercy Bantam B        Sacred Heart (Bayside) Rookie A        Divine Mercy Rookie B        St. Pancras Intermediate A  Divine Mercy Intermediate B  St. […]

Sacred Heart 6th Grade Boys Win Bantam ‘B’ Diocesan Championship

The Sacred Heart, Bayside, sixth grade boys’ basketball bantam ‘B’ division are CYO diocesan champions. The team finished its season with an undefeated record, both in the regular season and in the playoffs, en route to facing Resurrection Ascension, Rego Park, in the championship game on Sunday, March 16 at Msgr. McClancy M.H.S., East Elmhurst. The […]

4 CYO Hoops Championships for Divine Mercy

At the Catholic Youth Organization boys basketball championships on March 16, the Divine Mercy, Williamsburg, hoops program had quite the showing. The teams captured four diocesan titles: one each on the fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth grade levels. Below are the four championship teams:

CTK’s Sierra Calhoun named Gatorade NY Basketball Player of the Year

CHICAGO (March 13, 2014) — In its 29th year of honoring the nation’s best high school athletes, The Gatorade Company, in collaboration with USA TODAY High School Sports, today announced Sierra Calhoun of Christ the King High School as its 2013-14 Gatorade New York Girls Basketball Player of the Year. Calhoun is the seventh Gatorade […]

Boys H.S. Basketball All-Stars 2014

After another exciting season of CHSAA action, here are the 2014 Brooklyn/Queens boys’ high school basketball all-stars. Special thanks to the CHSAA and league coaches for providing stats and pertinent information.   Boys ‘AA’ First Team All-Stars   Khadeen Carrington Bishop Loughlin M.H.S., Fort Greene Senior Guard 24.2 pts. per game (Led N.Y.C. CHSAA ‘AA’) […]

Ford Falcons Finish as City Hoops Runner-Up

The Bishop Ford H.S., Park Slope, varsity basketball team had gotten hot just at the right time – the playoffs. After a comeback win over St. Joseph by the Sea, Staten Island, and an upset win over the No. 1 seeded Nazareth R.H.S., East Flatbush, the Falcons earned a berth to the CHSAA ‘A’ City […]