From St. Joseph’s College, Clinton Hill Bears Following a season that saw the St. Joseph’s College (Brooklyn) men’s basketball team go undefeated in Hudson Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (HVIAC) play and take home the Tournament championship, juniors David Louison(Brooklyn, N.Y./St. Edmund Prep) and Vernon Maddox (Staten Island, N.Y./St. Peter’s) along with sophomore Michael Megafu (Brooklyn, N.Y./Nazareth Regional) were named […]
St. Saviour H.S., Park Slope, held an alumnae basketball challenge on Jan. 31 to welcome back 70 alumnae and friends. It was the school’s first alumnae basketball gathering since the 1970s. The 20 ladies who played in the game (1990s vs. 2000s) reminisced about their days playing for the Pandas.
No matter how you look at it, the word “student” always precedes the word “athlete” in the phrase “student-athlete.” Unfortunately though, some athletes focus too much on sports and not enough on academics, which can ultimately squash an athlete’s dreams of becoming a professional. The key in these situations is to teach young athletes early […]
In what has become a winter tradition, St. Ephrem’s parish, Dyker Heights, hosted the third annual “Swish for Kids” basketball classic Jan. 19 in the school’s gymnasium. The men’s basketball teams from St. Francis College, Brooklyn Heights, and the College of Mount St. Vincent, the Bronx, played a scrimmage, held relay races and taught basketball […]
The Bishop Kearney H.S., Bensonhurst, varsity basketball team defeated host team Dwight Morrow, 52-42, in the “Dwight Morrow New Jersey vs, New York High School Showcase.” Senior Chrissy Heyer, who scored 14 pts., was named M.V.P. of the tournament. Senior Emily Hiltunen, who led the team with 20 pts., earned the Student-Athlete Academic Award for […]
Walk into the athletic office at Archbishop Molloy H.S., Briarwood, and straight ahead you’ll find the desk of the school’s athletic director Mike McCleary. To the left however sits an unoccupied desk – complete with all sorts of memorabilia and awards. That desk belongs to the late Jack Curran, who passed away last March at […]
The St. Stanislaus Bishop and Martyr, Ozone Park, ninth-grade boys’ CYO basketball team defeated St. Joseph’s, Astoria, 56-52, to win the championship of the CYO Christmas Tournament. This year’s team was made up of Michael Bode, Travis Zurita, Angelo Ranieri, Damon Calcada, Jose Velazquez, Ben Balcarcel, Isaac Stumme, Hector […]
On Dec. 17, two Bishop Loughlin M.H.S., Fort Greene, basketball stars forever cemented their legacies in the Lions’ record books. Senior shooting guard Khadeen Carrington, who will be playing in college next fall at Seton Hall University, broke the school’s all-time points record set by Jayvaughn Pinkston. Carrington needed 26 pts. to break the mark, […]
We all know the Bible story of Samson and Delilah. In Judges 16, the mighty Samson lost his God-given strength when Delilah snuck into his room and had his hair cut off. She exploited Samson’s weakness, but how would Delilah have fared against two powerful Samsons? At Nazareth R.H.S., East Flatbush, the boys’ varsity basketball […]
The Catholic Youth Organization basketball program at Resurrection-Ascension, Rego Park, recently hosted an instructional camp for its players to strengthen their skills for the bulk of the CYO season. Here are some photos from the event, courtesy Lou Iorio, Resurrection-Ascension parish athletic representative.
