St. Francis Prep, Fresh Meadows, boys’ varsity basketball coach Tim Leary earned his 600th career win Jan. 8 when his L’il Terriers defeated All Hallows H.S., the Bronx, 66-40. Leary, a 1963 graduate of St. Francis Prep, has spent the past 39 seasons at the school after being head boys’ coach at St. Augustine D.H.S. […]
Congratulations to the Holy Cross H.S., Flushing, bowling team! The team, coached by Ray Cullinan, won the Brooklyn/Queens Diocesan Championship. They then advanced to the City Championship where they took second place in the finals. Team members include: Tyler Cacioppo, Bobby Fox,Justin Boniello, Tom Strong and team captain Matthieu Francois.
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 […]
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 St. Saviour H.S., Park Slope, varsity soccer team is off to the best start in its 10-year program history at 3-1. The Pandas are led by new head coach Ed O’Donnell and have received timely contributions from junior team captain Katie O’Donnell, freshman leading goal-scorer Kevina Shalvey and standout sophomore goaltender Carmen Proffitt.
From early February to mid-March, 2012, “Lin-sanity” took the Big Apple by storm. New York Knicks’ point guard Jeremy Lin came out of virtually nowhere to excel on the biggest stage in sports – Madison Square Garden. Though Lin is now playing for the Houston Rockets, “Lin-sanity” is by far a thing of the past […]
The other half of the dynamic Bishop Loughlin M.H.S., Fort Greene, basketball duo has committed to a college. Just about two months after senior guard Michael Williams committed to play at Rutgers University, Piscataway, N.J., senior guard Khadeen Carrington announced via Twitter that he will be playing at Seton Hall University, South Orange, N.J., this […]
The Msgr. McClancy M.H.S., East Elmhurst, varsity baseball team had one more First-Team All-Star, senior outfielder Matt Fox. He led the Crusaders in hits and batted .350 on the season. He will attend John Jay College, Manhattan, this fall.
From 1992 to 1996, long-time MLB manager Felipe Alou managed his son Moises with the Montreal Expos. The two reunited with the San Francisco Giants in 2006. In 1987, Cal Ripken Sr. outdid Alou by one, as he became the first and only manager to coach two sons simultaneously in the big leagues – Hall […]
