Longtime St. John’s University, Jamaica, head baseball coach Joe Russo died on May 26 at the age of 74 following a lengthy illness.
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Sports Round-Up May 25
Two Msgr. McClancy H.S., East Elmhurst, varsity basketball student-athletes will be continuing their hoops careers at the collegiate level.
Hoops Legends Hold Court at 60th Old-Timers’ Dinner
For the 60th year, the Basketball Old-Timers of America gathered for its annual dinner and Hall of Fame induction ceremony in Brooklyn on May 3.
Sports Round-Up May 11
Two St. Francis Prep graduates shared a special moment during a May 2 event for St. John’s Bread and Life.
Sports Round-Up May 4
Louis Lombardi, a graduate of St. Edmund Prep H.S., Sheepshead Bay, picked up his first victory on the mound as a member of the St. Joseph’s College Brooklyn, Clinton Hill, baseball team.
Sports Round-Up April 27
History was made at St. Saviour H.S., Park Slope, as senior basketball player Allison Ryan took part in the school’s first-ever National Signing Day.
Sports Round-Up April 20
Chris Mullin has resigned from his head coaching post after four seasons leading the St. John’s Red Storm.
Sports Round-Up March 23
Kelly O’Donnell, a sophomore on the St. Joseph’s College Brooklyn, Clinton Hill, women’s basketball team, was selected to the D3hoops.com All-Region Second Team.
Sports Round-Up March 9
Xaverian H.S., Bay Ridge, captured the varsity hockey league ‘A’ Division title with a two-game sweep of Kellenberg Memorial H.S., Uniondale, L.I.
St. John’s Priest Is a ‘Rock’ for Athletes
Father Richard Rock, C.M., is the campus minister for athletics at St. John’s. As a Vincentian, he weaves the college’s mission of serving the poor into his daily interactions with the Red Storm student-athletes.
