Emmett Hendry, a freshman shooting guard for the University of Connecticut men’s basketball team, played CYO ball at Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish and is now a member of the university’s Catholic Club.
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Sports Round-Up Dec. 10
At the first-ever Tom Konchalski Classic in late November, the legacy of the late longtime local basketball scout Tom Konchalski was celebrated at the historic Rose Hill Gymnasium at Fordham University, the Bronx.
St. Francis Closes Doors of Daniel Lynch ’38 Gymnasium
St. Francis College members gathered at 180 Remsen St. in Brooklyn on Nov. 19 to close the Daniel Lynch ’38 Gymnasium after 50 years.
Sports Round-Up Dec. 3
Two local baseball lifers were inducted Nov. 13 into the New York State Baseball Hall of Fame.
Sports Round-Up Nov. 19
JoAnn Arbitello-Pinnock, head varsity basketball coach at The Mary Louis Academy, Jamaica Estates, and the Brooklyn-Queens chairperson for the GCHSAA, was honored at Madison Square Garden on the opening night of the New York Knicks season.
Sports Round-Up Nov. 5
For the first time in four years, the St. Clement Pope, Jamaica, Catholic Youth Organization track team hosted its 1-mile “Longstride” event on Oct. 15.
Sports Round-Up Oct. 22
At the midway point of the season, here are the standings for the diocesan teams of the Catholic High School Football League, as of Oct. 13.
Sports Round-Up Oct. 15
Msgr. McClancy H.S., East Elmhurst, held its first annual alumni volleyball game on Oct. 1.
Sports Round-Up Oct. 8
Father Ed Kachurka met one of his Pittsburgh Steeler heroes, Jerome “The Bus” Bettis.
Prep Hoops Star to Remain in Queens, Going to St. John’s
Former St. Francis Prep girls’ varsity standout Skye Owen is now a freshman on the St. John’s University women’s basketball team.