Brian Luebcke, a graduate of Msgr. McClancy H.S., East Elmhurst, was named the Skyline Conference’s Player of the Year as a member of the St. Joseph’s College Brooklyn, Clinton Hill, baseball team.
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Brian Luebcke, a graduate of Msgr. McClancy H.S., East Elmhurst, was named the Skyline Conference’s Player of the Year as a member of the St. Joseph’s College Brooklyn, Clinton Hill, baseball team.
St. Joseph’s College Brooklyn, Clinton Hill, junior pitcher Mitch Brigando became the fifth member of the school’s 100-strikeout club on April 10 against Yeshiva University, Manhattan.
Local college hoops teams took part in the annual “Swish For Kids” basketball classic at St. Ephrem’s parish, Dyker Heights, for children battling cancer and those who have completed their treatment.
The St. Joseph’s College Brooklyn men’s and women’s basketball teams hosted their first-ever “Play 4Kay” doubleheader on Jan. 30 at The Hill Center.
St. John’s University, Jamaica, alumna and former men’s basketball student manager Kathryn Smith was recently named the quality control-special teams coach for the Buffalo Bills.
Every new season for St. Francis brings the hope that this will be the year the team makes “The Big Dance.” And with the memories of how last season ended still fresh in their minds, the Terriers have some unfinished business to take care of.
When you love what you do for a job, it really doesn’t seem like work. For Patrick Dietz, coaching volleyball for more than 15 years has become his passion, and that passion is heading to Clinton Hill.
Of course the ties to St. John’s are present, but for the five-time NBA All-Star and Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Famer, the ties to the entire Diocese of Brooklyn make this coaching homecoming that much more special.
In anticipation of his first season leading the St. John’s University, Jamaica, men’s basketball team, Brooklyn’s own Chris Mullin has been busy filling out his coaching staff.
The Catholic Youth Organization teamed up with St. John’s University, Jamaica, for a series of CYO nights this fall in which the young athletes got the chance to soak in the Division I college atmosphere.