Longtime St. Francis Prep, Fresh Meadows, football moderator Joseph Licata was honored Oct. 3 at a school Mass celebrating the feast day of St. Francis of Assisi.
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B/Q CHSFL Varsity Standings
We’re at the half-way point of the CHSFL varsity season, so here’s a look at the standings so far for the Brooklyn/Queens teams.
Football Film Teaches Catholic Values
Praise continues to roll in for the football movie “When the Game Stands Tall,” as jersey-clad teammates are seeing the film together.
Video and Slideshow: CHSFL Seniors Shine in Empire Challenge
Eight senior football players from diocesan high school teams played in Boomer Esiason’s annual Empire Challenge June 25 at Hofstra University.
Notre Dame Football Coach Helping to Rebuild Breezy Point Infrastructure
Notre Dame football coach Brian Kelly was in Breezy Point on April 22 at a ribbon-cutting ceremony to open the new Catholic Club building damaged during Hurricane Sandy.
Holy Cross Football Wins City-Wide Honors
The Holy Cross H.S., Flushing, football program received two distinguished honors from the New York City Chapter of the National Football Foundation at the annual “Elite Eleven” scholar-athlete awards banquet.
Tablet’s 2013 Football Diocesan All-Stars
With another competitive season of Brooklyn/Queens CHSFL football in the books, here’s a look at The Tablet’s 2013 All-Diocesan Team. Players were selected from one of the following six schools: Bishop Ford H.S., Park Slope; Christ the King R.H.S., Middle Village; Holy Cross H.S., Flushing; Nazareth R.H.S., East Flatbush; St. Francis Prep, Fresh Meadows; and […]
Staubach Celebrates 50th Heisman Anniversary
It’s been 50 years since Roger Staubach, the devout Catholic quarterback of the U.S. Naval Academy’s, Annapolis, Md., football team, won the 1963 Heisman Trophy. He and his family visited New York City for the first time that year, and former Heisman Executive Director Rudy Riska showed them around. The family enjoyed a Broadway show […]
Former Saints’ Great Lives as Modern ‘Saint’ (with sound clips)
In life, all we can ask for in any sort of venture is a fair opportunity. It is then up to us whether or not we give it our all to succeed. For Danny Abramowicz, all he needed was his fair chance. The former New Orleans Saints’ wide receiver may not have been the biggest, […]
Holy Cross Wins ‘Battle of the Boulevard’ (with slideshow)
Holy Cross H.S., Flushing, and St. Francis Prep, Fresh Meadows, are located just two miles apart on Francis Lewis Boulevard in Queens. So naturally, a heated football rivalry – one that has been called the best high school football rivalry in New York City – exists between these two schools. Whenever they meet on the […]