The Msgr. McClancy, East Elmhurst, choral group, pictured above, under the direction of Theresa Busso and Brother Joseph Rocco, S.C., president, sang the National Anthem at Citi Field, Flushing, May 8 to welcome back a former Crusader, Chicago White Sox pitching coach Don Cooper, ‘74. This was Cooper’s first road trip playing in Queens, since the […]
Seven new inductees joined the 224 members of the CHSAA Hall of Fame May 9 during the 28th annual ceremony and dinner held at the Brynwood Golf and Country Club, Armonk, N.Y. All proceeds benefit the Msgr. Matthew Peters-Bernard Gallagher Scholarship Fund. Both were former presidents of the league. This year’s class featured an eclectic […]
Msgr. McClancy M.H.S., East Elmhurst, freshman Victoria Ramirez was crowned the girls’ CHSAA city champion in the javelin throw. She threw 70 feet, which made her the first city champion in the school’s history. Ramirez competed against girls from all five boroughs, Nassau and Suffolk County and Westchester County.
There may not be a better way for a team to earn its first win in program history than how the Msgr. McClancy M.H.S., East Elmhurst, junior varsity softball team earned theirs. In the first game on their brand new field, the Lady Crusaders plated 15 runs in the first inning en route to a […]
Don Cooper vividly remembers growing up in Maspeth, Queens. He and his buddies played sports every day – mainly as Catholic Youth Organization (CYO) stars in baseball and basketball for St. Mary’s of Winfield, Woodside. He said he didn’t have a care in the world and can still recall the schoolyards, gymnasiums and baseball fields […]
As of now, the Msgr. McClancy M.H.S., East Elmhurst, junior varsity girls’ basketball team can say that it owns a 100 percent success rate in capturing the Division II Brooklyn/Queens diocesan title. That’s because the Lady Crusaders won the league championship in their inaugural season as a team. McClancy went coed in fall 2012 and […]
In this year’s CHSAA Boys’ Basketball Playoff Program, Msgr. McClancy M.H.S., East Elmhurst, head varsity basketball coach Don Kent took out an ad to honor one of his graduating seniors, Austin John Huggins. Here is what Coach Kent had to say: Congratulations To Austin John Huggins Captain of this year’s Msgr. McClancy Memorial High School […]
Give a call over to Msgr. McClancy M.H.S., East Elmhurst, these days, and you’ll hear the voice message thank you for calling the “Home of the Crusaders and Lady Crusaders.” That’s right, the 2012-2013 Lady Crusaders will be part of the first-ever co-ed class at McClancy since the school’s founding by the Brothers of the […]
With Msgr. McClancy M.H.S., East Elmhurst, going co-ed this fall, six new female teams have been added to the school’s sports program, which was previously comprised of nine boys’ teams. Young women will have the chance to participate in soccer, volleyball, basketball, track and field, cheerleading and softball. As part of the process of becoming […]
When Bob DiNardo, principal of Corpus Christi School, Woodside, decided to introduce high school Spanish to his eighth-grade students, he only had to look a few blocks away to Msgr. McClancy M.H.S. to find a class. “We now have 14 outstanding eighth graders taking ninth grade Spanish at Msgr. McClancy,” DiNardo said. “My students really […]
