As football season continues this autumn, for some it’s still always baseball season. Even as the weather begins to get colder, there will undoubtedly be traces of baseball being played in the city this winter. And we have Anthony Iapoce to thank for that. Iapoce, who grew up playing Catholic Youth Organization (CYO) basketball and […]
When Rob Caldera was 15 years old, he spent most of his time inside the gymnasium at St. Joseph’s parish, Astoria. In fact, if the gym had been open 24 hours, he’d have been there all 24. If he wasn’t playing sports, he was helping out during basketball tournaments, keeping score or even coaching younger […]
The Msgr. McClancy M.H.S., East Elmhurst, varsity baseball team had one more First-Team All-Star, senior outfielder Matt Fox. He led the Crusaders in hits and batted .350 on the season. He will attend John Jay College, Manhattan, this fall.
Sacred Heart took on Sacred Heart June 19 for the Catholic Youth Organization (CYO) intermediate division baseball championship. But only one Sacred Heart could emerge victorious. Sacred Heart, Bayside, earned a 17-7 win over Sacred Heart, Glendale, at Msgr. McClancy M.H.S., East Elmhurst. “They showed focus in the field, they played well and I couldn’t […]
On June 8 at Msgr. McClancy M.H.S., East Elmhurst, the Dominic A. Murray 21 Memorial Foundation hosted its annual youth basketball competition entitled “Ballin’ to Protect Young Hearts.” Six teams from Long Island and Queens participated as the foundation continues to spread its message of the importance of raising awareness on sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) […]
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 […]
