A league-best six St. John’s University, Jamaica, sport programs earned Big East Team Academic Excellence Awards for the 2019-20 academic year.
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Former Johnnie Lived Through ‘The Last Dance’
St. John’s graduate Bill Wennington was a member of the Chicago Bulls dynasty of the 1990s.
Sports Round-Up June 20
Archbishop Molloy H.S. graduate and former basketball star Amani Tatum will be an assistant coach for the first-ever girls’ varsity team at Holy Cross H.S.
Sports Round-Up June 13
A number of Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Famers have ties to the diocesan parishes that make up the Catholic Youth Organization of Brooklyn and Queens.
Sports Round-Up June 6
Here’s how some local boys’ CHSAA basketball players and coaches fared in the annual Basketball Coaches Association of New York awards.
Baxter’s Amazin’ Catch Still a Lasting Image from Johan’s No-Hitter
Mike Baxter’s spectacular catch eight years ago preserved Johan Santana’s historic no-hitter.
Catholic High School Baseball League Fields Roster of MLB Players
Take a look back at some of the top ballplayers the local Catholic high schools of Brooklyn and Queens.
Sports Round-Up May 16
Mort Zachter of Ivins, Utah, is the first to share a memory of the great Gil Hodges, who is once again eligible for the Baseball Hall of Fame later this year.
Sports Round-Up May 9
Julian Champagnie, a freshman on the St. John’s University men’s basketball team, was named All-Met Rookie of the Year by the Metropolitan Basketball Writers Association.
Sports Round-Up May 2
Student-athletes from Msgr. McClancy H.S., East Elmhurst, have taken to social media to show their support for health care workers during this time.
