Tim Leary, who coached boys’ varsity basketball for 43 years at St. Francis Prep, Fresh Meadows, died Feb. 13 at the age of 73 after a nearly yearlong battle with gallbladder cancer.

Tim Leary, who coached boys’ varsity basketball for 43 years at St. Francis Prep, Fresh Meadows, died Feb. 13 at the age of 73 after a nearly yearlong battle with gallbladder cancer.
In her last home game as a member of the Fontbonne Hall Academy varsity basketball team, senior guard Katie Marquardt scored her 1,000th career point on Feb. 7, a Senior Night victory over division rival Msgr. McClancy H.S.
Muslim students from a foreign-exchange program in Indonesia spent a day at St. Francis Prep H.S., Fresh Meadows, and were able to share cultural, personal and academic experiences with Prep students.
Catholic high school seniors Jordan Nixon, Emily Engstler and Moses Brown will play in the 2018 McDonald’s High School All-American basketball games.
Khalid Moore, a senior forward on the Archbishop Molloy H.S., Briarwood, boys’ varsity basketball team, will continue his hoops career at the Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta.
Just over a year ago, James Lally took over as the athletic director at St. Joseph’s College, Brooklyn, and the Bears’ athletic program is experiencing an unprecedented wave of enthusiasm and success.
I had the privilege of performing with the Chamber Choir from St. Francis Preparatory School, Fresh Meadows, during the Jubilee Mass for the Franciscan Brothers as they celebrated their extensive years of devotion to God.
St. Francis Preparatory School invites alumni, friends and neighbors to its upcoming production of “The Phantom of the Opera” at the Fresh Meadows school.
The St. Francis Prep, Fresh Meadows, girls’ cross-country team had a strong showing at the recent Brooklyn/Queens championship at Van Cortlandt Park, the Bronx.
The Tablet asks students from around the Diocese of Brooklyn a question for the opinion section of the Youth page. This week’s special section was for “Rebuilding Puerto Rico”.