The Old-Timers hosted its 58th annual Hall of Fame induction ceremony and dinner May 5 at Sirico’s Caterers in Dyker Heights. Five new members – of which four were products of the local CHSAA – were enshrined for their basketball accomplishments as they joined the list of over 200 deserving inductees.
The Tablet asks students from around the Diocese of Brooklyn a question for the opinion section of the Youth page.
Jack Alesi, the former varsity boys’ basketball coach at Xaverian H.S., Bay Ridge, was inducted April 1 into the school’s athletic hall of fame.
Sitting quietly in the front row of the auditorium with her mother, Parisa Boukani stood out from the crowd as her deep blue silk hijab, or Muslim headscarf, fell gracefully across her cream-colored blouse.
After another exciting season of CHSAA hoops action, here are the 2016-2017 Brooklyn/Queens boys’ high school basketball all-stars.
A large contingent of students and faculty from St. Francis Prep, Fresh Meadows and Xaverian H.S., Bay Ridge, were two of the local diocesan delegations to march in the New York St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Manhattan.
After another exciting season of GCHSAA hoops action, here are the 2016-2017 Brooklyn/Queens girls’ high school basketball all-stars.
Father Guy Morgan, O.F.M., 90, a professed Franciscan friar for 67 years and a priest for 62, died March 10 at Bay Pines Veterans Hospital, Fla.
Tim Leary recently announced that this would be his final season coaching at the Prep. He is set to retire as the winningest coach in St. Francis Prep history as well as the active wins leader among Brooklyn/Queens CHSAA boys’ hoops coaches.
Several St. Francis Prep, Fresh Meadows, track runners had impressive showings in the girls’ indoor diocesan championships Jan. 29 at The Armory, Manhattan.
