1. Grand Street (15-1)
2. Xaverian (16-1)
3. Cardozo (16-0)
4. Tottenville (13-3)
5. Poly Prep (19-4)
6. George Washington (14-2)
7. Moore Catholic (12-3)
8. St. Joseph by the Sea (13-3)
9. St. Raymond (13-4)
10. Norman Thomas (14-2)
1. St. Joseph by the Sea (15-0)
2. Tottenville (20-0)
3. Susan Wagner (17-2)
4. Preston (15-2)
5. Archbishop Molloy (12-2)
6. Moore Catholic (9-5)
7. Construction (19-1)
8. St. Francis Prep (9-5)
9. Mary Louis (7-6)
10. MSIT (15-5)
Moguls on the town: May 20-26, 2012
Weekly animals gallery
Celebrity photos: May 26, 2012
Iona Prep-Fordham Prep
Fordham Prep-Iona Prep
Hamptons players
Celebrity Photos: May 22, 2012
Devils, Rangers Game Six
Day in Photos: May 25, 2012
Celebrity photos: May 25, 2012
Mets needed a miracle
First look at new look Jets
May 25, 2012
Hot picks
The Red Ball Project
Day in Photos: May 24, 2012
Sean 'P Diddy' Combs' Cannes party
65th Annual Cannes Film Festival
Summer chic
Fashion Rio Summer: Cia Maritima
Fashion Rio Summer: Salinas Collection
Devils win Game 5
In the Navy
Celebrity photos: May 24, 2012
Yanks crush Royals
Archbishop Molloy-St. Francis Prep
May 24, 2012Rangers, Devils Game Five
Cardinal Spellman-Xavier
Poly Prep-Fieldston
Houses of the week
Dream homes
Gisele Bundchen
Day in Photos: May 23, 2012
'Men in Black 3' filming in NY
Celebrity photos: May 17, 2012
Celebrity photos: May 23, 2012
St. Joseph by the Sea-Preston
May 23, 2012
AHOY, METS!
Battle Royal
Francis Lewis-James Madison
What to eat at the Plaza Food Hall
Day in Photos: May 22, 2012
The week in history
Killing Them Softly Premiere
Devils, Rangers Game Four
Devils drop Rangers in rowdy Game 4
Mets fall to Pirates, Yanks blanked by Royals
May 22, 2012The NYSAISAA released its boys and girls lacrosse playoff seedings Thursday for the first time...
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Tom Catalanotto saw coaching at Monsignor Scanlan as an intriguing challenge he couldn’t pass up.“There’s an opportunity there,” he said. “Hopefully we can turn it around in a couple of years.”The... Read Full Story
Sean McNamara almost psyched himself out. The gravity of the situation was getting to him before he stepped on the mound.“I was thinking, this is a huge game,” the Fordham Prep ace said. “This is for... Read Full Story
Luke Wooters and Iona Prep have watched rival Fordham Prep rally past them for thrilling wins more times than they would like to remember. The Rams were rolling in the second half again Friday, but... Read Full Story
It’s that time of year again, when we here at The Post ask for your help.In the coming weeks, with the playoffs winding down, we will decide our Post All-City postseason honors. In the meantime, we’re asking you, the readers, what you think. Who...
Next month, The Post will honor the best players of the 2012 spring season both on NYPost.com and in our print edition. The schedule is below:BASEBALL...
Rain this week has wreaked havoc on the CHSAA Class AA baseball playoffs, forcing teams to play doubleheaders on Memorial Day in an effort to shoehorn everything in before a planned June 8 championship.Coaches are most concerned about the state of... 12:36 AM
Monroe right-hander Miguel Reyes dropped his glove after the final out was recorded and pumped his fists. Teammates mobbed him on the mound as the home crowd roared its approval, screaming until they were horse and making noise with an assortment of...
NYPost.com softball beat writer Joseph Staszewski breaks down Thursday’s PSAL Class A softball semifinals 3:30 p.m. on Randall’s Island. No. 1 Tottenville Pirates Head coach: Cathy MoranoRecord: 19-0Player to watch: Jillian ReganNo. 4 Construction...
Fernelys Sanchez hasn’t missed a beat.The senior center fielder, who suffered a fractured left fibula in the preseason, tripled, doubled, scored three... 8:57 AM
Marc Rodriguez tossed a complete-game, no hitter to lift No. 21 Health Professions to a 3-1 upset of 12th-seeded Queens HS of Teaching in the first... 8:57 AM
Every other week this spring season, Andrew Velazquez will take us inside the Fordham Prep baseball team. In his exclusive diary on NYPost.com, the Virginia Tech-bound shortstop will give us an inside look at the Rams’ quest to win a CHSAA Class AA... 9:00 AM
A dominant season ended in equally impressive fashion.Top-seed Regis knocked off visiting Cardinal Spellman, 19-25, 25-9, 25-9, 25-15, in the CHSAA boys volleyball championship match Wednesday night on the Upper East Side. The Raiders lost the first...
NYPost.com lacrosse beat writer Joseph Staszewski breaks down Friday’s NYCHSAA Class AA and A boys lacrosse finals. SCHEDULE Class AA final – Fordham Prep at Iona Prep, 5 p.m.Class A final – Archbishop Stepinac @ Monsignor Farrell, 4:30 p.m.Iona...
A dominant season ended in equally impressive fashion.Top-seed Regis knocked off visiting Cardinal Spellman, 19-25, 25-9, 25-9, 25-15, in the CHSAA boys volleyball championship match Wednesday night on the Upper East Side. The Raiders lost the first...
Every other week this baseball season, George Washington catcher Nelson Rodriguez will give us an inside look at his team’s quest for a second straight PSAL Class A city title and his mission to get drafted in June's MLB First-Year Player Draft. In...
Norman Thomas has remained under the radar this spring by design. The team’s motto is “nice and quiet.” The Tigers will need a new one for the playoffs – after topping defending PSAL Class A champion George Washington, 4-3, in Manhattan A East...
Ernie Lorch, the controversial founder and director of the powerhouse Riverside Church Hawks AAU program who mentored numerous inner-city youth into NBA basketball careers, passed away Monday morning of natural causes at the age of 80, The Post has...
Up until two years ago, if Ashanti Plummer was at a basketball game it was in the stands or on the baseline waving pom poms.“I wanted to be a dancer and a cheerleader,” she said. “It’s so much better to be on the other side.”With the encouragement...
For two-and-a-half hours Friday afternoon, the George Washington-Norman Thomas showdown felt like a block party surrounding a baseball game. Fans from both schools packed Inwood Park, filling up the makeshift stands, snaking down each baseline,...
Jazmine Hamlet had her plan set. As of early April, she didn’t have the Division I school she wanted. So the Francis Lewis guard figured she would go to a junior college for a year with hopes to earn some more interest.“I was gonna go to Monroe (in...
Jeffrey Ledesma was ecstatic, Isaiah Sakany was disappointed and Lois Sakany was just happy it was over. Norman Thomas’ 4-2 victory over Beacon on Friday afternoon at DeWitt Clinton Park on the West Side of Manhattan was a battle of PSAL Manhattan...
Gelvis Solano spent the last two weekends wrestling over the decision that will shape his future. Wait for a Division I school to come along, attend...
Edgar Leon has always held Jesus Medina in high regard. From his on-field talents and leadership qualities to the solid B average he maintains in class and all the time he spends doing community service, the Manhattan Center coach has praised Medina...
Ogechukwu Uwanaka had interest from low Division I schools. Maya Wasowicz had looks from Division IIs.Yet within the last week, both of them committed to Division III institutions to play women’s college basketball. This wasn’t some failure by...
Ben Vallimarescu became a celebrity for a week at Dalton. He couldn’t avoid attention after being named to the NYPost.com poll asking who is the city’s best boys lacrosse player. The senior midfielder was told by teammates his name was on the list...
Shaun Lawton saw himself as a Division I player.It didn’t matter that he didn’t have any offers after helping Long Island Lutheran to the New York State Federation Class A title or even after a solid summer on the AAU circuit with the Long Island...
Max Kassan was as close to perfect as Fieldston could have hoped.The sophomore southpaw tossed a complete-game, three-hit shutout as the Eagles defeated Collegiate, 7-0, in Ivy Prep League baseball on Randall's Island on Friday.Kassan struck out 10...
Eleven years of losing to George Washington is over for Manhattan Center.Thanks to a sophomore, the Rams ended the hex. Jerry Liang tossed a scoreless frame and blasted a walk-off home run as Manhattan Center topped GW, 4-3, in 14 innings Wednesday...
Wesley Rodriguez hit a pair of line drives that went an estimated 700 feet between them, mammoth blasts that caromed high off the wall and would make most freshmen beam with pride. George Washington’s young infielder was happy with the two long...
Every other week this baseball season, George Washington catcher Nelson Rodriguez will give us an inside look at his team’s quest for a second straight PSAL Class A city title and his mission to get drafted in June's MLB First-Year Player Draft. In...
Franklin Pierce University is a quaint New England school in Rindge, N.H., on 100 acres of land overlooking a body of water, Pearly Pond. To Jeffrey Ledesma, it’s Shangri-La. The Norman Thomas righthander liked everything about the place on his...
Can anyone stop Collegiate?The Dutchmen out of the Ivy Prep League won their fifth straight New York State Federation Class B championship, extending their record feat. The previous record was two in a row.Wadleigh continued its dominance of PSAL...
The journey was very different, but this year ended like the previous 13.Murry Bergtraum won its 14th straight PSAL city title despite a season of tragedy. Lady Blazers senior star guard Tayshana (Chicken) Murphy was murdered in September. Playing...
Nick DiLeo was more like Nick DiLeo on Friday morning.In his first start of the season, the St. John’s-bound lefthander wasn’t quite himself, unable to locate his fastball. He still only allowed two runs, but Xavier fell to Cardinal Spellman.There...
When a group of Cardozo players arrived at George Washington blasting Jadakiss’ “The Champ is Here,” Nelson Rodriguez gritted his teeth. After the Judges chanted “Our house,” before Thursday’s George Washington Tournament final, he seethed inside...
Brittany Webb committed to schools in Washington, D.C., and South Carolina. She attended junior colleges in Tennessee and Florida.All along, though, the answer for the former St. Michael Academy star was back home in New York City, at ASA College in...
Every other week this baseballl season, George Washington catcher Nelson Rodriguez will give us an inside look at his team’s quest for a second straight PSAL Class A city title and his mission to get drafted in June's MLB First-Year Player Draft....
Steve Mandl has been coaching baseball at George Washington for nearly three decades and he’s never entered a spring quite like this. His team, the defending PSAL Class A champion ranked nationally by several publications, is typically loaded, but...
Andrew Zapata let out a primal scream, thrust his arms skyward and flung his glove to the side with the same speed as one of his 90 mph fastballsIt was a rare display of emotion for Poly Prep’s ace right-hander. After pitching the top-seeded Blue...
Matt Coposio is quiet and reserved. He doesn’t do a lot of talking, on the field or off of it. He lets his play speak for itself. His bat, however, has made plenty of noise in each of the last two NYSAISAA championship games. One year after his two...
Every other week this spring season, Jessica Dahldorf has take us inside the Poly Prep girls lacrosse team. In her exclusive diary on NYPost.com, the Northwestern-bound midfielder gave us an inside look at the Blue Devils quest to return to the...
Whenever Jaquan (Son Son) Lynch saw Lincoln coach Dwayne (Tiny) Morton, his blood boiled. The Thomas Jefferson star wanted to beat him and the Railsplitters at all costs. Leroy (Truck) Fludd of Boys & Girls felt the same way.Now they’re playing for...
Shock and fear were the immediate emotions that Kim Salkin felt when told her Leon Goldstein teammate Becky Shtilkind would be unavailable to compete in Friday’s PSAL Class A tennis final because of a foot injury. Shtilkind, Goldstein’s Stony Brook...
Mike Camardese couldn’t walk two steps without being stopped by a student. Each one shook his hand, patted him on the back or asked how they could help. Others shouted encouragement from across the street. The longtime Canarsie football coach and...
In February, when six Lincoln players signed National Letters of Intent, Wayne Williams was in the school’s library for the ceremony. The chatty and...
Longtime Canarsie football coach Mike Camardese was given an unsatisfactory rating by school administrators on Monday and is being forced out of his post, he told The Post Wednesday night. Camardese, the face of Canarsie football for nearly three...
It irked Berkeley Carroll when last year’s ACIS champion Staten Island Academy was mentioned. The Lions never had a chance to defend their title as they bowed out of the tourney because inclement weather pushed it back so it interfered with the...
Last Sunday’s Scout’s Scrimmage, an annual showcase in front of several Major League Baseball scouts at American Legion in Brooklyn, featured the city’s top high school baseball prospects. There was one notable absence – Grand Street Campus senior...
Three weeks ago, Miguel Rodriguez was an afterthought. The Grand Street Campus left-hander was strictly used against PSAL Brooklyn A East bottom feeders or in mop-up duty. Yet Monday afternoon, in arguably the Wolves’ biggest game to date, he was on...
Anger turned to fear very quickly for Melvin Martinez.Upset when a call cost his team a run, the longtime Grand Street Campus coach got into a heated argument with the home-plate umpire. Shortly thereafter, he took a seat on the Madison bench for...
Basketball wasn’t always a serious thing for Brittany (Pookie) Martin. The Bishop Ford center had played the sport growing up, but didn’t compete in organized ball until she came to the Brooklyn Catholic school.“I was so bad,” Martin said. “From...
It was a who’s who of the city’s best players. In one dugout was Xaverian shortstop Gabe Hernandez, Archbishop Molloy third baseman Jonathan Ramon and former Berkeley Carroll outfielder Robb Paller, who just wrapped up his freshman year at Columbia....
Brooklyn Tech played New Utrecht three separate times this season in either a scrimmage or a tournament. The Engineers didn’t take a single set. The first matchup, in fact, was ugly. Tech barely cracked double digits in the first set.“We had no...
Last week, as Poly Prep waited out the raindrops before practice, several members of the team came to a starting realization. When they finally met Ivy Prep League rival Fieldston -- twice the showdown was delayed by the rain -- the league title...
It began with offseason workouts, continued when he won a starting spot in the outfield and has become clear in recent weeks as he has produced big hits in the bottom third of the Poly Prep lineup. Matt Zapata is beginning to carve out his own niche...
Every other week this spring season, Jessica Dahldorf will take us inside the Poly Prep girls lacrosse team. In her exclusive diary on NYPost.com, the Northwestern-bound midfielder will give us an inside look at the Blue Devils quest to return to...
Boys & Girls star Leroy (Truck) Fludd, The Post’s All-City Player of the Year, is “leaning” toward prep school, his father Leroy Jr. said. The 6-foot-5 wing, who led the Kangaroos to a third straight PSAL Class AA title and New York State Federation...
Joe DeSiena didn’t need an investigation to tell him North Bergen football coach Vincent Ascolese had done something wrong.“For a coach to approach a kid and try to convince him to remove himself from his high school and attend a different school,...
Jeffrey Ledesma was ecstatic, Isaiah Sakany was disappointed and Lois Sakany was just happy it was over. Norman Thomas’ 4-2 victory over Beacon on Friday afternoon at DeWitt Clinton Park on the West Side of Manhattan was a battle of PSAL Manhattan...
The pressure rested solely on the shoulders of Poly Prep's starting pitcher Ciara Schirripa.Attempting to go the distance, the sophomore was in a tough spot against a team she had already struggled against this season. Horace Mann had the bases...
Peter Zerneck spent his entire day working on his team’s baseball field in Red Hook. With an ominous forecast over the next week, the St. Ann’s baseball coach wasn’t sure his players would have another opportunity to face Berkeley Carroll, its ACIS...
After four mostly unproductive years at Grady, Tymell Murphy was faced with a large question mark: what to do next? He could either get a job or look into obtaining his GED. Before going in either route, however, a friend suggested he give PSAL...
Blaise Scerbo thinks about his jog across Jack Kaiser Field often. The Xaverian right-hander, overlooked as one of the team’s best pitchers at the start of the season, had a chance to close out the CHSAA Class AA championship game.“Coming in from...
Tom Catalanotto saw coaching at Monsignor Scanlan as an intriguing challenge he couldn’t pass up.“There’s an opportunity there,” he said. “Hopefully we can turn it around in a couple of years.”The former Archbishop Molloy head man accepted the Bronx... 12:39 AM
Sean McNamara almost psyched himself out. The gravity of the situation was getting to him before he stepped on the mound.“I was thinking, this is a huge game,” the Fordham Prep ace said. “This is for the division. But when I got out there, it didn’t... 12:39 AM
Monroe right-hander Miguel Reyes dropped his glove after the final out was recorded and pumped his fists. Teammates mobbed him on the mound as the home crowd roared its approval, screaming until they were horse and making noise with an assortment of...
Luke Wooters and Iona Prep have watched rival Fordham Prep rally past them for thrilling wins more times than they would like to remember. The Rams were rolling in the second half again Friday, but even down three goals the senior couldn’t help... 2:35 AM
Every other week this spring season, Andrew Velazquez will take us inside the Fordham Prep baseball team. In his exclusive diary on NYPost.com, the Virginia Tech-bound shortstop will give us an inside look at the Rams’ quest to win a CHSAA Class AA... 9:00 AM
NYPost.com lacrosse beat writer Joseph Staszewski breaks down Friday’s NYCHSAA Class AA and A boys lacrosse finals. SCHEDULE Class AA final – Fordham Prep at Iona Prep, 5 p.m.Class A final – Archbishop Stepinac @ Monsignor Farrell, 4:30 p.m.Iona...
There was a Lou Brescia in the dugout for Cardinal Spellman, just not the team’s head coach. Lou Jr., the school’s JV coach, took over the helm with his father serving the second game of a two-game suspension. And he knew just the way to fire up the...
The more Harrison Bader thought about his future at Pittsburgh, the more unsure he got. The Horace Mann center fielder wanted a certain feeling, one he couldn’t describe, one that wasn’t there about Pittsburgh. He felt it about Maryland – he’s felt...
A big right-handed slam, a sweet in-and-out crossover and running one-hander off the glass, then a drive and dish for an easy basket – Shane Rector displayed his entire arsenal Saturday afternoon in the i.S. 8/Spring H.S. Classic. It was just a...
Megan Kelly didn’t think about it – not before and not after she made the biggest play of the game.The Preston junior ran in from her center field position and dived full extension to catch pinch runner Christina Paparito off second after a Kristen...
A bitter feud between Cardinal Spellman and CHSAA baseball commissioner Wally Stampfel has reverberated throughout the league and has directly contributed to postponing two playoff games initially scheduled for Sunday, The Post has learned.Cardinal...
Jessica Signore made sure her Preston team celebrated a playoff win before they got to do the same for her birthday.“I’m happy we won,” the 17-year-old shortstop said. “I’m happy I got a hit."Signore was the Panthers leadoff hitter her first two...
The ball seemed to hang in the air for hours.Cardozo leadoff hitter Gabriella Valdes socked a hard line drive up the middle. DeWitt Clinton pitcher Maguette Fofana didn’t knock it down – she sent it upward with her glove.“I know this is going to...
Team SCAN’s No. 1 national ranking held up last weekend.With five players in double figures, the SCAN 16-and-under team defeated Long Island Lightning Law, 73-38, in the CT Elite Under Armour Shootout championship game playing up at the 17s level...
Jeremy BasSie handed his sports jacket to his wife and assistant coach Danielle and turned to his players on the bench. Then, the Bronx Science coach let loose. The even-keeled, mild-mannered BasSie yelled, he screamed and he called individuals out....
Team SCAN has risen from almost nowhere to become a national powerhouse and arguably the top AAU boys basketball program in New York City.Their three age groups – 16U, 15U and 14U – are all ranked in the top seven in the country by Five-Star...
Eastern Illinois wasn't the first school to actively recruit Dennis Green. It didn't come from the largest conference, either. The Ohio Valley...
Every other week this spring season, Andrew Velazquez will take us inside the Fordham Prep baseball team. In his exclusive diary on NYPost.com, the Virginia Tech-bound shortstop will give us an inside look at the Rams’ quest to win a CHSAA Class AA...
The James Monroe-DeWitt Clinton rivalry has always been one-sided. It remained that way this week – only the two teams traded roles. Clinton, toiling in mediocrity entering the week, shocked previously undefeated Monroe twice, beating the Bronx A...
Rich Eaton didn’t know if he was supposed to coach Wednesday. But he was going to do so anyway.The DeWitt Clinton softball coach was told Tuesday by PSAL coordinator Tyrone Parker that he would be suspended one game because his assistant coach,...
Grady Smith quickly picked up the dead ball as he heard the whistle blow. The Fieldston star midfielder outran four Riverdale defenders to the cage. He dumped a short quick pass to his left to Dan Pruzen, who scored to pull the Eagles within two...
Strymar Livingston is a surefire Division I talent on the track. The Christopher Columbus star is one of the nation’s top middle distance runners. In the classroom, he still had some work to do.“Two years ago everyone knew he was running well,” said...
The morning before St. Raymond faced powerhouse George Washington in the preseason, coach Marc DeLuca told Brian Paulino that it would be Anthony Colon and not him getting the start against the nationally ranked Trojans.One period later, Paulino...
Joya McFarland didn’t just want to go somewhere she felt wanted. The John F. Kennedy senior wanted a college where she was needed.Queens College coach Bet Naumovski gave her that exact feeling.“She wants me to lead her team and she expects a lot...
Hitting to the opposite field is a difficult skill players of all ages struggles with, all the way up to the Major Leagues. Zach Jaffe is in the minority – Fieldston’s right fielder loves to go to right field and he is quite good at it. Berkeley...
Tom Catalanotto saw coaching at Monsignor Scanlan as an intriguing challenge he couldn’t pass up.“There’s an opportunity there,” he said. “Hopefully we can turn it around in a couple of years.”The former Archbishop Molloy head man accepted the Bronx... 12:39 AM
Rocco Rotondi's preseason message was forget the past. He kept that motto after a subpar regular season. “We’re not even worried about what we did...
Intentional walks don’t sit well with Maria Palmeri “Whenever they are trying to, I want to get a hit,” she said. The Archbishop Molloy star, who doubled to deep left in her previous at bat, was already told by coach Maureen Rosenbaum that if Nicole...
Francis Lewis walked its way back to the semifinals.“Patience gets you far,” Alina Cerda said. The sixth-ranked Patriots extended their season by drawing 11 walks, three with the bases loaded, in a 4-2 win over No. 3 James Madison in the PSAL Class...
Steve Piorkowski was mobbed by his Bayside players as he walked through the gates to the school’s softball field. “It’s an honor to have him back for our last game,” sophomore pitcher Heidi Gomez said. “To have him come lifted up our spirits 10...
Michal Kasza came into practice Wednesday upset. Academy of American Studies did beat Cardozo in the semifinals Tuesday, but the Eagles dropped their first set of the season.“I felt like semifinals I let my team down a little,” Kasza said. “My...
Jonathan Bobea has major-league scouts tracking him, Division I schools vying for his services. The world is his oyster – just as it was two years ago when the 6-foot-1 right-hander from Flushing was drafted by the Anaheim Angels, offered a major...
Every other week this softball season, Archbishop Molloy senior shortshop/pitcher Maria Palmeri will give us an inside look at her team’s quest for a second straight CHSAA state title. In her exclusive diary for NYPost.com, the four-year varsity...
Conrad Zajkowski’s teammates have a nickname for him: Zideout.Whenever Academy of American Studies needs to get its serve back, the 6-foot-7 junior middle is the go-to guy.“I like it,” Zajkowski said of the nickname. “I don't want to sound cocky,...
For Beach Channel, it was simply a matter of believing.“We didn’t have the mentality,” goalie Tianna Parkes said of her team's two regular-season losses to Cardozo. “We already thought we were going to lose.”But when the Dolphins lost to defending...
St. Francis Prep’s celebration didn’t stop on the field at Cunningham Park.First the Terriers mobbed Briana Emanuele at first base after her game-winning, two-out single on the first pitch she saw in the bottom the of the seventh inning. It...
Basketball wasn’t always a serious thing for Brittany (Pookie) Martin. The Bishop Ford center had played the sport growing up, but didn’t compete in organized ball until she came to the Brooklyn Catholic school.“I was so bad,” Martin said. “From...
Tyler Gaugler came up lame in a scrimmage last Thursday against Newcomers and there was fear all around – from Gaugler himself to his Cardozo teammates to coach Danny Scarola. The diagnosis was a sprained right ankle.“We were scared, but he told us...
Up until two years ago, if Ashanti Plummer was at a basketball game it was in the stands or on the baseline waving pom poms.“I wanted to be a dancer and a cheerleader,” she said. “It’s so much better to be on the other side.”With the encouragement...
St. Francis Prep players have spent more time wielding rakes and shovels in the last two weeks than bats and gloves. With all the rain, attempting to play games at the Terriers’ grass field at Cunningham Park has been dicey. Three games this week...
For the Scarola family, this game was a must see.“I said we may never get a chance again to see them together,” Pat Scarola.The PSAL boys volleyball playoffs brought a rare occasion for him to see his son Danny, the Cardozo coach, and Danny's...
Andre Armstrong's journey to a Division I scholarship featured as many stops and starts as the Brooklyn/Queens Expressway. After four solid years at Forest Hills, it included one year of prep school at Notre Dame Prep, two junior college years at...
Alina Cerda provided a big finish to a big day for Francis Lewis. The senior delivered a no-doubt blast to left center well over the head of the outfielder for a grand slam as part of a five-run fifth inning. It was the cap of Cerda's five-RBI day...
Anna McGovern's phone buzzed and she was taken aback by what her mother Deirdre texted her."I was expecting, ‘What time you going to be home?'"...
Joya McFarland didn’t just want to go somewhere she felt wanted. The John F. Kennedy senior wanted a college where she was needed.Queens College coach Bet Naumovski gave her that exact feeling.“She wants me to lead her team and she expects a lot...
PENNINGTON, N.J. -- Emphatic dunks, feathery 3-point shots, impressive moves around the hoop -- Jermaine Lawrence showed his entire arsenal Saturday afternoon. Flanked by some of the East Coast's top juniors and sophomores, the ever-improving 6-foot...
Ryan Rhoomes described the last year of his life as hell. Instead of starting his college career at TCU, he was back home in Middleton, N.Y. working two jobs and using his sparse free time to stay in shape. If not for the lost year, however, Rhoomes...
Jazmine Hamlet had her plan set. As of early April, she didn’t have the Division I school she wanted. So the Francis Lewis guard figured she would go to a junior college for a year with hopes to earn some more interest.“I was gonna go to Monroe (in...
Fabiana Rebecca and Christina Viaggio have played soccer together since they were in kindergarten. They first took the field along side each otehr in CYO at Our Lady of Hope parish, then their Gottschee club team and at Christ the King. Their dream...
The Cardozo players bounded out of the dugout, mobbing Gabriella Valdes at home plate. Minutes later, they came together around Kelly Phillips on the pitcher’s circle for a seemingly choreographed chant and dance. When they arrived back at the...
The ball went up in the air off Madeline Giannini’s bat and lofted into short right field. St. Joseph by the Sea coach Mike Ponsiglione took a deep breath.“I knew it was a do-or-die,” he said. “I knew we were gonna win the game or lose the game on...
For years, Demetrios Haronitis during warm-ups has tried to bring goalie Alec Meiselman to grips with the fact that opponents are going to score on him.“Alec it’s inevitable,” the Tottenville coach said he tells the senior.To which Meiselman replies...
All Victoria Orlick kept saying to herself was “net, net, net.”“The game has to end now, with a win for our team,” the Tottenville star said. Needing a goal to secure a city title, Orlick picked up the rebound of a shot 15 yards from the cage. She...
A tweak in St. John Villa’s small-ball philosophy has led to its best softball of the season and now a thrilling playoff win.“They made me believe they could hit righty more,” coach John Curatolo said.His Bears team delivered big hit after big hit...
Jessica Ragucci sensed a difference in Natalie Vantuyn.“I had a good feeling about Natalie today, just throughout the school day,” the McKee/Staten Island Tech coach said. “We were talking and through our conversation I heard her confidence.”That...
Nick Doscher second guessed himself left and right – literally. The Moore Catholic coach could have started left-hander Anthony LoBello on Wednesday against St. Joseph by the Sea in a game that would have clinched the Staten Island title. He also...
The city’s premier softball programs sit just over a mile from each other – two minutes by car – in Huguenot, Staten Island. Yet they haven’t played a game or even a scrimmage in more than three years. Why?PSAL power Tottenville and perennial CHSAA...
It was a moment where things could have easily unraveled for Petrides.The Panthers had just endured a long bus ride from Staten Island to Randall’s Island and already trailed Stuyvesant by a run heading into the third inning. Melanie Palmeri led off...
Benjamin Ezike was better than Rhode Island. At least that’s the way the Susan Wagner jumping star felt with interest from some of the country’s top...
Gordon Rugg posed a challenge to his St. Joseph by the Sea team less than a day after it was surprised by rival Monsignor Farrell in extra innings.“I told the team, good teams respond the next day, but we’re not a good team,” the Vikings coach said...
Winning again is never the same for Cathy Morano and Tottenville.“It’s exciting because there's always new kids to experience this whole thing,” the Pirates coach said. "The freshmen, they come in, they know the mystique and the tradition, but to be...
St. Joseph by the Sea’s third annual breast cancer awareness game hit home a little more for Vikings coach Mike Ponsiglione. Every year a breast cancer survivor has thrown out the ceremonial first pitch with a pink ball. This time it was someone he...
Lianna Jordan never pitched against Moore Catholic in her three seasons with St. Joseph by the Sea before today. It’s safe to say the junior made a lasting first impression.In a battle between the top two teams in CHSAA softball on Staten Island, St...
Brian Russell walked out onto the field for practice Thursday and St. Joseph by the Sea coach Gordon Rugg threw him off the diamond. No, the Vikings ace didn’t violate any team rules. Nothing of the sort. Russell had just come from a full track &...
Tottenville sees the rest of the regular season as a chance to reaffirm its position atop the PSAL. The Pirates won an unbeaten city title a year ago. A loss to rival Curtis in early April showed them and the rest of the league they could be beat....
Mike Sullivan was angry, upset and shocked. He was one of the two Tottenville players inadvertently left off the team’s active roster by school officials, which resulted in three forfeits. One of those forfeits was a 4-1 win over New Dorp, a game he...
St. Joseph by the Sea first baseman Angelo Navetta was caught biting his nails in the top of the eighth inning, as his team headed to extras in a scoreless tie with Cardinal Spellman.Spellman first base coach, Donald Vanbomel, turned to Navetta and...
Alexandra Prescia's left pinky turned different colors over the last few days. The St. Joseph by the Sea left fielder caught Liana Jordan against Notre Dame Wednesday and had a pitch hit her glove awkwardly. Her finger turned different shades of...
The stage was set for Chris Falcone: A Friday night game under the lights at the College of Staten Island and his team's rival, Monsignor Farrell, in the opposite dugout. He enjoyed the spotlight. Falcone shined bright from the get go, striking out...
Cheryl Lopez was as dominant as her team during its toughest stretch of the season. The Tottenville junior ace was the winner in all four games, allowed just a combined four runs and tossed two shutouts against four of the PSAL’s top 10 teams. She...
Alex Amadeo didn’t have a single at bat in league games this year. Yet there he was pinch-hitting with the bases loaded in the sixth inning and his St. Joseph by the Sea team tied with rival Monsignor Farrell.“I told him, the first pitch you see,...
Cheryl Lopez made a bold prediction before the game looking at the low center field fence at Great Kills Little League. “I called it in the beginning of the game,” the Tottenville ace said. “Jill [Regan] is hitting home runs. The field is small and...
Jessica Ragucci turned to her dugout in the top of the sixth and told her players that the inning was going to define their character. The Seagulls...
The better the pitching, the better Tottenville produces. “We are all used to travel [ball],” sophomore Jillian Regan said. “It’s difficult to adjust to the slower pitching.”The Pirates struggled with their timing earlier this week for five innings...
Frank Sconzo went down two strikes leading off the bottom of the first inning against Moore Catholic’s John Baggs. He fouled off a strike, then another. Ten pitches later, Sconzo was still in the box with a full count. He eventually worked out a...
Matt Coposio is quiet and reserved. He doesn’t do a lot of talking, on the field or off of it. He...
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