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Yankees complete sweep of RangersIt’s a game that’s all about gridiron bragging rights between the top seniors in New York City and...
Read OnTom Catalanotto may not be returning to the Archbishop Molloy bench next season. Mere months after...
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Tom Catalanotto may not be returning to the Archbishop Molloy bench next season. Mere months after leading the Stanners to the New York Sate Federation Class A title, the third-year girls basketball coach’s contract was not renewed by the... Read Full Story
Unlike last spring, the postseason was not a happy time on Staten Island. Defending champions St. Joseph by the Sea (CHSAA) and Tottenville (PSAL) experienced playoff heartbreak. The Pirates fell... Read Full Story
The PSAL has suspended two PSAL baseball coaches for an on-field confrontation during the Class A semifinals, The Post has learned. Department of Education spokeswoman Margie Feinberg said in an emailed statement George Washington... Read Full Story
In the coming weeks, The Post will be honoring the best players of the 2011 spring season both on nypost.com and in our print edition. The schedule is...
The football balance of power has shifted back to Long Island. Oceanside’s Tyler Heuer’s 2-yard quarterback keeper gave the Island the lead for good in the fourth quarter of an eventual, 17-14 win over New York City last night in the 16th annual... 2:10 AM
Brooklyn is known as the basketball borough and for good reason with the PSAL boys champion calling BK home for the past six years. But this spring, Brooklyn is also where baseball champions reside. Xaverian is again back atop the CHSAA after...
Of the 60 players expected to be taken in Thursday's NBA Draft, some will buy high-priced cars, others flashy jewelry wth their first professional...
Standing on the New York City sidelines in plain clothes for the 16th annual Empire Challenge, Jaiquawn Jarrett was more than just a friendly face. The former Fort Hamilton star, four-year Temple standout and Philadelphia Eagles soon-to-be rookie...
The result was the same, but the creators couldn't have been more different. Abraham Ocasio is well known for great hands, propensity for catching touchdowns and is headed to college to play wide receiver. James Barry will be on the defensive side...
Tynell Brown came to Curtis imagining a prolific career as a wide receiver. He will leave the Staten Island dynamo with a newfound confidence in himself at the position. In between, he won a city championship – as a quarterback. “I’ll never...
The Claw had his hands all over Long Island’s 17-14 win against New York City in the Empire Challenge on Tuesday night at Hofstra’s Shuart Stadium. Well, more appropriately Tim Wienclaw had his hands and feet all over the victory in the 16th...
Rasheem Stroud followed in his brother Keith’s footsteps by attending Fort Hamilton and winning a city championship his senior year. The two may have even more in common soon – the speedy 6-foot-2, 200-pound outside linebacker/defensive end still...
It’s a game that’s all about gridiron bragging rights between the top seniors in New York City and Long Island and the Empire Challenge is always a highlight of the high-school sports season. A year ago, New York City edged Long Island, 15-10, and...
Manhattan's postseason success began and ended in Washington Heights. Nothing new there. Despite losing legendary coach Steve Mandl to alleged illegal recruiting, the Trojans won their third city title, topping defending champion Tottenville, 6-4,...
St. Raymond swingman Kerwin Okoro, one of the top rising seniors in New York City, has verbally committed to Iowa State, The Post has learned. Okoro, who took an unofficial visit to Ames in January, informed Cyclones coach Fred Hoiberg Sunday...
At this time last year, Kareem Canty was just starting to make a name for himself. After a solid AAU spring season, he began to draw interest from low-to-mid-major Division I programs and after flying under the radar at Bishop Loughlin, he was...
The book is out on Terrel Hunt. The Christ the King standout is uber-athletic and extremely explosive. It’s a big reason why he’ll be going to Syracuse in the fall. But can he throw the football? “A lot of colleges overlooked me as an athlete...
Danny Perez was exact in his post-game instruction. The coach wanted his New York City team to arrive at the pre-game tailgate party in collared shirts, pants and dress shoes. The Fort Hamilton head man expects his squad to keep the ultimate goal in...
New York City is enjoying its best stretch in the Empire Challenge, winning three of the last four years after dropping two straight in 2005 and 2006. The Big Apple’s football pedigree has only grown in recent seasons with more players going to big...
Tom Catalanotto’s voice was fading in and out and noticeably horse. The Archbishop Molloy coach and his NYC Lady Bulldogs travel team had just been through a marathon day that consisted of five games in a little more than a dozen hours and ended...
Taron Fason doesn’t look like a fearsome middle linebacker. At 5-foot-10, 198 pounds, he looks more like an undersized corner. But looks, as Fason has proven, can be deceiving. “I use a lot of techniques,” the St. Francis Prep senior said. “That...
Abraham Ocasio has impressed from the first day of practices for the Empire Challenge with both his athletic ability and football IQ. “He is the real deal,” New York City and Fort Hamilton coach Danny Perez said. “All the coaches are talking about...
Rodolfo Paguada smiled wide and his eyes lit up. It’s the look he often gets after scoring a goal, a expression Queens foes saw too often this fall. The only difference was there was no goal or soccer ball in site and Paguada was wearing a dress...
Manhattan's postseason success began and ended in Washington Heights. Nothing new there. Despite losing legendary coach Steve Mandl to alleged illegal recruiting, the Trojans won their third city title, topping defending champion Tottenville, 6-4,...
At this time last year, Kareem Canty was just starting to make a name for himself. After a solid AAU spring season, he began to draw interest from low-to-mid-major Division I programs and after flying under the radar at Bishop Loughlin, he was...
George Washington had several sources of motivation in last Saturday’s PSAL Class A championship game. There was suspended coach Steve Mandl sitting front row at MCU Park in Coney Island, a symbol of the Trojans’ inspiration. There was the...
Quinton Vega didn’t see high school team tennis in his future before attending Beacon. The area’s best prospects rarely play team tennis and it would cut into his training time. His mind abruptly changed upon arriving at the Upper West Side school...
In a world where sixth and seventh graders are being ranked by recruiting services and an eighth grader’s recruitment to a high school feels like a college process, Ashley Gomez took a much more modest path. She came into Murry Bergtraum three...
It was a banner year for Manhattan softball. Typically not one of the city’s power boroughs in the sport, Manhattan had three teams advance to the PSAL Class A second round – Environmental Studies, LaGuardia and Manhattan Center, which upset...
Amid boisterous chants of “32” – his jersey number – surrounded by his joyous players and assistant coaches and with tears in his eyes, Steve Mandl was finally at peace. The legendary George Washington baseball coach, suspended for alleged illegal...
Off the bat, Michael Sullivan was thinking double. He put his head down and sprinted for first base. As he made the turn around the bag, the George Washington fans along the first-base line erupted. The Trojans, suddenly full of life, came sprinting...
Nick Carbone can’t go to Disney Land quite yet. Before planning any ticker-tape parades or vacations, the George Washington interim coach has a...
This week should’ve been positive, about the showdown for the PSAL Class A city championship between forever powers Tottenville and George Washington. I touched on those subjects – from Tottenville ace Michael Sullivan and his scoreless postseason...
PSAL baseball beat writer, Zach Braziller, breaks down Saturday’s Class A championship game between George Washington and Tottenville at MCU Park in Coney Island. To follow The Post’s interactive live blog, click here. SCHEDULE 4 p.m. – No. 1...
Morgan Phillips is an atypical prospect. He attends Frederick Douglass Academy, a small Harlem school better known for its academics and which has had a baseball program for less than a decade. He hardly put up gaudy numbers in the PSAL, batting...
PSAL baseball beat writer Zach Braziller breaks down the top-seeded George Washington Trojans in advance of Saturday’s Class A championship game at MCU Park in Coney Island. George Washington Nickname: Trojans Head coach: Nick Carbone...
The seemingly never-ending saga of suspended George Washington baseball coach Steve Mandl’s fight to get back on the field has reached its breaking...
It was a city championship, but really it meant so much more for Regis and coach Alex Chan. The Raiders boys volleyball team defeated Iona Prep, 3-1,...
The good news for Xavier is that the Knights were getting runner after runner on base against All Hallows stud pitcher James Norwood. It was a far cry from the regular season when they saw the St. Louis-bound ace – Norwood no-hit them. The bad news...
Nick DiLeo has forged a reputation as one of the CHSAA’s best postseason pitchers and he proved why again Sunday afternoon, helping lift Xavier to a 3-2 win against Archbishop Molloy in the CHSAA Class AA baseball tournament at Iona Prep. The...
Bayard Faithfull never faulted Quinton Vega for missing last year’s Mayor’s Cup, the end-of-year tournament featuring the best Catholic, public and private-school teams in the city. Vega was playing in a USTA sectional tournament that was important...
The only visual reminder of Steve Mandl, the legendary George Washington baseball coach suspended for alleged illegal recruiting, at MCU Park in Coney Island was his white No. 32 jersey hanging in the Trojans dugout. But he was everywhere to his...
Nick Carbone compared Jariel Cedeno’s fighting spirit on the mound to that of a bulldog, which is ironic considering the George Washington senior right-hander is built like one – short and stocky. He’s heard about his weight often over the years,...
PSAL baseball beat writer, Zach Braziller, breaks down this weekend’s best-of-three, Class A semifinal series' at MCU Park in Coney Island. To follow the action in real time, check out our live blog here. FRIDAY 3:30 p.m. – No. 2 Grand Street...
George Washington has spent the entire season with Steve Mandl in mind. The program architect’s No. 32 jersey hangs in the dugout as a reminder that though Mandl isn’t around literally – he’s serving a one-year suspension for alleged illegal...
Jocelyn Jimenez was offered the chance to start the PSAL Exceptional Seniors Softball Showcase in the circle, but she turned it down. It wasn’t that...
The first player interim coach Nick Carbone raved about during the preseason was Randy Rodriguez, his new shortstop and leadoff hitter. The response he often got: Who is Randy Rodriguez? Everybody knows the former reserve now. The junior had the...
It’s déjà vu all over again for the Xavier baseball team. A year ago, the Knights swept the best-of-three third round qualifying series after winning the opening game on a walk-off, earning the No. 8 seed for the CHSAA Class AA championship...
The result was the same, but the creators couldn't have been more different. Abraham Ocasio is well known for great hands, propensity for catching touchdowns and is headed to college to play wide receiver. James Barry will be on the defensive side...
It was a championship-winning blast that just a few months ago wouldn’t have been possible. Back in December, Abrar Zafar wasn’t even at FDR, let alone living in the state of New York. The junior left the Brooklyn school and headed to Columbus,...
Not once in the 16-year history of the Empire Challenge has a Thomas Jefferson player been selected to the all-star football game that pits New York City against Long Island. The Orange Wave’s absence even outlasted the Outback Steakhouse corporate...
Michael Marando grew up playing soccer and had every intention of competing at the college level. It turns out he was half right. Marando will be a Division I athlete next year at Fordham University, but he will be wearing pads and a helmet, not...
One had three hits, including the one that eventually scored the game-winning run in the PSAL Class A city championship. The other put forth an incredible pitching performance into the 10th inning. Two players that have met in three of the last...
In a world where sixth and seventh graders are being ranked by recruiting services and an eighth grader’s recruitment to a high school feels like a college process, Ashley Gomez took a much more modest path. She came into Murry Bergtraum three...
Midwood is the capital of handball in the PSAL. The Hornets boys team won their third title in four years last month and the girls earned the top seed in the playoffs before falling in the semifinals. On Monday night at St. Francis College, Jack...
Brooklyn produced a NYSAISAA champion, a PSAL Class A city runner-up and a PSAL Class B champion in a solid season. James Madison was right back in the PSAL championship game after taking home the title last year. The Knights fell a little short,...
For the first three years of her illustrious high school career, Niri Halperin was Brooklyn Tech’s unquestioned star. That didn’t change her senior season, but there was added responsibility on a roster that included just six seniors around a bulk...
Rolyce Boston wasn’t exactly sure what to pack. The Sheepshead Bay senior felt he had nothing to wear to the outdoor state track and field championships in Caledonia, N.Y., until he came across a particular shirt. “I forgot I had the shirt in my...
Shane Green found a level of jumper’s peace last weekend. The Erasmus Hall senior had spent his final high-school season chasing a 50 foot triple jump. While he didn’t officially reach his goal he finally got hard evidence that he is closer than...
There were no dominating ace pitchers like Ruddy Lugo or Pedro Beato, or, as it turned out, any stud seniors selected in the Major League Draft. But one thing this Xaverian team had in common with the powerhouse squads of the past was that it...
Elvin Soto’s week ended a lot better than it started. The senior catcher from The Bronx put the disappointment of not getting selected in the Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft as expected to help lead Xaverian capture the CHSAA Class...
Omar Calhoun, a rising senior at Christ the King and the city’s top player in the Class of 2012, verbally committed to the University of Connecticut on Friday. The Post’s All-City boys basketball player of the year was considering North Carolina,...
The CHSAA Brooklyn/Queens girls basketball league is following suit with the Catholic boys league involving scheduling contests against PSAL teams. In an email sent Thursday night to the league’s coaches, Denise Hillig informed them to hold off...
CHSAA baseball beat writer Dylan Butler breaks down top-seeded Xaverian in advance of Friday’s CHSAA Class AA championship tournament title game at Kaiser Stadium on the campus of St. John’s University. Xaverian Nickname: Clippers Head coach:...
Jessica Previlon has overcome harder things before. So she didn’t get too down last month when most interest from four-year colleges had all but dried up. The athletic, 5-foot-11 forward helped lead Monroe Community College to the NJCAA Division II...
From Hank’s Yanks to Hank’s Haters. Grand Street Campus centerfielder Williams Jerez, a 6-foot-4 prospect who credited his development to the experience he garnered playing for the summer team sponsored by Hank Steinbrenner, joined the enemy on...
Steven Pastrana exorcised some demons and helped lift Xaverian into the CHSAA Class AA championship tournament final all with one quality outing yesterday. The senior right-hander allowed four hits in five scoreless innings as the Clippers...
Victoria D’Orazio came close on several occasions. She used the D word – disappointing – but never finished the sentence. The Leon Goldstein girls tennis coach just couldn’t bring herself to speak a negative word after her team’s heartbreaking 3-2...
Sierra Calhoun remembers the last time she and Bianca Cuevas were playing for the same team in a meaningful basketball game. “We both got way better,” she said. “We used to be little scrubs out there running around. It’s good to see how much we’ve...
Grand Street Campus took advantage of errors, got hit after hit and put five runs on the board. The crowd behind the Wolves dugout was going crazy. There was just one problem: All of that happened in the seventh inning when they were down 10 runs....
Quinton Vega is ranked No. 29 in the nation, was as high as eighth as a junior and the Beacon senior has signed a National Letter of Intent to play college tennis at Wisconsin, choosing the Badgers over Florida State and Michigan. But Vega’s...
A few months ago, Anjali (Little Bit) Moncrieffe wasn’t sure where she would continue her career when her time at Bishop Ford came to an end. Saturday was Graduation Day for the Park Slope, Brooklyn school and the pint-sized guard walking into the...
A seemingly safe four-run lead disappeared quicker than David Copperfield and suddenly Archbishop Molloy wrestled momentum away from Xaverian with a four-run sixth. The Clippers needed an immediate response and that’s just what Eric Kalman did...
The result was the same, but the creators couldn't have been more different. Abraham Ocasio is well known for great hands, propensity for catching touchdowns and is headed to college to play wide receiver. James Barry will be on the defensive side...
Abraham Ocasio has impressed from the first day of practices for the Empire Challenge with both his athletic ability and football IQ. “He is the real deal,” New York City and Fort Hamilton coach Danny Perez said. “All the coaches are talking about...
St. Raymond swingman Kerwin Okoro, one of the top rising seniors in New York City, has verbally committed to Iowa State, The Post has learned. Okoro, who took an unofficial visit to Ames in January, informed Cyclones coach Fred Hoiberg Sunday...
Michael Marando grew up playing soccer and had every intention of competing at the college level. It turns out he was half right. Marando will be a Division I athlete next year at Fordham University, but he will be wearing pads and a helmet, not...
The CHSAA Archdiocesan girls basketball landscape will be getting a makeover next season. Cardinal Spellman and Maria Regina will join the five remaining CHSAA Staten Island teams, Spellman athletic director and coach Jane Morris told The Post....
All V Dal Cummings wanted to do was flip since he was a young boy. The John F. Kennedy senior took one final tumble as a high school athlete with a back flip in front of the stage at St. Francis College as he was about to be given the PSAL Wingate...
It was a real Rumble in the Bronx. A pair of elite New York girls AAU basketball coaches traded vicious blows with each other — and two of their teenaged players — in a wild Sunday fracas at Fordham University’s Rose Hill Gym, witnesses told The...
The Bronx was deeper in the PSAL than it ever was before this season. Clinton, InTech Academy and Riverdale/Kingsbridge all advanced to the PSAL Class A second round and Stevenson almost did, falling to Bayside in a 12-inning epic. Clinton made its...
Dayshon Smith is going to have a host of high schools after him if this continues. The impressive sophomore guard, left without a school with traditional Harlem powerhouse Rice closing, put on a show Sunday afternoon at Manhattan College’s Draddy...
It’s like the same game is running for Apache Paschall on a loop. His team – whether it be high school or travel – will play lethargic and get down by a significant margin only to stage a furious rally in the second half. This one was one of the...
As it was, James Norwood was on a strict pitch count going on three days rest for the second straight start. The window of opportunity for All Hallows with its ace on the mound was small. So an error with two outs in the first inning not only cost...
Elvin Soto’s week ended a lot better than it started. The senior catcher from The Bronx put the disappointment of not getting selected in the Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft as expected to help lead Xaverian capture the CHSAA Class...
CHSAA baseball beat writer Dylan Butler breaks down fourth-seeded All Hallows in advance of Friday’s CHSAA Class AA championship tournament title game at Kaiser Stadium on the campus of St. John’s University. All Hallows Nickname: Gaels Head...
Jessica Previlon has overcome harder things before. So she didn’t get too down last month when most interest from four-year colleges had all but dried up. The athletic, 5-foot-11 forward helped lead Monroe Community College to the NJCAA Division II...
Tayna Pena was struggling with her control, walking batter after batter. Marigold Yin had just started her time as Clinton’s catcher and didn’t hustle hard after a wild pitch. The ball went into the dugout, giving Riverdale/Kingsbridge another run...
Stephen Alemais played six innings at shortstop and, for a second consecutive day, was called upon to get a save to extend All Hallows surprising playoff run. Playing his fourth game in five days, the sophomore was running on fumes and Iona Prep,...
All Hallows coach Ed Gutierrez pulled Luigi Batista aside before last night’s elimination game against Xavier and gave the senior rightfielder the bad news. “It killed me because Luigi has been starting for us all year and I got into a situation...
All Hallows coach Ed Gutierrez huddled with Juliane Mateo before his seventh-inning at-bat. With the score tied and runners at first and third with two outs, Gutierrez knew what to expect from Monsignor Farrell reliever Mike DiGiorgio and relayed...
It appeared like it would be the big hit Lehman had been searching for all series. Angel Zapata hit a frozen rope into center field, the ball curling away from George Washington’s Fernelys Sanchez. If it got past him, the loaded bases would have...
The All Hallows roster says Jayson Reyes is a sophomore, but his demeanor indicates otherwise. “Since I was 12 years old, I’ve been pitching under pressure so basically that’s my strength,” Reyes said. “For me, I pitch better under pressure.”...
PSAL baseball beat writer, Zach Braziller, breaks down this weekend’s best-of-three, Class A semifinal series' at MCU Park in Coney Island. To follow the action in real time, check out our live blog here. FRIDAY 3:30 p.m. – No. 2 Grand Street...
If there is such a thing as trying too hard, All Hallows felt it accomplished the feat in a disappointing loss. Base-running mistakes, errors in the field and an over-aggressive approach at the plate all cost the fourth-seeded Gaels in a 5-0 loss...
In the tremendously fickle college basketball recruiting world, Pete Aguilar saw schools pop up one minute, only to vanish the next. However, Long Island University was the one program that stayed on the Mount St. Michael shooting guard from the...
Jimmy McCormack said the winning formula for Fordham Prep is pretty simple. “Every time he’s on base, we win,” McCormack said. McCormack is referring to leadoff hitter Andrew Velazquez and there was plenty of evidence to support his theory in an...
South Bronx was hardly through the handshake line when the emotion began pouring out. Tears started streaming, hugs were being given out. The Phoenix didn’t just lose a baseball game Tuesday afternoon, falling 9-4 to No. 3 Tottenville in the PSAL...
The book is out on Terrel Hunt. The Christ the King standout is uber-athletic and extremely explosive. It’s a big reason why he’ll be going to Syracuse in the fall. But can he throw the football? “A lot of colleges overlooked me as an athlete...
Taron Fason doesn’t look like a fearsome middle linebacker. At 5-foot-10, 198 pounds, he looks more like an undersized corner. But looks, as Fason has proven, can be deceiving. “I use a lot of techniques,” the St. Francis Prep senior said. “That...
The spring in Queens was about rebirth, programs like Archbishop Molloy and William Bryant enjoying postseason success, John Bowne winning its first title in over 40 years and St. Francis Prep and Cardozo continuing recent success. There were just...
Ahtyana Johnson has finally been able to enjoy the things she fought so hard to regain. Just six months ago she couldn’t partake in her passions of running and dancing. Life itself was a chore for the Benjamin Cardozo senior track standout. Back...
An all-boys Catholic high school since 1956, Monsignor McClancy will be a co-ed school beginning in the Fall of 2012, it was announced last month. But...
The biggest surprise for the New York City team during Empire Challenge practices this past week has been a hard-working defensive lineman from Flushing. Sound familiar? Last year, Red Devils standout Jason Bromley was a workout warrior, wowing...
The only thing William Vera knew about wrestling was the WWE's version, where outlandish characters are as liable to grapple as they are to hit each other with steel chairs. So when then-Bryant coach Pete Maliarakis approached him three years ago...
As usual, Queens was one of the top softball boroughs, but it even topped itself this season. Archbishop Molloy took home its first-ever CHSAA state title after winning a third straight CHSAA Brooklyn/Queens championship, where it beat rival St....
Troy Gaugler’s job wasn’t finished when Bryant won the PSAL boys volleyball city title last month. Yes, the championship matched those won by his two brothers, Todd and Tyler. But Todd, the oldest of the Gaugler clan, still held something over Troy...
Quinton Vega didn’t see high school team tennis in his future before attending Beacon. The area’s best prospects rarely play team tennis and it would cut into his training time. His mind abruptly changed upon arriving at the Upper West Side school...
Claudia Francis and Chamique Francis got to enjoy one more accomplishment together. The Benjamin Cardozo stars (no relation) have been competing side by side since they were 7 years old. Monday night at St. Francis College they were with each...
St. Francis Prep’s past never had a bigger impact on its present until this year. It’s near decade of handball dominance has brought with it plenty of expectations and pressure to repeat along with the drive to keep the Terriers run atop the CHSAA...
For the elite few athletes, they are known by just their first name – Tiger, LeBron and Kobe. In New York City high school golf circles, there is only one. And his name is Xander. “He’s the one kid that everyone would talk about,” Scholars...
When the lights were the brightest, Chris Ortiz was at his best, helping lead Christ the King to a second consecutive CHSAA Class AA intersectional title and a trip to the New York State Federation final. But when the season ended, the phone calls...
Manuela Velasquez couldn't quite explain the way she felt competing in the girls singles final of the Mayor’s Cup. The Kew Gardens, Queens resident is...
Wayne Zweigbaum had a good reason to pair Alexis Tashiro and Paulina Velasquez together for the Mayor’s Cup. His No. 1 and No. 2 singles had never...
Adrian Blanco will never be confused with one of the ‘B’ divisions speed demons. John Bowne’s husky first baseman weighs a rotund 240 pounds, but his 180-foot dash from second base on Saturday lifted the Wildcats to their first city championship in...
Martin Van Buren had a season full of late-inning and walk-off wins – so why would the championship game be any different? That was the feeling in the dugout until the final out was recorded on Saturday. It was, however, different, as No. 11 Van...
When the year started, Marissa Puzino hoped to end her senior year with at least one state title, if any. But after Archbishop Molloy claimed the NYS Federation Class A girls basketball crown she wasn’t the only one hoping she would earn a second....
Omar Calhoun, a rising senior at Christ the King and the city’s top player in the Class of 2012, verbally committed to the University of Connecticut on Friday. The Post’s All-City boys basketball player of the year was considering North Carolina,...
The CHSAA Brooklyn/Queens girls basketball league is following suit with the Catholic boys league involving scheduling contests against PSAL teams. In an email sent Thursday night to the league’s coaches, Denise Hillig informed them to hold off...
PSAL baseball beat writer Zach Braziller breaks down Saturday’s PSAL Class B championship game between Martin Van Buren and John Bowne at MCU Park in Coney Island. To follow The Post’s interactive live blog, click here. SCHEDULE 1 p.m. – No....
The storybook ending to Dennis O’Grady’s collegiate career added its final chapter. The former Archbishop Molloy star finished his senior season at Duke by allowing just three hits over 7-2/3 innings to lead the Blue Devils to a 2-0 win over No....
Paul Karmas didn’t watch a second of the draft on MLB Network on Monday night. He didn’t follow at all online Tuesday. The only thing he knew about people getting selected was that St. John’s teammate Joe Panik went in the first round to the Giants....
Marcus Hopper has had a permanent smile on his face for the better part of the last four days. First, the 6-foot-9 center graduated from Holy Cross on Saturday, he took an official visit to Siena College on Monday and on Tuesday he verbally...
Unlike last spring, the postseason was not a happy time on Staten Island. Defending champions St. Joseph by the Sea (CHSAA) and Tottenville (PSAL) experienced playoff heartbreak. The Pirates fell to George Washington in the PSAL Class A final... 2:11 AM
Shaban Shatku is like a human Swiss Army knife, a fact that Shawn O’Connor is quickly finding out. So far during practice for the Empire Challenge all...
Staten Island continues to be New York City’s softball oasis – even in a supposed down year. Every senior except one on our first team will be playing the sport in college, most of them on scholarships. Tottenville got revenge on James Madison and...
The CHSAA Archdiocesan girls basketball landscape will be getting a makeover next season. Cardinal Spellman and Maria Regina will join the five remaining CHSAA Staten Island teams, Spellman athletic director and coach Jane Morris told The Post....
One had three hits, including the one that eventually scored the game-winning run in the PSAL Class A city championship. The other put forth an incredible pitching performance into the 10th inning. Two players that have met in three of the last...
It didn’t take long for Alex Salaycik to leave Felician College smiling. During an open gym workout this spring the Moore Catholic forward got her first compliment from Golden Falcons coach Steve Fagan. “He told me I locked down one of his best...
Alex Immella was finding out that golf wasn’t exactly a glamour sport for females at New Dorp. The coach was coming off a winless second season at the helm and had just a pair of victories in his first year. “I asked girls all the time [to play]...
Alvin Cornelius didn’t need time. He didn’t need official visits or trips to college camps. The Tottenville star wide receiver is loyal to a fault and that’s why Monday he verbally committed to play football at Syracuse in 2012, joining a long list...
Tom Tierney picked up the phone and was talking like any other night, like he hadn’t just lost his father, Tom Tierney Sr., the man he grew up idolizing and succeeding at Tottenville. There was no hint of despair or anguish in his voice, though it...
PSAL baseball beat writer Zach Braziller breaks down the third-seeded Tottenville Pirates in advance of Saturday’s Class A championship game at MCU Park in Coney Island. Tottenville Nickname: Pirates Head coach: Tom Tierney Jr. (12th year)...
PSAL baseball beat writer, Zach Braziller, breaks down Saturday’s Class A championship game between George Washington and Tottenville at MCU Park in Coney Island. To follow The Post’s interactive live blog, click here. SCHEDULE 4 p.m. – No. 1...
Tottenville spent the bulk of the season dominating the landscape of PSAL golf. In the semifinals the defending champion and top-seeded Pirates were pushed to the brink by fifth-seeded Leon Goldstein. They needed their No. 5 golfer Andrew Cassara to...
While many athletes have already left to start their collegiate careers, Christine Kline is still at home with uncertainty. The St. Peter’s senior guard, who will attend Cornell University in the fall, is resting after surgery to repair a torn ACL....
A hard-throwing left-hander was blowing away the competition, making a fierce lineup look tame. That pitcher’s own batting order was creating havoc for the opposing pitcher, everyone from the leadoff man to the ninth-place hitter doing damage....
It’s scary to think what Kevin Krause could’ve done Friday afternoon if he was actually healthy. Playing despite a sore left quadricep and right hamstring, the Tottenville senior had three hits, scored twice and drove in a run in the third-seeded...
Whatever happens over the rest of his baseball career, Vin Aiello will probably never forget his first varsity start. Pressed into duty in the opener of Tottenville’s best-of-three PSAL Class A semifinal series, the closer was brilliant in the...
PSAL baseball beat writer, Zach Braziller, breaks down this weekend’s best-of-three, Class A semifinal series' at MCU Park in Coney Island. To follow the action in real time, check out our live blog here. FRIDAY 3:30 p.m. – No. 2 Grand Street...
Monsignor Farrell cruised to the CHSAA Staten Island crown in large part because of its stellar defense and consistent pitching. Neither could be described as strengths Thursday night and now the Lions, the second overall seed in the CHSAA Class...
The ball seemed to hang in the sticky Bronx sky forever, but Joe Venturino had it all the way. The Monsignor Farrell shortstop has made this play a thousand times before so he camped under it at the second base bag and waited for it to drop into his...
Somewhere in between loading into its team bus, crossing the Verrazano Bridge and hopping on the Belt Parkway, Tottenville went into a time machine and morphed into last year’s lethal outfit. The third-seeded and defending city champion Pirates...
Two Moore Catholic comebacks were not to be. The Mavericks rallied from three runs down against Mount Mercy in the semifinals only to fall 6-3 and down two early to Kellenberg in the consolation round, took a lead, but suffered a 6-5 defeat in the...
PSAL beat writer Zach Braziller breaks down Tuesday’s Class A quarterfinals at neutral sites. First pitch is 3:30 p.m. No. 1 George Washington vs. No. 8 William Bryant @ Grand Street Campus No. 2 Grand Street Campus vs. No. 7 Telecommunications @...
A car crash before the game involving its battery wouldn’t be the only mishap for Moore Catholic. A few hours after Matt Kostalos and Joe Todaro were involved in an accident on the Verrazano Bridge en route to the game, the sixth-seeded Mavericks...
Bob Daggett is close to securing his new home. The former St. Peter’s girls basketball coach is in talks with Curtis to take over their girls program next season, multiple sources told The Post. Sources said that Daggett, nor his wife Pat, would...
Jamie O’Hare will be a Maverick next season. Following months of uncertainty, the former St. Peter’s guard told The Post that she has chosen to play her senior season at Moore Catholic. O'Hare became one of the city’s hottest free agents after the...
George Washington had several sources of motivation in last Saturday’s PSAL Class A championship game. There was suspended coach Steve Mandl sitting front row at MCU Park in...
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