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Post Rankings

  • NYC Baseball

    1. Poly Prep (23-1)

    2. George Washington (21-0)

    3. Xaverian (21-2)

    4. Tottenville (22-1)

    5. All Hallows (17-9)

    6. Grand St. Campus (18-3)

    7. Xavier (15-9)

    8. Lehman (17-4)

    9. South Bronx (14-6)

    10. Monsignor Farrell (16-4)

  • NYC Girls Softball

    1. Tottenville (21-0)

    2. Archbishop Molloy (18-0)

    3. James Madison (18-2)

    4. Moore Catholic (14-6)

    5. St. Joseph by the Sea (15-2)

    6. St. John Villa (11-8)

    7. St. Francis Prep (12-4)

    8. Construction (15-2)

    9. Mary Louis (8-6)

    10. Francis Lewis (15-2)

Blogs

  • Dylan Butler

    Live blog recap: Empire Challenge football all-star game

    It’s a game that’s all about gridiron bragging rights between the top seniors in New York City and...  

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  • Joseph Staszewski

    Staszewski: Blue Chip USA Invitational player breakdowns

    Summer time is when we high school reporters turn from collectors of stats, times and point totals...  

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  • Marc Raimondi

    Raimondi: Food second only to hoops last week in Pa.

    There were prospects wall to wall. There was endless potential as far as the eyes could see. And...  

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  • Zach Braziller

    Braziller: Living the life of a college coach

    Over the last week, I lived the life of a college basketball coach, taking in three events during...  

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Matured Telfair leads Lightning to 16U title at HOF National Invitational

Matured Telfair leads Lightning to 16U title at HOF National Invitational

Ethan Telfair needed a game like this, running the show for the Long Island Lightning 16s, scoring and facilitating for his teammates. In the team’s 81-74 win over an excellent Grassroots Canada...  Read Full Story

Iona College's Machado set to tryout for Brazilian National Team

Iona College's Machado set to tryout for Brazilian National Team

Scott Machado visited Brazil when he was 8 years old and learned to speak the language growing up as his entire family spoke Portuguese. Good thing, too – the Iona College point guard will be...  Read Full Story

Loughlin's Jasmine Alston having big, busy summer with Philly Belles

Loughlin's Jasmine Alston having big, busy summer with Philly Belles

If the Philadelphia Belles 15U was a car, Jasmine Alston would be its second gear. The speedy, athletic point guard can turn a halfcourt game into a track meet with the dribble of a basketball. “If...  Read Full Story

Latest Sports News

  • Pride of Columbia Prep lighting it up with Positive Direction

    Brian Lissak’s summer plans didn’t include playing AAU basketball. His college plans didn’t include competing on a higher level than Division III....  

  • Under duress, Johnson named Hoop Group Most Outstanding Player

    Under duress, Johnson named Hoop Group Most Outstanding Player

    READING, Pa. – At a time when upheaval surrounds him, Melvin Johnson is playing the best basketball of his life at the most important time of his young career. Rice High School, his home for three years, closed its doors for good June 31; he...  

  • Rice refugees making most of last summer together

    Rice refugees making most of last summer together

    READING, Pa. – Dwayne Mitchell had options in picking his team for Hoop Group Elite Session I. He could’ve gone big or went after highly rated prospects. Instead, the former Rice coach and New York Gauchos coach chose familiarity, picking Tyler...  

  • From four to more: Kareem Canty opens it up

    Kareem Canty isn’t in a rush to pick a school after all. After a lengthy meeting with Long Island Lightning director Dana Dingle, the 6-foot-1 Harlem...  

  • Former Seton Hall star sees bright future after difficult year

    Former Seton Hall star sees bright future after difficult year

    Jeremy Hazell is completely healthy. It’s something he hasn’t been recently. Former Seton Hall star spent last season battling injury and even a gunshot wound, while trying to be the Pirates leader. Hazell, a 6-foot-5 shooting guard, broke a bone...  

  • The Post's All-Manhattan baseball honors

    The Post's All-Manhattan baseball honors

    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,...  

  • Down to four, Kareem Canty nearing decision

    Down to four, Kareem Canty nearing decision

    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's Regalado saves best for last

    George Washington's Regalado saves best for last

    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...  

  • Vega, Sahagun end stellar tennis careers with Wingate honors

    Vega, Sahagun end stellar tennis careers with Wingate honors

    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...  

  • Bergtraum's Gomez 'shocked' to take home Wingate

    Bergtraum's Gomez 'shocked' to take home Wingate

    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...  

  • The Post's All-Manhattan softball honors

    The Post's All-Manhattan softball honors

    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...  

  • Man of the hour: Clutch Trojans celebrate city crown with exiled coach

    Man of the hour: Clutch Trojans celebrate city crown with exiled coach

    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...  

  • Gift of grab: Sanchez's glove saves GW again

    Gift of grab: Sanchez's glove saves GW again

    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...  

  • GW's Carbone, Lehman's Droz to have separate hearings for 'unprofessional behavior'

    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...  

  • Never-ending Mandl case has taken spotlight from gutsy George Washington

    Never-ending Mandl case has taken spotlight from gutsy George Washington

    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 Class A baseball finals preview

    PSAL Class A baseball finals preview

    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...  

  • Diamond in the rough no longer, FDA's Phillips drafted by Reds

    Diamond in the rough no longer, FDA's Phillips drafted by Reds

    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...  

  • An in-depth look at the George Washington Trojans

    An in-depth look at the George Washington Trojans

    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...  

  • Decision on suspended GW baseball coach could come shortly

    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...  

  • Regis perseveres through trying season to win CHSAA volleyball title

    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,...  

  • Xavier gets everything but big hit against Norwood in season-ending loss

    Xavier gets everything but big hit against Norwood in season-ending loss

    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...  

  • DiLeo delivers for Xavier in 3-2 playoff win vs. Molloy

    DiLeo delivers for Xavier in 3-2 playoff win vs. Molloy

    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...  

  • Vega helps Beacon exact vengeance, win second Mayor's Cup

    Vega helps Beacon exact vengeance, win second Mayor's Cup

    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...  

  • Mandl on their minds: GW sweeps Lehman, hopes to get coach back for finals

    Mandl on their minds: GW sweeps Lehman, hopes to get coach back for finals

    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...  

  • Slithering out of trouble like a snake, Cedeno pitches GW back to finals

    Slithering out of trouble like a snake, Cedeno pitches GW back to finals

    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,...  

  • Loughlin's Jasmine Alston having big, busy summer with Philly Belles

    Loughlin's Jasmine Alston having big, busy summer with Philly Belles

    If the Philadelphia Belles 15U was a car, Jasmine Alston would be its second gear. The speedy, athletic point guard can turn a halfcourt game into a track meet with the dribble of a basketball. “If you want to change something up or make something...   1:40 AM

  • Matured Telfair leads Lightning to 16U title at HOF National Invitational

    Matured Telfair leads Lightning to 16U title at HOF National Invitational

    Ethan Telfair needed a game like this, running the show for the Long Island Lightning 16s, scoring and facilitating for his teammates. In the team’s 81-74 win over an excellent Grassroots Canada squad in the Hall of Fame National Invitational...   12:55 AM

  • Brush with law ripened Lincoln's rising star

    Brush with law ripened Lincoln's rising star

    READING, Pa. -- Shaquille Davis was very much like the other 700 kids at Albright College for last week's Hoop Group's Elite Session 1. He was looking to catch the eye of a few college basketball coaches, gain Division I interest or a scholarship...  

  • Wayne's World: E-Hall football star in national spotlight this summer

    Wayne's World: E-Hall football star in national spotlight this summer

    Wayne Morgan is almost traveling as much this July as an AAU basketball player – only he’s actually the most sought-after football player in New York City for the Class of 2012. The Erasmus Hall defensive back landed Monday night from Beaverton,...  

  • Ervin, United Brooklyn dedicate season to deceased coaching legend

    Ervin, United Brooklyn dedicate season to deceased coaching legend

    Gary Ervin spent the early part of this week honoring coach Sid Jones. Monday the former Robeson and Arkansas guard spent two hours at J. Foster Phillips funeral home in Jamaica, Queens for Jones’ wake. Tuesday he was back on the court suiting up...  

  • On the money: Xaverian's Bernardi picks up Iowa State offer, four others

    On the money: Xaverian's Bernardi picks up Iowa State offer, four others

    KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa. – Brian Bernardi’s stock has never been higher. Coming off an impressive week at Hoop Group’s Elite and Team Camps at Albright College, the Xaverian sharpshooter has become a hot commodity. He received his first high-major...  

  • Murphy's Law: Lincoln grad overcomes negative stigma

    Murphy's Law: Lincoln grad overcomes negative stigma

    The criticisms against Kamari Murphy were endless. His transfer from Bishop Ford to Lincoln in December 2009 was met with outrage – against him and the PSAL, which allowed him to compete for the Railsplitters despite Ford’s allegation that he was...  

  • Burns notice: Xaverian's pint-sized point guard picks up D-II offers

    Burns notice: Xaverian's pint-sized point guard picks up D-II offers

    READING, Pa. – More than 1,000 different kids took the court at Albright College this week for Hoop Group’s Elite Camp and Team Camp. The week of showcases during the first 10-day block of the live recruiting period drew coaches nationwide....  

  • Terrence Samuel Diary 2: Early success in front of top coaches

    Terrence Samuel Diary 2: Early success in front of top coaches

    Over the next month, The Post will bring you into the world of South Shore/New Heights point guard Terrence Samuel as he travels from Indiana to Reading, Pa., to King of Prussia, Pa., Las Vegas and back to Reading during the live recruiting period....  

  • 'Roos going Wes: Myers to step up as leader

    'Roos going Wes: Myers to step up as leader

    READING, Pa. – Wesley Myers ticked off all the familiar faces he will miss, from Mike Taylor and Teyvon Myers to Antione Slaughter, Malik Nichols and Anthony Hemingway. He did so with a slight smile, not because the Boys & Girls rising junior point...  

  • Lightning in a bottle: Under-the-radar Edwards blowing up at Reebok

    Lightning in a bottle: Under-the-radar Edwards blowing up at Reebok

    PHILADELPHIA – Kedar Edwards has been to three high schools in three different states. Now he’s in search of something a little steadier: a four-year college. The Brooklyn native and former Wingate star has impressed this week at the Reebok...  

  • Hoop Group Elite Session I notebook Day 3: Dickerson's emergence continues

    Hoop Group Elite Session I notebook Day 3: Dickerson's emergence continues

    READING, Pa. – Jordan Dickerson has come a long way since arriving in Coney Island as the raw, unsure project he was just two years ago. The 7-foot center made the top 20 all-star game Friday at Hoop Group Elite Session 1, a four-day camp during...  

  • Physically gifted Lincoln star drawing attention in first AAU season

    Physically gifted Lincoln star drawing attention in first AAU season

    STATE COLLEGE, Pa. – Erica Juarbe turned a few heads this week at the Blue Chip USA Invitational at Penn State. In her first tournament of that magnitude on the travel circuit, the Lincoln rising senior forward quickly made a name for herself with...  

  • Weighing college choices, Bernardi plans to bypass much of live period

    Weighing college choices, Bernardi plans to bypass much of live period

    READING, Pa. – Brian Bernardi is giving himself this one week at Albright College in front of college coaches – then he’s done traveling. The Xaverian shooting guard, who toured the AAU circuit for the first time last summer with the New York...  

  • Hoop Group Elite Session Day 1 notebook: Nichols decommits from Hofstra

    Hoop Group Elite Session Day 1 notebook: Nichols decommits from Hofstra

    READING, Pa. – Malik Nichols to Hofstra was thought of as a perfect fit – the talented swingman who has dealt with so much hardship in his life ending up at a local program that was the first to recruit him and saw the southpaw as a star in the...  

  • B'klyn teen has potential to be soccer superstud

    B'klyn teen has potential to be soccer superstud

    Born in Nigeria, a soccer star grows in Brooklyn. Yussuf Olajde doesn't play for one of the area's elite U.S. Soccer academy teams, and he has yet to step on the field for Sheepshead Bay High School, but the 16-year-old prodigy is considered...  

  • Ex-CK standout Gabriel ready for life beyond Manhattan

    Ex-CK standout Gabriel ready for life beyond Manhattan

    It’s been a long time, but Andrew Gabriel feels like a rookie again. That’s because in many ways he is. The 22-year-old recent Manhattan College graduate is the new kid on the block at Nike Pro City, one of the youngest players on a veteran...  

  • Patience pays off as Grady's Peters signs with Texas Southern

    Jabari Peters is an atypical New York City basketball standout. He didn’t play AAU basketball until hooking up with New Heights just recently. He...  

  • Brooklyn's Holder a keeper for first-year F.C. New York

    Brooklyn's Holder a keeper for first-year F.C. New York

    It was a reunion of sorts for Qwame Holder. After two years of being in the Red Bulls youth system, the Brooklyn resident finally got a chance to play at Red Bull Arena Tuesday night, but did so for visiting F.C. New York in a losing effort in the...  

  • Franchise (Gold's Gym) playing in honor of legendary Strickland

    Franchise (Gold's Gym) playing in honor of legendary Strickland

    Sitting in a mostly empty locker room at Baruch College, his sweat-stained jersey draped over his shoulder, Andre Barrett solemnly shook his head. The former Rice and Seton Hall star was already dismayed with the Franchise’s (formerly Gold’s Gym)...  

  • Former Loughlin star's career taking off after setbacks

    Former Loughlin star's career taking off after setbacks

    It wasn’t the path to professional basketball Kojo Mensah envisioned. The Brooklyn native struggled just to transfer from Siena to Duquesne after his sophomore season. Later that year, he was shot and he eventually decided to forgo his senior...  

  • Mr. No Days Off: Hard-working Forbes sticks in NBA

    Mr. No Days Off: Hard-working Forbes sticks in NBA

    Gary Forbes’ team trailed by 14 points midway through the fourth quarter, the atmosphere in the gym had gone flat and nobody would’ve faulted the Denver Nuggets swingman if he packed it in, got ready for his first vacation in five years. Instead,...  

  • Former Tennessee standout eyes overseas opportunity

    Former Tennessee standout eyes overseas opportunity

    The potential for an NBA lockout isn’t getting Brian Williams down. He is more than happy taking his game outside the United States instead of waiting and hoping for a call. “They said the lockout could last over six months,” the former University...  

  • Packer's Owens craves chance to represent USA in the steeplechase

    Packer's Owens craves chance to represent USA in the steeplechase

    Eddie Owens has accomplished plenty of significant marks this year and throughout his career. But this weekend the Packer Collegiate star can claim a special and elusive honor. He will run the 3,000 meter steeplechase at the USATF Junior Nationals...  

  • Brooklyn's Elcock getting his kicks in Richmond

    Brooklyn's Elcock getting his kicks in Richmond

    Growing up in Brooklyn, Edson Elcock had dreams of playing at Camp Nou with the likes of Ronaldinho, Samuel Eto’o and Thierry Henry. But those Barcelona dreams are now a Richmond reality. The speedy 26-year-old midfielder is a regular starter with...  

  • Getting the point: Bronx native Suber adjusting to new role

    KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa. – Da’Shawn Suber pulled up at the 3-point line and instead of firing, he set up a cutting teammate for an easy layup. The next...  

  • Abyssinian wins Big Shots Atlantic Slam II, hoping for more travel

    It was do or die for Abyssinian over the weekend. The two Big Shots Atlantic Slam tournaments in Myrtle Beach, S.C., were the only ones scheduled for...  

  • Smith shoots Gauchos 16s into Summer Classic quarters

    Smith shoots Gauchos 16s into Summer Classic quarters

    KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa. – Attention AAU coaches and players: If the game is on the line, odds are Dayshon Smith is getting the ball. The odds are even greater the shot is going in. Just ask the New Jersey Cyclones. Smith’s top-of-the-key 3-pointer as...  

  • Bronx's Boswell takes diverse game to Trinity Catholic (Conn.)

    Bronx's Boswell takes diverse game to Trinity Catholic (Conn.)

    PHILADELPHIA – Jason Boswell is a silky smooth, 6-foot-7 wing who can finish inside with aplomb and knock down 3-pointers. Those are the immediate things that jump out when you watch the Bronx native play. But Tito Ortiz saw a different side of...  

  • Under duress, Johnson named Hoop Group Most Outstanding Player

    Under duress, Johnson named Hoop Group Most Outstanding Player

    READING, Pa. – At a time when upheaval surrounds him, Melvin Johnson is playing the best basketball of his life at the most important time of his young career. Rice High School, his home for three years, closed its doors for good June 31; he...  

  • Rice refugees making most of last summer together

    Rice refugees making most of last summer together

    READING, Pa. – Dwayne Mitchell had options in picking his team for Hoop Group Elite Session I. He could’ve gone big or went after highly rated prospects. Instead, the former Rice coach and New York Gauchos coach chose familiarity, picking Tyler...  

  • Former Brooklyn Collegiate star Cropper to play next year at Truman

    Former Brooklyn Collegiate star Cropper to play next year at Truman

    STATE COLLEGE, Pa. – Emonni Cropper had every intention of playing next year at Brooklyn Collegiate. Even though the star guard moved to The Bronx in January and was making a more-than-two-hour commute from there to Brooklyn every day, she was ready...  

  • Kennedy rising star contemplates whether size matters

    Kennedy rising star contemplates whether size matters

    STATE COLLEGE, Pa. – Every day when Joya McFarland sees Jeff Paige, her coach with the CAS Douglass Panthers, she asks him if she grew. To say the 5-foot-4 John F. Kennedy sharpshooter is preoccupied with her height would be an understatement....  

  • Ex-CK standout Gabriel ready for life beyond Manhattan

    Ex-CK standout Gabriel ready for life beyond Manhattan

    It’s been a long time, but Andrew Gabriel feels like a rookie again. That’s because in many ways he is. The 22-year-old recent Manhattan College graduate is the new kid on the block at Nike Pro City, one of the youngest players on a veteran...  

  • Feeling wanted, Wings Academy's Fall chooses Radford

    Feeling wanted, Wings Academy's Fall chooses Radford

    The recruiting process was unkind to Amdy Fall. It started with him being under-recruited and once the scholarships offers started to pile up following a breakout senior year at Wings Academy, they all went away when questions arose regarding his...  

  • Former Spellman guard continues to show skills on streetball stage

    Leon Martinez’s career wasn’t being played under the brightest lights and on the biggest stages. The 5-foot-11 guard starred at Cardinal Spellman in...  

  • 'Africa' catches on, finds stability with new Ball Up organization

    'Africa' catches on, finds stability with new Ball Up organization

    Two years ago, Anthony (Africa) Pimble was hoping for an opportunity to play overseas. The Bronx native was trying to shed the label of just being a dunker and not someone who can thrive in organized basketball. Currently Pimble is embracing his...  

  • Former Rice star optimistic after tough season at K-State

    Former Rice star optimistic after tough season at K-State

    Curtis Kelly is ready to move forward. He just isn’t sure where that is yet. The former Rice star is coming off a frustrating final season at Kansas State after a stellar junior campaign. He started the year in coach Frank Martin’s doghouse and was...  

  • Father arrested after Truman star running back killed on grad day

    Father arrested after Truman star running back killed on grad day

    A father was arrested this morning after his star high school running back son was fatally stabbed in the Bronx just hours after his graduation when the pair fought with parking attendants they accused of stealing from their car, cops said. Andre...  

  • Nike Pro City notebook: Seagers' jumper beats star-studded Queensbridge

    Nike Pro City notebook: Seagers' jumper beats star-studded Queensbridge

    Queensbridge had all the star power Tuesday night at Nike Pro City, from high-flying Ryan (Special FX) Williams to Steve Burtt Jr. and Ron (Metta World Peace) Artest. Primetime, however, had David Seagers. Advantage, Primetime. The little-known...  

  • Fordham Prep's Bronzo looking to ride the Green Wave

    Fordham Prep's Bronzo looking to ride the Green Wave

    Anthony Bronzo thought his football career was behind him, that earning MVP of the 87th annual Turkey Bowl after leading Fordham Prep to a 17-7 win against rival Xavier on Thanksgiving Day was the fitting end of the road. Instead, The Post’s Bronx...  

  • Former St. Mike's guard Breedlove ends nomadic career with Washington commitment

    Starr Breedlove spent her high school career as a nomad, playing at three different schools over four seasons. The talented point guard’s journey will...  

  • Former Tennessee standout eyes overseas opportunity

    Former Tennessee standout eyes overseas opportunity

    The potential for an NBA lockout isn’t getting Brian Williams down. He is more than happy taking his game outside the United States instead of waiting and hoping for a call. “They said the lockout could last over six months,” the former University...  

  • St. John's Hardy still pursuing NBA dream despite draft disappointment

    St. John's Hardy still pursuing NBA dream despite draft disappointment

    The autograph seekers ran immediately over to Dwight Hardy after his game at Hoops in the Sun. During the contest Saturday afternoon, the famed streetball tournament’s announcers Uncle G Stacks and Bobby C expressed their disappointment to the...  

  • The Post's All-Bronx baseball honors

    The Post's All-Bronx baseball honors

    The Bronx continued to live up to its reputation as baseball-rich, though there were no titles. There was no CHSAA champion in The Bronx, but All Hallows, led by ace James Norwood, had a memorable season, winning the Bronx/Manhattan division title...  

  • Barry, Ocasio receive fitting send off to careers

    Barry, Ocasio receive fitting send off to careers

    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...  

  • Gannon-bound Ocasio set to back up big talk with big game

    Gannon-bound Ocasio set to back up big talk with big game

    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. Ray's Okoro to Iowa State

    St. Ray's Okoro to Iowa State

    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...  

  • Just for kicks: Xaverian two-sport star to play football at Fordham

    Just for kicks: Xaverian two-sport star to play football at Fordham

    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...  

  • Spellman, Maria Regina to join SI girls basketball division next season

    Spellman, Maria Regina to join SI girls basketball division next season

    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....  

  • Iona College's Machado set to tryout for Brazilian National Team

    Iona College's Machado set to tryout for Brazilian National Team

    Scott Machado visited Brazil when he was 8 years old and learned to speak the language growing up as his entire family spoke Portuguese. Good thing, too – the Iona College point guard will be prepared for the next two months as he tries out for the...   12:05 AM

  • Loughlin's Jasmine Alston having big, busy summer with Philly Belles

    Loughlin's Jasmine Alston having big, busy summer with Philly Belles

    If the Philadelphia Belles 15U was a car, Jasmine Alston would be its second gear. The speedy, athletic point guard can turn a halfcourt game into a track meet with the dribble of a basketball. “If you want to change something up or make something...   1:40 AM

  • With pro careers on the horizon, Red Storm pair enjoying time at Pro City

    With pro careers on the horizon, Red Storm pair enjoying time at Pro City

    Justin Brownlee helped make a name for himself and St. John’s University for many different reasons last season. The 6-foot-7 forward was the team’s second leading scorer and rebounder in his final season as the program made a return to the NCAA...  

  • From highly touted to humbled, Walker ready to start anew

    LeBrent Walker was supposed to be the next big thing. His recruiting process coming into high school was similar to what most players go through...  

  • Yearwood, formerly of St. John's Prep, pops up on college's radar in first AAU season

    KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa. – Ryan Yearwood stepped onto the court last week at Albright College and his eyes nearly popped out of his head. There, just a few...  

  • Range finder: Molloy's 'Weazel' improving jumper during big summer

    Range finder: Molloy's 'Weazel' improving jumper during big summer

    Alexa (Weazel) Dietrich thought her physical activity for the day was over. The Archbishop Molloy rising junior went for a run and was about to head into the shower when Joe Harnischfeger, the coach of the NYC Bulldogs 15U team, called. His squad...  

  • Seeing Red? St. Anthony's Anderson likes Johnnies

    Seeing Red? St. Anthony's Anderson likes Johnnies

    READING, Pa. – Kyle Anderson, a 6-foot-9 point guard from New Jersey that many of the nation’s elite programs have coveted at one time or another, separates himself from the pack with his unique skill set for a prospect his size. He’s different in...  

  • Slimmed-down Gully reshapes game for senior season

    Slimmed-down Gully reshapes game for senior season

    STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- Elisabeth Gully and her game have undergone plenty of changes in the last eight months. Some jump right out. Others are more subtle, but not less important. “I had like a wave come over me and I was like I need to get myself...  

  • Ex-CK standout Gabriel ready for life beyond Manhattan

    Ex-CK standout Gabriel ready for life beyond Manhattan

    It’s been a long time, but Andrew Gabriel feels like a rookie again. That’s because in many ways he is. The 22-year-old recent Manhattan College graduate is the new kid on the block at Nike Pro City, one of the youngest players on a veteran...  

  • D-I volleyball in sight, SFP's Hannigan to play at Albany

    D-I volleyball in sight, SFP's Hannigan to play at Albany

    Julia Hannigan had the deck stacked against her as far as becoming a Division I women’s volleyball player. The St. Francis Prep grad was born without sight in her left eye. She’s never been exceptionally athletic or tall. And playing in New York...  

  • Former Rice star optimistic after tough season at K-State

    Former Rice star optimistic after tough season at K-State

    Curtis Kelly is ready to move forward. He just isn’t sure where that is yet. The former Rice star is coming off a frustrating final season at Kansas State after a stellar junior campaign. He started the year in coach Frank Martin’s doghouse and was...  

  • Bayside's Lipschitz living dream with college coaching job

    Bayside's Lipschitz living dream with college coaching job

    Leah Lipschitz knew she wanted to become a coach – a head coach, in particular – pretty early on. She came to really respect the profession after arriving at Boston University from Cardozo. “The value of having a really good coach is so strong from...  

  • Queens native Nash anxious to start pro career, wherever that may be

    Queens native Nash anxious to start pro career, wherever that may be

    For the first time in his basketball-playing life, Tyrone Nash doesn’t know what comes next. The Queens native went from Lawrence Woodmere Academy to Northfield Mt. Hermon Prep to a four-year career at Notre Dame. The 6-foot-8 forward knows he’ll...  

  • Queens native Diaz rises to the occasion with FCNY

    Queens native Diaz rises to the occasion with FCNY

    Steve Diaz wasn’t supposed to be the starting goalkeeper for F.C. New York Friday night. But when Tim Melia, on loan from Real Salt Lake of Major League Soccer, informed interim coach Paul Shaw he wasn’t going to arrive at Adelphi’s Motamed Field...  

  • St. John's Hardy still pursuing NBA dream despite draft disappointment

    St. John's Hardy still pursuing NBA dream despite draft disappointment

    The autograph seekers ran immediately over to Dwight Hardy after his game at Hoops in the Sun. During the contest Saturday afternoon, the famed streetball tournament’s announcers Uncle G Stacks and Bobby C expressed their disappointment to the...  

  • Parents seek explanation for coach's dismissal, Molloy wants new direction

    Parents seek explanation for coach's dismissal, Molloy wants new direction

    The Archbishop Molloy girls basketball parents are looking for answers from the school after varsity coach Tom Catalanotto was unceremoniously dismissed Friday. Many of them plan to got to school Monday in an attempt to get them. “We didn’t see...  

  • Coach dismissed by Molloy after championship season

    Coach dismissed by Molloy after championship season

    Tom Catalanotto, who coached the Archbishop Molloy girls to a state basketball championship, has been let go by the school. Athletic director Mike McCleary made the dismissal official Friday afternoon. “The school has decided not to renew Tom’s...  

  • Bursting with Pride: Queens native Charles Jenkins drafted by Golden State

    Bursting with Pride: Queens native Charles Jenkins drafted by Golden State

    The Bay Area will have a New York City feel to it this winter as one Queens point guard is headed to Golden State to play for a Brooklyn product. Hofstra star Charles Jenkins was taken in the second round (44th overall) of the NBA Draft by the...  

  • Braziller: Walker and Jenkins did it right way -- hopefully this starts a trend

    Braziller: Walker and Jenkins did it right way -- hopefully this starts a trend

    Based on my Twitter timeline and Facebook home page, the entire New York City basketball community was glued to their TV sets, watching the NBA Draft. Everyone wanted to know when Kemba Walker and Charles Jenkins were going to be selected and by...  

  • Molloy's Gallagher puts basketball on hold for Grand summer plans

    Molloy's Gallagher puts basketball on hold for Grand summer plans

    Carolyn Gallagher will be switching from sneakers to a pair of hiking boots this summer. The Archbishop Molloy rising junior played the spring portion of the AAU season with the NYC Lady Bulldogs, but will be putting the ball away for the majority...  

  • 'Cuse-bound QB on Hunt for respect

    'Cuse-bound QB on Hunt for respect

    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...  

  • Hard-working Fason goes from St. Francis to St. Francis

    Hard-working Fason goes from St. Francis to St. Francis

    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 Post's All-Queens baseball honors

    The Post's All-Queens baseball honors

    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...  

  • Cardozo's Johnson enjoys last dance after winning race for her life

    Cardozo's Johnson enjoys last dance after winning race for her life

    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...  

  • McClancy's move to co-ed will not change philosophy: AD

    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...  

  • Ready for Moore: Big-hearted Robertson set to show complete game

    Ready for Moore: Big-hearted Robertson set to show complete game

    STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- Taylor Robertson had a role at Moore Catholic -- one she played so well -- the last two seasons. The Mavericks had plenty of offensive talent in Taylor Baggs, Christina Rubin, Jessica Coscia and company. Robertson was there...  

  • New Moore teammates build chemistry with NYC Heat

    New Moore teammates build chemistry with NYC Heat

    STATE COLLEGE, Pa. – The last few months have been a stroll down memory lane as well as a look into the future for Christina Rubin and Jamie O’Hare. The two Staten Island guards grew up playing together with the Staten Island Rebels travel team in...  

  • Weighing college choices, Bernardi plans to bypass much of live period

    Weighing college choices, Bernardi plans to bypass much of live period

    READING, Pa. – Brian Bernardi is giving himself this one week at Albright College in front of college coaches – then he’s done traveling. The Xaverian shooting guard, who toured the AAU circuit for the first time last summer with the New York...  

  • Marquis Staten Island baseball academy comes up ACES

    Marquis Staten Island baseball academy comes up ACES

    With a client list that includes David Wright, Jorge Posada and Scott Rolen, Seth and brother Sam Levinson are two of baseball’s biggest power brokers and Brooklyn-based ACES is one of the largest player agencies in the game. But the death of...  

  • Ex-St. Peter's sharpshooter will take talents to Curtis

    Ex-St. Peter's sharpshooter will take talents to Curtis

    STATE COLLEGE, Pa., – Kristen Olsen stormed onto the New York City girls basketball scene in the winter with 10 huge points to help lead St. Peter’s to a win against Moore Catholic for the Eagles 16th straight – and final – CHSAA Staten Island title...  

  • Hill's Carey expanding game, excited about new coach

    Hill's Carey expanding game, excited about new coach

    STATE COLLEGE, Pa. – It’s been a different type of summer for Kelsey Carey. The St. Joseph Hill star center has become accustomed to being the biggest and tallest player on her team. That hasn’t been the case since she joined the NYC Heat travel...  

  • The Post's All-Staten Island baseball honors

    The Post's All-Staten Island baseball honors

    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...  

  • Doing it all as usual, Tottenville's Shatku to captain NYC defense

    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...  

  • The Post's All-Staten Island softball honors

    The Post's All-Staten Island softball honors

    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...  

  • Spellman, Maria Regina to join SI girls basketball division next season

    Spellman, Maria Regina to join SI girls basketball division next season

    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....  

  • Rivals Hill, McFarland share softball Wingate Award

    Rivals Hill, McFarland share softball Wingate Award

    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...  

  • Moore Catholic's Salaycik signs with Felician

    Moore Catholic's Salaycik signs with Felician

    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...  

  • Golden touch: Golfer changes face of New Dorp girls program

    Golden touch: Golfer changes face of New Dorp girls program

    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]...  

  • Syracuse secures another: Tottenville wideout picks Orange

    Syracuse secures another: Tottenville wideout picks Orange

    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...  

  • Tottenville's Tierney can honor father's legacy and cement own with title

    Tottenville's Tierney can honor father's legacy and cement own with title

    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...  

  • An in-depth look at the Tottenville Pirates

    An in-depth look at the Tottenville Pirates

    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 Class A baseball finals preview

    PSAL Class A baseball finals preview

    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...  

  • Pirates handle Wagner for second straight PSAL boys golf crown

    Pirates handle Wagner for second straight PSAL boys golf crown

    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...  

  • Kline heads to Cornell with basketball future uncertain after ACL surgery

    Kline heads to Cornell with basketball future uncertain after ACL surgery

    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....  

  • Following last year's formula, defending champion Tots advance to final

    Following last year's formula, defending champion Tots advance to final

    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....  

  • Hobbled Krause inflicts damage on Grand Street

    Hobbled Krause inflicts damage on Grand Street

    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...  

  • Role reversal: Closer Aiello pitches Tottenville to within one win of finals

    Role reversal: Closer Aiello pitches Tottenville to within one win of finals

    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 Class A baseball semifinals preview

    PSAL Class A baseball semifinals preview

    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...  

  • Defense lets down Farrell in lopsided loss to Iona Prep

    Defense lets down Farrell in lopsided loss to Iona Prep

    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...  

  • Farrell survives scare, beats Xavier

    Farrell survives scare, beats Xavier

    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...  

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  • George Washington's Regalado saves best for last

    George Washington's Regalado saves best for last

    June 17, 2011

    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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