Stepinac, Iona Prep Meeting Again

The first meeting was a thriller.

What will the second meeting be?

The Archbishop Stepinac and Iona Prep boys basketball teams will play 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Iona College in New Rochelle.

This will be the second off-campus meeting between the two archdiocese schools in Westchester County this season. Stepinac won the first meeting, 82-78, in double overtime at the Westchester County Center in White Plains on Jan. 5.

Stepinac (14-4) is ranked 14th in this week’s New York State Sportswriters Association Class AA poll, and Iona Prep (16-4) follows at 16. Both teams are coming off wins on Tuesday with Iona Prep beating Holy Cross, 60-50, and Stepinac cruising past St. Francis, 81-56.

5 Teams in State Poll

Five archdiocesan high school boys basketball teams are ranked in this week’s state poll by the New York State Sportswriters Association.

In Class AA, Cardinal Hayes is ninth, followed by Archbishop Stepinac at 14 and Iona Prep at 16.

Msgr. McClancy is 24th in Class A and La Salle Academy is second in Class B.

 

Cardinal Hayes in SNY Invitational

The Cardinal Hayes High School boys basketball team is competing in this weekend’s 10th SNY Invitational at City College’s Nat Holman Gym.

The Cardinals, ranked 10th in this week’s Class AA state poll by the New York State Sportswriters Association, are playing defending New Jersey state champ Hudson Catholic at 8 p.m. Hudson Catholic was ranked nationally by USA Today and MaxPreps in December.

Long Island Lutheran, fifth in state Class AA poll, and Archbishop Molloy, 19th in state Class AA poll, meet at 6 p.m.

The consolation game is 2 p.m. Saturday, followed by the championship game at 4 p.m.

 

Lourdes Girls Lead State Poll

Our Lady of Lourdes is ninth in this week’s New York State Class AA high school girls basketball poll compiled by the New York State Sportswriters Association.

Lourdes, located in the Town of Poughkeepsie, competes in the NYSPHSAA’s Section 1, which includes public and Catholic schools in the lower Hudson Valley. The Warriors are led by Maddy Siegrist (photo above with family), who is signed to play at Villanova University next season.

Five CHSAA schools from the archdiocese were recognized in the state poll.

In Class A, Msgr. Scanlan is second, followed by Cardinal Spellman at 13 and John F. Kennedy Catholic at 20.

In Class B, Aquinas and St. Vincent Ferrer are 13, and 24, respectively.

Click here for the complete polls.

 

Stepinac at No. 2 in State Poll

Archbishop Stepinac is ranked second behind Mount Vernon of the NYSPHSAA in this week’s New York State Boys Basketball Class AA poll compiled by the New York State Sportswriters Association.

Both schools are located in Westchester County.

Joining Stepinac as CHSAA archdiocese schools in the Class AA poll are Iona Prep, seventh; Cardinal Hayes, 10th, and St. Peter, 18th.

In Class B, La Salle Academy is second.

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All-State Football Honorees

The New York State Sportswriters Association just released its all-state football teams.

Here are the honorees from the archdiocese:

CLASS AA

First team: Derek Ferraro, Iona Prep; Lucas Nunez, Cardinal Hayes; Trill Williams, Archbishop Stepinac

Second team: Michael Nicosia, Stepinac; Elijah Jones, Cardinal Hayes

Third team: Sofian Massood, Cardinal Hayes, Michael DeGasperis, Iona Prep

Fourth team: Shawn Harris, Stepinac; Malkelm Morrison, Iona Prep

CLASS A

First team: Matt Valecce, Fordham Prep; Will Loffredo, Fordham Prep; Joseph Petti, Fordham Prep

Third team: Anthony D’Urso, Lourdes; Sean McDowell, Lourdes; Jaheim Jones, Lourdes

Fifth team: Liam McHale, Fordham Prep

CLASS B

Second team: Michael Booth, Cardinal Spellman

Third team: Ed Longest, Kennedy Catholic

CLASS C

First team: David Ross, Burke Catholic; Mark Przybocki, Burke Catholic

Third team: Heath Hoovler, Burke Catholic

CYO Winter Track Begins

CYO NY winter track practices started Monday at Mount St. Michael Academy in the Bronx and will continue each Monday through March 15 at Mount St. Michael from 6-7:30 p.m.

Additional practices and meets may be added. Forty-seven athletes participated in the first practice.

Registration is still open for winter track as well as the 2018 spring track season.

Click here to register for the winter and spring seasons.