Bosse Chooses Xavier

Clare Bosse, a senior swimmer at Our Lady of Lourdes High School in Poughkeepsie, signed a National Letter of Intent to swim at Xavier University on Friday.

Boose holds seven of the eight girls individual swimming records at Lourdes and four pool records at Poughkeepsie Middle School, where Lourdes swims its home meets.

Bosse is a six-time state finalist, eight-time Section 1 finalist and one-time Section 1 champion. She qualified for the state swimming and diving championship meet in all four years at Lourdes.

PHOTO COURTESY OF OUR LADY OF LOURDES HIGH SCHOOL

 

10 Iona Prep Stars Pick Colleges

Ten Iona Prep athletes committed to play athletics collegiately in the 2018-2019 school year with eight of the athletes signing a National Letter of Intent to play an NCAA Division I sport.

The athletes are Sam Bello, Maryland, baseball; William Citron, Cornell, soccer; Jack Cleary, Marquette, lacrosse; Chris DiFiore, Bucknell, baseball; John Hufnagle, Providence, lacrosse; Jack Keenan, Marist, baseball; Matt Minerva, Villanova, golf; John Nowak, Bates, baseball; Jake Pasacreta, Tampa, lacrosse; and John Screiber, Johns Hopkins, lacrosse.

In 2017-2018, 31 Iona Prep athletes committed to play on collegiate teams, 17 signed to play an NCAA Division I sport.

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Senior Bowl on Sunday

The annual Catholic High School Football League of Metropolitan New York’s Senior Bowl is 1:30 p.m. Sunday at Mitchel Athletic Complex in Uniondale.

Admission is free.

The game features the top seniors in the league during the 2018 season.

The day begins with 9:30 a.m. Mass at Kellenberg, followed by the Communion Awards Breakast. Tickets for the breakfast, which are required for parents, coaches and players, are $20 per person and must be purchased in advance. Tickets will not be sold at the door.

Jacket and tie are recommended for Mass and the breakfast.

Connolly Signs with Sacred Heart

Maeve Connolly, a senior at Our Lady of Lourdes High School, signed a National Letter of Intent to play women’s lacrosse at Sacred Heart University.

Connolly visited the university during her junior year and verbally committed to the school.

A two-time all-league player, Connolly is one of five girls in Lourdes history to score 100 varsity career goals. She has 103 goals entering her senior season.

Connolly will study either occupational therapy or physical therapy at Sacred Heart.

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Damiani Off to Nyack

Lia Damiani, a senior at Our Lady of Lourdes High School in Poughkeepsie, signed a National Letter of Intent to play NCAA Division II softball at Nyack College in Rockland County.

Damiani, who pitched a no-hitter as a high school sophomore, received athletic and academic scholarships from Nyack, where she plans to study nursing.

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Suarez Signs with Dominican

Alexis Suarez, a senior point guard at John F. Kennedy Catholic High School, signed a National Letter of Intent to play college basketball with the Dominican College Lady Chargers in Rockland County.

Suarez became the first varsity girls basketball player to score 1,000 career points, when she reached the milestone during a regular-season game in 2017-2018.

PHOTO COURTESY OF JACOB BERGMEIER, KENNEDY CATHOLIC

 

Nine Stepinac, Iona Prep athletes lead cast of CHSFL all-league honorees

Just days after winning a second consecutive Catholic high school state football title, nine Archbishop Stepinac athletes received all-league honors from the Catholic High School Football League of Metropolitan New York.

Malik Grant, Shawn Harris, Jonathan Mucciolo and Chris Wise are Stepinac seniors earning all-league offensive honors. Seniors Kevin Gray, De’Andre Smith, Doug Simmons, Joe Garbowski and junior Kevin McKenna were recognized for their work defensively.

Iona Prep also had nine players honored — Derek Robertson, Anthony Bonavita, Sean Fleming, Camari Glasgow, Franklin McFadden, Matt Parker, Jimaar Edwards, Charlie Stanton and Jayden Lambert.

Click here for the complete list.

PHOTO COURTESY OF JOE SOMEREVE

 

CYO Bowling Back on Staten Island

Registration is underway for the 2019 winter bowling season on Staten Island that begins Jan. 8 at Rab’s Country Lanes.

Bowlers will represent their parish/school each Tuesday at 4 p.m. for nine weeks at the bowling center. The bowling divisions will be done by grade — kindergarten through second grade, third and fourth grades, fifth and sixth grades, and seventh and eighth grades.

The $120 registration fee includes the nine weeks of bowling, use of Rab’s Country Lanes bowling shoes and bowling balls, and a team jersey for each bowler.

Click here to register and learn more about the league.

 

Stepinac Wins State Title

Archbishop Stepinac captured its second straight and third Catholic high school state championship in four years with a 49-7 victory over St. Francis in White Plains Saturday.

Stepinac scored the game’s first 28 points and the final 14 points of the first half to take a 42-7 at the intermission.

The Crusaders won a seventh consecutive game after starting the season with a 1-4 record.

St. Francis, the Buffalo regional champion representing the Msgr. Martin High School Athletic Association, had its three-game winning streak snapped and finished the season at 5-7 overall.

PHOTO COURTESY OF JOE SOMEREVE

 

Start Thanksgiving with Football

Thanksgiving Day begins with two annual high school football games in the Bronx.

Fordham Prep and Xavier are meeting at 10 a.m. at Coffey Field on the Fordham University campus.

Mount St. Michael and Cardinal Hayes are playing at Cardinal Spellman High School at 10:30 a.m.