Here are the updated brackets for the Archdiocesan Boys Basketball Tournament:
First round
Stepinac 72, Msgr. Scanlan 59
Cardinal Hayes 68, St. Peter’s 59
Iona Prep 72, Mount St. Michael 58
St. Raymond receives by
Semifinals
St. Raymond 69, Stepinac 66
Cardinal Hayes 64, Iona Prep 53
Final, Feb. 23
at Mount St. Michael
No. 2 Cardinal Hayes vs. No. 1 St. Raymond, 1 p.m.
A Division
First round
LaSalle 61, Kennedy Catholic 42
McClancy 62, Cardinal Spellman 42
St. Edmund 69, St. Joseph 63
Quarterfinals, Feb. 23
at Mount St. Michael
South No. 6 St. Edmund vs. South No. 2 Msgr. Farrell, 3 p.m.
South No. 4 LaSalle vs. North No. 1 All Hallows, 4:30 p.m.
at Christ the King
South No. 3 Xavier vs. North No. 2 Fordham Prep, 11 a.m.
South No. 5 McClancy vs. South No. 1 Nazareth, 12:30 p.m.
B Division
First round, Feb. 21
at Holy Cross
No. 5 Cristo Rey Brooklyn vs. No. 4 St. John’s Prep, 4 p.m.
at Christ the King
No. 6 Moore Catholic vs. No. 3 Sacred Heart, 2:30 p.m.
No. 7 Cathedral Prep vs. No. 2 Salesian, 4 p.m.
Our Lady of Lourdes High School senior Aiden Laux signed a National Letter of Intent to play football at Pace University.
Laux is a two-time all-league player and 2018 all-conference lineman of the year. He started in the 2018 Section One Senior All-Star Game.
Pace University is a member in the Northeast-10 Conference and competes at the NCAA Division II level.
PHOTO COURTESY OF OUR LADY OF LOURDES HIGH SCHOOL
Iona Preparatory School held a signing ceremony on National Signing Day on Feb. 6 as 12 more student-athletes announced their intent to play in college.
To date, 24 Iona Prep student-athletes have committed to compete athletically in 2019-2020.
Here is list of the signees from the National Signing Day on Feb. 6:
Anthony Bonavita IV, Merrimack, football; Joseph DiDonato, Le Moyne, baseball; Michael DiDonato, Le Moyne, baseball; Jimaar Edwards, Union College, football; Kieran Foster, Georgetown, tennis; Camari Glasgow, Merrimack, football; Alexander Guglielmo, Trinity, soccer; Stephen Judge, Fordham, water polo; Jayden Lambert, Brockport, football; Charles Ryan, Union, football; Ryan Soules, Southern Connecticut State, football; Steve Wieder, Belmont Abbey, golf.
St. Raymond and Cardinal Hayes are ranked second and third, respectively, in this week’s New York State Sportswriters Association Class AA boys basketball poll.
Both teams completed the regular season with 19-5 overall and 14-3 league records. The two teams split their regular-season meetings, and St. Raymond won 19 of 20 games before losing its season finale to Msgr. Scanlan.
In Class A, Fordham Prep and Msgr. Farrell are 11th and 12th, respectively.
The CHSAA state boys and girls championship games are returning to Fordham University on March 9 and 10.
On March 9, the top high school girls teams will be competing for the Class AA, A and B championships, and the boys will have their Class A and B title games.
The CHSAA Class AA boys championship game will be on March 10.
Winners will advance to the state federation tournament in Glens Falls on March 22-24.
Msgr. Scanlan, Cardinal Spellman and Aquinas are ranked in this week’s New York State Sportswriters Association girls basketball poll.
Msgr. Scanlan, which posted a 64-48 victory over John F. Kennedy Catholic on Wednesday, is ranked 14th in the Class AA poll. Cardinal Spellman is 10th in Class A and Aquinas ranks 20th in Class B.
Msgr. Scanlan, Cardinal Spellman and Aquinas are the only three CHSAA programs from the archdiocese in the state poll, which includes teams from around the state.
