Archbishop Stepinac High School’s R.J. Davis and The Ursuline School’s Sonia Citron each received basketball for their play during the 2019-2020 season.
Davis was named Mr. New York State Basketball by the Basketball Coaches Association of New York, and Citron received the Gatorade New York State Girls Basketball Player of the Year award.
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The New York State Public High School Athletic Association has cancelled the remainder of its winter sports state tournaments, the NYSPHSAA announced Monday.
The NYSPHSAA was in the middle of state regional tournaments for boys and girls basketball, state semifinals for ice hockey and boys and girls bowling state tournaments.
The Ursuline School won the Section 1 Class AA championship, and was scheduled to play Monroe-Woodbury in a state regional semifinal when the playoffs were suspended.
All CYO and CHSAA practices and games have been suspended indefinitely, according to a release from archdiocesan Superintendent of Catholic Schools Michael Deegan.
Among the events suspended by this release:
— Two quarterfinal CHSAA AA boys basketball games scheduled for Friday at Mount St. Michael Academy.
— State championship boys basketball games in Buffalo on Saturday for Salesian and Fordham Prep.
— The Catholic high school girls basketball tournament semifinal and championship games that were originally for this weekend and were moved to March 20 and 21.
— This weekend’s CYO basketball semifinal and championship games at Mount St. Michael Academy.
— CYO Cheerleading Championships at the College of Staten Island on March 21.
— CYO Indoor Track and Field Championships at Ocean Breeze on Staten Island on March 28.
— The New Balance Nationals Indoor track and field championships was cancelled on Wednesday. The high school meet was scheduled for this weekend at The Armory.
BOYS BASKETBALL
CHSAA Class AA Archdiocesan Playoffs
Quarterfinals
Cardinal Hayes 58, St. Peter’s 41
Archbishop Stepinac 99, Mount St. Michael 62
Msgr. Scanlan 78, Iona Prep 69
Semifinals
Archbishop Stepinac 68, Cardinal Hayes 63
St. Raymond 69, Msgr. Scanlan 67
Final
Archbishop Stepinac 73, St. Raymond 68
CHSAA Playoffs
AA Division
Mount St. Michael 70, Holy Cross 69
Second round
Msgr. Scanlan 66, Christ the King 63
Cardinal Hayes 60, Mount St. Michael 47
Iona Prep 61, Bishop Loughlin 47
Archbishop Molloy def. St. Peter’s
Quarterfinals
St. Raymond 82, Archbishop Molloy 54
Msgr. Scanlan 73, St. Francis Prep 68
Friday, March 13 at Mount St. Michael
NY No. 5 Iona Prep vs. NY No. 1 Archbishop Stepinac, 4 p.m.
NY No. 3 Cardinal Hayes vs. BQ No. 2 Xaverian, 5:45 p.m.
A Division
First round
Cardinal Spellman 32, Nazareth 30
All Hallows 62, St. Joseph by-the-Sea 55
Quarterfinals
Msgr. Farrell 70, All Hallows 45
Fordham Prep 57, Msgr. McClancy 53
St. Edmund 72, Cardinal Spellman 46
LaSalle 57, Xavier 42
Semifinals
St. Edmund 55, La Salle 52
Fordham Prep 58, Msgr. Farrell 56
Final
Fordham Prep 60, St. Edmund 49
B Division
Quarterfinals
Regis 62, Moore Catholic 46
Sacred Heart 64, Cathedral Prep 52
St. John’s Prep 90, Cristo Rey 85
Salesian def. Kennedy Catholic
Semifinals
Salesian 72, St. John’s Prep 57
Regis 53, Sacred Heart 46
Final
Salesian 57, Regis 51
The CYO New York basketball semifinal and final games scheduled for this weekend at Mount St. Michael Academy have been postponed due to the evolving public health risks related to coronavirus.
The games are tentatively rescheduled for April 25 and 26.
An announcement will be made Friday regarding the CYO cheerleading championships at the College of Staten Island on March 21.
Here is how Catholic high schools from the archdiocese fared in the state polls from the New York State Sportswriters Association.
BOYS BASKETBALL
Class AA: 2-Archbishop Stepinac, 3-St. Raymond, 11-Cardinal Hayes, 27-Msgr. Scanlan. Class A: 19-Fordham Prep. Class B: 14-Salesian.
