CHSAA Girls Basketball Playoffs

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Archdiocesan A Division

Quarterfinals

St. Joseph by-the-Sea 66, Preston 36

Moore Catholic 71, Kennedy Catholic 50

Notre Dame Academy 55, Maria Regina 36

Cardinal Spellman 61, St. Joseph Hill 57

Semifinals

St. Joseph by-the-Sea 51, Cardinal Spellman 41

Moore Catholic 77, Notre Dame Academy 58

Final

Moore Catholic 47, St. Joseph by-the-Sea 41

NYC B Division

Quarterfinals

Cristo Rey def. St. Saviour

St. Catharine Academy 58, Cathedral 24

Semifinals

Notre Dame School 49, St. Catharine Academy 38

Cristo Rey 36, St. Vincent Ferrer 33

Final

Notre Dame School 40, Cristo Rey 20

NYC Varsity C Division

Quarterfinals

Sacred Heart def. St. Raymond

St. Agnes def. St Barnabas

Semifinals

Sacred Heart 54, Mount St. Ursula 47

Dominican Academy 42, St. Agnes 29

Final

Sacred Heart 54, Dominican 45

All-State Football Players

Here is how Catholic high school football players on the all-state teams released by the New York State Sportswriters Association:

Class B

First team: Anthony Badaliacca, lineman, Cardinal Spellman. Third team: Ethan Ortiz, all-purpose back, Cardinal Spellman; Liam Mulholland, kicker, John F. Kennedy Catholic. Fourth team: Brendan Tierney, running back, John S. Burke. Fifth team: Ryan Manna, kicker, John S. Burke; Jaron Joseph, defensive back, Albertus Magnus.

NOTE: The Class AA and Class A all-state teams are being released next week.

 

Football All-League Athletes Selected

The Catholic High School Football League of Metropolitan New York selected its all-league team for the 2019 season.

Click here for the list of all-league honorees.

 

Hayes, Moore Claim Titles

Cardinal Hayes captured its second Catholic High School Football League AAA Championship in four years with a 25-7 victory over two-time defending state champ Archbishop Stepinac at Mitchel Field in Uniondale.

Cardinal Hayes will play the Buffalo region champion for the Catholic high school state title on Nov. 23.

Moore Catholic won the AA-2 championship with a 28-6 win over St. Joseph by-the-Sea.

Read more about these games and Kennedy Catholic’s win over Cardinal Spellman for the A championship in the Nov. 21 edition of Catholic New York.

Kennedy Catholic Wins in OT

Clayton Proctor scored the game-winning touchdown in overtime as John F. Kennedy Catholic captured the Catholic High School Football League’s A Championship with a 39-33 victory over visiting Cardinal Spellman Nov. 10.

Liam Mulholland booted a 27-yard field goal at the end of regulation to force overtime.

Check out the next issue of Catholic New York for more on this game.

 

Kennedy Volleyball Wins Crown

John F. Kennedy Catholic defeated Mary Louis Academy of Queens, 25-20, 20-25, 25-20, 24-26, 25-22 to capture the CHSAA Intersectional high school girls volleyball championship at Cardinal Spellman High School in the Bronx on Wednesday.

Julia Costa finished with 41 assists and six aces for Kennedy Catholic. Madison Troetti, Anna Cascapera and Grace Tompkins each contributed nine kills. Cascapera also had five blocks.

The Gaels improved to 22-0 overall and will play in this weekend’s state Catholic high school tournament in Queens.

PHOTO COURTESY OF KENNEDY CATHOLIC

Iona Prep, Archbishop Stepinac Preparing for Football Semifinals

Rivals Iona Prep and Archbishop Stepinac are a win from meeting for the CHSFL AAA championship.

Iona Prep, the top seed, hosts Cardinal Hayes in a semifinal at 1:30 p.m. Saturday. The Gaels recorded a 58-41 win on Oct. 26 in the regular-season matchup.

Stepinac, the second seed, plays third seed Christ the King in White Plains at 1:30 p.m. Saturday. The Crusaders cruised to a 45-7 victory in the regular-season matchup on Oct. 13.

On Sunday, top seed John F. Kennedy Catholic hosts second seed Cardinal Spellman  for the CHSFL A championship in a rematch of the 2018 title game won by Spellman.

Click here for the playoff brackets.