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Post Rankings

  • NYC Baseball

    1. Tottenville (23-1)

    2. St. Joseph by the Sea (19-3)

    3. Lehman (18-5)

    4. Xavier (18-8)

    5. James Monroe (18-1)

    6. St. Raymond (17-8)

    7. James Madison (20-2)

    8. George Washington (19-2)

    9. Xaverian (19-3)

    10. Morris (16-3)

  • NYC Girls Softball

    1. St. Joseph by the Sea (21-0)

    2. James Madison (19-1)

    3. Tottenville (21-1)

    4. Poly Prep (15-0)

    5. Archbishop Molloy (16-3)

    6. Moore Catholic (14-4)

    7. Susan Wagner (18-3)

    8. St. Francis Prep (11-5)

    9. Cardozo (15-3)

    10. Christ the King (9-6)

Blogs

  • Dylan Butler

    The Butler Did It

    I have seen the future star of American sports and his name is Bubba. Bubba Starling to be exact....  

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  • Joseph Staszewski

    Staszewski's observations from Operation Athlete Team Shootout

    A busy week of football practices ended with basketball. I made the trip to the Wayne PAL Sports...  

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  • Marc Raimondi

    Things I'll miss from summer 2010

    It’s about that time again. In the next few days, you’ll be noticing some changes around here. The...  

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  • Zach Braziller

    Jack will commit to Rutgers

    Kadeem Jack will announce his commitment to Rutgers tonight on the MSG Varsity, a source close to...  

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Clinton aims to take success to next level

Clinton aims to take success to next level

As the rest of The Bronx has struggled, DeWitt Clinton has emerged. John F. Kennedy and Lehman are rebuilding under new coaches – for Lehman, Michael Saunds is its third coach in four years – and...  Read Full Story

Xavier brings rugby swagger to gridiron

Xavier brings rugby swagger to gridiron

There are no radical changes at Xavier, no need for a complete overhaul of the offensive scheme. Chris Stevens is a disciple of the single-wing and the Knights are going to run it until he decides to...  Read Full Story

'Roos ready to kick disappointing 2009

'Roos ready to kick disappointing 2009

There is a buzz about Boys & Girls this preseason. The Kangaroos are expected to be greatly improved, returning the core of a team that went just 2-7 last season. But coach Barry O’Connor is more...  Read Full Story

Latest Sports News

  • The Post's high-school football previews

    Here’s a list of the high-school football previews done to date, listed by league: CHSFL Holy Cross Mount St. Michael St. Joseph by the Sea...   9:38 AM

  • Young yet confident Sharks find themselves in deep end

    Young yet confident Sharks find themselves in deep end

    Everywhere he looks, Rashid Armand sees new faces – on offense, defense and special teams. Before training camp, he needed a media guide to get to know his new teammates. But Armand doesn’t want any sympathy, even if he is the lone returning...  

  • Inexperienced Phoenix rise to Bowl division

    Inexperienced Phoenix rise to Bowl division

    Jose Cosme looked at his roster, all the graduating seniors, and started an internal debate. Was moving up to the Bowl division a wise decision, he pondered, after winning the Cup crown last November? Then he thought back to a conversation he had...  

  • Christ the King hoping for 'A' successful season

    Christ the King hoping for 'A' successful season

    Some teams set a goal of winning a championship, others aim to get to Belson Stadium, the site of the CHSAA Class A intersectional semifinals. Christ the King’s goals are a bit different. “Our only pressure is to prove we can compete,” Royals...   1:14 AM

  • 'Red-headed step child' no more: FDR moves up to top division

    Paul Klyap didn’t want to move Franklin D. Roosevelt up to the City Championship division because of what the Cougars did last year, their first in the...  

  • New coach, same goals for Tech

    New coach, same goals for Tech

    School has come early in a sense for Peter Schmidt-Nowara and his Brooklyn Tech girls soccer team. It is the former Manhattan Center boys coach's first season at the helm, taking over for Thomas Nguyen. There has been a learning curve for both...  

  • PSAL Queens A-V girls soccer preview

    PSAL Queens A-V girls soccer preview

    There are few holdovers from a Long Island City team that went unbeaten during the regular season and claimed its first Queens A-V division title. Even after losing eight seniors, the goals haven't changed. “I always have high expectations for...   12:03 AM

  • Low numbers hamper Wagner for second straight year

    Low numbers hamper Wagner for second straight year

    Susan Wagner, one of the most storied programs in PSAL history, had some of its lowest numbers last season. It got so difficult that legendary coach Al Paturzo had to use a quarterback, in this case Jordan Rodriguez, on defense for the first time in...  

  • Restore the paw: Lehman looks to get back to winning ways

    Restore the paw: Lehman looks to get back to winning ways

    It was risky, but Michael Saunds thought it had to be done. One of the new coach’s first orders of duty at Lehman was to oust the returning seniors who weren’t committed to the team philosophy. The Lions didn’t have huge numbers in the first place...  

  • Young Terriers relish underdog role

    Young Terriers relish underdog role

    Brendan Stackpole split time at quarterback last year, but he was under center when St. Francis Prep turned its season around a year ago, when the Terriers shook off a miserable start to advance to the CHSFL Class AA semifinals before losing a...  

  • No average Joe: Xavier a contender under Balsamo

    No average Joe: Xavier a contender under Balsamo

    The annual three-team race in the New York Archdiocesan now has a fourth contender. Fordham Prep, Regis and Iona Prep all regularly compete for the CHSAA Class A division title, but with Joe Balsamo moving up to coach the varsity team after back...  

  • Recovered Koutsounadis ready to lead refocused Lewis

    Recovered Koutsounadis ready to lead refocused Lewis

    Gena Koutsounadis waited nearly seven months for the last two weeks. The Francis Lewis star midfielder tore her left ACL in January playing for her FCNY United club soccer team and had surgery to repair it in February. She was able to get back on...  

  • PSAL Queens A-IV girls soccer preview

    PSAL Queens A-IV girls soccer preview

    Is it or isn’t it? We will find out soon enough. Bayside girls soccer coach Magdalini Kassimis has called this season a rebuilding one. The Commodores lost nearly their entire starting lineup. She will have a roster filled with sophomores, juniors...  

  • Top recruit Harkless picks St. John's

    Top recruit Harkless picks St. John's

    St. John’s is back in the city’s tangled recruiting game, and the Red Storm are there with a cool and confident kid who lives just minutes from the school’s Queens campus. Maurice Harkless, a 6-foot-8 wing who starred at Forest Hills High School...  

  • Jack to the RAC: Former Rice star picks Rutgers

    Jack to the RAC: Former Rice star picks Rutgers

    Rutgers’ future got brighter 6 p.m. Tuesday night – by six feet, nine inches. That’s when Kadeem Jack, the former Rice standout, chose the Scarlet Knights over West Virginia, Arkansas, and Miami, becoming the second New York City player in five...  

  • Talented Tottenville looking for leadership

    Talented Tottenville looking for leadership

    Tottenville lost to Curtis in last year’s PSAL city championship game, 16-10. And Pirates coach Jim Munson is bent on not letting his players forget that margin. The goal for this season is to make up those six points. “Throughout the year after...  

  • Getting defensive: Fordham Prep expects vast improvement

    Getting defensive: Fordham Prep expects vast improvement

    Looking for an evaluation of the Fordham Prep football team from its head coach? Pete Gorynski’s answer varies depending on when you ask the question. “My assessment of this team has been schizophrenic,” he said. “From minute to minute it changes....  

  • Pistons in gear for first season in Bowl division

    Pistons in gear for first season in Bowl division

    Automotive’s first varsity season could have easily been its last. Four years ago, the Pistons went 0-10 in their debut and scored a total of one touchdown the entire season. Coach Haseeb Khawaja, the program’s architect, had more than a few doubts....  

  • Strong defense, varied attack leads St. Peter's

    As he was preparing to take on the defending CHSAA champions a year ago in the Class A intersectional quarterfinals, John Liantonio didn’t know what to...  

  • Rebuilt Lincoln has division title aspirations

    Rebuilt Lincoln has division title aspirations

    When Chris Vega took over as the Lincoln boys soccer coach three years ago, he had to start recruiting – within the Coney Island school. “There were a lot of players in the school, but not a lot came out for the team,” he said. Aided by his...  

  • Xavier brings rugby swagger to gridiron

    Xavier brings rugby swagger to gridiron

    There are no radical changes at Xavier, no need for a complete overhaul of the offensive scheme. Chris Stevens is a disciple of the single-wing and the Knights are going to run it until he decides to leave the school. So there’s no surprise that...   12:43 AM

  • No average Joe: Xavier a contender under Balsamo

    No average Joe: Xavier a contender under Balsamo

    The annual three-team race in the New York Archdiocesan now has a fourth contender. Fordham Prep, Regis and Iona Prep all regularly compete for the CHSAA Class A division title, but with Joe Balsamo moving up to coach the varsity team after back...  

  • Follow the leader: MLK taking notes from Sangary

    Follow the leader: MLK taking notes from Sangary

    With every touch, a booming voice exploded. Each drill, the voice grew louder, more intense, with new instruction. Martin Luther King Jr. was going through a light summer workout under the hot August sun, but the voice wouldn’t stop. No, this wasn...  

  • Veteran Beacon plans to rely on balanced attack

    Veteran Beacon plans to rely on balanced attack

    Two years ago, it was Baimba Freeman. Last year, Pascal Louis held the honor. Who will be Beacon’s dynamic striker this fall? There isn’t an easy answer, and the Blue Demons are fine with that. “When you start relying on one or two players, it’s...  

  • Manhattan A boys soccer preview

    Julia Richman has its top goal scorers, fullbacks, and midfielders back. Seventy percent of its starting XI, in fact, is identical. Luis Flores is...  

  • Determined Blue Demons seek happy ending this time around

    Determined Blue Demons seek happy ending this time around

    Just the idea of looking back is still painful for Sophie Kligler. The Beacon senior experienced the exhilaration of winning a PSAL Class A city title as a freshman, but has had to endure painful penalty kick losses in the finals the last two...  

  • Raiders of the lost striker: Regis in search of goals

    Raiders of the lost striker: Regis in search of goals

    He has five returning starters, including one of the city’s top goalkeepers. Yes, Regis coach Vincent Catapano has several answers leading up to the CHSAA soccer season. Who will put the ball in the net, though, remains a mystery. That wasn’t a...  

  • Cuffe, Team 914 miss out on championship sweep

    Cuffe, Team 914 miss out on championship sweep

    It was a memorable, if not successful night for Kyle Cuffe and his Team 914 mates. The squad lost in the Entertainers Basketball Classic at Rucker Park on Thursday night and then had to zoom uptown to Dyckman in Washington Heights for that...  

  • Shammgod returns to Rucker, sees coaching in his future

    Shammgod returns to Rucker, sees coaching in his future

    You name it and God Shammgod has likely achieved it in the basketball world. The 6-foot point guard was a McDonald’s All-American out of LaSalle HS, took Providence to the NCAA tournament and played professionally at multiple levels. Not to mention...  

  • Durand, Durand: Rice product turning heads in Miami

    Durand, Durand: Rice product turning heads in Miami

    Durand Scott’s shoulders sagged and his head drooped down. His voice was raspy and nearly inaudible. One would have thought the former Rice High star just lost an NCAA tournament game at Miami, where he just completed his freshman season. But in...  

  • Former LaSalle star Joye restarts Division I dream

    It wasn’t the year Jarrel Joye was planning on. The former LaSalle Academy star enrolled in Central Carolina Sports Academy, a prep school in...  

  • SmartBall Metro Classic notebook: Coach sets Wadleigh's hopes high

    SmartBall Metro Classic notebook: Coach sets Wadleigh's hopes high

    It’s never too early for Mike Crump to make proclamations. Even though the PSAL high-school season is more than three months away, the rambunctious Wadleigh boys basketball coach got on his soapbox Monday night. Following an encouraging, 74-67 loss...  

  • Good PR: Rice's Andujar impressed on international stage this summer

    Good PR: Rice's Andujar impressed on international stage this summer

    After a 67-58 win for his Puerto Rican U18 team over the EBC high-school all-stars, coach Wichi Ruiz was excited. What impressed him the most second to the experience of playing in Nike’s World Basketball Festival at Rucker Park on Saturday? The...  

  • Bragging rights: Sanders, Jack lead Queens past Manhattan

    Bragging rights: Sanders, Jack lead Queens past Manhattan

    When it comes to New York City basketball, Queens is often the forgotten borough. Brooklyn has all the star power while Manhattan – notably Harlem – is known for producing standout college players. Queens, home to NBA stars such as Ron Artest,...  

  • Williams preparing to punch his Dance card

    Tyvon Williams used a pair of wheels to get his. The Lower East Side native admitted to being one of the slowest guards growing up until his senior...  

  • Performing nightly: 2 Hard 2 Guard uses NYC's streets as his stage

    Performing nightly: 2 Hard 2 Guard uses NYC's streets as his stage

    It was supposed to be the rare day off for Adris DeLeon. The streetball superstar better known as 2 Hard 2 Guard, who is as omnipresent on the blacktops of New York City as rims and backboards, had his sneakers in the corner and his feet up on the...  

  • Dyckman provides happy homecoming for Johnson

    Dyckman provides happy homecoming for Johnson

    Sidiki Johnson walked off the court at Dyckman Park and was immediately greeted by handshakes, hellos and well wishes as the No. 1 train clanged by in the background. The 6-foot-8 Harlem native made his way to the backcourts where he was stopped by...  

  • Red-hot Rice star Sanders sizzles in July

    Red-hot Rice star Sanders sizzles in July

    The month of July has been very good to Jermaine Sanders in part because the Rice rising senior swingman has been good to himself. The 6-foot-5 Far Rockaway native has elevated his game during this critical live recruiting period, drawing a host...  

  • Sounding his Horn: Ex-Fordham Prep standout attempts comeback

    AMHERST, N.Y. – Two short years ago, Jeff Horn was one of the top players in the CHSAA, a set piece specialist who helped lead Fordham Prep to the...  

  • Unheralded guard makes a name for himself on AAU circuit

    KISSIMMEE, Fla. – There is desperation in Sequan Richards’ game that isn’t always seen this time of year. You can see it in the way he dives for a...  

  • 'Roos ready to kick disappointing 2009

    'Roos ready to kick disappointing 2009

    There is a buzz about Boys & Girls this preseason. The Kangaroos are expected to be greatly improved, returning the core of a team that went just 2-7 last season. But coach Barry O’Connor is more cautious. “People have said good things before and...  

  • Young yet confident Sharks find themselves in deep end

    Young yet confident Sharks find themselves in deep end

    Everywhere he looks, Rashid Armand sees new faces – on offense, defense and special teams. Before training camp, he needed a media guide to get to know his new teammates. But Armand doesn’t want any sympathy, even if he is the lone returning...  

  • 'Red-headed step child' no more: FDR moves up to top division

    Paul Klyap didn’t want to move Franklin D. Roosevelt up to the City Championship division because of what the Cougars did last year, their first in the...  

  • New coach, same goals for Tech

    New coach, same goals for Tech

    School has come early in a sense for Peter Schmidt-Nowara and his Brooklyn Tech girls soccer team. It is the former Manhattan Center boys coach's first season at the helm, taking over for Thomas Nguyen. There has been a learning curve for both...  

  • Rebuilt Lincoln has division title aspirations

    Rebuilt Lincoln has division title aspirations

    When Chris Vega took over as the Lincoln boys soccer coach three years ago, he had to start recruiting – within the Coney Island school. “There were a lot of players in the school, but not a lot came out for the team,” he said. Aided by his...  

  • Pistons in gear for first season in Bowl division

    Pistons in gear for first season in Bowl division

    Automotive’s first varsity season could have easily been its last. Four years ago, the Pistons went 0-10 in their debut and scored a total of one touchdown the entire season. Coach Haseeb Khawaja, the program’s architect, had more than a few doubts....  

  • Grand expectations: New coach, Wolves ready to roar

    Grand expectations: New coach, Wolves ready to roar

    Mike Lightfoot was excited to start his seventh season as an assistant coach at Grand Street Campus a few months ago when something completely unexpected happened. Head coach Ed Gazzillo, who started the program in 1999, had to step down after...  

  • Triple threat: Best friends reunite at Erasmus

    Triple threat: Best friends reunite at Erasmus

    Danny Landberg will never forget the day three years ago when Bryant Hardy, one of his players at Erasmus Hall, came to him after school. Hardy’s best friends and teammates – Wayne Morgan and Shaquell Jackson – were in trouble. They were going to...  

  • Tenacious Ford prepares for leading role at Nazareth

    Tenacious Ford prepares for leading role at Nazareth

    Taylor Ford is about doing whatever it takes. No task or play is too small for the Nazareth forward as long as it aides in her squad coming out on the winning end of the scoreboard. Ford is tenacious on the boards, dives on the floor and finishes...  

  • Speed racers: Explosive Xaverian has high expectations

    Speed racers: Explosive Xaverian has high expectations

    Xaverian is daring to dream big. Coach Joe DeSiena recently asked his team what their goal for the season was and the answer was unanimous and unwavering. “Everyone in our meeting said championship because we know we can make it to the [AAA]...  

  • Bishop Kearney's Retas bolstering perimeter game

    Bishop Kearney's Retas bolstering perimeter game

    Sam Retas was in attack mode, her game flowing as easily as the points were coming. The Bishop Kearney senior was set to drive along the left side later in the second half when Red Hook Lady Ravens and Tigers coach Rocco Sellitto called timeout....  

  • Close-knit Canarsie eyes bounce-back season

    Close-knit Canarsie eyes bounce-back season

    By the end of last season, Canarsie’s once-proud football program was thought to be in decline. The Chiefs lost four straight to close the year, missed the playoffs for just the fifth time in 20 years under coach Mike Camardese, and graduated 23...  

  • Cornell tabs Xavier alum as women's basketball assistant

    Cornell tabs Xavier alum as women's basketball assistant

    It wasn’t much, but it was home for Ryan Patrick Woerner. The Breezy Point native spent nearly a week of his life during March sleeping on the couch in the Cornell men’s basketball office and enjoying its great DVD collection. “It allowed me to...  

  • Small but skilled Madison hopes to build for the future

    The James Madison football team will be virtually unrecognizable from the one that went 2-16 the last two seasons. The players are new, the system on...  

  • Experienced Midwood counting on depth, QB Clarke

    Steve Basile was asked to name his stars, the players that might strike fear into the rest of the city. The Midwood football coach paused. “This year...  

  • Vital piece: Quarterback 'the key' for loaded Lincoln

    Vital piece: Quarterback 'the key' for loaded Lincoln

    Andrew Vital’s junior season could hardly be described as a disappointment. The signal-caller led Lincoln to a 6-3 record – five more wins than the Railsplitters amassed the previous season – and a PSAL City Championship division quarterfinal...  

  • Coach expecting bounce-back season for Grady

    Grady is the only team that went winless last year in the PSAL City Championship division yet remained up at the highest level. There’s good reason for...  

  • Bombs away: Super-talented E-Hall is a contender again

    Bombs away: Super-talented E-Hall is a contender again

    Wayne Morgan’s smile disappeared when asked about his summer. There wasn’t much fun, he said, not many beach outings. Relaxation was at minimum. “I’m anxious to play,” the highly touted junior quarterback/free safety said. “That’s why I didn’t have...  

  • Tech not getting too high on 2009 achievements

    Tech not getting too high on 2009 achievements

    Kyle McKenna has already made one thing known to his players: Last year’s success will not necessarily carry over. Brooklyn Tech might have gone 6-3, made the playoffs and defied expectations in the coach’s first season. But that was 12 months ago....  

  • On-the-go Rhodes turns baseball into softball success at Packer

    On-the-go Rhodes turns baseball into softball success at Packer

    Doing nothing just isn’t Shannon Rhodes’ style. The Packer Collegiate rising junior was forced to do just that early last spring after suffering a contusion sprain of her ankle playing at a college showcase tournament for her Manhattan Kickers...  

  • Clinton aims to take success to next level

    Clinton aims to take success to next level

    As the rest of The Bronx has struggled, DeWitt Clinton has emerged. John F. Kennedy and Lehman are rebuilding under new coaches – for Lehman, Michael Saunds is its third coach in four years – and Columbus has moved down to the Bowl Division....   1:17 AM

  • Inexperienced Phoenix rise to Bowl division

    Inexperienced Phoenix rise to Bowl division

    Jose Cosme looked at his roster, all the graduating seniors, and started an internal debate. Was moving up to the Bowl division a wise decision, he pondered, after winning the Cup crown last November? Then he thought back to a conversation he had...  

  • Restore the paw: Lehman looks to get back to winning ways

    Restore the paw: Lehman looks to get back to winning ways

    It was risky, but Michael Saunds thought it had to be done. One of the new coach’s first orders of duty at Lehman was to oust the returning seniors who weren’t committed to the team philosophy. The Lions didn’t have huge numbers in the first place...  

  • Getting defensive: Fordham Prep expects vast improvement

    Getting defensive: Fordham Prep expects vast improvement

    Looking for an evaluation of the Fordham Prep football team from its head coach? Pete Gorynski’s answer varies depending on when you ask the question. “My assessment of this team has been schizophrenic,” he said. “From minute to minute it changes....  

  • Showtime: New faces looking for same results at Cardinal Hayes

    Showtime: New faces looking for same results at Cardinal Hayes

    Ryan Camilo got to play the role of understudy last season. The junior was moved up from the junior varsity in late October and even started a game in place of the now graduated Kwamayne Davis. The 5-foot-9, 220-pound quarterback completed 11-of-18...  

  • Tenacious Ford prepares for leading role at Nazareth

    Tenacious Ford prepares for leading role at Nazareth

    Taylor Ford is about doing whatever it takes. No task or play is too small for the Nazareth forward as long as it aides in her squad coming out on the winning end of the scoreboard. Ford is tenacious on the boards, dives on the floor and finishes...  

  • Experienced Fordham Prep ready to contend for CHSAA Class A title

    Experienced Fordham Prep ready to contend for CHSAA Class A title

    A year ago, they were the darlings of the CHSAA, a squad comprised largely of sophomores that took eventual Class A intersectional champion Archbishop Molloy to the brink before losing in overtime in the semifinals. Those sophomores are now...  

  • Talent, lack of depth might mark Truman's season

    Truman has its fair share of athletes, beasts in the trenches and all-around skilled football players this year. But the Mustangs might not be able to...  

  • Kennedy back in business after 'terrifying' winter

    Kennedy back in business after 'terrifying' winter

    Last winter was a trying time for the veterans on the John F. Kennedy football team. It was bad enough that the Knights were coming off one of the worst seasons in program history, missing the playoffs for just the fourth time in three decades....  

  • Mount building off last season's stellar finish

    Mount building off last season's stellar finish

    Mount St. Michael has reason to be throwing the word "confidence" around. At the end of last season the young Mountaineers jelled. They rallied behind the sudden death of teammate Kyle Rembert and were one of the CHSFL’s hottest team on their way...  

  • Columbus out to end losing ways in Bowl division

    As recently as late last season, David Diaz was against moving down from the PSAL’s City Championship division to the Bowl division. The program’s...  

  • Bingo's All-Stars hold off Certified for first TOC title

    Bingo's All-Stars hold off Certified for first TOC title

    Anthony Glover raised the Tournament of Champions trophy high above his head for all to see. There was a look of joyous satisfaction on the former St. John’s University standout’s face after three seasons of disappointment in the event and a summer...  

  • Stores improving cerebral game through mentor Satterfield

    Stores improving cerebral game through mentor Satterfield

    Rashawn Stores played in Rucker Park before, but not quite like this. The former All Hallows standout took part in the famed Harlem playground's EBC league, playing on the blacktop in front of energetic crowds. Last weekend Stores got to...  

  • Cuffe, Team 914 miss out on championship sweep

    Cuffe, Team 914 miss out on championship sweep

    It was a memorable, if not successful night for Kyle Cuffe and his Team 914 mates. The squad lost in the Entertainers Basketball Classic at Rucker Park on Thursday night and then had to zoom uptown to Dyckman in Washington Heights for that...  

  • St. Ray's Dingle emerging as elite talent

    St. Ray's Dingle emerging as elite talent

    When Daniel Dingle smiles, the sun reflecting off his silver braces, it’s easy to remember he’s only halfway through high school. The St. Raymond rising junior has a babyface and a quiet politeness that lend to his youth. However, his game on the...  

  • Durand, Durand: Rice product turning heads in Miami

    Durand, Durand: Rice product turning heads in Miami

    Durand Scott’s shoulders sagged and his head drooped down. His voice was raspy and nearly inaudible. One would have thought the former Rice High star just lost an NCAA tournament game at Miami, where he just completed his freshman season. But in...  

  • Role player: Versatile Tate honing in on guard skills

    Role player: Versatile Tate honing in on guard skills

    Kasim Alston has good reason for calling Imani Tate one of his favorite players. The Bishop Loughlin guard possesses many of the innate qualities a coach is looking for in a young player. She is a hustler with a solid basketball IQ. Tate can be...  

  • Cavalier attitude: Crosby optimistic about ACL recovery

    Cavalier attitude: Crosby optimistic about ACL recovery

    The worst is over, the long road to recovery is essentially in the rear-view mirror and the day that China Crosby can play in a basketball game again is drawing nearer. The Manhattan Center grad and McDonald’s All-American had her freshman season...  

  • Okoro's 3-pointer leads Bronx over Brooklyn

    Okoro's 3-pointer leads Bronx over Brooklyn

    Kerwin Okoro wasn’t known for his 3-point shooting acumen as a sophomore this past winter at St. Raymond. The 6-foot-4 forward did most of his work in the lane, finishing strong around the basket. This summer, though, Okoro has worked diligently on...  

  • FDA III pair picking up attention, college interest

    FDA III pair picking up attention, college interest

    On the four teams playing in the Battle of the Boroughs this weekend, there are players from all the big New York City schools. Christ the King, Lincoln, Boys & Girls, Rice – you name it. But in order to find the names Moussa Kone and Kevin...  

  • Christ the King hoping for 'A' successful season

    Christ the King hoping for 'A' successful season

    Some teams set a goal of winning a championship, others aim to get to Belson Stadium, the site of the CHSAA Class A intersectional semifinals. Christ the King’s goals are a bit different. “Our only pressure is to prove we can compete,” Royals...   1:14 AM

  • PSAL Queens A-V girls soccer preview

    PSAL Queens A-V girls soccer preview

    There are few holdovers from a Long Island City team that went unbeaten during the regular season and claimed its first Queens A-V division title. Even after losing eight seniors, the goals haven't changed. “I always have high expectations for...   12:03 AM

  • Young Terriers relish underdog role

    Young Terriers relish underdog role

    Brendan Stackpole split time at quarterback last year, but he was under center when St. Francis Prep turned its season around a year ago, when the Terriers shook off a miserable start to advance to the CHSFL Class AA semifinals before losing a...  

  • Recovered Koutsounadis ready to lead refocused Lewis

    Recovered Koutsounadis ready to lead refocused Lewis

    Gena Koutsounadis waited nearly seven months for the last two weeks. The Francis Lewis star midfielder tore her left ACL in January playing for her FCNY United club soccer team and had surgery to repair it in February. She was able to get back on...  

  • PSAL Queens A-IV girls soccer preview

    PSAL Queens A-IV girls soccer preview

    Is it or isn’t it? We will find out soon enough. Bayside girls soccer coach Magdalini Kassimis has called this season a rebuilding one. The Commodores lost nearly their entire starting lineup. She will have a roster filled with sophomores, juniors...  

  • Top recruit Harkless picks St. John's

    Top recruit Harkless picks St. John's

    St. John’s is back in the city’s tangled recruiting game, and the Red Storm are there with a cool and confident kid who lives just minutes from the school’s Queens campus. Maurice Harkless, a 6-foot-8 wing who starred at Forest Hills High School...  

  • Jack to the RAC: Former Rice star picks Rutgers

    Jack to the RAC: Former Rice star picks Rutgers

    Rutgers’ future got brighter 6 p.m. Tuesday night – by six feet, nine inches. That’s when Kadeem Jack, the former Rice standout, chose the Scarlet Knights over West Virginia, Arkansas, and Miami, becoming the second New York City player in five...  

  • Queens A East boys soccer preview

    Talk to Rich Parascos about his Cardozo boys soccer team at your own peril. Once he starts, he may not stop – that’s how much he likes this group of...  

  • Explosive offense to power Dozo's division repeat charge

    Explosive offense to power Dozo's division repeat charge

    Stephanie Santoro’s quote for the season may again be, “Get the ball to Creshana.” Heck, it worked last year. “She is definitely the go-to girl,” the Cardozo girls soccer coach said. “I trust her more than anyone on the team.” The athletic senior...  

  • New coach has Holy Cross brimming with confidence

    Joe Perugini didn’t crack a smile, didn’t pause to say he was just kidding. With a straight face, the senior goalkeeper on the Holy Cross soccer team...  

  • Spartans have skill, if not size, to contend in Bowl division

    Gerry Weitzen has always been adept at summing up his team’s outlook in a quick, entertaining way. Last year, the longtime coach said John Adams should...  

  • On the rise John Adams has high hopes

    On the rise John Adams has high hopes

    Alex Navarrete is used to slow starts and smaller preseason camps. One, he said, is tied to the other. His John Adams soccer team is usually not at full strength until school starts, and as a result takes longer to jell. On Aug. 20, however, the...  

  • Queens A West boys soccer preview

    Dominick Stanco and the Beach Channel boys soccer team got their wish – the PSAL moved the Dolphins up to Queens A West. The perennial Queens B-I...  

  • Terriers the top dogs entering CHSAA soccer season

    Terriers the top dogs entering CHSAA soccer season

    St. Francis Prep is the favorite to win the CHSAA Class A intersectional title this year and Franco Purificato hates it. Don’t get him wrong, Purificato loves that his team has the potential to win the school’s fifth boys soccer title, but the...  

  • Cornell tabs Xavier alum as women's basketball assistant

    Cornell tabs Xavier alum as women's basketball assistant

    It wasn’t much, but it was home for Ryan Patrick Woerner. The Breezy Point native spent nearly a week of his life during March sleeping on the couch in the Cornell men’s basketball office and enjoying its great DVD collection. “It allowed me to...  

  • Flushing still on its way up

    Flushing still on its way up

    Jim DeSantis looked around Flushing Memorial Field the other day as his team was preparing for its second season in the PSAL City Championship division and couldn’t help but smile. The coach resurrected the historic program – one of the oldest of...  

  • Home sweet home: Ortiz returns to Christ the King

    Home sweet home: Ortiz returns to Christ the King

    Chris Ortiz is back home and Christ the King coach Joe Arbitello couldn’t be happier. “He’s the missing piece, I feel,” Arbitello said. “We needed a big presence inside and we got it. He’s really, really improved his game. I feel our chances were...  

  • Agard lands at Jacksonville State; Boys & Girls' Taylor visits Rutgers

    Growing up in Long Island City, Latiq Agard was surrounded by elite basketball talent. He lived across the street from Devin Ebanks of West Virginia...  

  • No mercy: Molloy hungry to defend CHSAA Class A soccer title

    No mercy: Molloy hungry to defend CHSAA Class A soccer title

    Sebastian Altomarino and Chris Zappel know nothing but winning soccer championships at Archbishop Molloy. As freshmen, they captured the CHSAA Class A junior varsity title and have won back-to-back varsity Class A intersectional titles. According...  

  • Take 3: Bayside bound for Bowl Division

    Bayside was once the premier football program in the PSAL and it remains today tied with Susan Wagner for the most city titles (six) in league history....  

  • Beefed up St. Peter's wants to build off CHSFL 'A' crown

    Beefed up St. Peter's wants to build off CHSFL 'A' crown

    St. Peter’s coach Mike Cosentino took joy in pointing out each one of his offensive lineman, one bigger than the next. The defending CHSFL Class A champions lost skill players at quarterback, receiver, running back and tight end, but feel the pieces...   7:29 PM

  • Low numbers hamper Wagner for second straight year

    Low numbers hamper Wagner for second straight year

    Susan Wagner, one of the most storied programs in PSAL history, had some of its lowest numbers last season. It got so difficult that legendary coach Al Paturzo had to use a quarterback, in this case Jordan Rodriguez, on defense for the first time in...  

  • Talented Tottenville looking for leadership

    Talented Tottenville looking for leadership

    Tottenville lost to Curtis in last year’s PSAL city championship game, 16-10. And Pirates coach Jim Munson is bent on not letting his players forget that margin. The goal for this season is to make up those six points. “Throughout the year after...  

  • Strong defense, varied attack leads St. Peter's

    As he was preparing to take on the defending CHSAA champions a year ago in the Class A intersectional quarterfinals, John Liantonio didn’t know what to...  

  • Farrell Lions hoping to roar again

    Farrell Lions hoping to roar again

    Vinny Feminella knows all about Monsignor Farrell football history, from the glory days of the 1990s to the struggles in recent years. The senior linebacker is also very aware of the chatter around Staten Island about the program. “Everyone said...  

  • Underdog St. Joseph by the Sea still expects to make waves in CHSFL

    Underdog St. Joseph by the Sea still expects to make waves in CHSFL

    The St. Joseph by the Sea football team made history last year, going 6-1 during the regular season and beating eventual CHSFL Class AAA champion St. Anthony’s for the first time. But Phil Corhan is more concerned about the Vikings playoff history....  

  • Young Port Richmond could be problem late

    Young Port Richmond could be problem late

    The Port Richmond you see in Week 1 might not be the same one you see in Week 7. At least that’s the plan for coach Lou Vesce. Now two years removed from a PSAL city title, the Red Raiders could have as many as 13 sophomores on the roster. The hope...  

  • On point: Budding Lewis set to be playmaker at Bishop Ford

    On point: Budding Lewis set to be playmaker at Bishop Ford

    Aaliyah Lewis views the game like a quarterback. Picture an imaginary offensive line standing in front of the Bishop Ford point guard as she dribbles the ball calmly at the top of the key. She isn’t in a rush to move, but is aware of everything...  

  • 'Squeegee' ready to clean up at West Virginia

    The nickname Danny Jennings received at Dyckman on Tuesday night from famed emcee Joe Pope was better than both of them even realized. “What’s a...  

  • South Shore's road back to Williamsport stopped short

    South Shore's road back to Williamsport stopped short

    There will not be a return trip to Williamsport for the South Shore National Little League. The Staten Island dynamo, which reached the Little League World Series last year, received an excellent performance from starter Nicholas Meola, but was...  

  • St. Peter's guard's recruitment Heating up

    St. Peter's guard's recruitment Heating up

    DISTRICT HEIGHTS, Md. – To Kevin White, Christine Kline is like a catchy radio jingle. The first time you hear it, you might not notice. But after multiple times, you can’t help having it get stuck in your head. “You have to watch her play a few...  

  • Medals are all in the family for father-daughter bowling tandem

    WILLIAMSVILLE, N.Y. – It’s easy to figure out Lisa Laursen’s highlight of the 2010 Empire State Games and it has nothing to with an individual...  

  • Varvaro moves closer to Major League debut with Seattle Mariners

    Varvaro moves closer to Major League debut with Seattle Mariners

    Anthony Varvaro is five years removed from St. John’s, but he’s just a short drive away from Seattle. The Staten Island native has earned his first Triple-A call-up and will fly to Tacoma Wednesday just two days after pitching in his second...  

  • Forward in motion: Motrechuk building off breakout season

    Forward in motion: Motrechuk building off breakout season

    Ashley Motrechuk can knock down 3-pointers. She will fly all over the court for loose balls and save them out of bounds. The St. Peter’s rising senior can drive to the basket and dribble up the floor to break a press – but she is not a guard. What...  

  • Old school meets new school at Blue Collar Baseball

    Old school meets new school at Blue Collar Baseball

    As a player at McKee/Staten Island Tech in the late 1990s, Kevin Hughes forged a reputation on Staten Island. “I loved the way he played,” said St. Peter’s coach John Eberlein, who at the time was the head coach at Curtis. “He was old school, he...  

  • Moore drops out of realigned CHSAA boys soccer league

    Moore drops out of realigned CHSAA boys soccer league

    Citing the inability to field a team able to compete in the CHSAA Brooklyn/Queens ‘B’ division, Moore Catholic athletic director Rich Postiglione informed the league that the Mavericks will not play in the CHSAA this season. Postiglione notified...  

  • NY Panthers Elite win Long Island Bandits tournament, earn nationals berth

    NY Panthers Elite win Long Island Bandits tournament, earn nationals berth

    The NY Panthers Elite started the summer travel softball season off with a bang. The team, made up of some of New York City’s best players, won the Long Island Bandits tournament this past weekend in Kings Park, L.I., to earn a bid to the ASA...  

  • The Post's All-Staten Island softball honors

    The Post's All-Staten Island softball honors

    Like it has been, Staten Island was the capital of New York City softball this season. St. Joseph by the Sea had one of its best years ever. The Vikings won the CHSAA Staten Island title, the CHSAA Archdiocesan title and finally the CHSAA state...  

  • The Post's All-Staten Island baseball honors

    The Post's All-Staten Island baseball honors

    What a year it was on Staten Island. Led by Jon Silva, Zach Granite, Kevin Krause and a seemingly endless cast of characters, Tottenville won the PSAL Class A title, its 11th championship, while St Joseph by the Sea, buyoed by Nick Pavia, Chris...  

  • Tough Timmins maturely dealing with loss, concussion

    Tough Timmins maturely dealing with loss, concussion

    Timminses are tough. They can fight through anything. Curtis standout defensive end James Timmins kept repeating those eight words to himself – words his father, James D. Timmins, often spoke. He told them to himself on his way home from his...  

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  • 'Sky's the limit' for underrecruited Bromley

    'Sky's the limit' for underrecruited Bromley

    June 23, 2010

    For such a big guy, Jason Bromley has become rather adept at being overlooked. It almost happened again when PSAL coaches were looking at film in preparation selecting their...

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