sports
Six Blau Weiss
soccer stars
sign college
commitments
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Blau Weiss Gottschee soccer program
announced that six of its standouts have
signed their commitment letters for
college programs around the country.
Th e announcement came shortly aft er
BWG held a college showcase at Grover
Cleveland Athletic Field in Ridgewood.
Numerous NCAA Division 1, 2 and
3 programs participated, including
Marist College, New York University,
Vassar College, SUNY Binghamton,
NJIT, Yale, St. John’s University,
Seton Hall University, Siena College,
University of Bridgeport, Fordham
University, St. Francis College, Niagara
College, NYIT, St. Rose College, St.
Joseph’s College-Brooklyn, Hartford,
Bloomfi eld University, CSI, John
Jay College and York College. Th e
six BWG signees were Chris Rivera
with Northeastern University; O’Neill
Smith-Elias with the University of
New Hampshire; Gerrard Rodman
with Elon University; Carlo Ritaccio
with Akron University; Matteo Alzate
with Davidson College; and Marcus
Peterkin with the University of
Connecticut.
Three-peat as Hope Hornets
sting their way to Diocesan title
The Our Lady of
Hope Hornets Sixth-
Grade girls team captured
the Diocesan basketball
championship
for the third consecutive
year, edging out the
team from St. Adalbert’s
in Elmhurst. Th e Middle
Village squad was led
by coaches Anthony
Navarra and Scott Nieto,
who instilled a hard
work ethic and dedication
to help them achieve
success. Shown are team
members Kylie Grabler,
Ava Hershkovitz,
Sophia Hoyt, Abigail
Jalocha, Samantha
Kelly, Angelina Navarra,
Shannon Nieto, Ella
Roche and Gabriella
Savino.
Picture day for Sacred Heart cheerleaders
Th e Sacred Heart Wildcat Cheerleader
team recently participated in picture
day with their coaches, Samara
Ruiz and Samantha Ramos. Th e squad
helps invoke school spirit at sporting
events involving Sacred Heart
Catholic Academy in Glendale. Th e
cheerleaders are (top row, left to right)
Christina Hayes, Angelina Aponte, Erin
Watkins and Mikayla Ryan; (middle
row, left to right) Zahara Alexandre,
Emily Clementi, Krystyna Ryan, Hailey
Photo courtesy of Kristen Nieto
Horvath, Suzanne Ramos and Sara
Kurre; and (bottom row, left to right)
Anissa Birmingham, Arianna Liendo,
Alessandra Costa, Elizabeth Ramirez,
Mya Galagan and Emily Frank. Not pic-
Photos by Ovid Cusu tured is Gianna Rosario.
Photo courtesy of Lee Federico