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• Versatile Cardozo ready to rebound

  March 19, 2010

  If Benjamin Cardozo’s season is about comebacks, it certainly set that tone early. The Judges were just 3-11 last season after making two straight championship game appearances,...

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  Inexperienced Midwood opens season with thrilling win

  March 19, 2010

  Joseph Madrazo took one quick look back as he raced up the near side with the clock winding down and a defender at his heels. What he saw was Midwood coach John Murphy waving him...

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  Holy Cross ices St. Francis Prep for third straight CHSHL crown

  March 16, 2010

  Andy Mook arrived at World Ice Arena with a heavy heart and a cluttered mind. The Holy Cross forward missed Game 2 of the best-of-three CHSHL Class B final against St. Francis...

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  CHSHL playoff roundup: Terriers force decisive Game 3 in 'B' championship series

  March 11, 2010

  For the second straight year, a CHSHL Class B playoff series between St. Francis Prep and Holy Cross is going the distance. But this time it’s the Terriers forcing a decisive...

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  Versatile Yacavone leads Cross past Prep in CHSHL 'B' championship opener

  March 10, 2010

  From time to time, Kevin Goodspeed will ask his senior captain, Anthony Yacavone, if he needs a breather. Yacavone just shakes his head. “He never gets tired,” the Holy Cross...

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  CHSHL playoff roundup: Holy Cross rallies to beat Sea

  March 08, 2010

  The Holy Cross hockey team is making the most of its fortuitous second chance. The Knights replaced Xavier as the fourth seed after the Manhattan school pulled out of the...

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  Holy Cross edges Sea in shootout, forces decisive Game 3

  March 07, 2010

  A winner couldn’t be decided in three 15-minute periods and the 5-minute sudden-death overtime. The Holy Cross season and the Knights CHSHL Class B title defense was going to be...

• State indoor track notebook: Loughlin's Alexander leads trio of NYC shot putters

  March 06, 2010

  ITHACA, N.Y. – Adrienne Alexander admits she will be sorry to see Lancaster’s Melissa Kurzdorfer and North Babylon’s Vanessa Stewart graduate even though they stood in her way...

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  Ahadzi, Sandiford, Duggan claim state boys indoor titles

  March 06, 2010

  ITHACA, N.Y. – Richmond Ahadzi stood with the rest of his competition staring anxiously at the results board. The Sheepshead Bay junior and Amityville’s Sancho Barnett appeared to...

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  Philson, Oliver claim state girls indoor crowns

  March 06, 2010

  ITHACA, N.Y. – Lateisha Philson was so nervous she was shaking. The Benjamin Cardozo sophomore had never beaten Saratoga’s Madalayne Smith in the 55 meter hurdles and was about to...

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  State indoor girls track championships preview

  March 05, 2010

  Track and field beat writer Joseph Staszewski breaks down the New York state girls indoor championships at Cornell University Saturday afternoon. Where: Cornell University, Barton...

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  State indoor boys track championships preview

  March 05, 2010

  Track and field beat writer Joseph Staszewski breaks down New York state boys indoor championships at Cornell University Saturday afternoon. Where: Cornell University, Barton...

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  Working 9-to-5: St. Francis Prep sweeps St. Edmund's

  March 03, 2010

  It is said that hockey players have long memories and that’s exactly what St. Francis Prep coach Mike Watts was banking on when he walked into the dressing room at World Ice Arena...

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  PSAL Indoor Track Championships

  March 01, 2010

• St. Anthony's ousts Monsignor Farrell to win CHSHL 'A' title

  February 28, 2010

  In the opening two games of the best-of-three CHSHL Class A championship series, Monsignor Farrell jumped out to a two-goal lead. St. Anthony’s (L.I.) wasn’t about to let that...

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  Surprised Sheepshead claims PSAL boys indoor crown

  February 28, 2010

  There were looks of dejection on Sheepshead Bay’s faces coming down to the awards ceremony. Coach John Padula’s calculation had his team losing to Midwood by two points in a meet...

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  Dozo holds off Medgar Evers for PSAL girls indoor title

  February 28, 2010

  Chamique Francis was aware of all the rumblings coming into the PSAL indoor city championships. The Benjamin Cardozo junior heard all about how Medgar Evers was deep and talented...

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  Robeson's Sandiford eyes PSAL high jump record

  February 26, 2010

  With each missed jump and falling bar, the frustration grew for O’Neil Sandiford. The Paul Robeson high jumper had cleared 6 feet 10 inches already this season, but could not get...

• Basketball leads Southerland to the track at Cardozo

  February 21, 2010

  Sabrina Southerland stood in Forest Park for her first Cardozo cross country practice and couldn’t help but think: What am I doing here? “It was different, because we were in the...

• Farrell roars past Iona Prep, into CHSHL 'A' championship series

  February 20, 2010

  Inspiration was aplenty for the Monsignor Farrell hockey team Friday night at Abe Stark Rink on Coney Island. It could be found in a robust partisan crowd in the stands above and...

• Stuyvesant boys still reign over Manhattan

  February 19, 2010

  Stuyvesant doesn't have the ideal conditions to start a track and field dynasty. The school lacks its own track. During indoor season it works out twice a week at the Armory and...

• Vipers girls continue to rise with Manhattan indoor win

  February 19, 2010

  Health Professions has been on the down side of the cycle it is now enjoying. It has finished second numerous times the last few years at the borough championships, but since...

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  PSAL Bronx/Brooklyn Indoor Championships

  February 19, 2010

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  Record breaker: Columbus' Fountain sets PSAL sprint mark

  February 19, 2010

  Some may feel there is nothing left for Whitney Fountain to prove, but the Christopher Columbus senior isn’t one of them. She is considered one of the country’s best runners, a...

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  Clinton, Science roll to Bronx indoor crowns

  February 19, 2010

  Disbelief turned into relief for DeWitt Clinton. PSAL Track & Field commissioner Dwayne Burnett started ushering the second-place plaque the Governors way as he was about to...

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  Midwood, Medgar Evers win Brooklyn track titles

  February 18, 2010

  Midwood hopes its borough championship victory is a precursor for what’s to follow. The Hornets took home their second PSAL Brooklyn indoor boys track and field crown in the last...

• Deep Judges claim another PSAL Queens title

  February 17, 2010

  Minus three of its best runner from a year ago Cardozo again illustrated the depth it has grown famous for over the years. Tessa West graduated, Claudia Francis left the team...

• Campus Magnet reclaims borough bragging rights

  February 17, 2010

  The floor at The Armory was shaking as the championship plaque was held high by Campus Magnet runners as they danced and jumped jubilantly in celebration. The Bulldogs were...

• Port Richmond perseveres to first girls SI indoor title

  February 17, 2010

  Port Richmond wanted to do something special for a day it hoped would be memorable. The team had a pasta the night before the PSAL Staten Island girls indoor track and field ...

• Stapleton, Crawford lead Curtis boys to SI borough crown

  February 17, 2010

  The winning hasn’t stopped for Curtis this season. The Warriors have already won the PSAL city football title and it's boys basketball squad recently took the SIHSL crown. So...