Sports
Jockey Mike Smith, 2018 Triple Crown winner, relies on Catholic faith
As he prepares for the 145th Run for the Roses on May 4 and his third Kentucky Derby win, Smith will pray before the race as he always does, but he never prays to win.
As seasons wind down, Catholic teams jockey for playoff spots
John Knebels reviews the Catholic League's spring sports landscape as baseball, softball and girls and boys' lacrosse look toward perennial rivalries, the path to league championships and beyond.
Bonner-Prendie junior joins career 100-goal club
Lindsey Fagan is the latest in a line of girls' lacrosse standouts at the Drexel Hill Catholic high school to pass the career milestone. And with another year coming, she is aiming for 200 goals.
Team play keeps Little Flower in every game, even at last out
The Sentinels have relied on solid play and late-inning heroics to emerge as a force to be reckoned with in Catholic League softball. Win or lose, "we have great faith in one another," said pitcher Ginny Britto.
Catholic League spring sports standings
See the latest won-lost records for softball, baseball and girls' and boys' lacrosse, updated through April 4.
Goal scorers: La Salle checks off Flyers Cup, state hockey title
The Explorers topped ice hockey rival St. Joseph's Prep to win the prestigious scholastic tourney then went to Pittsburgh to win the state championship, capping their preseason to-do list.
Florida man starts new podcast on Catholics in sports
"I'm just an ordinary guy," said Bruce Wawrzyniak on his new Catholic Sports Radio podcast, "who's doing these things for the glory of God."
Catholic teams show strength at PIAA state hoops tourney
The Archbishop Wood boys' and Archbishop Carroll girls' teams will vie for the state championships this weekend, just two of the 16 Catholic League teams competing. They included Bonner-Prendergast's boys and girls.
Championship goes to clutch-shooting Carroll in OT
The Patriots won their first Catholic League girls' basketball title since 2012 with an overtime win over Archbishop Wood. In the highly competitive league, it surprised no one that the final went an extra period.
Roman Catholic takes 2nd straight CL crown, 4th in 5 years
The Cahillites came out fast and furious and never seriously struggled, winning the Catholic League boys’ basketball title over La Salle, 64-50, Feb. 25. It was the 32nd league title all time for the defending state champs.