Sports
Catholic League baseball standings
Team standings for the league's Red and Blue divisions, through May 1.
Catholic Academies League softball standings
League standings through May 1.
Softball, baseball and other Catholic League sports heat up in spring
Lansdale Catholic’s girls and boys battled tough opponents this week. Also, fortune is smiling on La Salle’s lacrosse program, frowning on West Catholic’s baseball squad and ecstatic over Neumann-Goretti’s Ja’Quan Newton.
Long shot Little Flower beats the odds with first league swimming title
Only 10 years ago, the swim team was so small its very existence at the all-girls school was in question. All the sacrifices ever since have built a winning program.
O’Hara boys track quad captures national spotlight
At the New Balance Indoor National track and field meet in New York on March 14, the foursome of Kevin James, Nick Smart, Isaiah Cooper and Jim Belfatto set a meet record for the distance medley relay and also the fastest time in Catholic high school history.
La Salle High edges Holy Ghost Prep, 2-1, in hockey tourney
The Explorers needed an overtime period to get past tenacious HGP and their hard-luck goalie Peyton Jones, who made 44 saves. The victory propelled La Salle into the finals against St. Joseph's Prep in the Class AAA bracket of the Flyers Cup ice hockey tournament.
NFL coaches, team officials gather for Mass, dinner and fellowship
INDIANAPOLIS (CNS) -- Coaches, scouts and front office personnel from all 32 National Football League teams have gathered in mid-February in Indianapolis for years for several intensive days of analyzing hundreds of top college football players who are eligible for the NFL draft, which starts May 8 this year.
Fast pace and hard work pay off in Catholic League title
Constant running drills, 6 a.m. summertime practices and tough team defense paid off for Neumann-Goretti’s boys, who captured the league championship Feb. 24. They were led by the University of Miami-bound superstar Ja’Quan Newton.
At Neumann-Goretti, good people make a good thing happen
Coach Letty Santarelli, with her long background in Catholic League basketball, led her girls basketball team to a long-awaited championship. Her personal ties to the sport run as deep as her players' love of the game.
In basketball championships, Neumann Goretti boys and girls win it all
The Catholic League crowned its king and queen Monday night at the Palestra as the Saints became the first school to win both the boys and girls league championships since 1968. The boys topped Roman Catholic, 53-48, and the girls beat Archbishop Wood, 55-46.