La Salle Academy Trustee, Brother Augustine Nicoletti, FSC, has been appointed President of Ethiopian Catholic University of Thomas Aquinas in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (see article below). Congratulations, Brother Augustine!
This week, La Salle was featured prominently in The Tablet, the Diocese of Brooklyn’s weekly newspaper. The article covered our Advent Mass with Bishop DiMarzio (see article below).
The JV Basketball team (8-7,5-2) fought hard to secure a 77-72 league game victory over Sacred Heart. Down by 3 points to start the 4th quarter, the team stuck together to out-score Sacred Heart 21-13 to end the game. 
The Cardinals were led by James Felton(28 points) followed by Jaden Ault(19 points) and Jamari Watts(16 points).
JV returns to action today for a league game against Regis.
La Salle’s Varsity(16-2, 6-0) sprinted to a 67-39 victory over Sacred Heart on Tuesday 
night. The Cardinals used an 18-2 run at the beginning of the game to set the tone for the evening.With the win, the Cardinals claim sole possession of first place in the CHSAA ‘B’ division.The team was led by James Bouknight(27 points), Reggie Outlaw(12 points) and Justin Rivera(11 points).
The La Salle Academy Track team ran in the CHSAA BQ/NY Freshman Sectional Championships on Monday, January 16th at Ocean Breeze in Staten Island. This was the first time the Cardinals ran in their new uniforms, giving the team confidence and school-pride!
Individual Events
800 Meter Run – Amador Mossa – 2:48
1600 Meter Run – Elias Torres – 5:30
400 Meter Run – Kughan Gunaratnam – 69
300 Meter Run – Carlos Flores – 1:05
Relays
1600 Meter Relay
Kughan Gunaratnam – 74
Amador Mosso – 74
Carlos Flores – 1:30
Elias Torres – 62
Varsity Sprint Medley Relay (A)
400 – Jose Mosso – 65
200 – Rameek Hill – 27
200 – Christopher Pena – 29
800 – William Cruz – 2:23
Varsity Sprint Medley Relay (B)
400 – Phillip Bart – 60
200 – Elias Torres – 27
200 – Amador Mossa – 34
800 – Andy Fernandez – 2:30
This year, Bloomingdale’s chose La Salle as one of their partner sites for their annual MLK Day of Service. Nearly 30 of Bloomingdale’s Corporate Staff spent the day doing service with 10 of 
our students at La Salle Academy, painting and cleaning in both the school building and La Salle’s Annex building on 2nd Street. These eager volunteers got to work in the morning, cleaning and painting the locker rooms. The group also cleaned out the basement of the Annex building, a job that was a long time coming. They filled up two giant dumpsters with thirty years of garbage. The day was a chance for some of our students to see what it means to 
serve and work hard. La Salle was blessed to be selected as one of their partners for the day – their staff was superb and hard-working.
Playing the first triple header of the 2016-2017 Basketball season on Friday evening, La Salle would win 2 of 3 non-league games versus cross-town rival Xavier High School.
Freshman Fall to Xavier 59-45
A back & forth game throughout, the young Cardinals would have 5 point halftime lead before a late run in the fourth quarter would allow the visitors to take and maintain the lead down the stretch. The Cardinals were led by Theo Noble(20 points) and Christopher Paulino(14 points).
The Freshmen return to action today as they travel to Somers, NY with the JV for a double-header at Kennedy Catholic.
JV defeats Xavier 59-47
The JV Cardinals would use a strong defensive effort, leading from the opening tip until the final buzzer to secure the non-league victory. The Cardinals were led by James Felton(20 points) and Jaden Ault(14 points).
The JV return to action today as they travel to Somers, NY with the Freshmen for a double-header at Kennedy Catholic.
Varsity finishes strong for a 57-38 victory
The Varsity used a late run to secure the victory over Xavier 57-38 on Friday evening. Trailing 13-10 after the first quarter, the team would use a 16- 2nd quarter run to take a 26-19 halftime advantage. Playing a mostly even third quarter, Xavier would make a brief run in the fourth quarter to shrink the Cardinals lead to 3 points with less than 4 minutes remaining in the game. The Cardinals would outscore the visitors by 16 points over the final 4 minutes to secure the victory.
Isaiah Allen-Smith(16 points/9rebs), James Bouknight(14 points/5stls), Reggie Outlaw (12points/6rebs) and Korey Williams(10points/4stls) led the way for the Cardinals. The Varsity returns to action on Tuesday at home vs. Sacred Heart in a battle for 1st place in the CHSAA B Division.
Thursday evening, the LaSalle Cardinals Varsity and Junior Varsity faced Archbishop 
Molloy High School for the CHSAA City Championship.
The Varsity fell to Molloy 2-1 for a 2nd place finish.
Freshman Devin Flowers led all scores with a 290 game, a 716 three game series and a 214 
playoff high average. Devin also walked away with the triple crown award (high game, high series, high average) and the first player in school history to win the triple crown award.
Senior Daquan King followed with high games of 201, 217.
The Junior Varsity Bowling team won their match and the City Championship . Michael Anorve led all scores with a 222 game and he walked away with the playoff high game award . Jonathan Pierre-louis followed with a 184 game and Jimmy Falcon 178 game. JV won the A Division City Championship with an undefeated season at 17-0 .
Congratulations to Coach Anderson and the entire Bowling Program for a great season!
On Wednesday evening LaSalle Academy Basketball faced Salesian HS on all three levels:
Freshman: Despite leading at halftime by 3 points, the young Cardinals were unable to sustain the effort and fell to Salesian by a of 61-48. The Freshmen were led by Theo Noble with 14 points while Isaiah Brown added 9 points.
JV: Struggling to score throughout this game, the JV Cardinals never gave up on their way to a 59-31 loss. The team was led by Alijah Ludd with 6 points while Roberto Liz, Jaden Ault and Nicholas Rivera each added 5 points.
Varsity: A tight contest for much of the 1st half, the varsity used an early 2nd half run to sprint to a 82-50 victory. The Cardinals were led by James Bouknight(22 points), Reggie Outlaw (14 points) and Korey Williams (14 points/5 steals).
All three levels return to action on Friday night with a home triple-header vs. Xavier HS.
The La Salle Academy family has lost one of its very best–Jim Prendergast from the class of 1948 passed away on Friday, January 13.
After a stellar career in marketing/advertising on Madison Avenue and as a professor at Baruch College, Jim spent decades as La Salle’s expert point man for our ad and direct mail campaigns and annual appeal efforts. Jim ran La Salle’s Cardinal Classic Golf Outing for the last 20 years, as well as helped coordinate the Dempsey’s Scramble Golf Outing every August since it started more than eight years ago.
Up until his death last week, Jim was still an active member of La Salle’s Development team, providing extraordinary guidance and expertise. He volunteered his heart for a “second career” at La Salle and generations of our boys were helped immeasurably by his efforts.
He will never be able to be replaced, and will be sorely missed.
Jim is survived by his wife of 67 years, Joy, his children, including son Jim and his wife Lesley, his daughter Kerry, his grandson Devin and his partner Laura.
Varsity and JV bowling teams competed in the first round of the bowling CHSAA Championship on Monday January 9, 2017. The top two teams in Bronx north division competed against the top two teams in The Brooklyn/Queens division.
Varsity defeated Stepinac High School as freshman Devin Flowers led all scores with games of 245, 246 and 207 for a 698 3 game series. Flowers was followed by Anthony Alvarez who had a 236 game, Eric Santana 202, 213 and Daquan King 216 game.
JV came away with a victory over Fordham Prep. Michael Anorve led all scores with a high game of 211. Freshman Jimmy Falcon had second high game with a 173 followed by Jonathan Pierre-Louis who bowled a 165 game. This win was special for both teams as it sets the stage for a rematch with Archbishop Malloy High School for the City Championship. The junior varsity team enters the City Championship undefeated (16-0).
Nelson Millwood ’17 will be competing in the Regional Poetry Out Loud Competition January 31, 2017! After taking 2nd place as a Junior in La Salle Academy English Department’s Poetry Out Loud Competition in April 2016, Millwood moves on to the Regional Poetry Out Loud Competition at the end of this month. He will be performing at the SUNY Global Center in Manhattan on January 31st at 6:00pm. If Nelson wins at the Regional Finals, he goes on to the State finals on March 10th. La Salle wishes him all the best in his performance.
Miami, FL – Playing in their third tournament championship in less than 30 days, the La Salle Varsity Basketball team sprinted to a 69-53 victory over Archbishop McCarthy in the “All 
Catholic” New Year’s Tournament Championship game on Saturday, January 7th.
The Cardinals would come out aggressive and would lead the contest from start to finish.
The team was led by Tournament MVP James Bouknight(22 points/6 rebounds, All-Tournament Selection Isaiah Allen-Smith(20 points/15 rebounds) and Bryce Council(11 points/8assists).
The win brings the Cardinals record to 13-2 overall with a 4-0 league record.
The team begins a 3-game home stand on Wednesday afternoon at 4:30pm versus Salesian HS.
After arriving safely late Wednesday night, the Varsity basketball team started their Thursday with a service project at WOW, a 
community residential center for disabled adults. While there, the team demonstrated several basic skills before teaching some of the patients how to dribble and shoot. The team did a short intrasquad scrimmage before La Salle’s student-athletes served as coaches for their scrimmage. It was a tremendous experience as the La Salle young men truly embraced their roles and exhibited tremendous enthusiasm. This was the first and biggest win of the day!
Check out this video of La Salle and WOW!
Later in the day, the team left with a win over St. Brendan’s 73-32 in 
the Belen Jesuit New Years Tournament in Miami. Isaiah Allen-Smith(16 puts/10rebs/3blks), James Bouknight(15pts/3blks) & Korey Williams (15pts/6stls) led the way. The Cardinals advance to the semifinals to face Champagnat Catholic at 6:30pm on Friday, January 6th.
Playing in their first games of the new year and looking to rebound from Championship 
game losses in their respective Christmas tournaments, both the JV and Varsity Basketball teams defeated Cathedral Prep on Tuesday evening.
The JV Basketball team(6-5,4-1)cruised to a comfortable 60-30 win for their fourth league win of the season. Team work and great execution helped the team prevail. The Cardinals were led by Franklin Padilla(12 points) followed by Jaden Ault(12 points) and Carlos Flores(9 points). The team returns to action on Tuesday, January 11th at Salesian High School.
The Varsity team began the game on a 24-0 run, establishing stout defense as the 
foundation for this victory. The balanced attack was led by four Cardinals scoring in double figures including Korey Williams (13 points), James Bouknight (12 points), Isaiah Allen-Smith (11 points) and Reggie Outlaw (10 points). Josiah Chandler added 9 points and 5 assists.
The Cardinals head to Miami to participate in the Belen Jesuit All Catholic New Years Tournament January 4th-7th.
Saturday, December 31, 2016 – Facing Msgr. McClancy in the Championship game of the Msgr. King Tournament LaSalle was was unable to recover from a a slow start and eventually would fall 54-53.
Trailing 38-24 at halftime, the Cardinals would use a renewed defense effort out scoring McClancy 30-13 in the 2nd half. The Cardinals would fall just short at the end, missing key free-throws and getting the potential game winning shot blocked.
The Cardinals were led by Isaiah Allen-Smith (18 points/13 rebs) and James Bouknight (9 points). Both Isaiah and James were named to the All-Tournament Team while Bryce Council (8 points/5 assists) would receive the Inaugural Coaches Award for for his leadership throughout the tournament.
The Cardinals return to action on Tuesday at 6pm for their home opener versus Cathedral Prep.