La Salle Soccer Rolls into 2nd Round of Playoffs with Win over Bishop Loughlin

Monday, October 30, 2017, Queens, NY – It took overtime for La Salle Academy to earn the victory,  a minute into the extra session, defeating Bishop Loughlin, 2-1 at Juniper Valley Park in the first round of the 2017 CHSAA “B” Soccer Playoffs.  The Cardinals (North #4 seed) survived and move into Wednesday’s quarter-final game against Cathedral Prep (South #1 seed).

Ernesto Castelan, saved the day in OT taking a crossing pass from Ricardo Rosas and burying his shot top shelf, dead center for the winner.  That goal, his second of the game and 16th of the season, rescued what had been, up until that point, an inconsistent performance by La Salle against the South #5 seed.   The first half played without any emotion ended 0-0 without either team being able to sustain any real scoring chances.

In the second half, playing into the wind, Castelan scored his first goal off long ball that he was able to trickle past Loughlin’s goalkeeper into the net.  However, the Lions, roared back with a penalty kick that was just hard enough of LSA’s keeper Garcia for the equalizer.

Next Match:  Wednesday, November 1st.  CHSAA “B” Soccer Playoffs Quarter-Final against Cathedral Prep.  The match is set for a 6:00pm kickoff at Aviator Field in Brooklyn.

La Salle Soccer: Cardinals Fall Short to Sacred Heart in Season Finale

Wednesday, October 25, 2017, Yonkers, NY – In their final tune-up before the playoffs, the La Salle Cardinals came out flat in the second half and suffered a 5-2 loss to Sacred Heart at Fleming Park in Yonkers.  With the loss, the Cardinals finished the regular season at 5-7-1, in fourth place in the CHSAA “B” Division North, and will host a 1st round playoff game on Monday, October 30th.

John Heras scored his fourth goal of the season and Ernesto Castelan contributed his team leading 14th goal of the season but it wasn’t enough to overcome an effective Sacred Heart offense.

Next Match:  The 2017 CHSAA “B” Soccer Playoffs begin on Monday, October 30th. La Salle will host the #5 seed from the South Division, the Bishop Loughlin Lions.  The match is set for a 3:00pm kickoff at Field #44 on Randall’s Island.

A Prayer for Vocations

La Salle Academy and Brother Paul Cillo were recently featured in the Prayer for Vocations video produced by The Brothers of the Christian Schools DENA (District of Eastern North America). This is a special invitation to join in prayer on the 25th of each month for vocations to the Brothers of the Christian Schools. Click here to view the special vocation video, filmed right here in our school building.

 

Bowling Roars to Dual 5-0 Start!

On Tuesday, October 24, both JV and Varsity Bowling defeated Bishop Loughlin Memorial High School for their 5th wins of the season.

Herbie Isaac led all scores for JV with a 187 high game and was followed by Jimmy Falcon, who bowled a 183 game.

Chandler Hayer led all scores for the Varsity with a 264 high game and a 629 three game series while his teammate came in second with a 248 game and a 620 3 game series.

Other scores:

Joseph Palaguachi       215

Michael Anorve           208

Both teams return to action for a special Friday match-up on November 3rd vs. Mary Louis HS.

Cross Country Cardinals Achieve Personal Records

Below are the results from the NYC Cross Country Festival held on Saturday, October 21st:

On the varsity level, all five runners achieved new personal records.

Freshman – 1500 meters

Karl Sydneus – 9:08 PR

Varsity – 2.5 miles

Ibrahim Diop – 15:43 PR

Andy Fernandez – 15:58 PR

Michael Correa – 16:58 PR

Christopher Pena – 17:30 PR

Kevin Merino – 22:33 PR

The Cross Country team will participate in the Sectionals this Saturday at Van Cortland Park.

   

 

La Salle takes over NYC over the Weekend!

This weekend La Salle Academy was out in full force throughout New York City.

On Saturday, October 21st, we welcomed 650 prospective students, parents, grandparents, and siblings to our campus on 215 E 6th Street for our annual Open House. Potential future Cardinals in 6th, 7th, and 8th grade and their families began lining up at our doors at 9:40 am, twenty minutes before our scheduled start time of 10:00 am, to visit La Salle. Attendees had the opportunity to explore the school – now three full floors of classroom space! – meet current students, parents and alumni, and even speak with the full faculty and staff on board at La Salle about what our 170-year institution will provide for their sons that other schools won’t be able to and why it truly is the next best step in their boys’ academic careers. A special thank you to the Parents Association and alumni for volunteering their time for this major recruitment event!

 

Saturday night, La Salle attended the Michael T. Carroll Yorkville 9/11 Memorial Dinner Dance at Our Lady of Good Counsel Church in memory of alumnus Michael Carroll from La Salle’s class of 1980. This fundraiser – with close to 300 attendees –  is done each year in honor of Michael Carroll, FDNY, LaSalle Class of 1980, who was killed that fateful day on 9/11 at the World Trade Center. Two of our students who receive the scholarships in his name attended to thank the guests for their continued support and scholarship money they provide to the young men at La Salle. The pictures below are of all the LaSalle alumni who come back to support the event every year and remember their friend.

 

And the appearances didn’t stop!

Bright and early on Sunday morning, four of La Salle’s Campus Ministry students along with Campus Minister Terence McCorry, Music Director Jon Abrams and the Development Team traveled to Our Lady of Angels Chapel at St. Anthony’s High School in South Huntington for the 2nd Annual William F. DeSpagna ’46 Memorial Mass to remember deceased alumni, family and friends of La Salle. About 40 guests, inclusive of alumni and their families and friends of La Salle attended the Mass and breakfast reception that followed.

 

We wound down the weekend with a trip to Staten Island to attend St. Peter Secondary School’s Centennial Dinner on Sunday night. St. Peter’s is one of Lasallian partner schools, and we came to provide support to “the family” out in Staten Island. Eight students sauntered around cocktail hour, meeting every Brother Brother Dennis Lee, both Auxiliary Provincials (Brother Thomas Casey and Brother Rich Galvin), Brothers on our Board like Brother Francis (below) and of course, His Eminence Timothy Cardinal Dolan, who will be visiting La Salle in a little over a week to celebrate Mass for All Saint’s Day.

 

One student said to His Eminence, “We need more space at La Salle… will you help us?” to which he responded, “I will try my hardest. You guys are hard to say no to.”

There is no rest for the weary here at La Salle Academy. More space at 6th Street means more boys entering La Salle in the fall which means more need for scholarships. We are La Salle and we never stop.

Updated College Rep Visit List

COLLEGE REPRESENTATIVE VISITS

FALL 2017

(all visits take place in the 3rd floor Academic Support Center unless otherwise specified)

*Last Updated 10/17/17*

9/19 – Quinnipiac U at 12:30pm

Bryant U at 1:30pm

9/20 – Penn State at 10:30am

Catholic U at noon

LeMoyne College at 1:30pm

9/21 – St. John’s College (MD) at 10:30am

9/22 – Five Towns College at 10am

Manhattan College at 10:30am

CUNY at noon

9/25 – U of Bridgeport at 9:45am

LaSalle U at 11:30am

9/26 – College of New Rochelle at 9am

Villanova U at noon

9/27 – Fairfield U at 11:15am

9/28 – Wheaton College at 11am

Johnson & Wales U at 12:30pm

 

9/29 – St. Joseph’s College (Bklyn.) at 9am

John Jay College at 1:30pm

10/2 – Marist College at 9am

St. Bonaventure U at 11:15am

St. Joseph’s U  (Penn.) at 1:30pm

10/3 – Stonehill College at 9am

The College of St. Rose at 1pm

10/4 – St. Francis College  (Bklyn.) at 11:30am

10/5 – Gettysburg College at 8:15am

U Conn at noon

Auburn U at 12:45pm

10/6 – U of Buffalo at 10:30am

10/10 – Hofstra U at 8:30am

Marymount Manhattan College at 9am

Hartwick College at noon

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical U at 12:45pm

Seton Hall U at 1:30pm

Baruch College (CUNY) at 1:30pm

10/12 – Babson College at noon

10/4 – St. Francis College  (Bklyn.) at 11:30am

10/5 – Gettysburg College at 8:15am

U Conn at noon

Auburn U at 12:45pm

10/6 – U of Buffalo at 10:30am

10/10 – Hofstra U at 8:30am

Marymount Manhattan College at 9am

Hartwick College at noon

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical U at 12:45pm

Seton Hall U at 1:30pm

Baruch College (CUNY) at 1:30pm

10/12 – Babson College at noon

10/13 – SUNY at Albany at 10am

Adelphi U at noon

Ursinus College at 2pm

10/16 – Mount St. Mary’s College at 10am

Syracuse U at 1:30pm

10/17 – Iona College at 8:15am

Concordia College at 9am

Trinity College at 10:30am

St. John’s U at 1pm

10/18 – SUNY at Geneseo at 8:30am

College of St. Elizabeth at 9am

Cooper Union at 1pm

10/19 – SUNY at Oswego at 8:30am

LIU – Bklyn. at 10:30am

10/20 – Niagara U at 9am

10/24 – St. Thomas Aquinas College at 10:30am

Regis College at 11:15am

Mount St. Vincent College at noon

SUNY – Jefferson at 1:30pm

10/25 –Pace U at noon

St. Anselm College at 1pm

Dean College at 1:30pm

SUNY at New Paltz at 2pm

10/26 – Fairleigh Dickinson U at 10am

Berkeley College in the following classes:

Period A – room 410

Period B – room 406

Period C – room 510

Period D – room 303

Period F – room 304

Period G – room 504

Period H – room 302

10/27 – Molloy College at 9:45am

Barry U at 12:45pm

10/30 – Utica College at 8:45am

U of New Haven at 11:15am

11/2 – John & Wales Culinary School cooking demo during period C in room 510

Vaughn College of Aeronautics & Technology at 1:30pm

11/7 – LIU – Bklyn. at 10:30am for on-site acceptance

U of Buffalo at noon

11/8 – Emmanuel College at 8:15am

California College of the Arts during period C in 510

U of Scranton at 11:45am

11/14 – Academy of  Art U – periods C, D, F in room 510

11/15 – Wagner College at 12:30pm

11/17 – CUNY Macaulay Honors College – period F in room 405

Track Results: Manhattan College Meet – Saturday, October 14th

Below are the results from the Manhattan College Meet held on Saturday, October 14th:

On the varsity level, all four runners achieved new personal records

Freshman – 1 1/4 miles

Karl Sydneus – 12:10

Varsity – 2 1/2 miles

Ibrahim Diop – 15:48 PR

Michael Correa – 17:15 PR

Phillip Bart – 17:19 PR

Christopher Pena – 17:53 PR

   

Track will compete in the NYC Cross Country Festival this Saturday at Van Courtland Park.

La Salle Soccer Shuts Out St. Raymond’s 3-0

Monday, October 16, 2017, Bronx, NY – After a scoreless first half, the La Salle Cardinals soccer team tallied three goals after the intermission for a 3-0 victory over the St. Raymond Ravens at AFC Rapids Field to improve their record to 5-4-1.

La Salle goal keeper, Emanuel Garcia, kept the Cardinals in the game during a tense first half with a tremendous diving save on a penalty kick off the foot of Raven’s. Garcia also had a beautiful kick save off a PK rebound late in the second half to preserve his fourth win and second shutout of the year.

Freshman, Valon Dudus got La Salle on the board in the 48th minute with his third goal of the season.  Ernesto Castelan notched his team leading 11th goal in the 52nd minute and senior winger, Christian Toledano completed the scoring with his third goal, a laser shot to the right corner from 17 yards.

Next Game:  The push for the playoffs gets another stern test on Wednesday as La Salle hosts CHSAA B Division leaders and undefeated All Hallows on the pitch in Central Park – North Meadow Field #5.
Kickoff is set for 4:00pm.

Bowling Off to a Hot Start: Both Teams Sit 3-0

The JV and Varsity Bowling teams are off to torrid starts with both teams sitting at 3-0 going into today’s match vs. St. Francis Prep. See below for a recap of this season’s games:

Tuesday October 10, 2017 vs. Christ the King

The Junior Varsity and Varsity defeated Christ the King High school for their 3rd win of the season.  The top scorer for the JV lead with a 193 game and he was followed by Jimmy Falcon who bowled a 170 game & Herbie Issac with a 157 game. A sophomore led all scores for the Varsity with a high game of 234 and a 665 3 game series.  This sophomore was followed by Michael Anorve who bowled a 231 game and a 647 3 game series. Chandler Hayer leads the entire league with a 232 bowling average.

Tuesday, October 3, 2017 vs. St. Agnes

The JV won their match 3 games to 0 with Isaiah Perez leading all scores for the JV with a 177 Game. He was followed a teammate who bowled a 176 game. The win moved La Salle’s record to 2-0 and 20 straight wins dating back to last season.

The Varsity also defeated St. Agnes 3 to 0. Chandler Hayer led all scores with games 204, 220 and 234 for a 658 three game series. The Varsity season record is 2-0 and they are currently in first place.

Tuesday September 26, 2017 vs. Holy Cross

On opening day for Junior Varsity and Varsity Bowling, both teams defeated Holy Cross High School. The Junior Varsity finished last season with an undefeated record (18- 0) and won the City Championship. This win increases their overall record to 19 straight wins dating back to last season.

Isaiah Perez led all scores for the JV with a 191 game. He was followed by Jimmy Falcon who had a high game of 163. Chandler Hayer led all scores for Varsity with a high game of 268 and a 737 three series. Hayer’s other games were 224 and 245. Devin Flowers followed with a 242 high game.

 

Principal Kerry Conroy Receives the Bassen Service Award

After nearly two decades of service at La Salle Academy, Principal/Vice President Conroy has been awarded the Bassen Service Award on Saturday, September 30th during a ceremony at La Salle University. A busload of faculty, staff and students traveled to Philadelphia to support Ms. Conroy.

Beginning as a Lasallian Volunteer and serving as the campus minister, tutor, and freshmen religion teacher, Ms. Conroy returned to La Salle Academy shortly after her years of service to serve the Lasallian young men once again as a guidance counselor. Soon after that, Ms. Conroy was promoted to Director of Guidance and most recently served as La Salle Academy’s Assistant Principal for Academic Affairs. Committed to Catholic education in the Lasallian tradition, Ms. Conroy was named Principal of La Salle Academy in June 2016 and was given the additional title of Academic/Student Affairs in February 2017 .

  

The Bassen Service Award was named in honor of Brother Christopher Bassen, FSC (1942-2006). This award recognizes an alumnus of the Lasallian Volunteers who has continued a life of service since their volunteer year(s). Brother Chris lived and breathed De La Salle’s mission of service to the poor. Chris nourished and made real his dream of the Lasallian Educational Opportunities (L.E.O.) Center in Oakland, CA. L.E.O. continues to provide educational opportunity to “at-risk” youth and adults who may otherwise not receive the assistance, guidance and resources they need. The recipient of this award is an alumnus of the Lasallian Volunteer program who has incorporated the value of Lasallian service to the poor into the fabric of his/her life.

Congratulations, Ms. Conroy!