SPORTS news
Mount St. Joseph captures BCL Tournament championship with victory over St. Frances
After losing to St. Frances Academy twice in the regular season, Mount St. Joseph got a measure of revenge March 6 with a 66-56 victory in the 51st Baltimore Catholic League Tournament Championship at Loyola University Maryland’s Reitz Arena.
Mercy caps stellar season by beating Maryvale in inaugural girls basketball ‘Classic’
Freshman Milan Brown enjoyed one of the most exciting nights of her young life and was named Mercy’s MVP after scoring 19 points and leading the Magic to a 62-40 victory.
Notre Dame Prep names soccer hall of famer Steve Powers as next athletic director
Maryland Soccer Hall of Famer Steve Powers will join Notre Dame Preparatory School in Towson as athletic director in July.
Archbishops’ friendly Super Bowl wager raises $22,000 for Catholic schools
Donors contributed more than $22,000 for tuition assistance scholarships as part of a friendly wager between Archbishop José H. Gomez of Los Angeles and Archbishop Dennis M. Schnurr of Cincinnati over Super Bowl LVI’s outcome.
Super Bowl LVI: The Catholic Roots of the NFL
As fans prepare to watch the Rams take on the Cincinnati Bengals in the Super Bowl at Los Angeles’ SoFi Stadium on Sunday, Feb. 13 at 6:30 p.m., Catholic viewers may not realize how much their fellow believers have been involved in the history and success of American football.
How Tom Brady can inspire our Lenten discipline
What we choose to do for our Lenten disciplines should help us make incremental progress toward holiness.
Archbishops’ friendly Super Bowl wager also will benefit Catholic schools
Archbishop José H. Gomez of Los Angeles and Archbishop Dennis M. Schnurr of Cincinnati are rooting for their home team in Super Bowl LVI, but they also have placed a friendly wager on the outcome of the Feb. 13 showdown between the Rams and the Bengals.
St. Frances mourns death of football player Lamar Patterson
For the second time in 10 months, the St. Frances Academy community is mourning the death of a player from its nationally renowned football team.
Former Catholic college teammates stick together in NFL
Las Vegas Raiders coaches Josh McDaniels and David Ziegler are the only current NFL head coach-general manager combination who were teammates in college and graduates of the same school — John Carroll University near Cleveland.
Maryvale indoor track enjoys quite a run of success; Lions win fifth IAAM title in past six seasons
Maryvale Prep’s team depth is what carried it to the Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland championship Jan. 17. It was the Lions’ fifth title in the past six seasons that the event has been contested.