By Jerry Priore With the 2016 PSAL football past the midway mark, local teams started to separate themselves from the pack, battling for league prominence with three of the four squads picking up important wins in its respective games. Here’s how the clubs fared: South Shore – 24, New Dorp – 8 (City Conference) Senior … Continue reading Week 5 PSAL Local Area Football Roundup
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Canarsie Football Drops Fourth Straight in Tough Fashion to Grand Street
The Canarsie Chiefs varsity football team was in their game against Grand Street Campus, going toe to toe with the opposition for two and half quarters. But then came the pivotal play, with the tilt tied, in which junior Calvin Hutchinson failed to scoop up a Wolves’ fumbled screen pass and run it in for … Continue reading Canarsie Football Drops Fourth Straight in Tough Fashion to Grand Street
Growing Pains Plague Canarsie In 36-0 Defeat to Midwood
By Jerry Del Priore With a team made up of mostly juniors and other underclassmen, the Canarsie Chiefs’ varsity coaching staff expected them to endure a measure of woes, due to inexperience, during the season. Unfortunately for Canarsie (0-2), its greenness was on full display against Midwood, as it was shutout, 36-0, Friday night at … Continue reading Growing Pains Plague Canarsie In 36-0 Defeat to Midwood
People Turn Out in Droves for 14th Annual Dan’s 5K Run/Walk in Gerritsen Beach, Brooklyn
By Jerry Del Priore Last Saturday, Dan Foster held his fourteenth annual Dan’s 5K fun run/walk adjacent to the Gerritsen Beach Ball fields in Gerritsen Beach. The event was a fundraiser for the Colon Cancer Alliance Blue Hope Financial Assistance Program, for which Foster,67, serves as the Brooklyn Ambassador. CCABHFA provides funding to organizations that … Continue reading People Turn Out in Droves for 14th Annual Dan’s 5K Run/Walk in Gerritsen Beach, Brooklyn
Canarsie Chiefs Blanked By Port Richmond To Open 2016 PSAL Football Season
By Jerry Del Priore It was a game of several what ifs for the Canarsie Chiefs football team. The Chiefs made several mistakes, including four costly turnovers, many dropped passes and other miscues in a 20-0 shutout loss to host Port Richmond. The Sunday tilt opened the season in City Conference play. Canarsie varsity head … Continue reading Canarsie Chiefs Blanked By Port Richmond To Open 2016 PSAL Football Season
Canarsie 2016 Football Preview: Chiefs Turn to Youth For New Season
By Jerry Del Priore After losing over twenty players to graduation in 2015, the Chiefs are leaning on last year’s junior varsity squad to step it up this season. Though fielding a young, inexperienced team, head coach Kyle Allen is still thinking playoffs, hoping to build on Canarsie’s JV’s 2015 success as a number of … Continue reading Canarsie 2016 Football Preview: Chiefs Turn to Youth For New Season
Ex-Chief Defensive Star Devonte Malone Ready to Take it to Next Level
By Jerry Del Priore Former Chiefs defensive standout Devonte Malone was arguably the best player on the team in 2015. That speaks volumes as Malone didn’t start playing organized football until his freshman year at Canarsie Educational Campus High School. He learned the game quickly, and went on to become a defensive stalwart at … Continue reading Ex-Chief Defensive Star Devonte Malone Ready to Take it to Next Level
Sunset Park, Brooklyn Boxer Julian Sosa Continues Torrid Fighting Pace With Win On Coney Island
Professional boxer Julian Sosa is busier than your average 20-year-old. Sosa, a welterweight from Sunset Park, Brooklyn, has fought seven times since turning professional approximately a year and a half ago, including his impressive, unanimous six-round decision over Rene Marquez (5-2, KOs) Sunday at the Ford Amphitheater on Coney Island. Though training and fighting does … Continue reading Sunset Park, Brooklyn Boxer Julian Sosa Continues Torrid Fighting Pace With Win On Coney Island
Undersized Ex-Football Chief Shawn Cabbell Ready To Prove Doubters Wrong At College
By Jerry Del Priore At a modest five-foot-seven and 167 pounds, many people had their doubts if Shawn Cabbell could make a college gridiron squad due to his lack of size. But they failed to measure the one intangible that mattered most: Cabbell’s intense desire to play the game he loves at the next height. … Continue reading Undersized Ex-Football Chief Shawn Cabbell Ready To Prove Doubters Wrong At College
Ex-Canarsie Football Player Darius Lancaster Eyes College Success On And Off The Field
Darius Lancaster started playing organized football with the Mill Basin Mariners at the age of 13. It’s late for anyone who realistically aspires to put the pads on at the collegiate level. He chose other sports, such as basketball and baseball, over the gridiron. Though Lancaster was behind football-wise to other children, it didn’t stop … Continue reading Ex-Canarsie Football Player Darius Lancaster Eyes College Success On And Off The Field
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