Mount Unveils
New Sports
Complex
90+ year-old grass fi eld
converted to artifi cial turf.
BRONX TIMES REPORTER, O BTR CTOBER 4-10, 2019 59
The New York Yankees, along
with Fanatics, the global leader
for offi cially licensed sports merchandise,
today announced an
exclusive, multi-year partnership
to market the team’s game-used
memorabilia and collectibles. The
deal builds on several exclusive
autograph partnerships Fanatics
currently holds with current and
former Yankees superstars, including
Aaron Judge, Giancarlo
Stanton, Mariano Rivera, CC Sabathia,
Didi Gregorius, Luis Severino,
Luke Voit, Gio Urshela,
Aaron Hicks and others.
The game-used items, which
will include jerseys, caps, bats,
bases, baseballs, lineup cards and
a wide variety of additional gameissued
equipment, are collected
during games and following the
fi nal out. The collection process
BY GRACE CERINI
BANTAMS
It was another beautiful
day for the sport and equally
for the team in white from Cestra’s
Pizza. Cestra’s had a midday
appointment with Ann
Clair’s which went back and
forth for an hour of non stop
entertainment. Cestra’s welcomed
back their well needed
#9, Max Cardi, who returned
to the team from being out due
to illness, and a new addition,
Brahima Diallo. Both players
showed some nerves but still
contributed huge minutes in
midfi eld off the bench making
key tackles and disrupting
what Ann Clair’s were bringing
to the table. Xavier Aponte
and fellow midfi elder, Brandon
Delgado, aided in this support
which proved huge for
their starters who got the ball
rolling quickly against Ann
Clair’s. Matthew Urquhart
collected his third consecutive
hat trick. He continues to shine
but is a small glimmer to the
overall progress of the team as
a whole. In the fi rst half, starting
goalie Alex Rolla was troubled
little as defenders Aliana
Didimenico, Jake Rolla and
arguable player of the game
Madison De La Cruz created
their wall of protection. The
midfi elders Adriana Rizzi and
Ava Vitale rounded out the attack.
Adriana worked hard all
game which even earned her
a penalty from a foul received
in the box going to goal. She
hit it hard and low but hit the
post. Just another of the many
oohs and ahhhs moment of the
match. Ava continues to grow
in confi dence after a productive
week of practice. Fellow
teammate, Gianna Didimenico
missed this game with an
injury but still attended and
said she wanted to support her
team anyway by sitting on the
bench.These are the moments
we don’t see on the fi eld but
why I get caught up in it, defi -
nitely a fan!
This week, Spot On faced
off against American Cleaners.
Although they were down
a few players they managed to
COACH WINSTON DINKINS
On Sunday, September 29,
2019, Velocity Track Club New
York competed in the 2019
AAU Fall Cross Country (XC)
Classic at Cunningham Park,
Queens New York. There were
races from the 800 meters
(6 years old athletes & Masters
only) to 5000 meters. The
1-mile race for all ages, 2K (1.20
miles) for 7 & 8 years old. 3K (1.8
miles) for 9 – 12 years old. 4K
(2.5 miles) for 13 & 14 years old
and 5K (3.1 miles) for 15 & up.
Medals were awarded to the
top ten athletes in their event /
gender. At last weeks XC meet,
we only won four medals. I’m
not sure if was due to our annual
banquet the night before.
Which had our children up
late dancing and celebrating
or because it was our fi rst XC
meet for the season. However,
Velocity athletes was ready
for the AAU Fall Classic. We
had 26 athletes compete in this
event and all of VTC athletes
medal! Three fi rst place medals,
six second place, fi ve third
place, three fourth place, four
fi fth place, two sixth place and
three eight place medals. This
may have been our fi rst time,
that the entire team who competed
in a XC meet, medal.
The medalists were: 1st
place in their division, Pierce
Parker, Shalom Grant and
Bryce Hickman. 2nd place,
Justyce Moore, Malachi Pair,
Talia Dixon, Steven Monegro,
Adonijah Washington and Ryann
Joseph. 3rd place: Karly
Jackson, Julian Caldwell,
Tiarra Jackson, Savannah
Minter and Saniah Caldwell.
4th place, Ethan Lee, Royanna
Murray and Lyon Achigbu.
5th place, Khloe Gethers,
Messiah Pair Jean, Candice
Palmer and Cameron Joseph.
6th place, Rakae Thomas and
Drea Santiago. 8th place, Adrianna
Schag, Sania Grant and
Kaylin Strachin. Outstanding
job!
Our next meet will be the
USATF New York Series #2
at Van Cortland Park, Bronx
New York on Saturday, October
5th. Come out and watch
your future Olympians compete.
Velocity Track Club New
York is a 501C3 Non-for profi t.
100% of your donation will
go towards helping our children.
Support your youth, so
they can continue to do great
things!
For additional information,
you can go to our web site Velocitytrack.
org or contact me,
Coach Winston Dinkins at 914-
441-6196 or email watclt@aol.
com.
On September 21st
alumni, students, family
and friends of Mount Saint
Michael Academy gathered
to celebrate the grand opening
of the Phyllis & Angelo
Mozilo ’56 Sports Complex.
The facility includes the
new synthetic turf Rocco B.
Commisso ’67 Field and resurfaced
Br. Linus Carroll,
FMS Track, along with Vincent
Promuto ’56 Stadium
featuring new bleacher
stands, press box and scoreboard.
This new facility puts
Mount among the most preeminent
in its class with regard
to athletic facilities. To
learn more about the Sports
Complex project visit www.
mtstmichael.org.
VTCNY competes in AAU
Fall Cross Country Classic
AFC Rapid
Highlights
Week 4
New York Yankees And Fanatics Partner On Marketing
Of Exclusive Game-Used Yankees Memorabilia
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