FOR BREAKING NEWS VISIT www.queenscourier.com JANUARY 16, 2014 • THE QUEENS COURIER 73 sports STAR of the WEEK STAR STARSTARSTARSTARSTARSTARSTARSTARSTARSTARSTAR of the WEEKWEEKWEEK WEEK KRISTEN KANGAS CHSHL A Division Boys Hockey standings HIGH SCHOOL W-L-T Streak Chaminade 9-0-0 W9 Msgr. Farrell 8-2-0 W1 Fordham Prep 7-5-0 W1 St. Anthony 5-4-2 L1 Holy Cross 5-4-0 W1 St. Mary 3-7-1 L1 St. Joseph 2-8-0 L2 Iona Prep 1-10-1 L1 Standings courtesy Chshl.net as of January 15 PSAL Queens- AA Boys Basketball standings HIGH SCHOOL W-L Streak Benjamin Cardozo 10-0 W10 HS For Construction 9-1 W2 Queens HS of Teaching 7-3 W3 Bayside High School 5-5 L1 Beach Channel/Channel View HS 5-5 W2 Flushing 4-7 W1 Martin Van Buren 4-7 L5 Campus Magnet 3-8 L2 Thomas Edison 0-11 L11 Standings from PSAL.org as of January 15 THE COURIER/Photos by Liam La Guerre BY LIAM LA GUERRE THE QUEENS COURIER PRESENTS ‘STAR ATHLETE OF THE WEEK’ Name: Kristen Kangas School: Benjamin Cardozo High School Grade: Senior Sport: Gymnastics Kristen Kangas is the captain of Benjamin Cardozo High School girls’ gymnastics team, and has led her squad to the top of the PSAL this year. Coach Richard Parascos calls her the “heart and soul” of the team, and Kangas is consistently ranked in the top 25 in the city in all four gymnastic events; balance beam, uneven parallel bars, fl oor exercise and vaulting. In her sophomore year she helped start the school’s cheerleading team and held part-time jobs in the summer, working as an offi ce assistant at St. John’s University and at Long Island Care Center nursing home, last year. Kangas is dyslexic, but enjoys sports and helping others, so she aspires to be a physical therapist. She has applied to several SUNY schools, including Potsdam, Fredonia, Cortland and Plattsburgh. Why do you do enjoy gymnastics and other extracurricular activities? “Teenagers could be very dangerous without goals. When teenagers don’t do something they get into trouble. I like being involved and I like socializing.” How does it feel to lead younger “I love it, because not only am I helping them, but you help yourself at the same time.” Why do you aspire to be a physical “I love doing sports in general and I care for people. I feel like a combination of those two is physical therapy. I feel like it’s me.” How does being dyslexic “A lot of kids that have it don’t know they have it and they struggle in school, but I have it and really try in school. The difference between someone who has it and doesn’t have it is that you have to really work and that’s like my whole life, I work for everything I do.” KANGAGAG SASA teammates? therapist? affect you?
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