86 The QUEE NS Courier • april 23, 2015 for breaking news visit www.queenscourier.com sports BWG U8 team is in first place By ANTHONY GIUDICE agiudice@ridgewoodtimes.com/@A_GiudiceReport The Blau Weiss Gottschee (BWG) U8 Blue team played a great game against Chernomorets, winning 3-1. Goals by Gabriel Cusu, Leana Ruiz and Adrian Ithurralde and great goalkeeping by Giacomo Faccioli led the team to victory. The U8 Blue team plays in the Under 8 A Division and is currently in first place with 9 points from three Cosmopolitan Junior Soccer League games. The BWG U9 White team played the New York Stars over the weekend, winning 5-0. Derek Ramos scored twice while Dylan Gage, Marco Bogdanovic and Jakub Rembiszewski each scored one goal in the shutout win. Photo courtesy Jessica Villaplana The St. Kevin’s 2014-2015 CYO Brooklyn/Queens Diocesan Champions St. Kevin girls basketball team wins Brooklyn/Queens Diocesan championship BY ANTHONY GIUDICE agiudice@ridgewoodtimes.com @A_GiudiceReport The St. Kevin girls intermediate division one basketball team went undefeated, 21-0, this year to capture the 2014-15 CYO Brooklyn/Queens Diocesan championship. In the championship game at St. John’s Prep back in February, St. Kevin was determined to finish their season with a perfect record and the championship in hand. The girls were victorious 49-46 in overtime, after being down by 10 points during the game. “Our attitude was one goal, the championship,” coach Jessica Villaplana said. “We spoke about it all the time. I would tell the girls to imagine winning the championship and how it would feel.” After ending the regular season 16-0 and being one of the top teams in the CYO, St. Kevin’s was not given a bye in the first round of the playoffs, instead having to win five games to bring home the title. “Once the playoffs came around we started to practice as often as possible. During the winter break we practiced almost every day,” Villaplana said. “We did non-basketball things as a team so that comradeship was built. I even would collect their cellphones so that they would be forced to get to know each other better.” Those team-building exercises brought the group closer together and allowed them to focus on the team goal, winning the championship, rather than individual stats, Villaplana said. “I am so proud of these young ladies,” she said. “They learned so much about each other and themselves. They saw what it meant to be part of a team.” Holy Cross coach Tom Pugh receives legislative resolution BY ANTHONY GIUDICE agiudice@ridgewoodtimes.com/@A_GiudiceReport Legendary Holy Cross High School football coach, Tom Pugh, was presented with a New York State Legislative Resolution from Assemblyman Edward Braunstein, on April 16. The resolution honors Pugh’s 42-year tenure as the Holy Cross High School Knights football team’s coach, where he won 215 career games, including the 1977 New York Catholic High School Football League Championship. The BWG U8 team after their 3-1 victory. Photo courtesy Blau Weiss Gottschee
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