Times Newsweekly SPORTS Covering Local High School, Semi-Pro And Youth Programs • Send News To info@timesnewsweekly.com Two LaGuardia Community College Lady Red Hawks Stars Shine Bright This Year All-Conference Player Awards THE LAGCC Lady Red Hawks Help To Shoot Down Cancer Charity Game Held In Long Island City The teams faced off in the Play 4Kay charity game, part of the Kay Yow Cancer Fund, established to help fund scientific research to fight women’s cancer. The Lady Red Hawks were accepting donations for the Kay Yow Cancer Fund during the game and raised almost $900, coach Anthony Alfaro said. “I always tell my Lady Red Hawks, when you have been blessed with good fortune in your life, you need to give back in some sort of way,” Alfaro said. “This is a cause that I believe in and it is linked with the sport I love—women's basketball. Women's basketball has been good to me so I want to give as much back to it as I can.” During the game, after TIMES, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2015 • 50 ORTHODONTICS WWW.GLENRIDGEORTHODONTIST.COM Est. 1976 ©Times Newsweekly 2015-GLENRIDGE FREE* Consultation and Exam WWW.GLENRIDGEORTHODONTIST.COM Medicaid Approved Diplomate, American Board of Orthodontics Vincent J. Bilello, D.D.S., ABO Diplomate, Specialists in Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics 65-34 Myrtle Ave., Glendale, NY 11385 Most Insurance Accepted As Partial or Full Payment 1-718-381-2965 1-718-386-8728 by Anthony Giudice Two players from the LaGuardia Community College (LAGCC) Lady Red Hawks basketball team won CUNY All-Conference Player awards. The athletes were honored at the CUNY Awards Luncheon at the Water Club in New York City last Thursday, Feb. 19. Freshman Kailyn Richburg and sophomore Kristen Deer have had amazing seasons so far this year. Richburg won the award for being ranked 9th overall in the nation in steals and 10th in the nation in assists. Deer is 4th in the nation in offensive rebounding and 10th in total rebounds overall. Lady Red Hawks’ coach Anthony Alfaro is extremely proud of his two players. “Kailyn Richburg has battled injuries all season long. She has been a leader through it all,” Alfaro said of the freshman guard. “As one of the remaining five roster players, she has endured the trials and tribulations that comes with the responsibility of playing the entire 40 minutes of the game.” “Kristen Deer is a hard working warrior. She is a force to be reckoned with on the boards,” Alfaro touted. “There has not been an opponent all season that has been able to contain her defensively. I will miss coaching her very much.” LaGuardia Community College (LAGCC) Lady Red Hawks players Kailyn Richburg and Kristen Deer (pictured at left) posing with their awards, accompanied by Michael Baston, the vice president for student affairs at LAGCC at the CUNY Awards Luncheon last Thursday, Feb. 19. Send Your Sports News, Pictures And Information To Our Sports Desk At info@timesnewsweekly.com. by Anthony Giudice Statistics, records and titles took a back seat for a much bigger reason to play when the LaGuardia Community College (LAGCC) Lady Red Hawks hosted the Valley Forge Military Academy on Friday, Feb. 13. The LaGuardia Community College Lady Red Hawks sporting their pink “Shoot Down Cancer” shirts to support the Play 4Kay Fund during their charity game against Valley Forge Military Academy on Friday, Feb. 13. blowing a 14-point second half lead, the Lady Red Hawks were down three in the final minute. Jasmin Wint hit a runner with 2.7 seconds left in regulation and was fouled. She sank the foul shot to send the exciting matchup into overtime. The Lady Red Hawks ended up losing the charity event 60-51 in overtime. Kailyn Richburg scored 22 points and freshman Sarah Edwards was dominant on the boards, grabbing 18 rebounds in the loosing effort. The Kay Yow Cancer Fund was founded by North Carolina State University women’s basketball head coach Kay Yow, who died in 2009 from breast cancer. With the creation of the fund, Coach Yow hoped to raise money to further research conducted by the nation’s top doctors and medical experts so more cancer patients could have access to experimental drugs and clinical trials.
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