24 MARCH 8, 2018 RIDGEWOOD TIMES WWW.QNS.COM
SPORTS
Six Blau Weiss
soccer stars
sign college
commitments
Blau Weiss
Gottschee
s o c c e r
program announced
that six
of its standouts
have signed
their commitment
letters
for college programs around the
country. The announcement came
shortly aft er BWG held a college
showcase at Grover Cleveland
Athletic Field in Ridgewood.
Numerous NCAA Division 1, 2
and 3 programs participated,
including Marist College, New
York University, Vassar College,
SUNY Binghamton, NJIT, Yale, St.
John’s University, Seton Hall University,
Siena College, University
of Bridgeport, Fordham University,
St. Francis College, Niagara
College, NYIT, St. Rose College, St.
Joseph’s College-Brooklyn, Hartford,
Bloomfi eld University, CSI,
John Jay College and York College.
The six BWG signees were Chris
Rivera with Northeastern University;
O’Neill Smith-Elias with the
University of New Hampshire;
Gerrard Rodman with Elon University;
Carlo Ritaccio with Akron
University; Matteo Alzate with
Davidson College; and Marcus
Peterkin with the University of
Connecticut.
Photos by Ovid Cusu
Three-peat as Hope Hornets
sting their way to Diocesan title
The Our Lady of Hope Hornets
Sixth-Grade girls team captured
the Diocesan basketball championship
for the third consecutive year,
edging out the team from St. Adalbert’s
in Elmhurst. The Middle Village squad
was led by coaches Anthony Navarra
and Scott Nieto, who instilled a hard
work ethic and dedication to help
them achieve success. Shown are
Photo courtesy of Kristen Nieto
team members Kylie Grabler, Ava
Hershkovitz, Sophia Hoyt, Abigail
Jalocha, Samantha Kelly, Angelina
Navarra, Shannon Nieto, Ella Roche
and Gabriella Savino.
Picture day for Sacred Heart cheerleaders
The Sacred Heart Wildcat
Cheerleader team recently
participated in picture day
with their coaches, Samara Ruiz
and Samantha Ramos. The squad
helps invoke school spirit at sporting
events involving Sacred Heart
Catholic Academy in Glendale. The
cheerleaders are (top row, left to
right) Christina Hayes, Angelina
Aponte, Erin Watkins and Mikayla
Ryan; (middle row, left to right)
Zahara Alexandre, Emily Clementi,
Krystyna Ryan, Hailey Horvath,
Suzanne Ramos and Sara Kurre;
and (bottom row, left to right) Anissa
Birmingham, Arianna Liendo, Alessandra
Costa, Elizabeth Ramirez,
Mya Galagan and Emily Frank. Not
pictured is Gianna Rosario.
Photo courtesy of Lee Federico