for breaking news visit www.qns.com FEBRUARY 25, 2016 • The CourieR SUN 39 sports They gotta have Hope! Midville girls win Diocesan hoops title Photo courtesy of Krist en Nieto The Our Lady of Hope Peewee Girls basketball team capped off a terrific season by capturing the Peewee Diocesan Tournament Championship last weekend at St. John’s Preparatory School in Astoria. Under the coaching of Anthony Navarra and Scott Nieto, the girls entered the tournament with an 11-2 record and went on to best St. Pancras School in the semi-finals, then Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament in the championship game. The peewee champs include Kylie Grabler, Ava Hershkovitz, Sophia Hoyt, Abigail Jalocha, Samantha Kelly, Samantha Muller, Angelina Navarra, Shannon Nieto, Ella Roche and Gabriella Savino. BWG SOCCER STARS SIGN UP WITH MAJOR COLLEGE PROGRAMS BY THE QUE NS COURIER STAF editorial@qns.com/@qns The Blau Weiss Gottschee youth soccer program has come a long way in recent years. At the outset, it produced a handful of players who advanced in later years to national and professional teams. But this winter, BWG has much to celebrate, as nine members of its Under 18 Academy signed letters of intent to attend colleges nationwide with prominent soccer programs of their own. These incoming college freshmen began playing with BWG at the age of eight, according to Ovid Cusu of BWG. Under the guidance of coaches Denise McGowen and Paul McGlynn, they began play in the Cosmopolitan Junior Soccer League. Over the years, this crop of soccer stars went through a few changes and national championships to boot, accomplishing at one point a midseason 15-0 record in the USSF Academy League. The academy squad won games against academy teams affiliated with MLS franchises DC United, New England Revolution, Montreal Impact, Houston Dynamo and the San Jose Earthquakes. The U18 Academy members include Benjamin Issroff, who is heading to Princeton University; Bernie Wright, Bucknell University; Christian St. Louis, Stony Brook University; Casey Barone, University of Pennsylvania; Conor McGlynn, Siena College; Dylan Nealis, Georgetown University; Kevin Lozada, Virginia Tech; Matthew Swain, Columbia University; and Sean McGowan, Princeton University. As these BWG stars head off to college, BWG continues to grow new stars. Last week, many of the program’s younger squads captured first- and second-place prizes at various local tournaments. In the Brooklyn Italian indoor tournament, the BWG won first place in the U10 group (2006 White), U11 group (2005 Blue), Girls U11 (2005 Girls), U12 group (2004 Blue) and U13 group (2003 White). The 2007 Royals team took home second place in the U9 group. Meanwhile, the 2003 Pre- Academy team won first- and second-place prizes at the Cosmopolitan Junior Soccer League Indoor Tournament; the U14 Academy Team won the Capelli University Futsal Tournament; and the U13 Pre- Academy Team finished in second in the TST Futsal League in College Point. Casey Barone Dylan Nealis Sean McGowan Conor McGlynn
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