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St. Mary’s Gaels men’s basketball team makes history, heads to NCAA tournament
By Francesca Pollio Fenton CNA Staff, Mar 21, 2024 / 12:30 pm The St. Mary’s Gaels men’s basketball team made history this season by winning the West Coast Conference regular season and tournament titles on March 12, earning them an automatic bid for the NCAA men’s tournament. It’s the third time in program …
During fundraiser, priest makes ‘longest shot ever by a priest on a playground’
By Francesca Pollio Fenton CNA Staff, Dec 16, 2023 / 08:00 am Father Jarett Konrade, pastor of St. John the Baptist Roman Catholic Church in Beloit, Kansas, made an impressive basketball shot recently during a fundraiser, landing him on the “Images of the Week” for “EWTN News In Depth.” Two years …
The little-known connection between hoops and holiness
by Kelsey Wicks Denver, Colo., Nov 24, 2022 / 09:00 am The start of basketball season always coincides with the American holiday of Thanksgiving, lending a proper season to be grateful for the American-born sport. But precisely how grateful should Catholics be for basketball (or any other sport, for that …
College hoops announcer Dick Vitale, battling cancer, draws strength from his Catholic faith
by Autumn Jones Denver Newsroom, Dec 9, 2021 / 17:16 pm Longtime ESPN college basketball analyst Dick Vitale is relying on his Catholic faith and the power of prayer to help him through his battle with cancer. Known affectionately as “Dickie V,” the 82-year-old sportscasting icon was diagnosed with melanoma …
A Catholic guide to March Madness 2021
by Christine Rousselle Washington D.C., Mar 17, 2021 / 04:00 am MT (CNA).- Last year, the official NCAA Basketball tournament–”March Madness”–was canceled and replaced by a decidedly less fun March “madness” of shopping for toilet paper, hand sanitizer, and other pandemic supplies. But the real March Madness is back–finally. And …
Throwback Thursday: Lauren Hill’s story bearing fruits for DIPG research
By John Stegeman The Catholic Telegraph The bright lights of national media rarely focus on Division III college basketball, but on Nov. 2, 116 members of said media were credentialed for a Mount St. Joseph University women’s basketball game. The attention had little to do with the actual contest between …
2019 Catholic Bracketology
RESULTS Wednesday, March 20th 9:10 p.m.: 11 St. John’s Red Storm (Congregation of the Mission), New York, New York vs. 11 Arizona State Devils at University of Dayton Arena St. John’s Red Storm falls to Arizona 74 to 65 Thursday, March 21st 4:30 p.m.: 5 Marquette Golden Eagles (Society of …
Alter girls repeat as state champions
Official OHSAA Recap COLUMBUS – In a rematch of last year’s Division II girls basketball state championship game, Kettering Archbishop Alter put forth a record-setting scoring performance to defeat Ottawa-Glandorf, 74-48, on its way to winning its second-consecutive OHSAA Girls Basketball Division II State Tournament championship on Saturday afternoon at …
Put aside that extra bracket and tackle Church teaching, bishop urges
By Matt Hadro CNA/EWTN News Many challenges to families need addressing today, including perhaps too much attention given to college basketball’s “March Madness,” and not enough to studying Church teaching. So said Archbishop Joseph Kurtz of Louisville, the head of the U.S. bishops conference, at a Mar. 16 discussion at …
April Sports Report: No surprises at state swimming meet
From Staff & Wire Reports Ursuline Academy won its second-straight OHSAA Division I Swimming state championship Feb. 22 in Canton, scoring 281 points. The school sent nine swimmers to state, winning eight of 11 events in the process.