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A Prayer Before the Game
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God our Father, You have created us to strive for the best. Grant to all athletes, coaches, and fans, strength to pursue excellence during this event. We pray for the safety of these athletes; Protect them from injury and harm. And finally, we pray for your grace, that you would …
For this Catholic baseball player, a season off is ‘a relief’
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by Anna Wilgenbusch Denver Newsroom, Jun 30, 2020 / 03:00 am MT (CNA).- Seth McGarry, a pitcher in the Philadelphia Phillies minor league system, has never really not played baseball. But with baseball stadiums closed around the nation due to the COVID-19, he might spend his summer without the game. …
Pope Francis thanks Paralympian Alex Zanardi for offering ‘lesson in humanity’
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Vatican City, Jun 24, 2020 / 09:00 am MT (CNA).- Pope Francis has written a letter of encouragement to Alex Zanardi, a Formula One driver turned Paralympic champion who is in a coma following a collision last Friday. In the letter, published June 24 in the Italian sports newspaper La …
At Kobe and Gianna Bryant’s parish, prayer and Masses for crash victims
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Newport Beach, CA, Jan 27, 2020 / 03:25 pm (CNA).- Hours before he died Sunday, basketball superstar Kobe Bryant attended Mass at Our Lady Queen of Angels Catholic Church in Newport Beach, California. His parish is now praying for his soul. Holy Mass was offered Monday at the parish for …
ROGER BACON HIGH SCHOOL UNDERWATER HOCKEY TEAM TO PLAY IN U.S.A. UNDERWATER HOCKEY’S 2019 U.S. NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
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Players to compete in Orlando, Florida, June 21 – 23, 2019 Cincinnati, Ohio – The Roger Bacon High School Underwater Hockey Team will compete in the USA Underwater Hockey 2019 U.S. National Championships to be hosted by the Orlando Underwater Hockey Club at the Rosen YMCA Aquatic and Family Center …
LEHMAN CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL JOINING NEW ATHLETIC CONFERENCE
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LCHS will joins seven schools in the region to form new conference starting in the Fall of 2021. Sidney, Ohio | April 2, 2019—Lehman Catholic High School (LCHS) is excited to announce they will be joining a new athletic conference in the Fall of 2021. Yesterday afternoon LCHS met with …
Alter girls repeat as state champions
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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 …
St. Xavier Wins Eighth Consecutive State Title, Ursula girls third
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CANTON — St. Xavier High School won the 2016 OHSAA Division I Boys State Swimming and Diving Tournament Saturday, Feb. 27, as the Bombers scored a state meet-record 398 points en route to winning their eighth-consecutive and 37th overall state championship. St. Xavier took the lead from the start as the …
Lancers claim second-straight state championship
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Update Dec. 7, 9:45 a.m.: COLUMBUS — La Salle defeated Massillon Perry 42-0 in the 2015 OHSAA Division II football state championship Friday night at Ohio Stadium. The win earns the Lancers (13-2) their second-consecutive Division II state championship. La Salle defeated Macedonia Nordonia, 55-20, in last season’s state final. La …
Football Friday: Fenwick, La Salle last teams standing
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Staff Report Seven Catholic high school football teams from the Archdiocese of Cincinnati entered the OHSAA playoffs three weeks ago, but only two remain — undefeated Bishop Fenwick and reigning Division II state champ La Salle. The Falcons were the only Catholic school team in the archdiocese to end the regular …