South Boston Stars to field three hoop teams, one soccer squad
By KEVIN DEVLIN Spring is sitting on the horizon as we glance at winter through our rear view mirrors. Such optimism abounds as the South Boston Stars spring soccer and basketball teams get ready to rumble. This upcoming season, from March through late May, the Southie Stars will be fielding three hoop teams and one soccer team. Southie Stars founder, [...]
Metro Energy defeats Jack McDonough Club for cadet league title
By KEVIN DEVLIN On Sunday, Feb. 21, at the Walsh Center gym, the Metro Energy Club defeated the Jack McDonough Club, 29-22, to capture the Gate of Heaven CYO cadet house league title. The Metro Energy Club was the regular season champion with an 11-1 record and was not to be denied in the championship tilt. In the first half, [...]
Perry School Shark shout out
The Perry School would like to give a shout out to Maddie Murphy in the third grade for showing kindness to a new K1 student during the Shark Squad before school fitness program, and to three fourth graders, Karianny Reyes-Aquino, Geovani Juliano, and Aneisya, for their hard work and academic progress over the past few weeks. Congrats to all our [...]
Basketball star of the day: Robert Wisniewski
By KEVIN DEVLIN On Saturday, Feb. 20, at the Walsh Center gym, the Gate of Heaven CYO third and fourth grade boys team, coached by Danielle McDonald and Sean Monahan, played in the annual CYO Vicariate Tournament. Their opening round opponent was Saint Agatha’s of Milton. It was a close knit game and with less than 30 seconds to play, [...]
Looking ahead: How the Super Bowl may show what will happen next season
By RICK WINTERSON Yes, yes, we know Super Bowl 50 is long since over. The Bruins and the Celts are both playing well; the Sox are at Fenway South in Fort Myers, and John Farrell is back. And SB 50 was, well, really just another Super Bowl. Obviously, the Patriots’ absence was a downer around here, but No. 50 was [...]
South Boston Catholic Academy students honor saints
This February all the grades from pre-kindergarten to sixth at South Boston Catholic Academy had a chance to honor a saint by taking part in a Saint Door Decorating Contest. Each grade chose a special saint that they wanted to honor. The top three winners were: K1B in the Early Childhood Program whose door honored St. Joseph, Grade 2A whose [...]