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To:	All Varsity Football Coaches, and Athletic Directors
From:	PSAL Football Supervisor PSAL Football Coordinator
Re:	2013-2014 Junior Varsity Football Schedule

The Junior Varsity Football schedule for 2013-2014 has now been posted. All Junior Varsity Football Coaches and Athletic Directors should check to review their schedule.
All requests for changes to your Junior Varsity Football schedule due to planned events such as Homecoming Games, night games, or weekday games that involve the instructional school day, in regard to date, time and site, must be made to the PSAL Football Supervisor no later than Friday, July 26, 2013.  Any requests of this type must be made in the form of an email to the PSAL Football Supervisor Jerry Epstein at JEpstei3@schools.nyc.gov.

Jon Severe is mobbed by teammates after leading the Royals to the NYS Federation Class AA title.

 

The City game provided yet another year of memories on the hardwood during the winter.
Christ the King reigned supreme, capturing the CHSAA Class AA intersectional title and the New York State Federation ‘AA’ crown after beating Long Island Lutheran in the final. Also in the CHSAA, Monsignor Scanlan completed a remarkable turnaround, winning the Federation ‘B’ title following a winless season a year ago.
After a four-year hiatus, the PSAL crown was lifted by Lincoln, which knocked off Brooklyn rival Thomas Jefferson at Madison Square Garden. It was the Railsplitters 12^th city title.
John Adams and Fannie Lou Hamer made history with each school winning a first-ever PSAL title, while Riverdale Country Day captured its first league title since 1985.
Here’s a look back at the year that was in New York City boys basketball.
One to remember:
Christ the King ended the season as the No. 1 ranked team in the New York City boys basketball power rankings after beating Long Island Lutheran to capture the New York State Federation Class AA title in Albany.
The Royals started the year at No. 2, behind eventual PSAL champion Lincoln, but moved into the top spot in Week 3 after improving to 2-0 after beating Cardinal Hayes and Iona Prep in league play.
Christ the King remained there until Week 8, when it dropped to No. 2 behind Lincoln after a non-league loss at Boys & Girls. Three weeks later, though, the Royals jumped back to No. 1 following a thrilling 72-71 home win over rival Bishop Loughlin, however their stay lasted just a few days. A first league loss against Molloy bounced CK to No. 2, once again behind Lincoln.
Finally, Christ the King regained the No. 1 ranking after capturing the CHSAA ‘AA’ title, one week before claiming its Federation crown.
Dynamic duo:
Khadeen Carrington and Mike Williams: Arguably the city’s best guard tandem, Carrington and Williams helped lead Bishop Loughlin to the CHSAA Class AA intersectional final, where the Lions fell to rival Christ the King.
A two-year starter at Loughlin, Carrington averaged 24.7 points per game. The 6-foot-3 junior, who is being recruited by St. John’s, Connecticut, Cincinnati and Florida State, became the first junior to reach the 1,000-point plateau since JayVaughn Pinkston. He scored a game-high 24 points in the CHSAA Class AA intersectional final.
Williams, who verbally committed to Rutgers University earlier this month, is a lightning quick, hard-nosed 6-foot-2 guard who averaged 19.8 points per game for the Lions. He was also being recruited by Dayton, Iowa, St. John’s, Temple, Fordham and Rhode Island, but Rutgers was the first major Division I school to express interest.
Three stars:
Jon Severe: The Fordham-bound sharpshooter averaged 22.5 points per game, helping guide the Royals to a third CHSAA Class AA title in four years. Severe was named Mr. New York Basketball after scoring a career-high 40 points in the Federation Class AA semifinals.
Isaiah Whitehead: Long considered the next great star at Lincoln, the versatile 6-foot-4 junior joined the likes of Stephon Marbury, Sebastian Telfair and Lance Stephenson by capturing his first PSAL Class AA title. Whitehead averaged 21.1 points, 8.5 rebounds and 5.3 assists per game during the regular season.
Hassan Martin: The 6-foot-7 University of Rhode Island-bound forward was a dominant offensive and defensive force in the paint for Curtis, averaging 17.3 points and 15.6 rebounds per game, guiding the Warriors to the PSAL Class AA semifinals, the first Staten Island school to do so in 32 years.
For the record:
When legendary coach Jack Curran died in his sleep at age 82 on March 14, it marked the end of a remarkable era in New York City sports.
The iconic Curran, who played minor league ball in the Brooklyn Dodgers and Philadelphia Phillies organizations, had unparalleled success on the baseball diamond and the basketball court, combining for 2,680 wins – more than anyone else in United States history – and 23 CHSAA titles, coaching both sports for 54 years.
Curran was named CHSAA Coach of the Year 25 times in baseball and 22 times in basketball and was elected into nine different Halls of Fame, winning city titles in both sports in three different decades.
“It all started for me when I went to Molloy,” former Archbishop Molloy standout Kenny Anderson said. “He would always be the best coach I ever played for. I’m not talking about Xs and Os, but about how much he cared. There’s not too many people I love, but I truly love Coach Curran. He was never just a coach to me, he was like a father figure. I had the talent, but he molded me into a leader. It was the way he guided me.”
Five and fly:
Christ the King captures Federation title: Jon Severe had to wait his turn at Christ the King, not even playing in the CHSAA Class AA intersectional title game as a sophomore. His patience paid off and the senior capped a stellar high school career in the best way possible, guiding the Royals to the New York State Federation Class AA title following a 73-64 victory over Long Island Lutheran at the Times Union Center.
Fannie Lou Hamer wins first PSAL crown: After heartbreaking playoff losses in his previous two years, Michael Castillo exorcised old demons with a three-point play at the start of the fourth quarter that provided a huge spark as top-seeded Fannie Lou Hamer defeated No. 19 Wingate, 63-58, to capture the PSAL Class B title at St. Francis College in Brooklyn. It was the Bronx school’s first-ever city title.
John Adams makes history: During his time as an assistant coach at Adelphi University under James Cosgrove, Jim Pitman gained a greater appreciation for playing hard-nosed defense. So much so that the John Adams coach dubbed his team ‘Adelphi JV.’ That’s just what the Spartans did to beat McKee/Staten Island Tech, 52-48, to capture their first Class A crown in school history.
Lincoln wins PSAL title: Isaiah Whitehead has forged a reputation as being one of the top basketball players in New York City. But Lincoln proved it is more than just one superstar. The Railsplitters depth proved to be the difference as top-seeded Lincoln knocked off No. 2 Thomas Jefferson, 65-52, to capture the PSAL Class AA title at Madison Square Garden. It is the Coney Island school’s 12th city title and first since 2009 when Lance Stephenson guided the Railsplitters to a fourth consecutive crown.
Scanlan completes remarkable turnaround: Monsignor Scanlan went from worst to first, capturing a first-ever New York State Federation Class B title just one year after a winless season when the Crusaders defeated Fannie Lou Hamer, 52-50, in an All-Bronx final at the Times Union Center in Albany

Remebering Sandy Hook!

The Katie Den Enterprises Bayside Little League team cheered 'One-two-three Newtown!' after winning the championship. The team wore patches to remember the tragedy.

They had a perfect season for the kids of Newtown.
Last week, a special Bayside Little League team became the junior division champions after going 20-0 while wearing patches bearing a single word that needs no explanation: “Newtown.”
It became the Queens team’s rallying cry before, during and after every single game of the long season in a cold, wet spring.
Led by a colorful coach named Jerry Costa, the motivated team hurtled to victory like a runaway locomotive.
The idea of dedicating the year to the gun violence victims started when a story appeared in the Daily News in March about walking through the Newtown cemetery just before Christmas. Frost chilled the earth like the ice around the heart of the nation over the unspeakable killings of 20 children and six educators in Sandy Hook Elementary School on Dec. 14.

Katie Den Enterprises team went 20-0 while wearing patches bearing a single word: 'Newtown.'

RELATED: HAMILL: SANDY HOOK CHANGED, BUT SADNESS REMAINS
I wrote about how the Newtown cemetery was set on a hill overlooking a Little League field, how that was a flawless diamond that would sparkle forever in the minds of most kids who ever played there.
And as my kid and millions more like him prepared to start their Little League spring season, I thought how blessed we all were as I recalled backhoes in December, digging holes for tiny coffins in the field of the dead up the hill from that field of dreams.
I lamented how so many of those slaughtered kids, including Chase Kowalski, 7, would never again get the chance to swing a bat on a spring morning.
“Our team was named for our sponsor, Katie Den Enterprises, and we’d already had about six practices in the Bayside Batting Cage,” Costa says. “Then I received an email from Luis Avila, the father of one of my players, who works for Red Cross.”

Chase Kowalski at Yankee Stadium. Chase was killed during the Dec. 14 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn.

The email read: “Hi Coach Jerry, I read the Daily News story ‘Field of the Dead’ about Chase Kowalski, and the rest of the children lost in Newtown and it inspired an idea . . . Could we possibly honor Chase and the rest of the children by having the boys wear a band on their uniform . . . a simple ‘Newtown’? I would cover the expense . . .”
RELATED: A PLAYGROUND FOR EACH SANDY HOOK VICTIM
Costa, a dedicated but gruff coach, is not known for sentimentality. But like everyone else in the nation the mere mention of Newtown brings tears to his eyes.

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/queens/bayside-league-champs-win-big-newtown-article-1.1383527#ixzz2YcrCAOcn

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Athletes from around the world

I really have a new found respect for inner city athletes around the world... We as athletes have the same universal struggles of going to next level.. We speak the same language of no pain no gain

T Minus and Counting

I am on my way to Frankfurt, Germany for the week in hopes to make good connections.. Then Sunday I will arrive in London to make more connections.. I will be to attending and visiting several corporations... Can't wait.

Parent's Coaches & Teachers

 

As always, share this if you think it is important. I think this is good information for all of us to think about once in awhile.

Not every situation is a “major” event. There seems to be a trend of “hanging on every word” a 7 year old says. There seems to be a sensitivity to every action of our athletes and coaches. Children will say “no I am not excited about going to practice” once in awhile. That doesn’t mean that there is anything major going on that needs to be investigated.
We seem to be leaning toward doing something if it isn’t quite right, today. A child talks her Mom into signing up for an 8 week session, makes one comment in the 4th week that she doesn’t like going anymore and the parent feels compelled to act, sometimes allowing the child to quit. The lesson the child just learned?
A coach or teacher who comes to a parent and mentions that little Suzie didn’t have a real good practice doesn’t mean that something major is going on. It is natural for an athlete or student to have a bad day once in awhile. No sweat, just natural. Now if she has gone 3 weeks with the same not so good behavior, then we need to take a look. The process of learning includes good days and bad. Days when something is learned and days when nothing is learned. The process of learning in youth sports includes striking out, falling off beam and missing a hurdle. All natural when dealing with children.
Maybe we all need to “chill” a little bit more. A skinned knee doesn’t mean a 911 call. A bad competition doesn’t mean the coach has “lost” their ability to coach. An umpire blowing a call at second base doesn’t mean that they have it in for your team. These are natural happenings. Minor, not major.
A child becomes a prepared, well adjusted young adult by experiencing about 2 million (my estimate) situations as they grow. There are very few “major” situations within those 2 million. They are all small steps that we experience, learn from and then move on. If we get overly sensitive to every step in the development of your child/athlete we will go crazy. The stress level will be unbearable. We will be looking over the shoulder of everyone who spends 5 minutes with our precious, easily broken child.
I believe that most children are very resilient with a strong shell. I also believe that it is possible to make that shell thinner and thinner if the adults in their lives treat every situation as a “major” event. The kids are watching us. They are learning how we, as adults, handle the every day situations that arise. One math test in 6th grade isn’t going to affect their potential for a college scholarship. Making an out happens more often in a baseball game than getting a hit.
Raising a child is about an 18 year adventure. A series of small, learning events and activities that will shape your child. Enjoy the ride rather than stressing so much about every step. The coaches and teachers helping your family will do a much better job if they don’t have a group of stressed out parents watching every minute of every practice. The less drama we have in the incredible world of youth sports the better. Less stress helps make a great learning “lab” for the development of our kids and athletes. Less stress makes it more fun for the adults too

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You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else.
Albert Einstein

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Always continue the climb. It is possible for you to do whatever you choose, if you first get to know who you are and are willing to work with a power that is greater than ourselves to do it.
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Canadian Football League: Better Than the NFL?

The biggest single difference between CFL ball and NFL ball is three downs versus four.
With fewer downs to make your 10 yards, more offensive aggression is necessary, which usually means more passing and a lot less settling for plays that might only get you a couple yards.
Plays running out of the shotgun are far more common as a result, pass patterns full of eligible receivers are encouraged, and when you run the ball, you need to have a play set up that is designed to get you half the distance to the first down marker.
Going for it on third and short is also far more common. Going two and out is no way to win, so you need to take a shot at it if the odds work. CFL rules require the defense to set up a yard off the line of scrimmage—that extra yard of space between the offensive and defensive lines also means that there's really no excuse for not getting your first down on a QB keeper, so teams tend to go for it.
The most utterly boring play in the NFL is a punt followed by a fair catch.
With a situation that lame, where no play is actually made by the receiving team, wouldn't it be easier for them to just request a ball placement 40 yards from the line of scrimmage and be done with it?
There's none of this sissy stuff in the CFL.
When a punt is made, the receiving team is obliged to make a play. The kicking team must give the kick returner five yards or suffer a "no yards" penalty, but once the ball hits the receiver's hands, all bets are off, so he better be ready to start running.
More return attempts equals more opportunities for big plays equals more excitement.

Another New York Athlete that "Started From The Bottom" and arrived in the NBA Championship Finals

As Danny Green continues to hit big shots for the Spurs in the NBA Finals, it's hard to believe that the St. Mary's of Manhasset graduate was cut twice by the Spurs and Greg Popovich before earning a starting role.

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/basketball/north-babylon-green-spur-moment-article-1.1366966#ixzz2VnT6UITP

Nassau Community College

Nassau Community College offers the prospective student-athlete the opportunity to develop both academically and athletically. Our outstanding coaching staffs and student support services strives toward assisting the student-athlete in reaching their full potential both in the classroom and on the playing field. Many of our student-athletes have earned scholarships and have gone onto prominence at senior colleges and universities, as well as in professional sports.
In addition, to having a reputation for academic excellence, the Nassau Community College athletics teams are nationally recognized for their dominance and success. Nassau Community College has over twenty Intercollegiate athletic teams (men's and women's combined) as well as a cheerleading and dance teams. Nassau Community College competes in the Region XV Conference as a member of the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA).

WORLD-CLASS ATHLETIC FACILITIES

Nassau Community College’s indoor/outdoor facilities are among the finest in the Northeast U.S. and have welcomed national and international events such as the U.S. National Volleyball Championships, the International Games for the Disabled, the Russian-American Wrestling Competition and the Goodwill Games.

Athletics
For indoor events the 192,000 square-foot George B. Costigan Physical Education Complex offers a four-lane indoor track, 1,800-seat multi-purpose gymnasium with three full basketball courts, 19,000-square-foot weight room and facilities for badminton, basketball, boxing, cheerleading, dance, fencing, gymnastics, judo, table tennis, Tae Kwon Do and team handball. The Fieldhouse provides 28,800 square-foot rubber (tartan) floor with a 30-foot ceiling and seating for 400. The complex also contains an eight-lane 4-foot deep lap pool along with a 13-foot deep diving pool.

For outdoor events the Mitchel Athletic Complex contains a 6,000 seat stadium that can be expanded to 9,000 for watching competitive athletes on the nine-lane 400-meter synthetic track with a regulation-sized multi-sport turf field suitable for football, soccer and lacrosse. The complex offers four regulation-sized grass softball fields with lights, an electronic scoreboard, a training room a locker rooms. In addition to NCC, the facilities are used for local high school championships and international competitions.

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