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2023 CHSAA State Title Game Preview
Cardinal Hayes (11-2; NYCHSFL) vs. St. Francis (5-5; Monsignor Martin) When: Saturday December 2nd, 2023 @2pm Where: Wien Stadium/Kraft Field on the Campus of Columbia University (533 W 218th St, New York, NY 10034) Watch: TBD Players to Watch (Cardinal Hayes) *Rich Belin (Jr; QB)—The “Showstopper” and/or dual-threat wizard for the Cardinals, the three-year varsity team member (second full season taking the snaps) is a surefire All-State selection in 2023, as he has accumulated over 4,000 yards (2,938 in the air; 1274 on the ground) and 46 touchdowns (28 passing, 18 running) in his second full season as the conductor
Turkey Bowl 2023 Players of the Week
Turkey Bowls (November 23rd, 2023) Reid Jones (Jr.); WR – Cardinal Hayes Cardinals Earning his second Player of the Week distinction in less than a month (previously in week #8), the 6’2, 185-pound wide receiver out of Brooklyn provided the entrée, the stuffings, and the dessert this past Thursday in vaulting the Cardinals to their 9th straight Turkey Bowl victory, 42-10, over Mount St. Michael Academy, in the All-Champion (Hayes the AAA titlists; the Mount claiming the AA-2 hardware) affair that determined Bronx bragging rights!! Limited to just two catches (both in the finals win over Iona Prep) for 17
SENIOR BOWL GAME & PRACTICE INFORMATION 2023
Senior Bowl Game: Sunday, December 3rd @Mitchel Field (1:00 pm) ADMISSION IS FREE City Practice Schedule: Monday, November 27th @Monsignor Farrell (5-7pm) Tuesday, November 28th @Fordham University, Murphy Field (5-7pm) Wednesday November 29th @Fordham University, Murphy Field (5-7pm) Island Practice Schedule Monday, November 27th (5:30-7:30) @Mitchel Field Athletic Complex NO PRACTICE TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 28th Wednesday, November 29th (5:30-7:30) @Mitchel Field Athletic Complex Thursday, November 30th (5:30-7:30) @Mitchel Field Athletic Complex
CHSFL Annual Communion Awards Breakfast Information
CHSFL Annual Communion Awards Breakfast Sunday, December 3rd @ Kellenberg Memorial High School (Mass – 9:30 am followed by breakfast) Tickets are $25.00 Tickets will be sold through member schools Parents, coaches and players are required to have a ticket for admission Tickets will NOT be sold at the door Jacket & tie recommended
2023 NYCHSFL Turkey Bowl Recaps
Fordham Prep-21; Xavier-14 An affair that was settled by a goal-line stance in the final half minute of regulation, it was junior DL, Patrick Keeley, getting low and stuffing Knight star tailback, Mehdi Merah (entered having rushed for 1,100+ yards and 17 scores this fall), on the 1-yard line to create the turnover on downs that sealed a 21-14 comeback victory for the Fordham Prep fans on home soil (Coffrey Field)!!! The triumph, which was their third in a row (including the virtual game played during Covid in 2020) and their sixth in the past seven renditions improved the Rams
Salute to the MVPs-Title Game POTW
AAA (Cardinal Hayes Cardinals) Kenneth Antoine (Offensive; Sr.; RB) In a decorated four-year varsity career ripe with individual achievements, the only thing missing on the resume of the 6’0, 190-pound tailback from Harlem [Antoine] was the team hardware to accompany all of his personal feats!!! Last Saturday night, in the final game of the 2023 NYCHSFL Championship triple-header on the campus of Fordham University, t#22 made sure that he checked that box as well, carrying the pigskin 16 times for 82 yards and a pair of touchdowns to propel the Cardinals to the program’s seventh overall Metro Catholic crown (third
Cardinal Hayes Wins the AAA Championship!!
CINDERELLA’S SLIPPER FITS!!!!….CARDINAL HAYES ARISES FROM THE #5 SEED TO SEIZE THE TOP PRIZE!! In what may go down as the game of the year (anywhere on planet Earth), every second and then some was required to determine a victor as the hometown favorites from the Bronx [Cardinal Hayes] were able to hang on for a dramatic 30-29 victory over the second-seeded Gaels of Iona Prep, to earn the Triple-A title and lower the curtain on NYCHSFL Championship Saturday 2023!!! As evenly-matched a collision of two juggernauts as we have seen in quite some time, Hayes would find themselves down
St. John the Baptist Brings Home the AA I Championship
THE CATS CONQUER THE COWS!!!….NEXT MAN UP!!!! When the 2023 season started, St. John the Baptist junior quarterback, Maxwell Bowers, was listed no higher than 2nd on the depth chart (likely 3rd)!!! Fast-forward several weeks and today, the 6’1, 180-pounder hailing from Brightwaters finds himself bestowed with unofficial GOAT status following a tremendous individual effort that witnessed him amass 3 total touchdowns (2 passing, 1 running) as part of the second-seeded Cougars 28-14 victory over #1 Moore Catholic in the AA-1 finale on the campus of Fordham University! The win by the West Islip based program marking the fourth straight
Mount AA II Champions – Coach Valentini Adds 5th & Final CHSFL Title
SENDING THEIR MENTOR OUT WITH THE CROWN!!! Congratulations to the top-seeded Mountaineers of Mount St. Michael Academy, who claimed the fifth NYCHSFL title in program history (1st since 2009) this morning behind a 34-3 victory over #2 Xaverian in the first leg of the Metro Catholic Championship triple-header on the campus of Fordham University! While not technically their final appearance of the 2023 campaign (they still have the annual Turkey Bowl showdown with Cardinal Hayes on Thanksgiving), the triumph on Coffey field served a two-fold purpose, as it not only erased the painful memories of the heartbreaking 29-22 loss suffered