Alkins sparks Royals diocesan title win

MSG Varsity

by Elio Velez on Sat, Feb 28, 2015 12:08 AM — @eliovelez 

Christ the King star Rawle Alkins was having a quiet second half while opponents Xaverian was surging on a 7-0 run to take a 56-50 lead early in the fourth quarter Friday night. 

As he left the Royals bench after a timeout was called with 6:50 remaining, Alkins had the bitter taste of losing last year’s CHSAA Brooklyn/Queens Class AA diocesan title to Bishop Loughlin still on his mind. Alkins used that memory as motivation to showcase why he was named the league’s Most Valuable Player this season. 

Alkins showcased his skills on both ends of the floor to finish with 27 points and energize the Royals on a game-breaking 16-3 run to power Christ the King to a 66-59

Freshmen finish in 3rd, will play Mount in the second round

The freshmen Royals finished the season in third place in the Brooklyn-Queens division. CK's overall record is 13 - 7, with an impressive 10 - 6 record in the league.

CK finished in third place behind #1 seed Molloy and #2 seed Bishop Loughlin.

CK will receive a bye in the first round of the Intersectional "AA" Freshmen Playoffs. Their second round opponent will be Mount St. Michael Academy from the Bronx. Mount finished in sixth place in the Archdiocese of NY division.

CK beat Mount earlier in the season by a score of 45 - 42. In that game, point guard Joshua Hodge led CK in scoring with 15 points, followed by Chris Goodwin with 12 and an impressive game from Ricardo Mcleod, who had 8 points in the contest.

The Royals ended the

PLAYOFF SCHEDULE

The NYC CHSAA "AA" Playoffs are getting started. Christ the King, which played in the city championship game on the freshmen, JV, and Varsity level last season, will be looking to repeat the success they have had in recent years. 

Below is the schedule for each team's upcoming playoff games.

Varsity

CHSAA Intersectional "AA" Quarter Finals

Sunday, March 8th

@ Fordham University Rose Hill Gym

BQ#1 Christ the King vs. BQ#5 St. Francis Prep/NY#4 St. Peter's

Time TBD

JV

Intersectional "AA" Tournament

Wednesday, March 4th

@ Iona Prep

BQ#3 Christ the King vs. BQ#1 Archbishop Molloy

6:00pm

Freshmen

Season Complete

Final Overall Record 14-8

Kinder powers Christ the King to Division Title

By Elio Velez on Wed, Feb 18, 2015 10:25 PM — @eliovelez

Christ the King junior Kaela Kinder usually has one of her biggest supporters sitting at his customary front row seat at mid-court. But Kaela didn’t hear the cheers Wednesday night from her father John prior to an important regular season game against Bishop Loughlin. 

With the Royals game against the Lions rescheduled from February 21, John Kinder had to keep his commitment to have hip surgery and missed watching his daughter play for the first time. Kaela would honor her father’s pre-game message earlier that day in a big way.  

Kinder, a junior forward, scored a game-high 25 points to lift Christ the King to a 69-56 victory over Bishop Loughlin and help the Royals clinch

VARSITY B WINS FIRST ROUND PLAYOFF GAME WITH A 72-45 VICTORY OVER IONA PREP

THE ROYALS MOVED ON TO THE 2ND ROUND OF THE CITY PLAYOFFS WITH A DOMINANT 27 POINT VICTORY OVER IONA PREP. THE ROYALS HAD BALANCED SCORING ATTACK, 5 PLAYERS IN DOUBLE FIGURES. JUAN OBREGON,EDWIN ARCHER, DAVE PEREZ ALL HAD A GAME HIGH OF 16 POINTS, STEVE EDDY HAD 12 POINTS MIKE YOURNETT ADDED 11 POINTS AND SEAD DJELOSEVIC HAD 10 REBOUNDS IN THE ROYALS VICTORY. THE ROYALS NEXT GAME IS THURS NIGHT AT 645PM AT IONA PREP, THE ROYALS WILL PLAY ST RAYS WITH THE WINNER GOING TO THE CTIY CHAMPIONSHIP GAME ON SUNDAY

Fomer Women's Basketball Player Clare Droesch Honored By ACC Droesch will be honored at the conference tournament in March.

Jan. 27, 2015

Chestnut Hill, Mass. -

Former women's basketball player Clare Droesch has been named Boston College's representative in the 11th annual class of ACC Women's Basketball Legends, announced Tuesday afternoon by the conference. The Legends will be recognized at the 2015 Women's Basketball Tournament, which will be held March 4-8 at the Greensboro Coliseum.

The Legends will be honored at the annual ACC Women's Basketball Legends' Luncheon on Saturday, March 7, at 10 a.m., and then will be introduced to the Coliseum crowd at halftime of the first semifinal game that afternoon. The ACC Women's Basketball Legends program honors both players and coaches from each of the ACC's 15 schools who have contributed

2014 All Queens Football Honors

After a bounce-back season for the Christ the King Royals on the gridiron, some Royals were honored with the distinction of being named to the Times Ledger's All Queens Football Team.

Those student-athletes are:

RB Jamen Williams

Honorable Mention to:

DB Christian Layne

WR Marcus Layne

DE Angel Ortiz

OL Rashawn Williams

Read the article here: 

JV beats Xaverian, improves to 8 - 3

Coming off a difficult 5 point loss at home to rival Molloy on Friday night, the Royals rebounded with a grind-it-out victory over Brooklyn's Xaverian High School. The final score, 51 - 35, is not indicative of how close of a game it was.

After being up just 31 - 29 with three minutes to play in the third quarter, the Royals stepped up their defensive intensity to increase their lead steadily.

Kclejuan Brown, Adam Leslie, and Cai-el Smith were able to trigger CK's offensive load by turning Xaverian over, and then making the most of those opportunities by converting both in the paint and from behind the three-point line. 

CK closed the quarter on a 9-0 run to go up by a score of 40 - 29. From there, the Royals never looked back. 

The win

JV Beats Farrell; Advances to "AAA" Title Game

On the road for the second consecutive playoff game, the JV Royals traveled to Staten Island to take on Monsignor Farrell in the semi-finals of the "AAA" playoffs.

The Royals would emerge victorious, beating Farrell by a score of 27-12. CK now advances to the championship game against Cardinal Hayes. Hayes beat St. Anthony's by a score of 40-20.

CK enters the game with a record of 10-1 (8-0). Cardinal Hayes is the #1 seed and posts a perfect record of 10-0.

Game day and time are TBD.

CK Lady Royals Win 3-1 over Sacred Heart of Buffalo and will Play in the N Y State Championship Game

The CK girls soccer team defeated Sacred Heart from Buffalo on their way to a first time ever appearance in a New york State Championship Game. On Sunday Novemeber 10th at 3:00 at Owl Hollow Park in Staten island the Royals opened up the score in the 13th minute of the first half after freshman Genesis Campos took a shot from outside the box assisted by Andrea Cardozo. Midfielders controlled most of the game and kept on feeding the speedy Sarah Nolan the ball on the right wing. Nolan 's efforts resulted in CK second goal of the day after receiving the ball in the air inside the box from Cardozo. Nolan volleyed the second goal in minute 23 to put CK back on top after Sacred Heart equalized the game in minute 20. Kiana   Leger gave CK their third