With two weeks left in the regular season, Northwest Bronx public school baseball is almost ready to venture into the playoffs. For now, teams are playing out the final games of the regular season, going head-to-head to see who the best really are, until the real test comes in late May.
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By Santiago Mendoza
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5/14/23
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Two years ago, Chris Ballerini was heading up to the second floor gym at DeWitt Clinton High School during one of his breaks. New York City was still on tentative lockdown due to the Covid-19 pandemic, but Clinton was beginning to bring in some of its students to learn in-person before, eventually, the city would reopen all of its schools.
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By Santiago Mendoza
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4/16/23
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A few weeks ago, a group of high school wrestling coaches were getting their athletes together for a practice to prepare for the New York boys state championship. Riverdale/Kingsbridge Academy wrestling head coach Michael Lepetit had two boys going to qualifiers, and then he remembered his senior Lexi Elson.
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By Santiago Mendoza
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3/24/23
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Deep in Flushing sits the Fitzgerald gymnasium on Queens College’s campus. Wide with a high, curved white ceiling reinforced with metal beams, it set a grand atmosphere for what felt like an equally grand matchup on Monday between DeWitt Clinton’s boys basketball team and Transit Tech high school from East New York for the semifinals of the PSAL citywide playoffs.
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By Santiago Mendoza
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3/17/23
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The DeWitt Clinton High School boys basketball team is picking up where it left off last season as it defeated the Far Rockaway Sea Horses, 66-40, in the first round of the citywide playoffs last week.
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By Santiago Mendoza
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3/10/23
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The strategy for the DeWitt Clinton boy’s basketball team was to drive down to Far Rockaway educational campus’ gym at 5 p.m. on Tuesday to catch the first round city playoff game against Queens High School Complex.
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BY SANTIAGO MENDOZA
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3/3/23
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As the sun dipped below the horizon and its orange glow spilled into DeWitt Clinton’s second floor gym on Valentine’s Day, the Governors prepared for their first game of the Bronx Borough playoffs against the Adlai Stevenson Ambassadors.
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By Santiago Mendoza
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2/24/23
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Picture football without kick-offs or onside kicks, two staples of the sport since it was created in the late 19th century, and then picture the results it can have for player health.
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By Pete Janny
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2/17/23
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DeWitt Clinton’s high school boys basketball team beat the Wolves of Washington Heights Expeditionary Learning School, 63-38, in a scheduled non-league game Saturday afternoon at the former Monroe High School building in Soundview.
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By Santiago Mendoza
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2/10/23
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This past week high school basketball in the Northwest Bronx had two other notable matchups. IN-Tech and Riverdale/Kingsbridge Academy were victorious.
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By Santiago Mendoza
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2/10/23
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