Brooklyn Technical High School claimed the team title in freestyle wrestling – for the second consecutive time on Saturday.
The Engineers piled up 193.5 points to narrowly edge runner-up James Madison High School (189) and Curtis High School (188).
Tech was led by undefeated Leona Gao. In a stacked 120-pound bracket, Gao pinned her way to gold, including a first-period pin over returning City Champion Madison Tavares of Benjamin N. Cardozo High School in the finals.
Also topping the podium for Tech was Anna Carolina Lockard (155 pounds). The team returns to the mat Saturday for the regular-season tournament of the year before entering the postseason.
Tech earlier emerged as the team champion at the second Public Schools Athletic League Girls Wrestling Tournament, finishing with 181.5 points to secure the top spot. Curtis High placed second (160 points), and Edward R. Murrow (113) was third.
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Tech’s championship run was highlighted by individual titles from Esther Nawaday (107 pounds) and Leona Gao (120 pounds).
The 2026 Dual Meet Championships take place May 9th, with the Individual Championships a week later.
The PSAL Girls’ jayvee soccer season kicked off with Brooklyn Tech and Edward R. Murrow opening their seasons with perfect 2-0 records.
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Angela Proce, who has served Bishop Loughlin Memorial High School for 32 years, has been inducted into the Brooklyn-Queens Catholic High School Athletic Association Hall of Fame.
Her career began in February, 1994 as a member of the Lions Physical Education Department – she has coached volleyball, softball and bowling teams for 25 years.
She was appointed Loughlin’s first female Athletic Director (2006) – the school went co-ed in the ’70s. In 2013, she was inducted into the Bishop Loughlin Hall of Fame. She continues to serve as Athletic Director and coaches the bowling team.
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Curtis High School, the reigning PSAL Girls Wrestling Champions started this season with an unblemished 4-0 mark. James Madison has emerged as one of the most compelling teams in the city, opening the season with a perfect 6-0 record and matching Curtis atop their division. Madison has been fueled by depth and balance, according to a PSAL report.
Brooklyn College’s men’s tennis team was eliminated from the City University of New York Athletic Conference Championship Tournament Sunday as the No. 3 seeded Bulldogs fell to No. 2 Hunter College in the semifinals. The Bulldogs close the season with a 7-7 overall record.
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Arjun Singh Bhatia, of Long Island University’s men’s golf team, claimed the individual conference title at the 2026 Northeast Conference Men’s Golf Championship, Sunday at Turf Valley Resort, Ellicott City, Maryland. The junior from Chandigarh, India became the fifth golfer in program history to claim the NEC individual championship and the first since teammate Marcelo Mexsen won the crown in 2023. Singh Bhatia punched his ticket to compete in the upcoming NCAA Championship.
He was the only golfer to shoot under par in all three rounds of the tournament. His 54-hole score matched the second-best in tournament history and was just two shy of the conference record. He finished five under par (208). As a team, the Sharks finished in second place, seven shots back of Howard University, who claimed the team title.
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The Long Island University softball team (19-30, 18-3 Northeast Conference), completed its regular season series sweep of Saint Francis University, Sunday defeating the Red Flash, 11-8 and 12-2 in Loretto, Pennsylvania.
Freshman Anais Soto smacked a three-run home run to give the Sharks a 7-0 lead in the first game. LIU opened the nightcap scoring eight runs in the top of the first inning.
Sophomore Ava Fairbanks hit her first career home run in the game – a grand slam. Junior Kaylee Clarkson hit LIU’s second slam of the day in the top of the second inning. Fairbanks led LIU with three hits, tying with Clarkson for a team-high four RBI in the win.
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Alexa Nuzzi and Julia Trainor each scored four goals and the LIU women’s lacrosse team (10-6, 7-2 NEC) defeated Mercyhurst University, 17-10 Saturday afternoon at Shark Stadium in its regular season finale. Nuzzi added two assists, leading the way with a career-high six-point performance as the Sharks honored their 12-member senior class in a pregame ceremony.
Aidan Zuhoski and Ben McIsaac each scored three goals and the LIU men’s lacrosse team (10-3, 5-2 NEC) defeated Cleveland State University, 12-8 in its regular season finale at Shark Stadium, Saturday. Zuhoski added two assists, leading the way with five points and one groundball.
Cameron Connolly scored two goals with two assists, one groundball, and one caused turnover. Antony Tsakos added two goals with one assist.
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Senior Kale Spencer, a member of LIU’s men’s volleyball team received Player of the Year honors from the NEC. Additionally, Spencer and freshman Ike Vernon were both named First-Team All NEC selections.
Spencer, an outside hitter/right-side hitter from Kula, Maui, Hawaii, became the first NEC Player of the Year in program history. During NEC play, Spencer totaled conference-highs in kills (180) and attacks (391), while also ranking second in digs (105) and third in service aces (22),
He finished NEC play ranked second in the conference in digs-per-set (2.14), third in points-per-set (4.37), fourth in hitting percentage (.294) and service aces-per-set (.45), and fifth in kills-per-set (3.67).
Vernon began his collegiate career in exciting fashion, leading the conference in both kills-per-set (3.97, ranked fourth in Division I), attacks-per-set (9.29, fourth in Division I) and points-per-set (4.56, sixth in Division I) in overall matches.
In eight NEC matches played this spring, Vernon totaled 108 kills on 244 attacks for a .279 hitting percentage, Also, recording six service aces, 28 digs, 14 total blocks, and 121 points. During conference play, the Provo, Utah native ranked third in the NEC in kills-per-set (3.86), fourth in points-per–set (4.32), and sixth in hitting percentage (.279).
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The Pratt Institute men’s track and field team concluded its regular season on a high note Saturday, setting a pair of personal records at the Vassar April Twilight meet.
Graduate student Anthony Cowell led the way for the gold-and-black, shattering his previous best in the 1500-meter run (4:35.15). He also clocked a 59.19 in the 400-meter dash.
First-year Jackson Brock established a new personal mark in the 1500 meters (5:05.10); he clocked a 1:03.45 in the 400 meters.
The Pratt Institute women had several strong performances in the meet—sophomore Jordana Halpern paced the Cannoneers with a pair of fourth-place finishes in field events. She recorded 31.48 meters in the discus and a 31.95 in the hammer.
Senior Giovanna Lisa had a personal-best 13:07.51 for a sixth-place finish in the 3000-meter steeplechase. Lina Darcy took seventh in the 100-meter hurdles (20.26).
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Pratt’s women’s tennis team claimed its second-consecutive Atlantic East Conference Championship last Friday, delivering back-to-back 4-0 sweeps over No. 4 Immaculata University and No. 2 Marywood University at Neumann University ESCS Memorial Courts, Aston, Pa.
The Cannoneers finished with a perfect 12-0 record and without conceding a match point in AE play this season.
Junior Pallavi Verghese was named Tournament MVP – the junior remained perfectly unbeaten against conference opponents in both singles and doubles play this season.
Andy Furman is a Fox Sports Radio national talk show host. Previously, he was a scholastic sports columnist for the Brooklyn Eagle. He may be reached at: [email protected] X: @AndyFurmanFSR
