QUEENS, N.Y.\u2014 Moore Catholic continued its strong start to the season Sunday afternoon, improving to 3\u20130 with a 62\u201350 CHSAA AA League road victory over Monsignor McClancy in Queens. The win was also a milestone moment, as it marked the 100th career varsity victory for head coach Gene Henderson.<\/p>\n
Since taking over Moore\u2019s varsity program during the 2019\u201320 season, Henderson has built the Mavericks into one of the premier programs in the CHSAA. Over six seasons \u2014 one of which was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic \u2014 he has guided Moore to an impressive 100\u201335 record. <\/p>\n
During that span, the Mavericks have reached the Archdiocesan Championship three times, winning two titles, captured two CHSAA City Championships, claimed one overall City Championship, and earned a CHSAA State Championship.<\/p>\n
While the milestone was notable, Henderson emphasized the importance of the performance itself. <\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s nice to reach the 100-win mark, but more importantly this was a great league win on the road,\u201d he said. \u201cMcClancy has been playing very well and was undefeated in league play coming into the game.\u201d<\/p>\n
Moore was led by a dominant all-around effort from Mackenzie Felci, who finished with 21 points, 8 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Felci set the tone on both ends of the floor, controlling the paint and providing consistent scoring when the team needed it most. <\/p>\n
\u201cKenzie has been outstanding so far this season,\u201d Henderson said. \u201cShe\u2019s a leader on the floor and just a really complete player.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Mavericks also received strong contributions from the rest of the lineup. Emma Bruno-Dunn narrowly missed a double-double with 9 points and 9 rebounds, while Emma Costanzo added 8 points as Moore showcased a balanced offensive attack.<\/p>\n
Moore will look to carry its momentum into the holiday break, traveling to Amsterdam, N.Y. to compete in the Amsterdam High School College Showcase on December 27\u201328, where the Mavericks will face Shaker High School and Cornwall High School.<\/p>\n
St. Joseph by-the-Sea 76, Immaculata High School 29<\/p>\n
After suffering a non-league loss to Cherokee High School on Saturday afternoon in a neutral-site matchup at Red Bank Catholic in New Jersey, the Vikings responded emphatically on Sunday, bouncing back with a convincing blowout victory over Immaculata at The Fort Athletic Club.<\/p>\n
Sea received balanced production across the lineup, led by Olivia DiMonda, who poured in 19 points and was named game MVP. Addison Cunningham provided a major spark off the bench with 14 points, while Giovanna Grima added 11 and Maria O\u2019Connell finished with 10. <\/p>\n
Head coach Josh Suslak was pleased with the response following Saturday\u2019s setback. \u201cIt was very encouraging to see this group bounce back after a disappointing performance and play a complete game,\u201d the HC said. <\/p>\n
\u201cThis was a fantastic team win, with everyone contributing in different ways. I think there was a lot of maturing and growth over the weekend, and that experience could really help us as we head into January and league play.\u201d<\/p>\n
One of the biggest positives came on the offensive end, as Sea\u2019s shooting efficiency rebounded in a big way. <\/p>\n
\u201cOur shooting percentage bounced right back,\u201d the coach added. \u201cWe may have gone from our worst shooting performance on Saturday to our best of the season on Sunday.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sea will look to build on the momentum next Saturday, December 27, when the Vikings return to action at The Rose Classic Hoops Festival in Brooklyn.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"QUEENS, N.Y.\u2014 Moore Catholic continued its strong start to the season Sunday afternoon, improving to 3\u20130 with a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":78000,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[9,24,63,134,136,135],"class_list":{"0":"post-77999","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-staten-island","8":"tag-new-york","9":"tag-new-york-city","10":"tag-nyc","11":"tag-staten-island","12":"tag-staten-island-headlines","13":"tag-staten-island-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77999","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77999"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77999\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78000"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77999"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77999"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}