Article by Angelo Tsassis, ’22: The COVID-19 Pandemic that is currently facing the world has had many effects on the way we live. One of the main effects is not being able to do some of the things that make us happy. Luckily, for many of the students-athletes at Kellenberg Memorial, one of these activities…
Click here for the Winter 2021 issue. Heart & Mind, the magazine of Kellenberg Memorial High School, is published twice a year and distributed to all alumni, parents, alumni parents, faculty, administration, and friends of Kellenberg Memorial. For questions regarding the magazine, please contact Mrs. Erin (Byrne) Cicalese ’98 at mrscicalese@kellenberg.org. Jazmine Fray ’15, who holds…
Article by Grace Catinella, ’21: The results are in for the CHSAA Varsity Intersectional (Catholic State Championship Meet) held at Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx. On November 14th, the Girls Cross Country Track Team traveled into the city to compete for the top spot, for many of the girls, this meet finished their Junior…
Article by Nicholas Cortese ’23: In an effort to mitigate the effect of Covid-19 on student athletics, Kellenberg Memorial has converted its football team from the traditional eleven on eleven tackle football squad into a seven on seven flag football team. On Sunday, October 25th, The Firebirds took flight in a matchup against longtime rival…
Article by Grace Catinella ’21: Over the last 7-8 months, our lives have all been altered in some pretty big ways. One group in particular has been hit especially hard by these changes – our Kellenberg student athletes. With new rules and regulations governing our ways of life, the athletic administration has worked around the…
Article by Newsday’s Owen O’Brien: The Kellenberg girls soccer team flipped a switch. After allowing the first three goals of the game and entering halftime down by two goals, the Firebirds needed to light a fire. And that’s exactly what they did. “We weren’t playing together,” forward Olivia Cruthers said. “We were kind of slow…
Article By Newsday’s Laura Amato: For Jack Quinlan, it’s all in the job description. Every time the Kellenberg senior striker steps onto the field, he’s determined to put the ball in the back of the net and on Tuesday afternoon that’s exactly what he did. Quinlan recorded the lone goal of the day, scoring on…
Article by Newsday’s Roger Rubin: Every kid who grows up with a football envisions turning in a performance that leaves a crowd chanting his name. Maximus Mongelli of Kellenberg has an idea what that might look like from watching the 2000 film ‘Gladiator,’ but he didn’t get the authentic experience on Sunday after a series…
By Newsday’s Laura Amato: It was all about getting off to a good start for the Kellenberg boys soccer team on Saturday morning. Setting a blistering pace, the Firebirds scored three goals in a seven-minute span, less than 15 minutes into the game, en route to a 4-0 victory over St. Dominic in a CHSAA…
Article by Newsday’s Jake Falk: On an overcast, humid day at Cedar Creek Park in Seaford the atmosphere was anything but gloomy for two winless teams attempting to obtain their first win at the AA level of CHSAA tennis. It was the last match for both teams at the Cedar Creek Park facility after a…
