No one can say that Kelly Nolan traveled an easy road to play Division 1 lacrosse at Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Connecticut.

Who would have ever thought that a book relating the story of a crew team in 1936 could be the impetus behind a high school girl of today turning to the sport?

John Jay graduate Carly Legenzowski is proof positive that you don’t need to compete in a mainstream sport to receive an opportunity to do what you love in college.

All the hard work in the pool and out, as well as in the classroom, has paid off for John Jay’s Kevin Crane, who will be swimming for Bucknell University of the Patriot League beginning this fall.

We are all used to getting word of another John Jay student-athlete committing to play lacrosse here or baseball there. But there are other sports and other student-athletes that will represent Jay on the next level.

After a standout career on the mat at John Jay, Max Grzymala will carry his passion for wrestling to the next level as a wrestler at Springfield College in Massachusetts.

“I was looking forward to this spring season of John Jay tennis,” head coach Mark Passman said. “There is a great group of boys that earned a roster spot through a long, hard tryout week.  We have a lot of young talent.”

“The John Jay varsity golf team and I were looking forward with great anticipation to this spring season,” head coach Artie Blank said. “Last year, the team finished second in the section. With 10 out of 11 golfers returning, including three All-Section and one All-State golfer, we were pois…

This spring, 11 athletes would have enjoyed their final spring of competing in outdoor track and field for John Jay.

After two consecutive Section I/Class B crowns and last year’s trip to the state championship game, the seniors on the John Jay boys’ lacrosse team were looking to cap off their careers at the school with a state crown this season.

Tyler Wishart wasn’t sure if his name would be called as the United States Hockey League began its draft on May 4.

There was no chance for a “three-peat” for the John Jay girls lacrosse program this spring.

“I am grateful for our team’s dedication, hard work, and leadership; that is what makes this season even more difficult,” John Jay softball coach Steve DelMoro said of his senior class. “The off-season training sessions, the workouts, the extra work — players should not feel that it has gone…

“The news we all probably assumed was coming, has indeed arrived, and we are not going to have a season,” John Jay baseball coach Geoff Curtis wrote to his players. “For our seniors, especially, I am deeply disappointed. And for the underclassmen, and for all of the families, who won’t get t…

In their continuing attempt to honor their spring season senior student-athletes and its Class of 2020, John Jay High School will be shining the lights on its main contest field each Friday night through June 5.

John Jay hockey coach Alex Smith, who is retiring this year, knew this time would eventually come, but it still didn’t make it any easier.

With the clock ticking on the spring high school sports’ season, John Jay senior softball player Linn Carbaugh still has hope.

As John Jay ice hockey coach Alex Smith prepared his team for this past season, he had a good idea of the talent that littered his roster.

John Jay’s bid for a third successive Section I/Division 2 championship came to a stifling halt as second-seeded Rye shut down the Indians’ high-powered offense and came away with a 5-1 win in the title game at the Brewster Ice Arena March 1.