[Slideshow: These vintage-looking shots by Adi Talwar were taken during the John F. Kennedy boy’s 78-60 win over rival DeWitt Clinton in the quarterfinals of the Bronx borough playoffs. JFK plays Eagle Academy tonight in Riverdale at 6 p.m.]

The Embattled Eagle Academy Marches On
The Eagle Academy boy’s team, the number three seed in the Bronx borough playoffs (and they probably deserved a two-seed), goes into tonight’s semifinal match-up against JFK with a total of three wins on the season, according to the Public School Athletic League website. They were forced to forfeit their first 11 games played by point guard Gerard Carty, who the PSAL has deemed ineligible because he is a fifth-year senior, according to the NY Post. The Post‘s anonymous sources dispute this claim.

It’s unclear how the forfeits will affect Eagle’s seeding in the citywide playoffs coming up next week, but the loss of Carty has not stopped them from winning. Since losing by four to Wings Academy on Jan. 19, Eagle has reeled off five straight wins, including a 58-42 quarterfinal win over a much-improved Evander Childs team on Tuesday.

In other Bronx sports news:

In the other boy’s semifinal game, Wings Academy takes on Mott Haven campus, at 6 p.m. at Wings. Because of its recent success, Mott Haven plans to move up to the more competitive AA Division next year.

Wings star Justin Jenkins continues his senior season diary for the Post.

JFK girl’s basketball coach O’Neil Glenn talks about his failed NFL career that led him to a career in education and coaching.

Glenn’s squad got back to its winning ways last night.

Columbus High School senior sprinter Strymar Livingstone broke his second national high school record in two weeks.

And we can’t forget about the Giants’ Super Bowl victory on Sunday. The Giants don’t have any Bronx players, but the team did play in the borough’s Yankee Stadium from 1956 to 1977. Plus, Giants star receiver Victor Cruz has popularized the borough’s signature salsa dance in the NFL mainstream. Here’s a video montage set to original salsa music:

Ed. note: The Bronx Sports Report appears every Thursday. If you want Breaking Bronx to cover a sport, athlete or team, let us know in the comments section or e-mail norwoodnews@norwoodnews.org.

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