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SPECIAL EDITION eBLAST AND VIDEO MONTAGE
PARENTS OF FALL SENIOR ATHLETES: Boosters is doing a special edition eBlast and video montage for the end of the Fall Season highlighting our Fall athletes. PARENTS OF FALL SENIOR ATHLETES are invited to place an ad ($30) to celebrate your senior.
TO PLACE AN AD:
1. Click HERE to reserve your ad and submit your message to your senior (limit 20 words).
3. Send $30 to @Quaker-Sports on Venmo or pay via PayPal HERE.
All proceeds go to GSB's Training & Development Fund.
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Greeley advances to semifinals of Section 1 team tournament!
The team sectionals continued this week with a quarterfinal match vs. John Jay CR. The girls doubles teams set the tone and Greeley advanced to the final four. The teams of Alexa Taviloglu/Allison Tsai, Lea Duesterwald/Abby Zebrak and Jane Spiro/Kendall Hammes all emerged victorious.
The team was ready for our semifinal match vs. top-seeded Scarsdale. The doubles teams went toe to toe with some very strong competition and the match was tied 2-2 heading into the singles matches. Lea Duesterwald and Gabby Kogan won an exciting match in a third set tiebreaker. Rebecca Blum and Abby Zebrak finished the season on a nine-match winning streak after defeating Scarsdale's third doubles team.
While singles players Ella Fink, Coco Baek and Sara Lippin battled, Scarsdale singles proved to be too tough.
The girls should be very proud of their sectional run and of their 8-4 season.
We wish the seniors good luck in the future and look forward to some very talented returning players next season.
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Greeley's last pre-sectionals game of the season featured an away trip to Yorktown. The Huskers had recently beat Somers 2-1 and had claimed victory in a game earlier in the season against Greeley. Thus, the match's script called for the Quakers to be easily disposed off as Yorktown readied itself for sectionals. Nobody told the Greeley boys.
For 99 minutes of an extremely hard fought, all-hands-on-deck confrontation, the Quakers imposed their will on the match. They pressed, tackled, played out of the back, circulated the ball, and won 50/50s better than their hallowed rivals. Hence, it was absolutely heartbreaking when one piece of excellent skill from a free-kick gave Yorktown the victory when the game had less than 60 seconds to go. At the same time, one can't help but simply applaud and cheer on the Greeley boys that certainly outplayed their opponents.
Unfortunately, the Greeley boys suffered a similar fate in their next game; an away sectionals match against Saunders. This time the Quakers absolutely dominated their higher-seeded rivals for 110 minutes. Granted that Saunders hardly ventured out of their own half and limited their soccer to booting and praying or trying to find their most talented player, who was a complete non-factor throughout the match.
However, it was fate and a lucky goalkeeper who determined this game. The Greeley boys created so many chances that it seemed impossible to believe that a team that only created one late opportunity for itself, was able to take Greeley all the way to penalties. The happiness of the opposition crowd when the second overtime ended was palpable, almost as if this had been their goal all along. They subbed in their back-up keeper, took their penalties well, and their coaches even directed their goalkeeper on which way to dive on the decisive Greeley penalty. For their part, Greeley tried to push the pace of the game and remained solid at the back. Penalties, regrettably, did not go their away and their season ended with this match.
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GSOC traveled to Yorktown for its final regular season game last Friday. Come what may in sectionals, they finished with strength, style, and an excellent display of teamwork against a tough Yorktown team that had won their previous match up.
The Huskers scored early on a deflection at the goal and continued to press on the right side but Greeley held firm and started to contain at midfield while generating opportunities through strong passing and winning balls. This yielded a Hannah Fetzer corner kick 16 minutes in that dropped perfectly into the goal box where Jillian Gordon bodied the ball in for the equalizer. Pressure resumed with a Meredith Feiner shot on goal and a Ramsey Edson rocket that hit the cross bar. Meanwhile, goalie Kaylin Genda had a big save 26 minutes in and three more for the game. Just before half GSOC earned another corner kick on strong movement into the box; Gordon was called in off the bench and she and Fetzer repeated their corner kick routine punctuated by a beautiful Gordon header into the goal for the lead.
GSOC maintained pressure after the half with dominant possession that completely frustrated the Huskers. Attacks up the right side by Yorktown’s marquee player were summarily shut down by aggressive defense, including stand-out play by Avery Schwartz. On the left side Erica Rosendorf was similarly effective in moving to the ball and stopping attacks. Offensively, Ramsey Edson had two big shots on goal that the Yorktown keeper was lucky to save. At the 22-minute mark, GSOC earned a free kick from Yorktown’s left corner and Feiner hit an excellent ball that dropped in front of the goal where Rachel Glick bodied it in for the 3-1 lead. The pressure continued to mount, including two big shots on goal from just above the 18-yard box by Syd Mikesell. GSOC put their stamp on the game with 30 seconds remaining when Katie Evanko assisted Feiner advancing up the middle for a goal and 4-1 victory.
GSOC ended the regular season with a solid 11-5 record and seventh-place Class A ranking. As luck would have it, they face Yorktown yet again today (Oct. 22) in the sectional opener.
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The varsity field hockey team finished their regular season this past Saturday (Oct. 16) against North Salem at home on the Competition Field, where they also came together to raise money for “Stick it to Cancer” day. The girls were all decked out in their pink scrunchies as they took on the No. 9 seed Tigers.
Greeley came out blazing with freshman Nina Byrne scoring about a minute into the game. The game was very even throughout, and North Salem tied it up 1-1 at the half. Greeley pulled ahead with a goal from sophomore Dani Halperin, and they held on to what we thought was a 2-1 win at the buzzer. Greeley had staved off four consecutive penalty corners to win the game. However, after a consultation between the two officials and a controversial call, the girls had to return to the field where North Salem was awarded two more penalty corners. On the second of those and the sixth consecutive penalty corner overall, North Salem finally scored to salvage a 2-2 tie.
This young, tough and improving team finished their regular season with a 7-6-3 record, despite graduating 10 senior starters last year.
Next week will begin the Section 1 Class B playoffs. Greeley is ranked fifth out of 12 teams. The girls play their first round on Monday (Oct. 25) at home against the Brewster Bears, who they beat earlier in the season. Come out to support Greeley Field Hockey on Monday at home on the Competition Field!
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On Oct. 16, Greeley attended the Section 1 Coaches Invitational at Bowdoin Park in Wappingers Falls. This course is known for its signature hill, which makes the runners gain almost 250 feet of elevation gain in the first 1.5 miles alone! The meet had a total of over 70 teams from across New York and Connecticut. Greeley ran in the morning session, against anywhere from 11-20 teams in their races. The boys ran the freshman, junior varsity and varsity races and the girls ran the freshman and varsity races.
The varsity boys team ran a good race in a hard pack, and placed 11th out of the 19 teams. Senior Adam Lupatkin led the group and finished first for Greeley in 26th place. Junior Mason Barlow finished in 44th place, followed by senior Noah Lim, finishing in 52nd place. The other runners came in shortly after, with senior Justin Ng in 74th place, sophomore Niko Wright in 80th place, sophomore Carter Nocca in 88th place, sophomore Asher Moss in 90th place, and senior Ben Wang in 105th place.
The JV boys team ran well and came in a solid sixth place out of 12 teams. The top finishers included sophomore Tadeo Cognac (22nd), sophomore Ian Cressman (24th), senior Jason Singer (43rd), senior Zach Goodman (45th place), sophomore Cameron Kidde (102nd), sophomore Michael Murray (105th) and sophomore George Catarella (109th).
The freshman boys team came in fifth place in their race of 12 teams. The top finishers included Adit Gunnar (19th), Rylan Toner (25th), Andrew Xu (33rd), Michael Wang (35th), Max Shriver (42nd), Charlie Pluta (45th), Michael Aram (50th) and Paul Marzella (53rd)
There weren’t enough runners for the varsity girls team to score, but the runners ran great individually, with junior Ania Melendowicz in 37th place and senior Katie Hulme in 60th place. For the freshman girls, there weren’t enough runners to score, but they all ran well individually, with Margaret Trotta in 25th place, Gramercy Burton in 44th place and Rachel Chen in 45th place.
Tomorrow (Oct. 23) Greeley heads to Somers High School to compete in the Westchester Country Championships.
Good luck, and Go Greeley!
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Greeley hosted Brewster on Oct. 15 at Seven Bridges Middle School.
The first two sets were very exciting. Brewster had leads of 9-2 and 17-9 in the first set, but Greeley pulled to within 23-20. Brewster, however, pulled out the first set, 27-25. Greeley got out to a 6-2 lead in the second set before Brewster jumped out to a 14-11 lead. Greeley trailed 19-15 but rallied yet again to tie the set at 21-21. Greeley took a 23-21 lead, forcing Brewster to call a timeout. But Brewster rallied to win the set, 26-24, and then won the third set 25-12.
Stats vs. Brewster
Anna Harasimowicz: 12 assists, 2 aces
Emma Rose: 9 assists, 6 digs, 2 aces
Elizabeth Fallon: 4 kills, 8 digs
Chloe Snyder: 6 kills
Hope Suh: 14 digs
Ryan Guglielmo: 3 kills, 2 digs, 1 block
Nailah Elliott: 2 kills, 2 aces
Lauren D'Ambrosio: 3 kills, 2 aces
Sunoo Kim: 4 digs, 3 aces
Ace Tillotson: 2 kills
Greeley ends the regular season today and tomorrow (Oct. 22-23). The Quakers host Somers today at 4:30 p.m. at Seven Bridges MS. Greeley will participate in the Our Lady of Lourdes tournament tomorrow.
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The boys got a bye last week and have been hard at work preparing for their first playoff game.
The Quakers will face the Irvington Bulldogs tonight (Oct. 22) at HOME.
7 p.m. Kickoff
Wear YELLOW!
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L 3-0 (home vs. Yorktown)
L 2-1 (home vs. Ardsley) double OT
L 3-0 (away vs. Yorktown)
Season record: 4-11
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