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Sept. 3, 2021 at Ossining High School
Game Leaders
Tackles: Coku 8, Samkoff 7, Lungen 4, Tavolacci 4, Forster 4
Rushing Yards: Wohl 13 carries – 128 1 TD, Bounds 10 carries – 120
Receptions: Melis 6 – 50 1 TD, Meehan 2 -16, Hessert 2 – 22, Rodriguez 1 – 30
In the season opener at Ossining, the Pride won the coin toss and ran off three first downs before being stopped on fourth down on the Horace Greeley (HG) 19. On HG first play from scrimmage, senior running back Bounds ran 70 yards around left tackle; however, HG ended up turning the ball over in the end zone on fourth down.
In the second quarter, HG defense tackled well; Samkoff, Coku, Lungen and Goldblatt made big plays as HG stopped Ossining twice on fourth down plays. HG moved the ball well with a combination of receiving (Melis, Hessert) and rushing (Bounds, Wohl); however, they didn’t cash in and turned the ball over on another offensive miscue. Just before halftime HG had another opportunity; senior wide receiver Rodriguez hauled in a 30-yard pass from senior captain Wohl deep in Ossining territory but they couldn’t score on fourth down. The halftime score was 0-0 but HG had three solid drives with an aggressive offensive line (Coku, Shriver, Doheny, Schoonmaker, Woolard) and stout defense led by senior captains Samkoff and Coku.
In the third quarter, HG and Ossining defenses held on consecutive possessions; key plays by Goldblatt, Rodriguez, Melis on defense and a long punt by Dhanawade to the Ossining 48. On HG second possession in the second half, quarterback Wohl ran for three first downs behind a driving offensive line and threw for two first downs (Meehan, Hessert); Bounds and Melis were also instrumental in keeping the drive alive. On fourth down, Wohl threw a short touchdown pass to Melis for our first points; Bounds rumbled in for the two-point conversion.
Ossining stormed back with four rushing first downs and scored quickly; however, our defensive line stopped them on a critical two-point conversion and HG led 8-6 with eight minutes left. Sophomore McKenney ran the kickoff 40 yards into Ossining territory. After a Wohl rush for a first down, Wohl ran around left end, eluded a tackler and spun around for a touchdown. Melis ran the two-point conversion in for a 16-6 lead with six minutes left. Ossining had a huge kickoff return and their quarterback scored a touchdown shortly after on a play action fake and then scored again on two-point conversion; HG 16 Ossining 14.
Ossining tried an onside kick that HG recovered on Ossining’s 47 yard line. HG ran the ball for two first downs (Wohl, Bounds) and almost scored again on a nifty Wohl scramble but touchdown was called back. After Ossining held on fourth down, HG’s defensive line (led by Coku, Doheny, Schoonmaker) stopped Ossining cold on two consecutive rushes, and stopped them on fourth down with 57 seconds left to nail down their first victory of the season. The defense held strong when it was needed the most; great team win. The team dedicated the game to captain Santelia, out with an ankle injury; get well soon Vince.
Next Game: Tonight (Sept. 10) at Edgemont, 7 p.m. kick off. Come support the team!
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The first win of the season for Greeley came against a lively and determined Fox Lane team. Greeley deployed a variation of their standard formation that has been regularly used as a rotation during previous games, the 4-4-2. The starters were Hutchings, Mancini, Walsh, Damon, Shofaro, Perez, Katz, Shropshire, Margolies, Kassel, and Larizza.
Both teams started the game with high levels of intensity but it was the Quakers who took advantage early. Mancini, returning to the team after serving his suspension, put in a number of quality searching balls into the area from set pieces, and it was his first effort that allowed Katz to glance a header into the path of an
unfortunate Fox Lane defender who directed the ball past his own keeper.
The Greeley boys did not let up and a deflected ball from one of
Mancini’s howitzer-like long throws allowed Shropshire to also glance a header of another unfortunate Fox Lane defender to place the Quakers up two very early on.
However, Fox Lane continued to grow into the match as Greeley went to their bench. It has to be said that Fox Lane created problems in the middle of the Quaker defense despite solid to very strong performances by the entire defense (including Gershman who saw extended time at left back) as Fox Lane’s strikers repeatedly combined by winning loose ball after loose ball in the heart of the Greeley defense. Despite this, Fox Lane rarely troubled Hutchings even as more spaces appeared in the middle of the Greeley defense.
For their part, the Quakers did continue to create throughout the game, coming close a number of times against the more open Fox Lane formation (3-1-4-2). Finally, late on, Fox Lane managed to get one back from a set piece that resulted in a loose ball in the box to end the game 2-1 in favor of Greeley.
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GSoc travelled to play soccer nemesis Byram Hills last Friday. The
Quakers came out strong and controlled the game for 75% of the time. Greeley led in shots, but couldn't finish and the score was tied at 0s until the last minute. As anyone that follows soccer knows, it is not always the team that dominates possession that wins the game. With less than a minute to play, Byram was awarded a free kick in their own end. A long ball off the kick was not cleared by the Greeley defense and the ball landed at the feet of a wide open Bobcat in the box who easily planted it in the net Byram ends up with the game-winner with 32 seconds left on the clock. Greeley had 12 shots on net compared to Byram's 4.
Next up for GSoc was a visit from Ursuline on Thursday afternoon.
Things didn't start out well for the Quakers as senior captain and
goalie Kaylin Genda dislocated her finger during warmups and spent the game at Northern Westchester Hospital.
Greeley took a bit to get some momentum but had a lot more opportunities than Ursuline. With eight minutes to play in the first half junior Ramsey Edson fed senior Hallie Rackoff for the Quakers' first goal of the game. GSoc took a 1-0 lead into the half.
GSoc started out strong in the second half and after eight minutes, junior Hannah Fetzer assisted on the second goal of the game by sophomore Meredith Feiner. Shot count at this point was Greeley 15, Ursuline 2. Seven minutes later, Rackoff returns the favor to Edson and assists on Edson's first goal of the season to bring the score to 3-0.
Junior Skylar Stambleck gets the start in net with junior Finley Pollard finishing the game to share the shut out.
GSoc is now 2-1 and will be back in action on Monday, Sept. 13 at
home vs. Hendrick Hudson.
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The varsity team begins a busy stretch of matches today (Sept. 10) at Harrison. The varsity match is scheduled to start at 4:30 p.m., followed by JV-A at 6.
Varsity hosts Lakeland on Monday (Sept. 13) at 4:30 and will honor the eight seniors on "Senior Night." The following players will be honored before the start of the match:
Nyssa Bhattacharyya (No. 1, Libero/DS)
Ryan Guglielmo (No. 2, OH, *Captain)
Gwendolyn Toll (No. 4, OH)
Sunoo Kim (No. 11, OH/DS)
Anna Harasimowicz (No. 12, RS/Setter)
Nailah Elliott (No. 15, MB, *Captain)
Lauren D'Ambrosio (No. 16, MB)
Ava Vesce (No. 18, MB/RS)
Varsity will also host Briarcliff on Tuesday at 4:30 and will travel to Byram Hills on Sept. 17 for a match scheduled to start at 4:30.
JV-A will play Lakeland, Briarcliff and Byram Hills at 6 p.m.
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Volleyball seniors
Front row (left to right): Sunoo Kim, Ava Vesce, Anna Harasimowicz, Nailah Elliott
Back row (left to right): Gwendolyn Toll, Lauren D'Ambrosio, Nyssa Bhattacharyya, Ryan Guglielmo
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The Varsity Swim and Dive women had a great preseason and are
anticipating their first meet today (Sept. 10) home at SUNY Purchase against John Jay. Their next meet is Monday against Fox Lane.
They are looking forward to a great season. Go GSWIM Girls!
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