Team Highlights and Boosters News
GAME AND PRACTICE SCHEDULES
For the latest information on game and practice schedules, check the Athletics calendar HERE.
SPORTSYOU FOR WINTER ATHLETES
SportsYou is Greeley's communication platform, allowing coaches to communicate important information with athletes and parents.

All winter athletes should sign-up for their team's SportsYou account. The team's SportsYou page will be the best source of specific information about tryouts and season activities. Please note that every team has its own SportsYou account at each level.

For more information about SportsYou, please click HERE.
VARSITY WRESTLING
Each year the Greeley wresting team visits a school in the Bronx focusing on children with special needs. They spend the day and bring gifts for each of the children. This year was the biggest need with 79 children. Our team consists of 26 wrestlers. Mission accomplished! 

The second challenge was with the uptick of COVID-19 cases, the visit was cancelled. Well, if anyone knows how to pivot it’s a wrestler! The team filmed holiday wishes to the students while dressed in Santa hats donated by the Tavolacci family.  The gifts were delivered and opened by some very excited children.
 
On Tuesday, the grapplers faced the Lakeland Hornets, a tough and energetic team, head on.

Corey Fitzsimmons started off the match by having two quick takedowns in the first quarter against an experienced wrestler. Corey continued to battle and pinned his opponent at the end of the second quarter. Josh Hametz, Kai Lueckerath and Vinnie Sasso were victorious and pinned their opponents. Luke Richards showed a lot of heart and determination by wrestling all three quarters against an experienced and tough opponent. Lakeland got the win, 37-36.

The wrestlers will be back on Tuesday, Dec. 28, at the Pearl River Tournament.
VARSITY BOYS BASKETBALL
On Dec. 17, the Quakers played host to local rival Byram Hills in a good early season test.

Both teams got off to a fast start from the field with Greeley leading early on. As the first quarter ended, Byram held a 25-21 advantage - the 46 combined points in the quarter was a season high for any game so far. Byram continued to lead while Greeley displayed great effort throughout the half as the score at the break was 42-35 in favor of Byram.

Neither team held a double-digit lead through the game as each
team battled to pull ahead. Physicality was ever present in this game and the Quakers managed to get rebounding contributions from several players with Caleb Reynolds leading by grabbing six boards, followed by Connor Melis and Ethan Golub with five boards each, Filip Vujanic with four. Byram continued to hold a small lead throughout the second half as the Quakers fought hard to catch up. Justin Potack hit two free throws with 0.5 seconds left in the game to bring the Quakers within three points, with Byram ultimately holding on for a 71-68 victory at HGHS. Potack led a balanced scoring attack with 29 points and five steals, followed by Michael Gecaj with 13 points, Melis adding 12 points and Golub with nine points.

On Dec. 21, the Quakers hosted the RC Ketcham Indians at HGHS in a highly anticipated match-up.

Greeley got off to a slow shooting start, trailing 14-4 after the first quarter with the deficit extended at one point in the second quarter to 23-8 in favor of Ketcham. The boys were focused and undeterred by the deficit, with Golub elevating the energy for the entire team through his play. At the half, Greeley trailed 28-16.

The boys chipped away at Ketcham’s lead throughout the third quarter, culminating with a terrific pass along the baseline from Dominic Larizza to Noah Smith, who hit a clutch corner three-pointer as time expired, with Greeley trailing only 41-39 as the final quarter began. Defensive intensity by the Quakers was once again led by Brandon Fitzsimmons as the lead changed hands throughout the final quarter. Potack hit a three-pointer with two seconds left to bring the score to 55-52 Ketcham, which ended up as the final score. A tough loss for the boys but they once again displayed great resiliency as the battled back in the second half.

Golub turned in a great performance and played his most complete game of the year, leading with 20 points, seven boards and three blocked shots, followed by Potack with 18 points and four steals. The boys play next on Dec. 28 at HGHS vs Gorton HS.

Go Quakers and Happy Holidays!
VARSITY BOYS SWIMMING AND DIVING
On the shortest day of the year, a dominant G-Swim squad made quick work of the perennial rival AHEDI, posting a 106-62 victory and advancing to a record of 4-0.

Greeley set the tone early with decisive first- and second-place finishes in the 200 medley relay. They never let their foot off the pedal, placing first in seven of the eight non-exhibition swim races, with a slew of seconds and thirds in every race.

Our freshman diver, Mason Ackerman, contributed his first points with a second-place finish.

Coach Meg orchestrated her lineup, maximizing the Greeley depth, in their full-throttled win over last season’s virtual sectional champions.

Results:

200 Medley Relay: 1st: Cornish, Schlomann, Engel, Suh. 2nd: Wohl,
Kamal, Moran Nack

200 Freestyle: 2nd: Oliver Engel; 3rd Holmes; 4th Gulotta

200 IM: 1st: Hudson Chung (state time); 2nd McHugh; 4th: Eric Engel

50 Free: 1st Suh, 3rd: Schlomann; 4th Cornish

100 Butterfly: 1st: McHugh; 3rd: Kamal; 4th Moran

100 Freestyle: 1st: Nack; 3rd: Holmes, 4th: Du

500 Free: 1st: Chung; 3rd Eric Engel; 4th: Oliver Engel

200 Free Relay: 1st: Sakharuk, McHugh, Nack, Suh; 2nd: Holmes, Du, Schlomann, Chung, 4th: Gulotta, Liang, Kamal, O’Connor

Backstroke: 1st: Sakharuk; 2nd Wohl; 3rd: Cornish

Breaststroke: 1st: Chang, 3rd: Ma

400 Free Relay: 1st: Saharak, Cornish, McHugh, Chung; 2nd: Moran, Lynch, Holmes, Schlomann; 3rd: Engel, Engel, Gulotta, O’Connor

Happy Holidays to all.  Next meet on Wednesday, Jan. 5, at
Purchase.
VARSITY INDOOR TRACK AND FIELD
Winter Track and Field Competes in Multiple Meets
Heading into the Break

Winter Track and Field competed in THREE meets during the week -- the Freshman/Sophomore meet at RCC (Dec. 16), the Coach Saint Invitational at the Armory (Dec. 17), and the Section 1 Challenge at Ocean Breeze (Dec. 22).

Results are still unavailable for the RCC meet.

At the Coach Saint Invitational, Greeley competed against 44 teams from multiple states. Top performances included:

Matthew Carnes -- Second place one mile

Nicholas Wright -- Second place 300m

Hugh McGuire -- Third place one mile

Connor Evans -- Fourth place triple jump

Stephen Hotchkin -- Fourth place 400m, fifth place 55m

Boys 4x800m -- Fourth place

Sam Berger -- Fifth place high jump

Zachary Goodman -- Fifth place 500m

At the Section 1 Challenge, Greeley competed against 23 other Section 1 teams.

Congratulations to Event Winners:

Sam Berger won the weight throw with a mark of 40 feet, 5 inches, improving his No. 2 all-time Greeley mark in the event.

Matthew Carnes won the 1,000m with a PR time of 2:41.45, and he also won the 1,600m with a PR time of 4:34.39. Well done!

Alex McKenney won the pole vault, clearing a near-PR 13 feet, 0 inches

Other top performances included:

Helen VanDenburgh-Curry -- Third place pole vault

Stephen Hotchkin -- Third place 55m, third place 300m

Connor Evans -- Fourth place triple jump

Boys 4x400m -- Fifth place

Congratulations to Greeley top 5 record-holders!

Hotchkin keeps getting faster! He set the new all-time Greeley record in the 55m, running 6.77, and he also improved his Greeley record 300m time, running 36.49. Excellent!

Wright improved his No. 2 all-time 300m time, running 36.92.

Carnes ran the indoor 1 mile in 4:34.94, good for No. 3 all-time.

VanDenbergh-Curry improved her No. 4 all-time indoor pole vault mark, clearing 7 feet, 0 inches.

Berger moved into No. 4 all-time in the indoor high jump, clearing 5 feet, 4 inches. He also improved his No. 2 all-time weight throw mark (as mentioned above).

McGuire ran the indoor 1 mile in 4:36.10, good for No. 4 all-time.

The boys 4x200m ran No. 4 all-time at 1:38.99 - Hotchkin, Kyle
McKenney, Carter Nocca, Wright

Jamie Corwin moved to No. 5 all-time in the weight throw in her very first meet, with a mark of 19 feet, 4.5 inches.

As always, congratulations to all athletes that set or established a new PR!

Jamie Corwin -- Shot put, weight throw

Emily Hametz -- 55m

Eleanor Keenan -- 55m

Bertha Shipper -- 1,000m

Josephine Shipper -- 55m

Helen VanDenbergh-Curry -- Pole vault

Mason Barlow -- 1,000m

Sam Berger -- High jump, shot put, weight throw

Matthew Carnes -- 1,000m, 1,600m, one mile

Luke Chang -- 600m

William Chang -- 600m

Jake Giardina -- Shot put

Zachary Goodman -- 500m

RJ Guerney -- 55m hurdles

Adit Gunnar -- 400m

Ben Ho -- 55m

Stephen Hotchkin -- 55m, 300m

Cameron Kidde -- 55m

Noah Lim -- One mile

Daniel Luan -- 600m

Adam Lupatkin -- One mile

Hugh McGuire -- One mile

Kyle McKenney -- 55m, 300m

Carter Nocca -- 55m, 300m

Sean Patrick-Sasaki -- 55m, 400m

Jason Singer -- 55m

Calvin VanDenbergh-Curry -- 300m, 400m

Benjamin Wang -- 1,000m, 1,600m

Nicholas Wright -- 300m

Andrew Xu -- 600m

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Happy New Year! Go Quakers!
VARSITY GIRLS BASKETBALL
The twists and turns of Greeley's schedule took another turn.

Greeley (1-1) will now play its home opener on Dec. 29 against Gorton at 10 a.m. Each student-athlete is allowed four spectators from the same household. If you are unable to attend, you can watch the game on Local Live here.

The schedule is expected to get busy in January. Greeley will host John Jay-Cross River in a league game on Jan. 4 at 6 p.m. The home stretch continues on Jan. 6 against Brewster in a league game at 6 p.m. Greeley hosts Scarsdale in a non-league game on Jan. 8 at 11 a.m.
JV BOYS BASKETBALL
Greeley is 4-0 on the season.

Dec. 17: Greeley 54, Byram Hills 35
Dec. 21: Greeley 40, Roy C. Ketcham 26