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VARSITY INDOOR TRACK AND FIELD |
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GREELEY BOYS ARE WESTCHESTER COUNTY CHAMPIONS!
The bus on Sunday, Jan. 23, left before the sun was up, sending our Quakers to compete against 34 other schools at the Westchester County Championship meet at the Armory. By noon, the boys track and field team was getting ready to collect its first ever Westchester County championship plaque!
Despite not being dominant in any single event, the boys scored 56 points, easily outpacing No. 2 White Plains at 40 points. Greeley scored in seven of the 16 events, including 18 points in sprints, 14 points in relays, 10 points in jumps, eight points in distance, and six points in throws.
The girls team only fielded three qualifying athletes, with Helen VanDenbergh-Curry earning four points in the pole vault with a fourth-place finish. She cleared 7 feet, 0 inches, tying her PR. The team’s four points was good for 21st place in the meet.
Congratulations to Alex McKenney, Westchester County Champion in the pole vault! Alex cleared 12 feet, 0 inches to bring home 10 points for the boys team.
Second place finishes included:
Stephen Hotchkin in the 300m
Hugh McGuire in the 1,000m
The relay team Stephen Hotchkin, Aniruddh Dhanawade, Nicholas Wright, Carter Nocca in the 4x200m. With a time of 1:37.21, the team is No. 3 all-time at Greeley.
Shout-out to the PRs from the meet – all throwers!
Sam Berger PRd in both shot put and weight throw. He took third place in the weight throw at the meet, improved his No. 2 all-time Greeley weight throw mark, and is now No. 4 all-time at Greeley for indoor shot put.
Jamie Corwin PRd in weight throw and improved to No. 4 all-time at Greeley.
Congratulations to all the point-scorers at the meet:
Stephen Hotchkin – 20 points (12 individual, 8 relay)
Nicholas Wright – 14 points (6 individual, 8 relay)
Alex McKenney – 10 points
Aniruddh Dhanawade – 8 points (relay)
Hugh McGuire – 8 points
Carter Nocca – 8 points (relay)
Mason Barlow – 6 points (relay)
Sam Berger – 6 points
Noah Lim – 6 points (relay)
Adam Lupatkin – 6 points (relay)
Benjamin Wang – 6 points (relay)
Helen VanDenbergh-Curry – 4 points
On Monday, Jan. 31, the entire team will compete in the League Championship meet (rescheduled from Jan. 16).
Go Quakers!
Special thanks to Christina Schoonmaker for about a zillion awesome photos from the meet. Seriously – go check them out here.
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VARSITY BOYS SWIMMING AND DIVING |
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GREELEY FINISHES UNBEATEN IN LEAGUE A!
G-Swim concluded its dual meet season with three smashing victories that would make the defending NCAA champion, the Texas Longhorns, envious.
Clarkstown, White Plains and New Rochelle all were speedily dispatched like ice cubes dropped into a cauldron of boiling water. Greeley's final record in League A of 9-0 allowed the squad to achieve the first of its goals - an UNDEFEATED, UNTIED DUAL MEET RECORD.
The Clarkstown matchup provided the most challenging opponent among the three. With that said, C-town fell to the swift and strong strokes of the Quakers by a score of 106-77 (with Greeley swimming exhibition for the final race). Greeley dominated with first-place finishes in all but the 200 IM. New Rochelle was defeated by the score of 98- 70 while White Plains fell by the score of 100-75.
Next G-Swim is off to the conference meet this Saturday, weather permitting. During the season the team achieved NYS cuts in all three relays with the seniors - Du, Suh, Sakharuk and Nack, Junior - Chung and Sophomore- McHugh.
G-Swim also made 10 individual state cuts.
Chung has NYS times in the 200 free, 200 IM, 100 fly, and 500 free.
Suh has NYS times in the 50 free,100 fly, and 100 free.
Sakharuk has NYS times in 200 free and 100 fly.
Du has a NYS time in 200 IM.
Cornish has a NYS time in the 500 free.
The team achieved 39 Sectional cuts in the eight individual events showing the depth and strength of the squad.
200 Free - Six sectional times by Cornish, Eric Engel, Oliver Engel, McHugh, Nack and Suh.
200 IM - Two sectional times by McHugh and Nadecki.
50 Free - Six sectional times by Gulotta, McHugh, Moran, Nack, Sakharuk and Schlomann.
100 fly - Five sectional times by Du, Kamal, Xiaochaun, McHugh and Moran.
100 Free - Seven sectional times by Cornish, Eric Engel, Holmes, McHugh, Nack, Sakharuk and Schlomann.
500 free - Two sectional times by Eric Engel and Oliver Engel.
100 back - Seven sectional times by Chung, Cornish, Du, Oliver Engel, Moran, Sakharuk and Wohl.
100 breaststroke - Four sectional times by Du, Nadecki, Sakharuk and Schlomann.
Congratulations to coach Meg and Seniors (Du, Kamal, Sakharuk, Nack and Suh) for leading the team to an undefeated record. Special shout out to freshman diver Mason Akerman, who has greatly improved over the season and grabbed G-Swim's only diving points!
Thanks to Christina Schoonmaker for taking great pix at the New Rochelle meet!
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GREELEY HONORS SIX SENIORS!
The team faced a solid and powerful Pleasantville Panthers on Greeley's Senior Day.
Greeley's six seniors - Diego Villaronga-Cortes, Luke Richards, Jason Lunger, Julian Coku, Michael Tavolacci, and Vinny Santelia - have been leading the team and will all be missed next year. Diego, Luke and Vinny were able to get their Senior Day wins. There were some tremendous matches, such as Josh Hametz who wrestled an undefeated and determined opponent. Kai Lueckerath and Vinny Sasso also picked up wins.
Greeley continued to have great matchups all evening, which will hopefully give confidence for the next matches.
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GREELEY HONORS SEVEN SENIORS!
Greeley hockey started a busy stretch with a Friday night contest against BYSNS (Brewster-Yorktown-Somers-North Salem Co-op).
Greeley got off to a blazing start with Ilan Laurence scoring 18 seconds into the game, giving the Quakers a lead they would never relinquish en route to a 4-0 victory. Ben Madden was a wall all night (37 saves) and recorded his first shutout of the season. The Quakers were led by Laurence (2G, 1A), Cohen (1G, 2A) and Gabe Adams (2A). Defenseman Charlie Spar scored his first goal of the season and anchored the strong defensive effort.
Sunday night was Senior night as Greeley honored a group of seven seniors who have played together for the past seven years having started modified together in the sixth Grade - Gabe Adams, Ben Cohen, Ilan Laurence, Ben Madden, Mark Sallay, Josh Samberg, and Charlie Spar. Unfortunately, the game was not the result the team had hoped for, falling to Carmel 6-4. Cohen led the Quakers with two goals while Adams and Laurence chipped in one each. These amazing seniors have been a major part of the Greeley hockey program's incredible success the past four years including a league title and playoff appearances every year.
Finally, Wednesday night saw a rematch with BYSNS. This time, BYSNS came out firing and put a whopping 55 shots on Madden. Greeley would match them goal for goal and the game would end in a 4-4 tie. BYSNS was helped by some questionable penalty calls on Greeley who spent more than a period worth of time in the penalty box, even having to kill off a 5-3 in Overtime. Adams led the scoring (2G) along with Laurence 1G) and Cohen (1G). Charlie Spar played strong defense and added two Assists.
Weather permitting, Greeley takes on Scarsdale this afternoon (Jan. 28) at 3:30 p.m. at Murray's Rink in Yonkers. Greeley is also scheduled to face Mount Pleasant tomorrow night (Jan. 29) at 7:30 p.m. at Brewster Ice Arena, and North Rockland on Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. at Brewster.
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POTACK SCORES CAREER-HIGH 37 POINTS
WITH EIGHT THREE-POINTERS!
With the season in full swing, the Quakers had three games in the last seven days.
On Jan. 21, the team hosted John Jay-Cross River on HGHS Senior Night. After the ceremony honoring the graduating members of the team, the game got underway with JJCR holding a slight 13-12 lead after the first quarter. The game remained tight with Greeley taking a 21-19 lead into halftime. A balanced scoring attack by the Quakers helped to extend the lead over JJCR to 34-27 after three quarters. With the game tied entering the final minute, JJCR scored and held on for a 48-46 win over the Quakers. Justin Potack led Greeley with 14 points, followed by Connor Melis with 11 and Ethan Golub/Nicky Tasso with seven points and five rebounds each.
Greeley returned to action on Jan. 24 to host Carmel in a non-league contest. The Quakers got off to a hot start, leading 18-10 after one quarter. Their lead carried into halftime, with the margin widening to 32-21. Carmel started chipping away at Greeley’s lead in the second half and overcame the Quakers in the final quarter, eventually winning by a 68-58 final. Melis led all scorers with 23 points in the losing effort followed by Potack with 12 points and Tasso/Josh Nadel with eight points each.
The Quakers travelled north for their final contest of the week to face Brewster HS on the road on Jan. 26 for a make-up game rescheduled from earlier in the season. As they have in other recent games, Greeley got off to a high-scoring start in this game, leading 18-6 after the first quarter. Brewster remained resilient and fought back in the second quarter, holding the Quakers two points and shrinking Greeley’s lead to 20-17 entering halftime.
The game remained a back-and-forth contest for much of the third quarter with the Quakers holding a slim 35-33 lead. Greeley pulled ahead in the final quarter to secure the 61-47 win behind the strong shooting from Potack, who scored a career-high 37 points (eight three-pointers), strong rebounding from Nadel and great team defense. Other scorers in the win included Melis and Nadel with seven points each.
Next up for the Quakers was a game at Fox Lane last night for a league rivalry game. Go Quakers!
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Greeley's Justin Potack (2) scored a career-high 37 points with eight three-pointers against Brewster on Wednesday.
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On Monday (Jan. 24), Greeley skiing dominated the first race of the season with both the girls and boys winning their respective team category.
Individually, Greeley skiers had a number of top finishes. Our girls swept the top five, with captain Emily Hutchings takings first, Sarah Convery in second, captain Julia Accordino in third, Jillian Ludl in fourth and freshman Emerson Puleo in fifth. Additionally, Shea Hannifin secured another top-10 finish by coming in eighth with Casey Samuels coming in at a close 11th. Katie Bond and Chloe Appel closed out Greely’s top 20 by placing 18th and 19th, respectively, while Skyler Samuels brought positive vibes and finished in 21st place.
Individually, the GSKI boys finished strong as well. Captains Matt Hutchings and CJ Hessert placed first and second, splitting the difference by under two-tenths of a second. Johnny Holmquist, Spencer Beran, Andrew Girshman, and Nick Hessert rounded out the top 10, placing sixth through ninth, while freshman Erik Accordino finished in 11th. Alex Hood, Mathew Fioretti, and Murphy Gavin all had strong finishes during their first races on the Greeley team as well.
Look out for more fast GSKI racing on Thursday night’s slalom at Mohawk Mountain.
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Greeley traveled to Blind Brook yesterday (Jan. 27) looking to snap an eight-game losing streak. The Quakers battled hard but came up short in overtime, 44-42.
Blind Brook got off to a fast start and had a 15-8 lead after the first quarter. Greeley went on an 11-0 run, with senior Olivia Camhi and sophomore Bella Schulman leading the way, to take a 19-15 lead. Greeley led 21-17 at halftime with Camhi scoring 10 points in the first half.
Two driving layups by Schulman and a three-pointer by freshman Allie Mosca late in the third quarter helped Greeley to a 34-22 lead heading into the fourth quarter. Blind Brook went on a 9-0 run to start the fourth quarter to cut Greeley's lead to 34-31. Greeley had a 40-35 lead late in the fourth quarter, but Blind Brook managed to tie the game at 40-40 at the end of regulation.
The teams were tied at 42-42 when Blind Brook's Gabby Tucker scored on a driving layup with about a second remaining in overtime for the win.
Schulman led Greeley with 15 points, Camhi finished with 10 points, sophomore Ava Gusba had six points and Mosca had five points.
Greeley hosted Suffern in another non-league game on Tuesday night and were without two starters due to injury.
The Quakers got off to a quick start with senior captain Julia Herzner scoring all six points for a 6-5 lead with 4:09 to go in the first quarter. Suffern closed the gap, taking a 10-9 lead into the second quarter and a 19-15 lead at halftime. Herzner led Greeley with six points and Gusba added four points.
Greeley managed just three points in the third quarter -- all by Gusba -- and trailed 30-18 heading into the final quarter. Greeley made a couple of runs in the fourth quarter, but it wasn't enough as Suffern got a 40-29 win. Camhi led Greeley with 10 points, Herzner had eight points and Gusba finished with seven points.
Greeley traveled to John Jay-Cross River for a league game on Jan. 21. The game was tight throughout. John Jay had a 13-10 lead after the first quarter, but Greeley went on a 9-2 run to take a 19-15 lead in the second quarter and held on for a 23-21 halftime lead. Schulman led the Quakers with eight points, followed by Camhi with seven points.
John Jay started the third quarter with a 7-0 run to take a 28-23 lead and never relinquished the lead. Greeley trailed 40-32 after three quarters and never got closer than eight points in the fourth quarter. John Jay won, 54-43. Schulman and Camhi each had 11 points and Mosca provided a nice spark off the bench with seven points.
Greeley (1-10 overall and 0-6 in league play) begins a tough stretch of six games in eight days. The stretch starts tomorrow (Jan. 29) at Ketcham at 12 p.m. (weather permitting), followed by a return trip to Dutchess County Monday for a game at Poughkeepsie at 5 p.m., then a trip to Brewster for a league game on Tuesday at 6 p.m. and back home on Thursday for a league game against rival Somers at 6:15 p.m.
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Photo credit: Christina Schoonmaker
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Photo credit: Christina Schoonmaker
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Photo credit: Christina Schoonmaker
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Photo credit: Christina Schoonmaker
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Greeley is now 11-2!
Scores this week:
Greeley 55, John Jay-Cross River 39
Greeley 55, Ossining 43
Greeley 52, Carmel 34
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