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SPECIAL EDITION eBLAST AND VIDEO MONTAGE
PARENTS OF FALL ATHLETES: Boosters is inviting all families of Fall athletes to be part of a special edition eBlast and video montage for the end of the Fall Season highlighting our Fall athletes. PARENTS OF FALL ATHLETES are invited to place an ad ($30) to celebrate your athlete.
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 Section 1 Class B semifinals!
On Monday (Oct. 25), the varsity field hockey team (ranked No. 5 in their bracket) hosted No. 12 Brewster in the first round of the Section 1 Class B tournament.
While play started off slow, once the girls started scoring, there was no looking back and the Bears didn’t stand a chance. Senior Olivia Pascione kicked it off with a goal near the end of the first quarter. In the second quarter, freshman Nina Byrne scored off a penalty corner, and shortly thereafter Pascione scored her second goal off an assist from senior Emma Schwartz. Greeley was already up 3-0 at the half. Two minutes into the third quarter senior captain Cat Salamida put one in, and then followed it up with another goal off a penalty corner at the third quarter buzzer. With five minutes to go in the fourth quarter, Pascione scored her third on the day and Greeley ended with a whopping 6-0 win against the Bears.
The girls traveled to play No. 4-ranked Pelham on Wednesday (Oct. 27). The teams were very evenly matched and the play was exciting, aggressive and physical. Greeley dominated the first quarter with three penalty corners and got robbed at the doorstep while Pelham outplayed the girls in the second. Thanks to Greeley’s phenomenal defense, at halftime the score was still 0-0. In the third quarter the girls fought back and earned many corners. Despite Greeley’s formidable offense, they could not convert. The fourth quarter was very even, and regulation time ended with a 0-0 tie.
At that time we learned the overtime format would involve a max of two 10-minute sudden death periods, and was just 7 v 7, with each team playing with six players and a goalie. If afterwards the score was still tied, the girls would go to a penalty shootout. Greeley’s seven players included: Salamida, senior Hannah Mortman, senior Mel Schob, junior captain Steph Novick, sophomore Dani Halperin, freshman Nina Byrne, and goalie, senior captain Fiona Hayes.
The tension was thick and the crowd for both teams was loud and animated. As the first OT began, it was immediately apparent that this was a different level of excitement. Play again continued evenly back and forth with each team’s crowd screaming for their girls. Then, about five minutes into the first OT, Salamida had a breakaway, dribbling down the right side. She moved down the field and crossed the ball to Halperin who managed to get one past the Pelham goalie with 4 minutes and 45 seconds left, staving off elimination. This thrilling victory was Greeley’s first over a top 10 Westchester County team.
Next up, the girls travel to powerhouse Lakeland to play the top-ranked Hornets on today (Oct. 29) for a chance to advance to the Section 1 final against the winner of John Jay-Cross River and Rye.
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Greeley advances to championship game!
Semifinal Playoff Game vs Irvington Bulldogs - HGHS Oct. 22, 2021
Game Leaders
Tackles: Lungen 9; 1 sack, Coku 6, Nikc 4, Forster 4; 1/2 sack
Rushing: Wohl 14 for 88; 2 TDs, Melis 4 for 40, Santelia 7 for 60
Receptions: Blakeslee 5 for 150; 3 TDs, Melis 2 for 65, Hessert 1 for 10
Passing: Wohl 6 for 7, 225 yards, 3 TDs, Asch 2 for 5, 40 yards
Quakers had a week off to lick their wounds from a tough loss at Poughkeepsie and were charged up to play the Irvington Bulldogs again at home, as their first opponent in playoffs. HG came out strong after failed onside kick; after sizable rushing gains by Melis (20 yds) and Hessert (10 yds), QB Wohl broke loose down left sideline for 25-yard TD run. After a quick 3 and out by Bulldogs (tackles by Lungen, Schoonmaker) Wohl hit freshman Blakeslee for a long 70-yard pass for his first varsity TD. After another short series (tackles by Lungen, Samkoff), Wohl hit Blakeslee again on a slant route from the right side and he was able to break free for his second score (30 yd TD). HG was tenacious on defense; tackles by Lungen, Forster, Coku and Santelia stopped them again on fourth down.
In the second quarter, QB Wohl threw a 35-yard pass to Melis on the left side and followed that up with another 30-yard pass to Melis on the right side; Wohl ran in the TD with a short burst to the right. 28–0 HG. Irvington put together a drive and scored a TD to make score 28–7. Coach Spillane was not happy.
Just before halftime, HG got the ball back and Wohl threw a 30-yard pass to Blakeslee near the right sideline; Wohl then threw his third TD pass to Blakeslee on a 5 yard down and out. Halftime 35–7.
The second half had its ups and downs; HG forced two turnovers (Zarr – INT, Schoonmaker - INT, with assist from Coku) and scored a defensive TD while turning over the ball twice and allowing two Bulldog scores.
The best play was when Bulldogs fumbled near their goal line and Coku pressed the QB to throw the ball and Schoonmaker grabbed it for the defensive TD and classy post TD pose. JV QB Asch took his turn at QB for a few series and Wohl closed out the game with two rushing first downs. The team took their foot off the pedal in the second half a bit but regained it at the end.
Game Notes: LB Lungen was my defensive player of the day; had nine fierce tackles and a sack. What a coming out party for Jameson Blakeslee; the JV WR had three TDs for 150 yards. QB Wohl had two rushing TDs for 88 yards while throwing three TDs: all in the first half. The team is excited to play a rematch with Poughkeepsie and they are hungry for a win. Al Davis – “just win baby”…
Next Game (the League Championship) is Saturday, Oct. 30, 2021 at Poughkeepsie HS at 1 pm. Come and root the Quakers on!
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VARSITY GIRLS SWIMMING AND DIVING |
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Greeley captures Conference 1 Championship!
There is so much to celebrate! The swimmers had an incredible
performance on Saturday at the Conference 1 Championships. Combined with the diving scores, Horace Greeley finished first with 414 points to the second-place team of Briarcliff-Pleasantville-Valhalla-Westlake with 296 and third-place Clarkstown with 254 points.
Outstanding performances included Sabrina Johnston and Emma Zhu, who earned high point honors for winning both of their individual races. Greeley relays dominated in first place with the 200 medley relay of Zoe Chung, Kiara Cekic, Johnston and Zhu, the 200 freestyle relay took second place with Kelly Byrne, Ellie Slive, Grace Nadecki and Madeline Adams-Miller, and the 400 freestyle relay took first place with Adams-Miller, Byrne, Zhu and Johnston.
Congratulations to the high-flying divers! All four divers placed in
the top 16 in the conference championships: Ava Peters 13th , Lucy Johnson ninth , Sarah Agdern fifth and 2021 Conference 1 champion Michelle Kasulka
Last week, Greeley dominated in the last dual meet of the season over White Plains. It was an emotional final meet as the juniors on the team prepared speeches and a party for the seniors to wish them well on their college journey. The walls at their home pool were decorated with posters for each of the seniors. Tears and laughter filled the air at Greeley.
Congratulations to our New York State qualifiers: Zoe Chung, Kiara
Cekic, Sabrina Johnston, Emma Zhu, Kelly Byrne, Grace Nadecki, Ellie Slive and Madeline Adams-Miller.
And congratulations to the amazing coaching team of Coach Meg and Coach K for an amazing season!
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From the thrill of victory . . . seventh-ranked GSOC took on 10th-ranked Yorktown in the Section 1 Class A playoffs on Friday night.
While GSOC defeated Yorktown 4-1 in the last regular season game, it was unlikely to be an easy match up and Yorktown didn’t disappoint. The first half was even with much of the play in the middle third. Midway through, Yorktown snuck past our defense for a clear shot and a 1-0 lead. GSOC maintained composure and kept grinding away, shutting down attacks and creating opportunities, but goals were elusive.
In the second half, GSOC started to establish more control but was unable to make space in the box. Things were looking bleak, but with eight minutes to go the refs awarded GSOC a foul just above the box. Ramsey Edson stepped up and took what can only be described as a shot of exquisite perfection that grazed the inside of the top netting beyond the outstretched keeper’s arm. The crowd, standing room only with the fashionably late arrival of the student body, erupted. GSOC pressured for the remainder but didn’t score, sending the game to overtime.
The first two 10-minute OT periods produced no goals, nor did the
subsequent two five-minute golden goal OT periods. The tension was palpable for the PK shootout. Yorktown’s first player scored, as did Meredith Feiner; the same for Jillian Gordon. Kaylin Genda stopped the third Yorktown kick, but Hallie Rakoff’s shot went wide left, leaving the teams even. The fourth Yorktown shot went in and Genda stepped up to score her own shot. Back in goal, Genda stopped the final Yorktown shot, but Yorktown wouldn’t go down easily and their goalie stopped Sydney Mikesell’s final shot. The teams headed to a golden goal PK shootout with five new players. Yorktown’s first shot went straight to Genda! The crowd was on tenterhooks as Hannah Fetzer calmly strolled up to the PK line; she drilled a shot into the right corner for the win and a raucous celebration. What a night!
To the agony of defeat . . . GSOC headed to Rye High School for the
sectional quarterfinal on Monday night and went toe to toe with the second-ranked Garnets in the first half. Greeley attacks came close to breaking through several times, especially in the final 10 minutes, and the defense rebuffed Rye’s tough forwards consistently, ending the half at 0-0.
The second half started off similarly, but 20 minutes in GSOC fell
victim to questionable refereeing when a handball was called in the box on a clobbered ball that deflected off a couple players and didn’t appear to change the course of play. GSOC’s more avid fans will recall that during the season we were fouled more than a couple times in the box and never awarded a penalty shot. But this night the refs essentially handed Rye an unearned point that significantly shifted the momentum, yielding two additional Rye goals within eighth minutes. Greeley kept up the fight and Ramsey Edson went on the attack for an unassisted goal with 13 minutes left, but GSOC couldn’t muster enough offense to pull even.
The girls left it all on the field and can be very proud of an excellent 12-6 season and the best kind of team bonding.
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It was a very big week for the team!
Greeley started the postseason with a trip to Brewster for a Section 1 Class A playoff match on Thursday night. The Bears won both league matches from Greeley during the regular season. But there's an old adage in sports that it's tough to beat a team three times in a season.
The atmosphere was absolutely electric in the packed Brewster gym with fans of both teams hanging on each crucial point.
Brewster took the first two sets by scores of 25-17 and 25-11, but Greeley refused to go quietly. Sparked by junior captain Emma Rose, seniors Nyssa Bhattacharyya, Sunoo Kim, Gwendolyn Toll and Lauren D'Ambrosio, and junior Elizabeth Fallon, momentum shifted and Greeley roared back to win the next two sets, 27-25 and 25-16, to set up the fifth and deciding set.
There was palpable tension in the Brewster gym. The fifth set was back and forth before Greeley took a slim 15-14 lead, forcing the Bears to take a timeout. Brewster, however, held a 22-20 lead, forcing a Greeley timeout, and eventually closed out the match, 25-22.
Greeley left it all out on the court! There were tears and hugs after the match as the team's eight seniors played their final match. The seniors did so much for the program and we will miss them! Good luck in the future!
Stats vs. Brewster
Emma Rose: 23 assists, 20 digs, 3 kills, 2 aces
Nyssa Bhattacharyya: 24 digs, 6 aces, 4 assists
Sunoo Kim: 21 digs, 11 kills
Gwendolyn Toll: 13 digs, 2 kills
Lauren D'Ambrosio: 8 kills, 5 digs, 3 blocks, 2 aces
Elizabeth Fallon: 5 kills, 5 digs, 3 aces
Hope Suh: 7 digs
Anna Harasimowicz: 3 assists, 4 digs, 2 aces
Nailah Elliott: 4 digs, 2 kills, 1 assist, 1 block
Ace Tillotson: 2 kills
Chloe Snyder: 1 dig
Greeley played its final match of the regular season on Oct. 22 against rival Somers at Seven Bridges Middle School.
The Tuskers came into the match with an 11-6 record and had swept Greeley earlier in the season.
Somers got off to a fast start and won the first set, 25-21. The second set was also competitive, but Greeley took control with a 15-12 lead, expanded it to 21-17 and then closed it out, 25-19. Greeley again took control midway through the next set, enjoying a 16-13 lead in the third and rolling to a 25-17 win. The Tuskers dominated the fourth set, winning 25-8. Somers then got out to a 12-5 lead in the fifth and deciding set. Greeley pulled to within 14-9, then 18-14 before going on a seven-point run to take a 21-18 lead that delighted the home crowd. The crowd continued to grow louder as Greeley inched closer to the upset win and the Quakers didn't disappoint, taking the fifth set, 25-22. The winning point caused the gym to gleefully erupt as the entire Greeley bench ran onto the court for a euphoric celebration with their teammates.
Stats vs. Somers
Emma Rose: 19 assists , 8 digs, 3 kills, 3 aces
Anna Harasimowicz: 11 assists, 12 digs, 2 kills
Chloe Snyder: 11 kills, 4 blocks, 4 assists, 3 digs
Elizabeth Fallon: 10 kills, 9 digs, 2 assists, 2 aces
Nyssa Bhattacharyya: 24 digs, 3 assists, 3 aces
Sunoo Kim: 15 digs, 2 kills
Lauren D’Ambrosio: 7 kills, 7 digs, 1 block, 1 ace
Ryan Guglielmo: 3 digs, 1 kill
Nailah Elliott: 1 kill
Ace Tillotson: 3 blocks, 1 kill, 1 dig
Hope Suh: 2 digs, 1 kill
Greeley took the momentum from the big win against Somers and finished third in the Our Lady of Lourdes tournament the next day!
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The varsity team after their big five-set win over Somers. |
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The varsity team after their third-place finish at the Lourdes tournament. |
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The Cheer Team was happy to be able to cheer on the last home game for our amazing football team!
Minor setbacks prevented us from performing at half time, but it was still a spirited night. It has been a fun fall season and we look forward to building our winter competition team!
Don’t forget tryouts start Nov 15. Go Greeley!
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