Greeley Sports - Winter Sports eBlast (Jan. 14-Jan. 20)

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VARSITY BOYS BASKETBALL

Greeley gets big OT win over Yorktown!

The Quakers traveled to Mahopac for a Jan. 14 night game, where the atmosphere was electric.

With fans allowed at the game, the team immediately responded to that energy and played as hard as any game all year. Down 14-12 after one quarter, the boys kept battling and pulled ahead for a 32-39 lead at halftime. The second half proved to be as competitive and hard fought as the first half with Mahopac holding a slight edge after three quarters, 49-46. The game remained close the entire final quarter with Mahopac ahead 58-55 with two minutes remaining. Dominic Larizza entered the game at that point for the Quakers and had an immediate impact with two steals, raising the intensity and energy, which the raucous Greeley fans only amplified. The Quakers pulled to within one at 60-59 in the final minute, but Mahopac managed to hold on and win by that score. For the Quakers, Connor Melis led with 21 points, eight rebounds and five assists and Justin Potack added 13 points and three assists. Other contributions came from Brandon Fitzsimmons (eight points), Ethan Golub (seven points) and Michael Gecaj with six points. Go Quakers!

The Quakers welcomed Yorktown to HGHS for a league game on Jan. 18. The game started as a low scoring affair with Yorktown leading 11-6 after one quarter. Yorktown maintained its advantage through the second quarter and led 29-22 at the half, with Potack scoring 11 points in the half.

The tone of the game changed in the second half as Greeley picked up momentum with Melis and Nicky Tasso leading the way. Greeley chipped away at the halftime deficit and the game was tied 39-39 going into the final quarter. No lead in the fourth quarter was larger than five points as the teams battled on each possession. With Greeley down 58-56 as the final seconds ticked down, Tasso grabbed a rebound in traffic and had an incredible clutch putback at the buzzer to tie the game and send it into overtime. In the extra session, Greeley got out to an immediate five-point lead and never relinquished it. The Quakers were 8-8 from the free throw line in overtime, which propelled them to a thrilling 73-67 over Yorktown. Potack led a balanced scoring attack with 19 points, give assists and four steals followed by Melis with 17 points, five rebounds and five assists, Fitzsimmons with 12 points, Tasso with a season-high 10 points and Josh Nadel with nine points, including clutch free throws in OT. The balanced effort was the key to victory as this was the first game of the season with four Quakers in double figures for scoring.

The Quakers' next game is against John Jay-Cross River tonight (Jan. 21) at HGHS at 6 p.m. Go Quakers!

VARSITY WRESTLING

Greeley wins team championship at Pawling Invitational on Jan. 15!

The grapplers traveled to the annual Pawling Invitational on Jan. 15th to face off against some tough and energetic teams.

Experienced teams consisted of Pawling, Arlington, Croton Harmon, Ossining, and Rye. All of the wrestlers battled and showed tremendous determination, which showed off with Greeley winning the Pawling Invitational team championship.

Congratulations to the following wrestlers:

First place: Luke Richards, Lucas Saland, Jonathan Kang, Andreas Corey Fitzsimmons.

Second place: Zach Haber, Ben Gottlieb, John Flannery.

Third place: Leo Miller, Otto Mildenhall.

Fourth place: Jason Lungen, Aarush Kumar.

Fifth place: Ava Ametrano.

VARSITY ICE HOCKEY

Greeley continued its strong play with a 6-2 league win over Pearl River last Friday night (Jan. 14). Greeley started slowly and entered the third with a 1-0 lead. Greeley then exploded for five goals en route to a 6-2 victory. Ben Cohen would finish with three goals and two assists, joined in the scoring by linemates Ilan Laurence (one goal, three assists) and Gabe Adams (two goals, one assist). Defenseman Lionel Yu (one assist) scored his first varsity point – Congrats Lionel! Captain Ben Madden had 38 saves and added an assist bring his total points to five on the year, leading the league in goaltending points. A special shoutout is owed to the Greeley fans in attendance for providing a big spark of energy for the team!

On Wednesday, Greeley faced a Cortlandt team ranked in the top 10 in the LoHud rankings. Greeley has now faced the top 7-ranked teams so far this season. The skating Quakers jumped out to a 3-0 lead with a first period goal by Ellis Adams and a pair of goals by Laurence. Cortlandt kept chipping away and, with their goalie pulled, tied the score at 5-5 with 44 seconds remaining, forcing overtime. As overtime was ending, Cohen fought his way past the defense for a shot and Gabe Adams was there to put in the rebound with 19 seconds left for the big win! Laurence (three goals, one assist), Gabe Adams (two goals, three assists) and Cohen (six assists) led the scoring. Charlie Spar also added an assist. Madden finished with 27 saves. Most amazing is that Cohen had an assist on every Greeley goal!

After three solid games Madden was nominated for LoHud’s Player of the Week. Ben had a big week while being besieged with shots over the three games. He stopped 51 of 57 vs. Clarkstown, 39 of 42 in a 3-2 loss to No. 3 Rye and 38 of 40 in the win over Pearl River and notched an assist. Ben placed a solid third in voting.

Finally, congrats to senior captain Gabe Adams on scoring his 100th career varsity point!

Greeley takes on BYSNS co-op tonight (Jan. 21) at 6:15 p.m. at Brewster Ice Arena.

Greeley will also have senior night vs. Carmel on Sunday at 6 p.m. at Brewster to honor Gabe Adams, Ilan Laurence, Ben Cohen, Charlie Spar, Ben Madden, Mark Sallay and Josh Samberg.

VARSITY GIRLS BASKETBALL

Greeley lost two league games over the past week, but the team continues to battle.

The Quakers traveled to Yorktown Tuesday night. Greeley got off to a slow start, trailing 17-11 after the first quarter and then 30-15 at halftime. Yorktown increased its lead to 40-21 heading into the fourth quarter. The Quakers, however, had a big fourth quarter on offense and cut the deficit to 48-38 after a Julia Herzner three-pointer with under a minute to go. Yorktown's Melissa Severino iced the game at the free throw line and the Huskers got a 53-40 win.

Herzner, a senior captain, led Greeley with 18 points, senior Olivia Camhi had six points, senior captain Kaylin Genda and freshman Allie Mosca each had five points, and sophomore Ava Gusba had four points.

Greeley hosted Mahopac, one of Section 1's most talented teams, on Jan. 14.

Mahopac raced out to a 33-14 lead after the first quarter and had a 52-25 lead at halftime. Mahopac increased the lead to 68-31 after three quarters and cruised to a 78-40 win.

Sophomore Bella Schulman led Greeley with 21 points, Herzner contributed six points and Mosca had five points.

Greeley is now 1-7 overall and 0-5 in league play.

The Quakers' league game at John Jay-Cross River was postponed yesterday (Jan. 20) and rescheduled for today (Jan. 21) at 4:15 p.m. Greeley will try to snap a six-game losing streak.

Greeley then gets a much-needed break from the rigorous league schedule with two non-league games over the next week. Greeley hosts Suffern on Tuesday (Jan. 25) at 6:30 p.m. and travels to Blind Brook on Jan. 27 at 4:30 p.m.

Photo credit: Lauren D'Ambrosio

VARSITY CHEERLEADING

Winter cheer has had a busy, few weeks!

We welcomed Junior Marissa Senzon to the team. We continue to improve our stunts hitting Liberties with two new freshmen. Go Hailey Horowitz and Amaya Albert-Hall!

We celebrated Senior Night with our only senior Gemma Braun, fulfilling her wish to fly. All while working on our routine with hopes of getting to a competition this season.