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Game 5 – Irvington at HG – Homecoming – Oct. 1
Game Leaders
Tackles: Schoonmaker 7, Coku: 6, Forster: 6, Samkoff 6, Lungen 6
Rushing: Bounds: 24 for 145; 1 TD, Wohl: 15 for 130; 1 TD
Receiving: Rodriguez: 2 for 27, Hessert: 2 for 38, Goldblatt: 1 for 15
The stands were packed with fans, friends, family, alumni, and players (Titans, Modified and JV) for Homecoming; team looking to extend their four-game winning streak against the Irvington Bulldogs.
HG defense attacked Irvington from the start and they were unable to move the ball on the ground or through the air. QB Wohl ran for a first down but Irvington stopped the triple reverse on fourth down on their 40-yard line. After a 3 and out by the defense (led by Coku, Forster, Schoonmaker), HG went back on the attack: Wohl ran for 23, Bounds for six, Wohl another three and another first down but failed to convert on fourth down.
In the second quarter, after another quick defensive turnaround, Bounds smashed ahead for an 8-yarder, Wohl hit Rodriguez on a sideline rocket for 15 yards followed by a Wohl carry for another first down. After Bounds 15-yard downhill run on the left sideline, Wohl scampered and twisted for a rushing TD up the middle off a play action fake to Bounds. HG once again stopped Irvington like a bad habit; Samkoff and Schoonmaker on the tackles. HG put together a nice series after Bounds punt return; Wohl to Hessert for 15 yards, Wohl to Rodriguez for 12 yards and a Wohl zig zag run for 15 yards. HG got as close to the 6-yard line but failed to cash in at halftime. HG 7 – Irvington 0
In the second half, Bounds erupted for his best game of the season, running with a head of steam on several rushes and punishing tacklers on the way. After a balanced attack of QB Wohl passes (Goldblatt, Hessert), scrambles and Bounds power rushes, Bounds blasted his way into the end zone for his fourth TD in three games and HG was ahead 14-0. An inside source related that HG ran the same play 10 times in a row as they couldn’t be stopped.
In the fourth quarter, LB Nikc grabbed a loose ball deep in Irvington territory and ran it in to make the score 21-0. HG held on to the ball for several key first downs in the quarter; Boden had a significant 20-yard first down to break the Bulldogs back with clock ticking. Irvington was gallant to the end though and they scored their only TD with 30 seconds left. Final 21-6
HG rushed a whopping 39 times for 275 yards; Bounds had 145 and Wohl had 130. Wohl was 5 for 10 for 80 yards but hobbled during the second half. Player of the game was Bounds, who carried team on his back in second half when team needed it most. The defense had a shutout going deep into the fourth for the third straight game; coach Spillane must know what he is talking about. Standout defensive players were usual suspects led by Coku, Schoonmaker, Doheny, Forster, Samkoff, Nikc, Hessert. Team is awaiting Captain Vince Santelia joining in on the fun in next game.
Next game (Game 6) is away at Poughkeepsie on Saturday, Oct. 9, 2 p.m.; team is going for their sixth straight victory.
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Last Friday, Oct. 1, the varsity field hockey team had a big homecoming showing when they held a strong John Jay-East Fishkill team to a 2-2 tie.
Greeley opened the scoring with sophomore Abby Dolan’s goal two minutes into the game. John Jay-EF then carried the play for the next two quarters and jumped out to a 2-1 lead. In the third quarter, the momentum turned in Greeley’s favor as junior captain Steph Novick blasted a goal just inside the circle to tie it at 2-2. The girls fought hard the rest of the way and settled for the tie.
On Monday, the team traveled to Mamaroneck to face the No. 2 team in the county. The game was played in less-than-ideal conditions with torrential rain and wind. Greeley had territorial advantage in the first quarter, however, Mamaroneck capitalized on three corners. Despite Greeley’s efforts, they trailed 3-0 after the first quarter.
Although Mamaroneck controlled the play, the girls held the Tigers scoreless for the next two quarters. The Tigers spent the entire third quarter in Greeley’s zone, but the team played great team defense to keep them off the board. Mamaroneck added a goal in the fourth to make the final 4-0.
On Wednesday, the girls were back home with a big win for Senior Day, beating the Suffern Mounties, 3-1. Before the game, the team celebrated their seven fabulous seniors: Fiona Hayes, Nora Lowrey, Hannah Mortman, Olivia Pascione, Cat Salamida, Mel Schob, and Emma Schwartz.
Suffern jumped out to an early 1-0 lead in the first quarter. Greeley responded with a series of corners and finally scored when freshman Nina Byrne converted a Mortman pass off the corner to tie it 1-1. Even though Greeley carried the action, the score remained tied 1-1 heading into the third quarter. The girls then then stepped it up with goals from Salamida and Mortman, making the eventual final score 3-1. Novick and freshman Mia Brown contributed the assists.
The team plays again today (Oct. 8) No. 1-ranked Lakeland at 4:30 on the competition field. Come out and cheer on your 7-4-2 varsity field hockey team!
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VARSITY GIRLS SWIMMING AND DIVING |
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The Greeley girls swim and dive continue their undefeated season, now 7-0!
Greeley girls swim and dive continue to dominate the conference. On Monday, the team took on SHEDI, the 2020 Section 1 runner-up.
There were some big swims and pristine dives with a win of a 103-74. Greeley swept the field in the 200 IM, 100 free, 50 free, 100 fly,100 backstroke ,100 breast, and relays. The team’s cheers and support for each other could be heard across the Purchase campus.
Coach Meg and Coach K are busy planning strategies for sectionals and championships. Next week the team faces Clarkstown, the Section 1 2020 champions. The girls are really looking forward to this meet and would love to see some support on Wednesday! Be sure to come and cheer them on!
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Wednesday was a big day for Greeley cross country with the Section 1 League 2A Championship at Croton Point Park. This is one of the most important meets of the season, as it decides who will win the league. This year, the league was composed of Greeley, Clarkstown North, Poughkeepsie and Ursuline. In a very exciting race, the varsity boys team won the meet, earning the league championship!
The boys placed first overall both as a team and individually. Senior Hugh McGuire helped lead the team to victory, finishing in first place, only a thousandth of a second in front of junior Matt Carnes. Senior Adam Lupatkin finished right behind in third place, with junior Mason Barlow claiming fourth place right behind Adam. In addition, seniors Noah Lim, Justin Ng, and Ben Wang all finished close behind in seventh, eighth and ninth, respectively, securing a Greeley victory. Since all of these runners scored at the league's meet, they all earned the title of All-League. Great Job!
The rest of the Greeley boys came in right behind them, including top runners junior Johnny Gonzalez (10th), sophomores Asher Moss (11th), Nicholas Wright (12th), Carter Nocca (13th), Ian Cressman (14th), Tadeo Cognac (15th) and junior Daniel Luan (16th).
The freshman also won their race, with top finishers of Adit Gunnar (first), Max Shriver (second), Andrew Xu (third), Charlie Pluta (fourth), Rylan Toner (fifth), Ben Ho (seventh), Michael Wang (eighth), and Ryan Terjesen (ninth), with the rest of the freshman close behind.
For the girls, there weren’t enough runners to score, but there were top finishes by senior Katie Hulme (15th), who also earned the title of All-League, junior Bertha Shipper (21st) and sophomore Chloe Ng (22nd). On the freshman side, the girls ran great, with top finishers of Margaret Trotta (second), Maebh Lee (sixth), Gramercy Burton (seventh) and Rachel Chen (ninth). Great job girls!
Greeley also competed at the Brewster Bear Cross Country Classic on Oct. 2 at Brewster High School. Greeley competed throughout the morning, running through the heat in order to get some great times. They ran in a packed race against 16 other schools from New York and Connecticut. The boys ran in the freshman, JV and varsity races, and the girls ran in the freshman and varsity races. Throughout the day, many runners ran personal records, and set some course records for Greeley.
On the boys' side, the boys varsity finished seventh in their heat, with top finishers of Carnes (seventh), McGuire (13th), Lupatkin (29th), Lim (50th), Ng (65th), Gonzalez (67th) and Moss (76th).
The boys freshman placed fourth in their heat, with the top finishers of Gunnar (16th), Xu (20th), Toner (22nd) and Pluta (31st). The JV boys also ran well, placing sixth in their heat, with the top finishers of Nocca (25th), Wang (34th), Cognac (43rd), Cressman (44th) and Luan (48th).
On the girls side, the freshman girls didn’t have enough to score, but they all ran great times, with top finishers of Trotta (26th), Lee (35th), Chen (41st) and Burton (43rd). The varsity girls didn’t have enough for a full team to score, but they all ran a great race, with the top finishers being junior Ania Melendowicz (43rd), Shipper (68th) and Ng (82nd).
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GSOC came out with all its recently injured players back in the lineup to face a strong and technically proficient Yorktown team at home on Friday Homecoming night.
The team played tentatively in the opening minutes which allowed Yorktown a bit too much space and an easy early goal in the first two minutes of play. After that, GSOC tightened things up and kept first half play largely in the middle third. The team had a few opportunities but couldn’t find clear pathways to the box given strong Yorktown defense; Hannah Fetzer had a couple of potential attacks down the right sideline but faced a very fast Yorktown defense that was able to intervene. Meanwhile Yorktown’s penetrations into GSOC’s third were low in volume but high in quality with effective spacing and passing. This resulted in another goal around the 25-minute mark, putting them up 2-0. Greeley continued to hammer away and began to see a few more opportunities, culminating in a strong drive by Meredith Feiner into the box through traffic and a well-timed assist to Ramsey Edson for a goal at the 36:30 mark. GSOC had a couple additional strong drives leading into the halftime buzzer.
The team came out and dominated possession in the second half but continued to have trouble getting through Yorktown’s defense for clean shots in the box. As the half progressed GSOC turned up the pressure, drawing multiple fouls, free kicks, and corner kicks producing two excellent Jillian Gordon header attempts that came close to equalizing, but just missed the mark. Ultimately the clock ran out and Yorktown prevailed, sending GSOC to 7-4 on the season.
On Tuesday evening, the team traveled north to Somers for their second matchup of the season. The first half was very evenly contested with strong play in the middle third and no clear advantage to either team. It looked like a potential repeat of the season’s first highly competitive meeting. Then came the second half where, to borrow a title from famed Nigerian author Chinua Achebe: Things Fall Apart. Somers netted quite a few goals and we will speak of it no more. Greeley fell to 7-5 on the season.
GSOC regrouped and came storming back on Thursday evening at home for their second match up of the season against John Jay Cross River. Defensive backs Fiona Brown, Erica Rosendorf, Carly Elbaum, and Avery Schwartz started with intensity that prevented an early opposition goal as happened in the last matchup and continued to keep John Jay bottled up in Greeley’s third almost the entire game, frustrating their star forward. In the few instances where John Jay was able to take shots in or near the box, GSOC goalkeeper Kaylin Genda was well positioned to make stops, resulting in four big saves on the evening.
As has been the case in many matches this season, Greeley dominated possession and kept good control of the middle third. Twenty-eight minutes into the first half this resulted in a strong sequence of Greeley passing with delivery into the box by Rosendorf and a brilliant move by midfielder Hallie Rackoff to secure the ball at the end line and curve a shot into goal from approximately 25 feet, sending GSOC up 1-0. Several Greeley players, including Ramsey Edson, Gordon, Feiner, Rowan Edson, and Sydney Mikesell generated opportunities around John Jay’s box throughout the remainder of the game resulting in four additional shots on goal. With the clock winding down John Jay predictably stepped up their offensive effort but was stymied by more strong defensive play, in particular an outstanding one-on-one stop and steal by Brown and multiple efforts by Schwartz to step to the ball ahead of opponents and clear. An unfortunate deflection gave John Jay a corner kick on the last play of the game, but they were unable to capitalize.
Greeley heads into its Saturday rematch against Mahopac with an 8-5 record.
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Greeley made one adjustment to its starting 11 as Lubin replacing
Gershman, however, unmistakably, all of the boys made a big
adjustment; from the start they sought to deliver a complete and
professional performance. The much unfancied Brewster team could easily have been treated like Port Chester, John Jay, or Mahopac were.
Instead, Greeley came out firing and did not stop until very late on. P. Perez opened the score by placing a well struck free kick past the helpless Brewster keeper. As Greeley continued to pour the pressure on and generate good football, more goals seemed imminent and inevitable. Xiang duly obliged by delivering the second goal with a near-post finish after Kassel won a Greeley clearance and then tapped the ball into Xiang’s path. Then it was Bernbach’s turn to add a third when his on-target attempt was deflected over the keeper and into the goal after Xiang spotted his undercutting run. There was still more to come and the fourth came courtesy of Berwin’s placed finish after a marvelous Kassel flick left him open at the top of the box. The half ended with an absolutely outrageous angled chip by Bernbach that even Messi would be proud of.
Throughout the game the Quakers had been rotating into their bench but in the second half Coach Camp opted to play most of his bench for the remaining 40 minutes. To their credit, they stuck to what the regulars and starters had been doing in the first half and within 10 minutes Munowitz added Greeley’s sixth after cutting in a shooting over the keeper and into the net. Then Singer capped off the match after a good combination by the Quakers by shooting from outside the box and past the Brewster keeper for Greeley’s seventh goal. While perspective is important, this Brewster team is several categories below us in footballing capability, it is also important to note that Greeley’s combinations up top have improved tremendously and that the spell of the boot and chase soccer has been broken for the past few games.
This game leaves us with only two questions: will Greeley maintain this attitude against other teams and did Bernbach REALLY intend to chip the keeper from THAT angle? Standouts: the entire bench.
Soccer can be gutting, leaving one feeling empty and angry. The Greeley spectators that watched Yorktown romp to a 5-1 victory certainly couldn’t be blamed for feeling that way … or for feeling cold … or wet. Setting aside the inclement weather that washed out Seniors Night, to want to forget Monday night’s game, would be to ignore the magnificent attitude, fight, and soccer that the Greeley boys displayed.
Down 4-0 at one stage, it is remarkable that it wasn’t until the very
last waning minutes of the game that Greeley conceded defeat. In fact, though Greeley was down early, it wasn’t to a team that played superior soccer. There are many lessons to take from this game and while there is also much to improve, there is far, far more to build on.
The first couple of minutes of the game showed the Quaker’s potential; quick ball movement with plenty of passes into space in the flanks led Greeley to push Yorktown back. Yorktown’s insistence of playing with only wide midfielders on their flanks meant that there were wide open lanes for both Weiss and Shoffaro to run into to good effect. However, as the rest of the game would show, Greeley’s wingbacks struggled mightily to track back to aid their center backs and to properly mark the opposing wide midfielders. The Quakers center backs actually fared worse even though Mancini returned from injury to the starting line-up (replacing Lubin). Time and again, Greeley has become accustomed to ridiculous heroics from their center backs who have dealt with countless counters, set pieces against giants, and last ditch one-on-one engagements. They have, without exaggeration, been Greeley’s rock. On Monday, they crumbled. Yorktown’s forwards isolated them, beat them to 50/50s, juked them, and sped past them.
So why is this a game to celebrate? Well, everything else. In
possession, Greeley mercilessly attacked spaces and took advantage of Yorktown’s offensive nature by penetrating their lines over and over. Our combining soccer was on full display and troubled the opposition backline. We took shot after shot after shot at Yorktown’s net from dangerous positions (one of these was spilled by the Yorktown keep only for Larizza to get to the ball first for Greeley’s goal). Yorktown’s midfield was unquestionably stifled. When our center backs received help, they coped well and forced turnovers. In short, we matched Yorktown in everything, absolutely everything, but goals.
Finally, what ails Greeley can be easily fixed; our center backs will play better, they can receive more help from their partners on the flanks and in the midfield, and our longshots will start going in. What would be a lot harder to fix is a complacent, unambitious, and uninterested team. Standouts: Xiang, Larizza, P. Perez, Katz.
Soccer can be can be gutting, leaving one feeling empty and angry. Yes, Wednesday’s showdown with Somers was case of déjà vu of the previous match against Yorktown. In short, Greeley fought tooth and nail against a very difficult opponent that only needs the slightest lapse of concentration to score. They did, four times, taking advantage of our relative inexperience and poor focus in certain critical situations. Finally, offensively, Greeley squandered clear opportunities, the kind of opportunities that Somers capitalized on, which may have been enough to rescue a point from the contest.
Right, is that the negatives done? Yes? Good because there were a lot of positives from this match as well. To start with, Greeley’s formation and tactics were mostly spot on. Katz once again dropped deep into the holding midfield role with Xiang mirroring P. Perez as central midfielders. In addition, Coach Camp opted to revisit playing Shropshire at left wingback while Larizza replaced Weiss and settled himself as Kassel’s partner up top. Finally, Gershman replaced the ailing Mancini. With this set up, and with the wingbacks settling deeper position-wise and striking a better balance of offense vs defense, once again Somers struggled. This time, however, they struggled not just to dominate, but instead to simply be the better team. Greeley enjoyed a fair share of possession and goal-scoring opportunities throughout the game. They even had a goal disallowed that VAR would have confirmed as a goal.
Ultimately, soccer does not reward possession or opportunities created, and miscues on double teaming, set-piece marking, tracking, and communication doomed Greeley. They managed to score one that was deemed legal via Xiang. He controlled a loose ball nicely near the top of the box and volleyed a well-placed bouncing shot into the back of the net. The game also featured a number of promising cameos from Majumdar, Bernbach, Berwin, and Weiss who provided key relief to a hard pressing Greeley team.
For now, the Greeley Boys can hope that they get a chance for rematch; one where the result will truly matter. Standouts: P. Perez and Katz.
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When a team plays four matches in five days it helps to have depth. The entire roster contributed in the matches this week.
Girls who stepped up to help out in doubles this week included Kelsey Raicht, Caroline Chizak, Samantha Gross, Gabby Kogan, Lizzy Osinski, Nicole Berg and Lindsay Kinstlinger. The girls have an impressive five-match winning streak with wins against Eastchester, Fox Lane, Ursuline and Mamaroneck twice.
The team stands at 8-3 heading into our last regular season match vs. Scarsdale for the league title today (Oct. 8).
The sectionals individual and doubles tournaments begin this weekend with Coco Baek and Alexa Taviloglu representing Greeley in singles competition. Singles players Ella Fink and Sara Lippin are teaming up to play doubles and will be a tough team to beat.
Greeley will host the first round of the team tournament next Thursday.
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Greeley traveled to Hen Hud, the top-ranked Class A team in the LoHud/Journal News power rankings, on Monday and put up quite a battle in the first set, losing 27-25. Hen Hud, however, won the next two sets, 25-15, 25-15.
The Quakers wore their pink uniforms for Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
Senior Nyssa Bhattacharyya led the way with 13 digs and 1 ace, senior Sunoo Kim had 9 digs, and junior Elizabeth Fallon contributed 3 kills, 9 digs and 1 ace. Freshman Ace Tillotson added 3 kills, 3 digs and 1 block, senior Anna Harasimowicz had 6 assists, 6 digs and 2 aces, junior captain Emma Rose had 4 assists and 4 digs, senior Lauren D'Ambrosio had 4 kills, 1 dig and 2 blocks, and senior captain Nailah Elliott had 2 digs and 1 ace.
On Wednesday, Greeley shifted to its new home at Seven Bridges Middle School for the remainder of the season. Greeley's main gym floor is being replaced following water damage from the remnants of Hurricane Ida, which produced historic rain.
Ultimately, John Jay-Cross River swept the match, winning 25-15, 25-13, 25-23.
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From tailgating to touchdowns, there was lots to cheer about at Homecoming 2021. The day started with a performance at the pep rally and continued with a fantastic halftime show. We love the school spirit and can’t wait until the next game!
Thank you to Christina Schoonmaker for these amazing photos, Pete Zimmerman for your donation to our team and all the students and families that supported our bake sale and raffle fundraiser! (All raffle winners have been notified)
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W 4-2 (at Brewster)
L 2-0 (home vs. Somers)
Record: 3-6
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Oct 1 away at Yorktown, Win 5-3
Oct 4 Home vs Yorktown, Win 4-1
Oct 5 Home vs Somers, Win 3-0
Oct 7 Home vs John Jay, Win 2-1
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