Greeley Sports - Winter Sports eBlast (Jan. 7-Jan. 13)

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 ICE HOCKEY

Greeley hockey returned from winter break to face league rival Pearl River. Greeley jumped out early with three first-period goals, led by captain Gabe Adams, who finished with the hat trick and an assist in Greeley's 4-1 victory. He was joined on the scoresheet by fellow captains Ilan Laurence (one goal, two assists) and Charlie Spar (three assists), and Ellis Adams (one assist). In net, captain Ben Madden stopped 37 shots, while dishing out two assists of his own.

Greeley next faced a ranked Clarkstown team on Monday. Greeley started strong with a quick goal by senior captain Ben Cohen to take a 1-0 lead. Some uncharacteristically sloppy play in the second period enabled Clarkstown to take a 6-1 lead heading into the third. Greeley got their legs back and goals by Adams and Laurence put the final score at 6-3.

On Wednesday, Greeley faced yet another top-ranked opponent as it took on unbeaten Rye. Led by Madden in net, Greeley battled Rye for the entire game. A power play goal in the second, Cohen from Adams, made the score 2-1 in Rye's favor. Rye extended the lead to 3-1 in the third, until Laurence snapped in a rebound off a Spar point shot to make the score 3-2. In the closing minutes, Greeley pulled the goalie but, despite constant pressure, was unable to get the equalizer, allowing Rye to escape with a 3-2 victory.

The injury bug has hit the skating Quakers hard this season. We wish sophomores Johnny Spar and Ethan Stogsdill a full and speedy recovery.

Finally, in pregame ceremonies before playing Clarkstown and Rye, Greeley paid tribute to Teddy Balkind, a 15-year-old from New Canaan Connecticut, who tragically died during a hockey game earlier this season. Teddy's mother is a 1987 graduate of Greeley.

Greeley faces Pearl River at Brewster Ice Arena today (Jan. 14) at 8:30 p.m. Other upcoming games include Wednesday (Jan. 19) vs. Lakeland/Panas at Brewster Ice Arena at 6:30 p.m., Jan. 21 vs. BYSNS at Brewster Ice Arena at 6:15 p.m., and Jan. 23 vs. Carmel at Brewster Ice Arena at 6 p.m. (Senior Night).

Greeley paid tribute to Teddy Balkind in pregame ceremonies before playing Clarkstown and Rye. This photo is before the Clarkstown game.

VARSITY WRESTLING

Greeley Wrestlers Continue to Battle with Impressive Week!

Greeley pulled off a tremendous 36-32 win over John Jay-Cross River on Jan. 6. Thq Quakers faced an energetic and experienced team, but all of Greeley’s wrestlers came out with energy and determination. Picking up wins were Josh Hametz, Ben Gottlieb, Kai Lueckerath, Andreas Gowdie, and Vinny Sasso. The highlighted match was by Julian Coku as he catapulted the Greeley team to victory by pinning his tough opponent in the last match. Additionally, this was Julian's first career win!

With the impressive win against John Jay-Cross River at the beginning of the week, all of the Greeley wrestlers continued to train hard as they looked forward to Jan. 8 at Mat Wars at RC Ketcham, with Ava Ametrano participating in her first women's tournament at Edgemont High School.

Ametrano battled and had her first career win by pinning her opponent. Congratulations to Ava, who took third place in the tournament!

The rest of the Greeley wrestlers traveled to the Mat Wars at RC Ketcham where everyone showed drive and some tremendous wrestling. Highlighted results: first place: Kai Lueckerath and Vinny Sasso; third place: Josh Hametz; fourth place: Diego Villaronga-Cortes; fifth place: Zach Haber, Corey Fitzsimmons, Andreas Gowdie; Sixth place: Luke Richards.

Yesterday (Jan. 13) Greeley secured a critical 34-33 team win over Mahopac, putting Greeley in first place currently in the league with two league duals left. The dual started out of weight order at 172 pounds, with Vinny Santelia picking up a win via pin fall. The next three Greeley wrestlers — Sasso, Lucas Saland John Flannery — all won by forfeit. Highlights included Hametz (132 pounds), winning by major decision, which added a critical extra point to the team score, Jonathan Kang’s win via decision at 138 pounds, and Gowdie’s win via decision at 160 pounds that closed out the dual for Greeley and sealed the team’s victory. A shout-out to Saland, who picked up his first pin in a post-dual JV matchup.

Next up is a home dual against Pleasantville next Tuesday and an away league dual at Brewster next Wednesday.

VARSITY GIRLS BASKETBALL

Greeley lost both of its games over the past week, but the team battled hard despite missing players due to injury and illness.

The Quakers traveled to league rival Somers on Wednesday. The Tuskers came out strong and had a 19-11 lead after the first quarter and a 32-18 lead at halftime. Senior Olivia Camhi led the Quakers with six points at halftime, with senior captain Kaylin Genda and sophomore Bella Schulman each with five points.

Somers extended the lead to 45-28 heading into the fourth quarter. Greeley went on a 12-2 run to cut the gap to 47-40 with 4:37 to go. Schulman scored six points during the rally. That was as close as Greeley would get, losing 59-48. Schulman led Greeley with 19 points, including four three-pointers, Genda had 11 points and six rebounds, and Camhi finished with eight points. Senior captain Julia Herzner had four points and six steals.

Greeley welcomed Scarsdale in a non-league game on Jan. 8. The Quakers again got off to a slow start, trailing 10-2 with 3:29 to go in the first quarter and 15-7 after the first quarter. Herzner had five of the seven points for the Quakers. Greeley played better in the second quarter and trailed 20-17 at halftime, with Herzner leading the way with seven points.

The Quakers kept chipping away in the third quarter and closed to within 27-25 with 2:15 to go in the third quarter. Schulman scored all eight of Greeley's points up to that point in the quarter. The Quakers kept the pressure on and took a 32-27 lead into the fourth quarter with Herzner up to a team-high 12 points.

Greeley extended the lead to 36-27 early in the fourth quarter but couldn't hold on. Scarsdale got a 48-44 win. Herzner led Greeley with 15 points, including three three-pointers, four rebounds and four steals, Schulman had 10 points, five rebounds, four assists and four steals, Genda had seven points and four rebounds, and Camhi had six points, 11 rebounds and two assists.

Greeley is 1-5 and 0-3 in the league. The Quakers host Mahopac tonight (Jan. 14) at 6 p.m., then travel to Yorktown on Tuesday (Jan. 18) for a 6:15 p.m. game, then travel to John Jay-Cross River on Thursday (Jan. 20) for a 6 p.m. game. All three games are league contests.

Photo credit: Lauren D'Ambrosio

VARSITY BOYS SWIMMING

In the United Kingdom, they have the outdoor sport of fox hunting, where the ultimate goal is to run the foxes to the ground. With SUNY Purchase providing their aquatic center as the competition site, a very talented squad of Fox Lane/Brewster/John Jay was swum to the bottom by the speed and depth of G-Swim this past Monday. The final score was 100-68 as Greeley captured firsts in all nine of the competitions (including diving) before the meet converted to exhibition only for the last three events.

It becomes clearer with each passing meet that the outstanding depth of top-flight swimmers on G- Swim makes it exceedingly difficult for even a team like FLBJJ, which has a number of great swimmers, to successfully challenge our team. This depth and quality of squad certainly portends well for the Section 1 Championships where many of our swimmers are already qualified.

Results:

200 IM Relay: 1st: Engel, Sakharuk, Suh and Nack; 3rd: Moran, Nadecki, Engel, Holmes; 4th: Wohl, Schlomann, Liang Wei

200 Freestyle: 1- 2- 3 sweep by Chung, Cornish and McHugh

200 IM: 1st, 2nd and 4th by Du, Nadecki, and Eric Engel

50 Free: 1-2-3 sweep by Suh, Schlomann and Holmes

100 Butterfly: 1st, 2nd and 4th by Sakharuk, Kamal and McHugh

100 Freestyle: 1st, 3rd and 4th by Suh, Nack and Moran

500 Freestyle: 1st, 2nd and 3rd by Chung, Cornish and Eric Engel

200 Free Relay: 1st: Sakharuk, McHugh, Du and Sun, 2nd: Lynch, Cornish Schlomann and Nack; 4th Gulotta, Holmes, Kamal and Liang

100 Backstroke: 1st, 2nd and 5th: Oliver Engel, Moran and Wohl

100 Breaststroke: 1st, 2nd and 3rd (tie): Nadecki, Schlomann and Du

400 Freestyle Relay: 1st: Sakharuk, Nack, McHugh and Chung; 3rd: Gulotta, Engel, Engel and Cornish

On Thursday, Greeley faced the combined squad of Byram Hills/Briarcliff/Pleasantville/Valhalla/Westlake and cruised to a 100.5-74.5 victory in their drive to 345. G-swim improved its record to a sterling to 6-0. Next week brings on Clarkstown and their perfect record of 6-0 in a battle for the conference lead.

Results:

200 IM Relay: 1st: Engel, Du, Chung, Nack; 3rd Moran, Nadecki, Engel, Scholmann; 4th: Wohl, Gulotta, Kamal, Wei

200 Freestyle: 1-2-3 sweep by Cornish, Holmes and Suh

200 IM: 2nd, 3rd and 4th by Sakharuk, McHugh, and Kamal

50 Free Style: 1st, 4th and 5th by Nack, Schlomann and Du

100 Butterfly: 1-2-3 sweep by McHugh, Suh and Kamal

100 Freestyle: 1-2-3 sweep by Sakharuk, Eric Engel, and Nack

500 Freestyle: 2nd, 3rd and 4th by Oliver Engel, Gulotta and Payne

200 Free Relay: 1st: McHugh, Nack, Du and Suh, 2nd: Holmes, Schlomann, Nadecki and Engel, and 4th: Chang, Coppola, Fang and Wei

100 Backstroke: 2nd, 3rd and 4th by Cornish, Lynch and Du

100 Breaststroke: 1st, 2nd and 4th: Scholmann, Nadecki, and O’Connor

400 Free Relay: 1st: Holmes, Engel, Moran and Engel; 2nd McHugh, Cornish, Sakharuk and Suh; 5th: Wei, Payne, Coppola and Menon.

VARSITY BOYS BASKETBALL

On Jan. 12, the Quakers squared off against league rival Somers at HGHS.

Greeley got off to a good start in the game with strong defense, leading 15-11 after the first quarter and maintaining a slim margin, resulting in the team being up 22-19 at the half.

In the second half, Somers started to heat up from the field and from the free throw line as they overtook the lead by the end of the third quarter, 40-35. Somers maintained its advantage and hot shooting through the final quarter and eventually prevailed over the Quakers, 58-40.

Connor Melis (13 points/seven rebounds/five assists) and Ethan Golub (13 points/10 rebounds) led the scoring effort for Greeley, followed by Justin Potack with nine points.

Next up for the Quakers is a game at Mahopac HS today (Jan. 14) at 6 p.m. Go Quakers!

VARSITY INDOOR TRACK AND FIELD

Greeley Track and Field Shines at Millrose Trials!

While most of the team spent the week preparing for the League

Championship meet scheduled for Sunday (Jan. 16), a few of the team’s top athletes were accepted to compete at the Millrose Trials on Wednesday (Jan. 12). This meet included 89 other teams from multiple states around the region.

Congratulations to all our Quaker athletes who represented Greeley at the Millrose Trials.

Stephen Hotchkin was 20th in the 55m, with a time of 7.02.

Hugh McGuire was 20th in the Invitational Mile, with a time of 4:36.22.

Alex McKenney was second in the Pole Vault, clearing 13 feet, 0 inches.

The boys 4x800m team of Mason Barlow, Justin Ng, Adam Lupatkin, and Ben Wang took 12th, with a time of 9:05.46.

The League Championship meet on Sunday will be the final “full team” competition of the season. Go Quakers!