Raider Recap: Scarsdale Sports Close Out January on a High Note

Scarsdale's winter sports teams ended January with much to cheer about. Now the Raiders will turn their focus to February where they look for a strong finish to the regular season.

Hockey:
The East Green Wave, which is a girls varsity hockey team in Section One representing the Sound Shore region of Westchester, defeated the North Avalanche 1-0 on Friday January 30th to capture the Section One Girls Ice Hockey Championship! The game was played at Sport-O-Rama in Monsey, New York.  They advanced to the semi final regional game on February 2 where they won 8-1. Next is the regional finals on Feb 12th vs ADK United of Section 2. Scarsdale’s sophomore Noa Avni and junior Ali Greco are members of the East Green Wave. 

The Boy’s Hockey Team continues to get tough results despite playing in some really tight games. On Wednesday, the ‘Ders faced off against the reigning state champion Suffern Mounties. After falling behind 2-0 in the first period, the Raiders climbed back to tie the game at 2-2 with just over two minutes left in the third period but lost 3-2 in overtime. Despite the loss, the Raiders played very well and kept the game tight against a Suffern team who has a lot of championship pedigree. On Friday, the Raiders fell to North Rockland 2-1 in another close game. Senior netminder Buddy Meiselman played amazingly in net for the Raiders like he has all season. In hopes to get out of the skid, the Raiders traveled up to Newburgh, New York to take on Monroe-Woodbury on Monday and walked away with a big 10-1 win. The team then comes home to play Pelham on Wednesday and Pearl River on Friday.

Boys basketball:
The boys basketball continued their red hot playing with another great week finishing 2-0 and moving to .500 for the first time all season. On Wednesday January 28th, the boys beat Ossining 82-50 backed by a dominant 22 point performance by junior Hunter Ross. This win meant Scarsdale swept the season series against Ossining because they also beat them 44-40 in December. On Friday, during the Raiders Senior Night, they battled Spring Valley and the ‘Ders left with a 69-32 victory. Starting February 2nd the Raiders will play a 3-game week including a game against a determined North Rockland team on Monday in which Scarsdale lost in a close match 54-50 and then Ramapo on Wednesday. On Saturday, the Raiders will play Mount Vernon in a home matinee. This will certainly be a big week for the boys basketball team as they will take on some very competitive opponents.

Girls basketball:
Girls basketball won their only game of the week but it was a big win. They played John Jay-East Fishkill at home on Wednesday January, 28th and won 48-37. In this game, Scarsdale was behind 20-13 at the half and 28-22 at the end of the third quarter. Then, in the fourth quarter, Scarsdale's offense exploded as they dropped 26 points and pulled away with a huge victory. Next up, the girls beat Horace Greeley on Monday 53-21 and then play Harrison on Thursday. To close out the week, the Raiders will face Clarkstown South on Saturday. The Greeley game and the Clarkstown South matchup will be played at Scarsdale High School.

Boys swim:
The men's swim team had a stellar performance this past Saturday January 31st at the league championships. To start, they finished third overall as a team out of ten schools. Second, seniors Avi Stahl and Kieran Lee were Scarsdale's first place finishers in their respective events. Stahl finished first in the 200 meter free race and Lee got first place in the 200 meter individual medley and 100 meter backstroke. Junior Noam Tionkin finished second overall in the one meter dive. After a strong showing at leagues, the Raiders will look to have a repeat performance at the Section Championships this weekend at Felix Festa Middle School in West Nyack.

Skiing:
The ski team had a huge week on the slopes! On Tuesday January 27th, they headed up to Thunder Ridge where both the boys and girls finished in first place. Thomas Giuffra made his varsity debut for the boys team. Following their strong effort at Thunder Ridge on Thursday, the ski team raced at Mohawk Mountain where the girls earned a second place finish while the boys skied to a third place finish. In this race, Laura Chadie and Liam Mancini received career bests with their exceptional skiing.

Wrestling:
On Tuesday January 27th, both the girls and boys teams celebrated their senior nights before defeating New Rochelle 43-25 after a dominant second half of the meet. On Thursday, the boys squad traveled down to wrestle Mount Vernon where they won in a big way 61-17. The girls competed on Friday January 30th at Nyack High School, where Imaan Maroof finished first in the 120 pounds weight class and Margot Lombaerde and Celeste Minardi finished second in their respective weight classes. Next up, the boys have their sectional meet on Saturday 2/7 while the girls have theirs on Sunday 2/8, both at the County Center in White Plains.

Track and field:
Despite most of the team not being able to race at the League Championships on Saturday 1/31 at Rockland Community College, a few runners had strong races and really stepped up to represent their team. Alexander Andiopoulos and Myenta Van Den Broek raced really well in the boys 55 and 300 meter races. Henry Lorch earned a PR in the boys 1600 meters. Aartti Chandarana and Michelle Peng both reached a personal record in the girls 300 meter race. A select few athletes ran at the Classic Milrose Games which was on Sunday February 1st. The track team's next race will take place this Saturday 2/7 when the Raiders lace up the spikes at the Purple Championships which will be held at the Armory.

Squash:
The squash team had a tough match this weekend against Squash Haven (CT) at Yale University. Freshman Sam Yu who is Scarsdale's number one guy was the only player to win their match as Scarsdale lost 6-1. The team does not have a match this week but will work hard in preparation for their next game on Wednesday 2/11.

Cheerleading:
The cheerleading squad accompanied the wrestling team for a small portion at their Senior Night and now have their sights set for their next competition which will be in Orlando, Florida at the place none other than Disney World this weekend. This competition is the UCA National High School Cheerleading Championships which is an annual competition that Scarsdale competes in every year and this year, our cheerleaders will hope to leave with some hardware.

Bowling:
The bowling team picked up a 7-0 sweep against Port Chester for the second time this season. Senior Captain Aaron Gans had a huge game as he bowled to a 599 series and now looks to qualify for sectionals. Juniors Jacob Grossman and Tim Deschamps also had strong matches for the ‘Ders, each scoring very high in their respective matches.

Gymnastics:
Junior star gymnast Laila El Moselhy earned honors as the “Raider of the Week.” She will represent the gymnastics team and the Raiders at the gymnastics divisional tournament.

It was another big week for all of the Raiders sports teams. For teams whose regular seasons concluded in the last few weeks like the gymnastics, swim and wrestling teams, emphasis has been put on to dominate at sectionals and states. For teams that still need to finish out the regular season, they want to finish it off in a strong way! Scarsdale10583.com and the Raiders Recap, covers all Scarsdale athletics!