Raiders Winter Sports Return From Break to Start the ‘26 Slate

Photo Credit: Dave TaberThe Scarsdale Raiders return from the two week break and begin 2026 with their winter sports teams, ready to charge in the second half of the season.

The winter season which began on November 17th is now in full swing. Though most teams did not see game action until the first week of December, they return from the break refreshed and ready to go. Grind is what a lot of the teams must focus on as they head into the second half of the season and hopefully into playoffs in late February.

Men's Basketball

The men's basketball team looks for the 2026 portion of their schedule to be a bounce back after a string of losses in December. Sitting at 1-6, they play Pelham, Horace Greeley, and Ketcham to begin the new year. Coming off a trip to the county center last March with senior phenoms Jake Sussberg and Daniel Hoey, the team has strong players like freshman Henry Spicer, Junior Ryan Sussberg and senior Joey Pappalardo and will look to have a good second half of the season.

Women's Basketball

The women’s basketball team ended 2025 on a 2-1 record with both wins coming against White Plains by final scores of 42-25 and 40-37. The girls open up 2026 with an away tilt against Sleepy Hollow on Thursday January 8th.

Men's Hockey

‘Ders puck looks to build off two big wins against Mt. Pleasant and Rye-town Harrison to end the 2025 campaign as they open the new year at 3-2 with a back to back against White Plains and Amity this week. Buddy Meiselman will look to hold down the pipes in net along with 10 other seniors in front of him to help the hockey team down the stretch.

Men's Swim

Men's swim opens up 2026 with a meet over at North Rockland on Tuesday and then home meet against Harrison on Thursday at Westchester community college. Their two wins came against Eastchester and Clarkstown South. Sitting at 2-2, they are led by seniors Avi Stahl and Kieran Lee. Stahl will attend Brown this fall for swimming and Lee will swim at Williams.

Ski Team

The ski team will begin the new year with bigger opportunities and more chances for people to qualify for sectionals, starting with a few races and time trials along the way. The boys are led by Hunter Frank and Andrew Jeremiah and the girls are led by Stella Van Arsdale and Jayden Hernandez.

Men's Wrestling

The boys wrestling team opens up the new year with great success at many weight levels. They finished off 2025 with a 3rd place finish overall at the Bernie Miller invitational at Rye back on December 13th. The boys first meet will take place at Clarkstown South this week and later in the week will host the annual Scarsdale wrestling invitational. Captains Jack Harrison, Alex Duval, Ben Xiao and Henry Sperling lead the way for the squad!

Women's Wrestling

Building off a season where the girls wrestling won the section championship back in 2025, this year’s team hopes to emulate that success. Junior captain Daisy Bennet leads the way along with sophomore stud Iman Maroff. With three strong performances to open the season, the girls team do not compete until January 16th at the Scarsdale girls tournament. They will close January with a meet over at Edgemont.

Indoor Track

The indoor track team is running well and they hope to carry their momentum into 2026. Led by seniors Charlie Rich, Nate Lynch, Jack Sheridan, Jake Saxon and Labrowne Brown just to name a few, the boys team is bound to have a big run down the stretch and on the girls Leia Patel, Ana Pentenelli, Rachel Rackower and Alice Nicassio lead the way on what is the team with one of most crowded rosters in all of Scarsdale. A few athletes will compete over at the Milrose game trials along with a whole squad trip to the ​​Refuel with Chocolate Milk Officials HOF Invitational later this week, both at the armory in NYC.

January is already shaping up to be an exciting month for SHS athletes. Tune in here for more updates on these teams and the gymnastics, fencing, bowling and squash teams.