HHS Varsity Sports Round Up for the week of September 9th

The Harrison Huskies Varsity fall sports teams began their seasons in earnest this past week.  Both the Boys and Girls Cross Country teams competed against the Rye, Blind Brook, Horace Greeley and Valhalla teams, finishing with a record of 2-2 for each team.

The Girls Varsity Volleyball team is showing their strength with an opening 2-1 record, the only loss of the season coming so far from perennial Section 1 powerhouse Ossining.  In the Ossining game, sophomore Valerie Sprovieri had 5 kills, senior Miho Iwasa had 7 assists and sophomore Maxine Lieblich had 15 digs.  In the team’s 3-1 victory over Lakeland, Lieblich had 13 kills and 8 digs, junior Rose Stokoe had 13 assists and Sprovieri and Taylor Day had 4 and 3 aces respectively.

The Boys Varsity Soccer team opened their season with a hard fought battle against Rye, losing 2-3.  Sophomore Alejandro Heinrich and senior Leonidas Velasquez scored for the Huskies, assisted by junior Matt Druckman and senior Carlos Gonzalez.  Goalie senior Allan Passafero made 5 saves in the game.

The Girls Varsity Field Hockey opened their season at home with a win against Briarcliff, winning 5-3.  Senior Michelle DeLeo and sophomore Christine Cardascia each had two goals with junior Zoe Mittman adding the fifth.  Deleo and junior Grace Manning added an assist.  Sophomore Christina DeCarlo made 8 saves in goal.

In arguably the most competitive conference in Section I and the state, the Girls Varsity Tennis team battled Briarcliff and Fox Lane this week.  Junior Sydney Mueller (6-4, 6-1) in the #2 singles spot,  senior Amanda Friedman (4-6,6-2,12-10) in #3 singles, and the doubles team of eighth grader Sarina Iraj and sophomore Ayaka Yorihiro (6-4, 7-5) posted wins against Briarcliff.  Friedman won her match against Fox Lane and Mueller came up just shy of a victory (6-7, 4-6) against Fox Lane.  The doubles teams of senior Charlotte Breslin and freshman Lauren Nielsen (2-6, 6-3, 10-7) won their respective match while sophomore Alison Goldberg and junior Ava Ganik (6-0, 2-6, 6-10) lost a nail biter in the third set.

The Varsity Football team remained undefeated for the season posting a 42-21 win over Pearl River in a game that needed two days to complete.  The score was tied 14-14 on Thursday in the second quarter when the game was postponed as a result of severe weather.  Senior Jake Marino ran for over 180 yards in the two day event, scoring three touchdowns and a two-point conversion.  Sophomore quarterback Brendan Pyne threw two touchdown passes – one to senior Hunter Sable and an 80-yarder to junior Daniel Quinn.  Junior Rashan Gilmore added an 11 yard touchdown run to cap the Huskies scoring.