It was another exciting week for Storm King Athletics with two of our wrestlers moving on to compete at the national level, the boys varsity basketball team hosting Storm King’s Mid-Winter Invitational, and the boys JV hoopsters continuing their winning streak.

On Saturday, February 15,  eighth-grader Elijah Graziosi and senior Noah Mendlewski traveled to New Jersey’s Blair Academy to successfully compete in the NY/NJ/TN National Prep Qualifier for wrestling. Both boys have now qualified for the National Prep Wrestling Championships to be held on Friday, February 21, at Lehigh University. Noah finished in fourth place at Qualifier by defeating his opponent from Peddie School.  Elijah qualified for the Nationals by winning the NY State Tournament at 101. He must now jump up to 108 where he wrestled well, but lost to wrestlers from St. Benedict’s Prep and Princeton Day School. All this while the wrestling team prepares to defend their league title on Wednesday, February 19, at 2:30 pm in the SKS gym when the Cougars host the HVAL Finals. The Storm King wrestlers are looking to close their season undefeated in the conference and bring home the HVAL Championship Trophy for the 7^th time in 9 years.

 

 

Hoop action heated up the SKS gym this weekend with the boys varsity basketball team hosting MacDuffie School, Hoosac, and Kent’s Hill School at the SKS Mid-Winter Invitational. On Saturday, February 15, the Cougars scored a decisive victory over Kent’s Hill School 85-62, bringing them to the Final game versus MacDuffie on Sunday, February 16.  After non-stop action and feverish play, MacDuffie succeeded in edging out the Cougars by 2 points in the Final, 63-61. SKS’ Rashad Ramserran was named All-Tournament high scorer with a combined 42 points, including 27 points in the Final.

The boys JV basketball team has continued to rally recently, adding another win to their 5-game winning streak by overcoming Marvelwood School 37-33 on Wednesday, February 12. The JV Cougars currently stand with 7 wins and 1 loss as they prepare to face St. Thomas Moore Prep on Saturday, February 22.

The SKS Bowlers also added to their string of wins this week, overcoming NYMA in the 3^rd round on Thursday, February 13. NYMA took the 1^st round 121-107. SKS rallied to score 155 to 90 in round 2, and 120 to 110 in round 3.