The Girls’ Varsity Basketball team traveled to Storm King School on Wednesday, January 30, and won by a convincing score of 56-29. Noelle McKoy led all scorers with 23 points, followed by Julie Sauro and Dana Lombardi with 8 each, Rachel Mendelsohn with 5, Gabby Bertone with 4, and Lydia Williams, Carly Glenn, Allison Hodson, and Alex Minicucci with 2 each. Once again the girls came up with a great team effort, aided by Joanna Smith, Clara Lefton, and Kayla Mogrovejo. So far the team has won 4 of 6 league games, and 7 of 12 games overall.

From the opening tip-off of this game The Harvey School was focused and showed a lot of intensity on both the offensive and defensive ends. This effort was rewarded with an early lead, which Harvey maintained throughout the game. Despite a solid effort on the part of the Darrow school to try to get back into the game, their shots would not fall in large part because of the tenacious man to man defense of the Harvey squad. Harvey was led in scoring by Adam Slater with 11 points , Eli Campbell with 9, and David Judisky with 7. Dan Stone, Carlo Civita, Justin Zenon and Sam Stewart also scored. On the defensive side of the ball, a great job was done by Christan Wilcox, John McDermott, Sam Richmond and Nick Durst. Harvey improves to 8-3 with the victory.

On January 28, The Harvey JV boy’s basketball used a well-balanced scoring attach to pull away from a stubborn PDS team 47-33. Ten players on the Harvey squad scored, with nine players scoring between 3-9 points. This depth and consistent play from everyone on the Harvey squad was too much for PDS to overcome. With the win, Harvey improves to 7-3 on the year.

On January 25 the Cavaliers lost on the road to Chase Collegiate 63-45, falling to 6-5 on the season. After a disappointing first half, the Cavs fell behind 43-15 as they were unable to break Chase’s strong full court press. During the second half the Cavaliers fought back, outscoring Chase 30-20, fueled by a strong offensive performance by Connor Welles and Tre’ Wilson. Wolfie Lovell stole the ball for Harvey four times and Jon Jackson yanked down eight rebounds. Leading scorers for the game were Tre’ Wilson (12) and Connor Welles (11).

The Varsity Girls’ Basketball team defeated the Poughkeepsie Day School on January 28, by a score of 40 - 8. Noelle McKoy led all scorers with 17 points, and Dana Lombardi had 13. In a game in which only 6 free throws were awarded, Julie Sauro had 4 points and numerous assists. Rachel Mendelsohn also had 4 points, and Joanna Smith got on the board with 2. Also contributing to a strong team effort were Gabby Bertone, Hannah Sawyer, Clara Lefton, Lydia Williams, and Alex Minicucci.

The Varsity Girls’ Basketball team had a great game against Upton Lakes Christian Academy on January 25, winning by a score of 48-23. Everybody that played scored in the game, led by Julie Sauro with 12, Dana Lombardi with 10, and Noelle McKoy with 8. In addition, Rachel Mendelsohn had 6 points, Kayla Mogrovejo had 4, and Gabby Bertone, Carly Glenn, Alex Minicucci, and Allison Hodson had 2 each.

The Harvey School’s JV basketball team ran into a tall, athletic and very well coached Chase Collegiate squad on January 26th. Despite a lot of effort and hustle, the team was over matched and fell 66-28. Harvey was led in scoring for the first time this year by Carlo Civita, who hit two 3s and ended up with 8 points. David Judisky also hit two 3s and scored 6 points. Adam Slater and Aaron Haight both scored three points. John McDermott, Dan Stone and Christian Wilcox also scored in the game.