School Spirit Soars: Homecoming Highlights

This year's Homecoming Week was one for the books, packed with unforgettable moments, school pride and a spirit that united students, staff, and the community. The festivities kicked-off with spirit week and continued through Saturday with games, meets, events and a parade!

Throughout Homecoming Week:

Spirit Week: each day brought a new theme— Pajama Day, Tropical Day, Dress as the Decades and Wear Your School Spirit Day—turning hallways into a parade of costumes and creativity.

Athletic Events (except football):

• The girls' swim team dominated Arlington in our last home meet of the season. 
• The girl's tennis team played in the opening round of the Section 1 Team tournament. Although they lost a close match, they had a very successful season!
• The volleyball team hosted Hen Hud in the senior day homecoming match which they won 3 - 0! The team is on a mission to compete for a Section 1 championship! 
• Our girls' soccer team lost a nail-biter to rival Dobbs Ferry, 1 - 0. There was a great crowd on hand for this exciting match! 
• The boy's soccer team capped off the weekend with a great win over Dobbs Ferry, 2 - 0. The boys continued their dominance as they finished the regular season 15 - 2! 

Thursday:

The Student Council hosted their annual hallway decorating event in preparation for Homecoming Weekend.  Each grade to a hallway closest to their lockers to adorn with blue and gold.

The Ardsley High School Sports Hall of Fame Ceremony honored six inductees and was attended by many, with Alumni & guests who traveled from all over the country. Thanks to the Ardsley Panther Booster Club for sponsoring this amazing event! Here is the video from the evening. The six inductees included;
Coach Robert Falvo
Steven Gyimesi ‘89
Lisa Kothe ‘78
Jill Monaco ‘86
Rich Munroe ‘72
Michael Quagliano 2004

Friday:

Concord Road students got into the spirit of homecoming with a surprise visit! The football players and cheer greeted and cheered them on as they arrived at school that day!

 "Under the Lights," sponsored by the Ardsley Panther Booster Club: the football team defeated Pelham in a thrilling overtime game 27 - 26 with a huge crowd in attendance. 

The annual pep rally run by our student council united us in our Panther spirit. All senior varsity athletes are recognized at this event with the whole school in attendance. 

• Girl's Swim seniors; Matilda Aguero, Mathilde Brun, Emma Gornstein, Aleah Inoue, Zoe Moskowitz, Maiya Poritzky, Lauren Wachs

• Girl's Tennis Seniors: Madelyn Calkins, Emily Goldberg, Anna Lee, Joie Levy, Sienna Lvovsky, Gabriella Rubinfine, Rebecca Shawn, Caleigh Weintraub.

• Girl's Volleyball Seniors: Heather Rexon (captain), Alejandra Lebron (captain), Riley Murtha, Alisa Lombardo, Emily Nudelman (captain), Anabel Bressler, Eliza Monti

• Cheer Seniors: Kali Colombos, Gianna Iasiello, Kiki Samuels

• Football seniors: Jake Farber, Trey Fiore (captain), Surby Julka, Josh Levine, Nick Macri, Fintan McGourty, Tai Nakamura, Roman Noel, Shane O'Brien (captain), Alec Parker, Ryan Perocra, Justin Rieper, Anthony Spano, Shane Speckman (captain), Liam Spillane, Ryan Tucker (captain), Milo Wels

• Girl's Soccer Captains: Samantha Amir & Niamh O'Donovan

   

• Boy's Soccer Seniors: Benjamin Barnett, Leo Blank, John Brektushi, Zachary Dillon (captain), Thomas Figueiredo-Cardoso (captain), Nathan Hemmerdinger,

  Ryan Inwald, Pillip Kaufmann, Samuel Kaufmann, Evan Kurian, Boaz Park, Michael Popa, Connor Reid, Jacob Wasserman, Benjamin Wolf.

• Girl's Cross Country Seniors: Eve Bradford &  Emma Puran

• Boy's Cross Country Seniors: Sahej Chadha, Henry Mascia, John Park, Emanuel Sujoy, Liam Tierney, Alex Vaccaro, Henry Young

Saturday:

The Ardsley Community Enrichment PTO organized an inaugural "Pantherfest" which included a parade with floats made by the students, a powder puff football game and many other events for the entire community.