It's time to determine which varsity sports team in the Lower Hudson Valley is Team of the Week, presented by White Plains Hospital for the period from August 29 to September 6.
Each week, we will accept nominations from athletic departments and team coaches. Then you vote on which team should be Team of the Week.
We encourage departments and coaches to participate. This weekly poll is open to varsity teams (not football) from Westchester, Rockland and Putnam only. Football teams will be included in our Football Team of the Week poll. Email Phil Strum at pstrum@lohud.com with any other questions.
The poll, which will run Sunday-Tuesday throughout the school year, closes at 3 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 8.
Let's meet the nominees.
Horace Greeley field hockey
The Quakers, led by head
coach Sukhi Sandhu and assistant coach Cyan Scarduzio, opened up their season with a pair of shutout wins, 3-0 over White Plains and 9-0 over Brewster. Sienna Tavolacci led the way on offense in the wins with five goals. Darby Robertson picked up shutouts in both victories.
New Rochelle boys soccer
The Huguenots, coached by Jarohan Garcia, defeated John Jay-East Fishkill, 2-1, on Sept. 5, with Cris Santos and Ismael Phildor scoring. New Rochelle and John Jay-East Fishkill split the Section 1 Class AAA championship in 2025, with John Jay-East Fishkill advancing to the state tournament on penalty kicks
Rye girls soccer
The Garnets, coached by Rich Savage, picked up wins over St. Mary's of Lancaster and Shenendehowa (3-2) in a tournament in Niskayuna this weekend. Harkin Brown and Hannah Jachman scored against St. Mary's and Charlotte Keenan scored twice and Shira Rand also tallied against Shenendehowa.
Rye girls volleyball
The Garnets, coached by Geri Jones, opened the season with a 25-14, 25-13, 25-23 sweep of Tappan Zee. Amelie Modesto had 21 assissts, three aces, six digs and two kills for Rye.
Phil Strum is local sports editor for The Journal News/lohud.
This article originally appeared on Rockland/Westchester Journal News: Who is the Top Team of the Week, presented by White Plains Hospital?
