Winter Sports!
Boys Basketball—The 2024-25 Boys Basketball Team, led by coach Joseph Leicht, is now 16-8 and 8-2 in the big north and are going into their semifinal county game vs. DePaul Catholic. The team recently won their 5th league championship in a row against Fair Lawn in a 42-31. The boys are looking to go to their 3rd county championship in a row and hope to go back to-back. Senior Luke Rubino has the most points on the team followed closely by Junior Tyler Veale. Junior Bryce Flower has the most assists followed by Senior Nick D’Apolito. Sophomore Zack Derstine leads the team in rebounds followed by Junior Tyler Veale.
Girls Basketball- The Wayne Valley High School girls basketball team is navigating the 2024-2025 season under new head coach Joel Troast, who took over from longtime coach Kathy Sinram. The senior captains— Katie Cummings (guard, #3), Ella Duffy (guard, #15), Alexa Benacquista (forward, #12), Delilah Morelli (forward, #13)— along with senior players Alexa Longa (forward, #21), Mia Erminio (guard, #14), and Emma Dellobuono (forward, #23) are stepping up as leaders for the team this year. The team has an overall record of 5-18 and are 3-6 in the Big North – Independence. One of their season highlights was dominating against Paterson Charter in the Passaic County Tournament, beating them by 53 points and ending the game with a 58-5 victory. For more information and updates, follow the team’s official Instagram account @waynevalleygirlsbasketball.
Boys Bowling – Wayne Valley’s Boys Bowling team finished their season at 12-3. They are 6-2 in their conference which is the big north. Their last loss was to Bergen Catholic in the quarterfinal round of the tournament. They lost in a very close meet 2-1. They are having a very successful season under head coach Jason Wilke. Both Ryan Weinstein and Ahmet Demirors are continuing on to the championships.
Girls Bowling – The 2024-25 Bowling led by Captain Eli Fleischer and Coach Kari Berkman has had a rough patch with a couple of losses. Juniors including Dom Knight, Ava Zambrano and Lily Narzako are averaging the team’s highest scores this season with Dom Knight with having a High Game of 128. Their schedule included key matchups that test their skills and teamwork, with opponents from both neighboring schools and the wider area. Although they had a losing streak most of the girls have improved their individual averages from last year to this year.
Competition Cheer – The cheer team recently hosted a large showcase and competition here at Wayne Valley High School. They competed at Brookdale Community College and Hackensack. Every Monday, they compete at a match called Big North that takes place at different high schools in the area. Their routine consists of old hip hop songs with fresh new steps.
Boys Fencing – Wayne Valley’s boys’ fencing team, led by Coach Camb and Captain Nico Giotis, had a tough year. It had a record of 3-8, their final game being a win against Passaic Valley 21-6, and Giotis has broken the Wayne Valley boys’ fencing team record of individual wins at 82 career wins excluding his many tournament wins. On Saturday, January 25th, at the Passaic County Championships, épées and sabres each took third, while foils took fourth. Captain Giotis won 1st place for foil individuals. The next day, the team did not do as well, but Giotis once again qualified for the District 2 Boys Foil Individuals, which will take place on March 1st.
Girls Fencing – Wayne Valley girls’ fencing team, led by Coach Kaitlyn Fraser, has been 1-2 this season, winning against Lakeland but unfortunately losing against Wayne Hills and their recent game, Teaneck. The team has a busy week ahead of them, with the Santelli’s tournament on Sunday, followed by three meets on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday.
Hockey – The Wayne Knights Hockey team has had a pretty good season lately. They have had 22 games this season. While they lost 9 games, they still tied 2 games. Ultimately winning 11 games. They are now playing for the Big North Silver Cup. Most recently, they won 4-0 against Paramus Catholic in the Big North Silver Cup, Quarter Final Round. As well as losing 4-0 against Lakeland in the Big North Silver Cup, Semifinal Round. They have 2 upcoming games, one against Fair Lawn, and Whippany Park for the NJSIAA Sectional, First Round, North, Public Co-Op.
Skiing – With the snowfall, the ski team has had a great season. With the guidance of Coach Wiley and Coach Keith, the both the girls and boys teams have reached new heights, demonstrating impressive growth and teamwork throughout the season. The girls team was led by Seniors Izabella Greczek, Julia Greczek, Lia Almazi, and Polina Gachevski. The boys were led senior captains Andrew Gurda and Justin Levy. Right now the girls team is in 11th place for the stats while the boys are 18th. Siblings, Chloe and Colin Krawczak have the two highest points on our team. Chloe has 284 and is in 12th place overall and Colin has 232 and is in 22nd.
Boys Swimming- The boys swimming team has a record of 5-3 • 3-1 in Big North – Patriot. They recently had an amazing win to Wayne Hills which was a great meet, they won 86-84. In the Big North they are 1-1 so far. They are led by Christine Fili and are looking forward to a good year. They also had big wins against Passaic and Paramus. Unfortunately, they lost in the first round of the NJSIAA Tournament, North 1, Group B.
Girls Swimming- The Wayne Valley girls swim team, led by head coach Monica Vivnov, has just ended their 2024-2025 season. They started their season off with a few losses but the team remained optimistic under the leadership of captains Urvi Sinha, Avery Derstine, and Lauren Toole. Sarah Rodrigues, a star swimmer who has broken school records and has many titles and medals under her belt continued to shine for her senior year. The girls swim team ended with a 3-5 record and made it to the first round of states before losing to Leonia High School.
Track – The indoor track and field team competes in large meets throughout the winter. The track team went to Ocean Breeze in Staten Island. It was the NJCTC Winter Relays. The boys placed third. They also had a throwers and high jump meet over winter break at Wayne Valley. They have done the 4 by record – waiting on nationals. The boys team finished 3rd in the Conference and 4th in the County. Aidan Magno (400 meter) and Bobby Liput (Pole Vault) have qualified for the State Group Championship Meet on Saturday. Our boys 4×800 team broke our school record by running 8:20.19. The four boys on that team are: Aidan Magno, Danny Haddad, Matt McDowell, and Aidan Barkley. The girls track team Finished 4th in the Conference and 8th in the County. The team broke the school record for the Long Jump Relay (Athena Giotis and Olivia Collins) and Triple Jump Relay (Athena Giotis and Kiera Cicchetti).First Team All-Conference athletes include: Athena Goitis (200m), Aidan Magno (400m, 4x400m), Matt McDowell (800m, 4x400m), Danny Haddad (1600m), Garrett Zaremba (4x400m) and Grey Wolford (4x400m). Second team All-Conference includes: Kayla Wolsohn (400m), Garrett Zaremba (55HH), and Grey Wolford (LJ). Matt McDowell and Danny Haddad were also honored with First Team All County.
Wrestling – Wayne Valley wrestling still had the undefeated streak. They went so far that they won the North Jersey Dual coming out as championships. Wayne Valley finished the season with a 21-1 record. The only loss this season was the NJSIAA Group Championships, Semifinal Round against Delsea. An unfortunate loss by 50 – 21. Even with this loss the team did amazing this year even with one of the seniors Noah Zindaki coming out of senior year with 100 wins in his high school wrestling career. This was an amazing year for Wayne Valley.