Greenville students recognized for Science Olympiad and winter sports successes

The Greenville Central School District board recognized student athletes and teams for winter-season accomplishments and Science Olympiad results during its March 11 meeting.

Jim Hutchins, a seventh-grade science teacher, reported that the district’s Science Olympiad team (grades six through nine) competed on Feb. 10 in East Greenbush and earned multiple medals across events. Hutchins named volunteer coaches and student participants, thanking parents and the high-school student coach Anthony Zhang for their contributions.

Denise Wickham, director of Health and Physical Education, reviewed winter athletics: boys basketball finished 10–5 and entered sectionals as the No. 8 seed; girls basketball went 19–2, won the Patroon Conference championship and featured several all-conference players (including a player who reached a 1,000-point career milestone). Wickham also summarized boys volleyball as a rebuilding year and outlined wrestling postseason results, noting multiple all-conference selections and state qualifiers.

Wrestling highlights included individual championships at sectionals and state-level placings (examples cited by Wickham and coaches included Connor Aloisi as sectional champion at 108 pounds and Kieran Cohen finishing second at state). Coaches and board members congratulated the athletes and underscored the importance of volunteer coaches; one long-serving coach was credited with a career record cited in the meeting.

Board members and athletic staff said they are exploring a youth cheerleading feeder program to strengthen future varsity teams.

The board’s recognitions were presented as an acknowledgment of extracurricular success and volunteer support; no formal decisions or budget commitments were made during the recognition segments.