A Week Ahead of the MHSAA State Championship Meet, Two Greenhills Swimmers Earn CHSL Gold
Updated on 03/13/2025
A Week Ahead of the MHSAA State Championship Meet, Two Greenhills Swimmers Earn CHSL GoldLast weekend's CHSL Championships were full of drama as teams were not only competing for a conference championship, but also preparing for this weekends MHSAA Division 2 State Championships.How dramatic? How about a Gryphon championship performance by a mere 0.03 seconds? Sophomore Jeremiah Green, in the 100-Fly, swam to a personal best 52.87, only 3-hundredths of a second faster the University of Detroit-Jesuit senior Patrick MacKillop.In the 500-Free, it was another Gryphon taking home first place. Junior Christopher Gregg swam a season-best of 4:41.57, outpacing the second-place finisher by almost three seconds.Green and Gregg also joined forced on the 400-Free Relay, placing third in CHSL and qualifying for the state meet this weekend. They are not the only ones preparing for this week's state championships, however. Sophomore Ethan Hong will compete in two events, the 200-Individual Medley an
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Girls Varsity Basketball Earns Playoff Victory as Winter Season Closes Out
Posted on 03/12/2025
In 2023-24, the Gryphon basketball team found themselves barely on the wrong side of a tight 39-45 game against Manchester in the MHSAA District Quarterfinal playoff game.This year, it was Greenhills and Manchester, again, facing each other in the first round playoff game. However, after a year of growth, the Gryphons turned the tables on the Dutch, cruising to a 50-40 victory. The playoff win was the first for Greenhills varsity basketball in two seasons and an example of the steep progress made by the team under second-year head coach Taylor Parker.The Gryphons were challenged with a difficult task after their first round win, facining top-seeded host Plymouth Christian Academy only two nights later. The Gryphons fought and scrapped their way to a slim 2-point lead at hafltime, however, the Eagles came out firing in the third quarter. Ultimately, PCA built a lead that couldn't be overcome, however the growth of the team was clear even in the final game of the year. The Gryphons
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Two Greenhills Student-Athlete Earn MHSAA Scholar-Athlete Award
Posted on 03/12/2025
Greenhills is proud to celebrate two winners of the Michigan High School Athletic Association's 2024-25 Scholar Athlete Award: Hannah Lee and Eleana Zhaung. You can read more about each award recepient and their impact on Greenhills athletics on the Greenhills website.Congrats and Go Hills!
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Boys Skiing Success Hopes to be the Start of a New Program
Updated on 02/05/2025
This winter, Greenhills partnered with Cranbrook Kingswood to form a co-operative team in the sport of boys skiing. While the Greenhills contingent is small - currently at 2 - success has come with it! Junior John Sadrack and sophomore Ben Bernstein competed in the CHSL Championships this past Monday, both finishing in the top 20. Sadrack medaled in both Slalom and GS (Giant Slalom), an excellent showing ahead of MHSAA regionals. Next week's MHSAA regionals will take place at Alpine Valley, where athletes will have a chance to qualify for the MHSAA state meet at Boyne Highlands.The co-operative agreement with Cranbrook lasts two seasons, giving Greenhills a chance to gauge interest and determine if there would be support for the growth of the sport on a long-term basis.Girls Basketball Wins Overtime Thriller to Close Out Spirit WeekOnce again, the girls varsity basketball team relied on a fourth quarter comeback to force OT. And, once again, the Gryphons came out on top with an excitin
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Basketball Quadruple-Header to Close Out Spirit Week on Friday
Updated on 01/30/2025
Girls Basketball wins Overtime ThrillerLast Friday, Girls Varsity Basketball headed to Cranbrook in a pivotal CHSL matchup. After falling to the Cranes a week prior, Greenhills needed to secure a win in order to strengthen their standings and bid for a CHSL playoff appearance. Things didn't look great at halftime, with host Cranbrook ahead 17. While Greenhills was able to cut the lead down to 14 to start the fourth quarter, it still appeared a longshot to complete a comeback. While the Gryphons kept battling, they still found themselves down 9 with only 2 minutes to go. Sophomore Libby Schuster got the comeback going, hitting a 3-pointer to cut the lead to 6 with 1:40 left. Schuster would add another bucket with a minute to go, bringing Greenhills within 2. Freshman Quinn Maldonado would go on to hit two free throws to tie that game at 49 with 10 seconds to go, forcing OT.The Gryphons would have to come from behind again, in overtime. Cranbrook grabbed a 4-point lead with 3 minute
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Big Rivalries Precede Spirit Week
Updated on 01/23/2025
Spirit Week might start this upcoming Monday, but athletics is heating up already with all three varsity teams scheduled against big rivals.Boys SwimmingWednesday night, for the first time in program history, Greenhills boys swimming defeated Cranbrook-Kingswood 94-82. The victory was a huge step forward for the program and also in the CHSL conference race. The team added to their growing list of MISCA (Michigan Interscholastic Swim Coaches Association) Meet cuts and MHSAA State Championship cuts. Also, two more school records fell: Chris Gregg ‘27 set a new bar for the 200 free-style with a time of 1:47.38 and Gregg and Jeremiah Green ’27 contributed to a new school record of 1:41.42 in the 200 medley relay. The swim team looks to keep the big results up next week, on the road, against Allen Park Cabrini.Girls BasketballGirls basketball was supposed to kick off the action at home on Tuesday evening against CHSL foe University Liggett. However, record low temperatures forced postponeme
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Swimming Wins Second Dual Meet Against Divine Child
Posted on 01/09/2025
Returning from a winter break it seemed the boys varsity swim team hadn't missed a beat in their first meet of 2025. The Gryphons defeated Divine Child 139-15 in Wednesday's dual meet, moving their dual meet record to 2-0. You can watch Wednesday's meet here. Prior to the winter break, Greenhills defeated Ypsilanti Lincoln 123-57. The pair of dual meet wins, in addition to a second place finish at the Fenton Relays, has set up the team for what promises to be a strong 2024-25 season.“As a whole, the team is miles better than they were at this time last year,” said head coach Katie Capelli. “It's super exciting to see how much everyone has improved from last year's conference championships, so we're very excited for the rest of the season.”This season has already featured new school records with more expected to come. Sophomore Christopher Gregg has broken two school records: the 200 Free Style (1:48.20) and the 100 Back (55.93). Gregg has already accumulated four state cut times, addin
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Swimming and Basketball Close Out the Semester with a Trio of Home Events
Posted on 12/17/2024
Swimming and Basketball Close Out the Semester with a Trio of Home Events Greenhills swimmers have been hard at work the past three weeks both in the pool and in morning weight room sessions. This week that hard work gets put into play with the first swim meets of the year. Greenhills will travel to Ypsilanti Lincoln this Thursday at 6pm for their first meet of the season. The dual meet with the Railsplitters is the first of two competitions for the swim team this week. On Saturday, they’ll head to Fenton High School where they will look to defend last year’s first place finish at the Fenton Relays. On the hardwood, Thursday also brings the first Varsity Basketball doubleheader of the season. The girls kick off action at 5:30pm against Ann Arbor Central Academy. Immediately after, the boys host Whitmore Lake. These games will be a fun wrap up of the first semester before both teams take a well earned break in advance of the second semester. The Greenhills upper school student
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Girls Basketball Home Opener - Tomorrow! First 30 students receive a free rally towel!
Posted on 12/12/2024
The girls basketball season is in the middle of week two and preparing for their home opener tomorrow, Friday, December 13.Greenhills hosts Erie Mason with JV tipping off at 5:30p followed by varsity at 7pm. The athletic department is teaming up with Student Council this year to provide fun events and give aways during winter athletic events. This Friday's theme is “GREEN OUT.” Wear Green and come support the girls for their season opener! The first 30 student fans will receive a free rally towel.Looking ahead, a new tradition at Greenhills will start next week. Both boys and girls basketball will have home games to close out our Exam/Project week and kick off the winter break. On Friday, 12/19 the girls host Central Academy and 5:30pm and the boys host Whitmore Lake at 7pm. The spirit theme is “Holiday Wear" and there will be a half-time competition. Find your ugliest sweater and come support Greenhills next Friday as we kick off winter break!
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Basketball Season Underway at Greenhills
Updated on 12/05/2024
Basketball Season Underway at GreenhillsWhile the high basketball season across the state of Michigan has just begun, our girls middle school basketball program finds itself in gearing up for the bulk of its schedule now that we have turned the page to December. This past Tuesday, Greenhills welcomed Academy of the Sacred Heart to the East and West gyms. Both Greenhills teams came away victorious with the Blue team winning 22-14 and the Green team eeking out a 22-21 victory. All Greenhills home basketball games, both middle school and high school, can be streamed live and on demand at our school’s Hudl homepage: fan.hudl.com/greenhills. Be sure to bookmark it and follow the Gryphons live all winter! In the upper school, the boys jv and varsity teams kicked off the home slate this Tuesday. In an exciting, back and forth game, the Greenhills Varsity defense came alive after a slow start against Dearborn Heights Annapolis. After conceding 17 points to the Co
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Swimming Wraps Up the Fall Season with Successful Showing at States
Updated on 11/26/2024
The Greenhills girls swim team outpaced their experience this year, coming through with strong showing all season despite not having a single senior on the team. The culmination of those efforts included a record showing at this year's MHSAA Division 2 State Championships, held at Oakland University. The team qualified for the state finals in five events: 200 Medley Relay, 50 Freestyle, 100 Freestyle, 100 Backstroke, 400 Freestyle Relay, and diving.The 200 Medley Relay team of Viv Simon, Sadie Skiles, Payton Mathis, and Ryen Mahoney was one of two top-25 finishes in the state, taking 21st place and the second fasted time in school history.The 400 Freestyle Relay of Kenzie Williams, Sophia Hazzi, Sadie Skiles, and Ryen Mahoney also earned a top-25 finish, placing 23rd overall, good for the 3rd fastest time in school history.The highlight of the weekend came on the diving board where sophomore Libby Schuster advanced to Saturday's championship round. Libby's diving score of 295.45 was go
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