Fall season is winding down for the Gryphons with Girls Swim and Dive in their final home stretch. The Gryphons eye a conference championship this weekend at Kettering High School in Waterford. Not only will a CHSL title be determined, but it will be the last chance to earn state cut times for the Gryphons. Several swimmers have already made the state cut, meaning there will be a bevy of representation at the MHSAA state championship meet next week, which takes place November 22 and 23 at Oakland University. 

While swimming is going strong, two other varsity programs completed their seasons in the past two weeks.

Cross-country sent two individual girls (Addi G ‘28 and Janaan R ‘26) and the entire boys team, thanks to a top-3 finish at Regionals, to the MHSAA State Meet at Michigan International Speedway. Prior to Regionals and States, 9th grader Addi G finished first overall in the girls CHSL championship! MIS is always a challenging course, but the Gryphons represented themselves well in the midst of the top runners in the state.

Volleyball also completed an excellent season that included 18 wins and an appearance in the CHSL Championship game at Eastern Michigan University. Though the Gryphons fell to district host Whiteford in MHSAA playoff action, the program continues to grown in both size and competitiveness. This was the first year we offered a ninth-grade team, in addition to varsity and junior varsity, so the future remains very bright for our volleyball players.

We're turning the page towards the winter season, but this year we've been excited to add a new sport to our slate of middle school offerings. This fall, for the first time, flag football has made an appearance at Greenhills. Over the past three weeks, and for the next three, on Tuesdays and Thursdays you can find middle school Gryphons practicing and playing flag football on Towsley Field. The program, designed and run by our new Middle School Athletic Coordinator, Evan Jackson, has been well received and includes over 45 regular participants. In what would otherwise be a time when our field goes unused, we now provide an intramural experience for our students to enjoy the fleeting days of fall. The students are broken up into 6 teams. There are two games happening at a time while the other two teams get in practice. Best of all: the teams are coached by members of the junior and senior classes. Our younger students get to see their older peers in a mentor role and our older students gain valuable leadership skills and experience. This is the exact value of having a 6-12 school - a true win-win.

Go Hills,

Tom Ward, Director of Athletics