This week’s TWIGS covers the past week of Gaynor athletics.
Gaynor soccer is back in the building! 
On Monday, October 3, the white squad opened the season by hosting neighboring Geneva School in the first indoor game held in Gaynor’s field house since 2019. It was a close matchup, featuring Gaynor’s Green Cluster students against Geneva’s 5th-6th grade team. Geneva scored an early goal but then both team defenses stepped up, not allowing any goals through the half. Gaynor had a few opportunities to tie the game, but shots by Riley F. and Patrick M. went just wide of the goal. After two late goals by Geneva, Gaynor finally found the back of the net when Luca E. intercepted a crossing pass and booted it in! Gaynor ran out of time on the comeback, falling by a score of 1-3. Despite the loss, Coach 
Prasarn was extremely proud of how the team handled their first full game together, saying, “We preach improvement every day and the team was able to make quick adjustments that worked while gaining valuable in-game experience. There were a lot of positives that we can keep building on in every practice and game for the rest of the season.” Spirits were still high as the post-game team pictures showed lots of smiles and pride in wearing the Stephen Gaynor School name on their jerseys!
The cross country team had their first meet on September 29, with the season off to a running start! For the boys, the Gaynor Gators first across the line were Teddy B. with a time of 12:53:13 followed by William B. and Jack B. who finished 12:37:63 and 13:37:96, respectively. The top finishers for the Gaynor girls squad were Elisabeth R. (12:26:88), Nour K. (14:47:99), and Hannah J. (12:52:01). The next cross country race is October 6.
The girls volleyball team had their second game of the season on October 4 against Bank Street School. Check out some action shots below!
