Photos: Year In Review
In 2023, high school athletes gave us some jaw-dropping moments from winning their first sectional crown to bringing home a national championship — even after a decade of waiting to get back to the top.
The Enterprise — Michael Koff
On a winter-like May afternoon, the Guilderland girls’ track-and-field team had to wait till the last event for their first-ever Section 2 championship. The team sent numerous runners to the State competition including Nationals.
The Enterprise — Michael Koff
The Guilderland girls’ track team added more hardware to its historic season by adding a national championship in the 1600-meter sprint medley relay; the team, which broke the meet record, consisted of Megan Swan, Saida Assabahi, Kendall Barnhart, in the foreground, and Addison Vellekoop.
The Enterprise — Michael Koff
Different class, same result: In 2023, the Voorheesville girls’ cross-country team stepped up in class and repeated as sectional champions and then returned to the state competition. In 2022, the team competed in Class D, won a state title, and in 2023 moved to Class C.
The Enterprise — Michael Koff
Tears of joy: The Guilderland field-hockey team returned to the top of Class A after battling in the championship game to take the title. Skylar VanWormer also broke the school's all-time goal-scoring record from 2020.
The Enterprise — Michael Koff
Decade of waiting: The Guilderland boys’ soccer head coach, Mike Kinnally, gets a cold-water bath from his players as they won the sectional championship, the first in 10 years, which propelled them to the state championship game where they fell to the back-to-back champs.