Diana Leondis goes up for two of her 15 points against Valley Stream North. See this photo at www.Newsphoto.com With a regular season record of 13-4 Garden City's girls basketball team began the playoffs as the top seed in their division. On February 13th, in the first round of the playoffs, the Trojans played host to Valley Stream North. Junior Diana Leondis had 11 of her 13 points and five of her eight assists in a 27-11 first quarter. Barbara Sullivan had 10 of her 16 points in the first quarter as well. GC went on to win 66-37 enabling the team to advance to the quarterfinal game against the Westbury Green Dragons. Also scoring for the Trojans were: Katie Poppe (14), Kim Ryan (5), Kerry Hosford (4), Seva Mahramas (2), Christina Mangels (2), Katie Trimmer (2), Alyssa Rosello (2), Elizabeth Stutzmann (2), and Amalia DeBrosse (2).

The quarterfinal game against Westbury's Green Dragons on February 18th seemed to be going the way of the Trojans. Garden City held a 23-16 lead going into halftime but the Green Dragons, with some renewed energy, came out strong in the second half and caught up enough to tie the game at the end of regulation and force overtime. Westbury's Marlene Ricketts hit a three-pointer to put her team up by three early in overtime. She made four free throws down the stretch to help the Green Dragons upset Garden City 62-59. Leading the scoring for Garden City was Diana Leondis who scored 32 points, including a three pointer in overtime. Also scoring for GC were: Barbara Sullivan (16), Katie Poppe (6), Kim Ryan (3), and Katie Trimmer (2).

Kim Ryan fights for the ball with Valley Stream North's Rakiyah Marshall. See this photo at www.Newsphoto.com It was an impressive season for the Trojans who, with many returning underclassmen, will field a strong team next season. Junior Diana Leondis finished with 333 points, 29 assists and 42 rebounds. Leondis has been playing on the varsity team since the 8th grade and currently has a career total 996 points. It seems certain that next season Leondis will join an elite group of only three other Garden City girls who have scored 1000 career points.

Season ending team totals include sophomore Barbara Sullivan who scored 265 points, had 31 assists and 58 rebounds. Freshman Katie Poppe finished with 185 points, 26 assists and 41 rebounds. Freshman Kim Ryan scored 49 points, 3 assists and 5 rebounds. Junior Amalia DeBrosse finished with 41 points and 26 rebounds. Junior Kerry Hosford finished with 27 points, 3 assists and 2 rebounds. Freshman Katie Trimmer ended with 24 points and 20 rebounds. While Freshman Christina Mangels finished with 12 points, she led the team in rebounds with 106. Freshman Elizabeth Stutzmann finished with 7 points and 1 rebound. Sophomore Alyssa Rosello finished with 4 points and 2 rebounds. Senior Seva Mahramas scored 3 points and Freshman Catherine Dickinson finished with 2 points and 2 rebounds. This season's team was coached by Anthony Sparacia with assistants Tony Leondis and Scott Walley. The entire 2008-2009 roster includes: Amalia DeBrosse, Catherine Dickinson, Liz Glover, Kerry Hosford, Diana Leondis, Seva Mahramas, Christina Mangels, Kate O'Dell, Katie Poppe, Alyssa Rosello, Kim Ryan, Elizabeth Stutzmann, Barbara Sullivan, and Katie Trimmer.

Amalia DeBrosse looks to pass. See this photo at www.Newsphoto.com You can see photos from most of the team's home games at www.Newsphoto.com

Katie Trimmer drives through Valley Stream North's Rakiyah Marshall. See this photo at www.Newsphoto.com

Kerry Hosford in action for Garden City. See this photo at www.Newsphoto.com Barbara Sullivan fights for control with VSN's Jacqueline Canny. See this photo at www.Newsphoto.com Christina Mangels looks to pass. See this photo at www.Newsphoto.com Elizabeth Stutzmann goes up for a shot. See this photo at www.Newsphoto.com Katie Poppe in action for Garden City. See this photo at www.Newsphoto.com