Sports
Leon M. Goldstein High School varsity sports teams include the basketball team, swimming team, bowling team, soccer team, wrestling team, tennis team, girls volleyball team, handball team, and golf team. LMG also has an active cheerleading squad called the “Boosters”.
Recent Athletics Successes
- The Girls Basketball team reached the city finals in 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011; the Lady Dolphins were the 2010 and 2011 NYC division champions and went to the NY State Finals in 2010
- The Girls Tennis team was the 2011 NYC city champions
- The Boys Tennis team was the 2004 NYC division champions
- The Boys Basketball team reached city division finals in 2011
- The Boys Bowling team has had unprecedented success in recent years
- The Girls Volleyball team reached division finals in 2010-11 and in 2011-12 won the NYC championship
- The Golf team reached the city finals in 2009, 2010 and 2011
Students vs. Faculty Athletics
A popular school tradition is to hold Students vs. Faculty basketball and volleyball games every school year.
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Famous quotes containing the word sports:
“Reading about ethics is about as likely to improve one’s behavior as reading about sports is to make one into an athlete.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)
“It is usual for a Man who loves Country Sports to preserve the Game in his own Grounds, and divert himself upon those that belong to his Neighbour.”
—Joseph Addison (1672–1719)
“In the end, I think you really only get as far as you’re allowed to get.”
—Gayle Gardner, U.S. sports reporter. As quoted in Sports Illustrated, p. 87 (June 17, 1991)