The fall season ends in triumph as PAFH wins another championship! Thanks to all for a great fall season...winter season here we come!
Field Hockey seniors hold up the trophy
CONGRATULATIONS TO VARSITY FIELD HOCKEY, YOUR 2024 CLASS A NEW ENGLAND CHAMPIONS
What a season it has been for varsity field hockey (PAFH) coached by Kate Dolan, Martha Fenton, Taylor Ware and Jen Weissbach
After a 16-0 regular season record, PAFH earned the #1 seed in the New England Class A tourney and marched through the tournament with shut wins on Wednesday and Saturday at home with the final championship win versus TaftSchool on Sunday at host school, Ethel Walker.
This season, PAFH finished the season undefeated and outscored their opponents by an astonishing 108 goals for and only 7 goals against.
PAFH stands out as one of the most successful programs in Andover Athletics history earning an incredible five Class A New England championships in the last ten years.
PAFH is led by senior captains: Molly Boyle, Ellie Parker, and Neily Ware. Shout out to all team members as it takes a true TEAM to bring about this success:
Seniors: Annabel Curry, Louisa Carter (manager), Molly Driscoll, Peyton Kennedy, Leo Oguntoyinbo (manager), Meg Stineman
Uppers: Quiana Bell, Maren Boyle, Keira Bruen, Lillian Hall, Hannah Herlihy, Sarah Lackley, Lily McInerney, Lucy Parker, Will Ware (manager)
Lowers: Autumn Christian, Kimee Duplessis, Siena Glass, Wendi Wei
Juniors: Regan Driscoll, Vanessa Hall
Shout out to all those who have supported this team - PAFH families, friends, alums, as well as many members of the PA adult community who showed up today at Ethel Walker:
Chris Capano, Monique Cueto-Potts, David Fricke, Robin Volpone, Terrell Ivory, and Devin O'Reilly, PAFH athletic trainer.
Also in tournament play...
Girls’ Varsity Soccer (GVS), captained by Hayden Fischer, Ava Davey, and Emily Mara and coached by Noureddine El-Alam and Lisa Joel, wrapped up its most successful season in the last decade with a 12-4-3 record and a #6 seed in the Class A New England tournament. While the team fell short in the quarterfinals, I have all the respect for this team for their inspiring season.
Thank you as well to GVS’ incredible athletic trainer Abe D’Onofrio.
Soccer All-Stars:
This past Sunday, GVS uppers Wylie Roossien and Emily Decker participated in the Class A/B Junior All-Star in Lancaster MA. Also representing Andover amongst the best of the best of NEPSAC soccer at the Senior All-Star game for BVS: Jack Alexander and Marc Nelson.
On Monday, November 11, fourteen members of the Class of 2025 gathered with family, friends, teammates, coaches, faculty/staff mentors in the Title IX room to celebrate the signing of the NCAA National Letters of Intent (NLI), committing to continue their athletic careers at scholarship-granting institutions.
Congratulations to all!
Pictured above:
front row (l to r): Emerson Buckley (Providence College softball), Lauren Herlihy (Boston College lacrosse), Emily Mara (Boston College soccer), Molly Driscoll (Boston University field hockey), Neicia Smith (Loyola lacrosse), Charley Drouin (Colgate lacrosse)
back row (l to r): Avery Rodeheffer (Michigan crew), Ariana Zhao (Michigan swimming), Xavier Abreu (Northeastern basketball), Max Herbison (Lafayette lacrosse), Robert Brown (Penn State baseball), Marek Krystofolski (Elon baseball), Luke Gallo (Boston College baseball), Sam Whitehurst (Boston University lacrosse)
Congrats to Big Blue Baseball Coach Kevin “KG” Graber who was inducted into the New York State Baseball Hall of Fame on Sunday, November 10 in Troy NY alongside KG’s family, Big Blue baseball alums, and current players as well as Big Blue coaches Terrell Ivory '00 and Chris Capano (pictured, left).