The final week of the fall season (with some championships still to go....) and so much to celebrate!
CONGRATULATIONS TO GIRLS’ VARSITY XC (pictured above) FOR WINNING THE DIVISION I NEPSTA CHAMPIONSHIP AT HOTCHKISS ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
Captain Emma Hagstrom (19:33.03) led the way in the varsity race followed by Anya Budzinski, Amelia Alvazzi, Zoe von Eckartsberg, Hannah Jung, Tara Menon, and Chloe Song.
The JV girls’ XC team finished in a strong second place behind a first-place effort by ninth grader Ela Budzinski. Following Ela were teammates Tasha Bohorad, Yara Handschin, Tayla Stempson, Emily Ney, Nafissatou Diagne, Evelyn Marshall, Ibuki Hana, Abby Odden, and Emma Hong.
This is the first championship title for head coach Keri Lambert who took the girls’ XC program in fall 2020! Congratulations, Keri!!!!
Congratulations to our boys’ varsity XC team who raced incredibly and finished 2nd overall in the Division I race behind a first-place result from Tam Gavenas. Finishing behind Tam were Arashi Hunter, Charlie Gullick, Arun Kapoor, Luke Williamson, Robert Budzinski, and Sebastian Lemberger.
Congrats to JV boys’ XC who also finished FIRST at the NEPSTA championship behind a tremendous first-place finish from captain Luke Francis. The JV team saw incredible races from teammates Henry Zimmerman, Magnus Julin, Nathan New, Jakob Kuelps, Elliot Weir, Max Langhorst, Sami Tokat, Alfonso Gonzalez Cano, Jack Gonzalez, Adrian Werner, and Cameron Butler.
A-E, The Fall Edition, hosted by Andover, Ends in an Even Split of the Contests, 2-2-1
On Saturday afternoon, varsity boys’ soccer, varsity girls’ soccer, varsity field hockey (PAFH), varsity volleyball, and varsity football competed against Phillips Exeter on a glorious Saturday afternoon and wrapped the day with 2 wins, 2 losses, and 1 tie.
Congratulations to Girls’ Varsity Soccer (GVS) and Field Hockey (PAFH) on shutout wins, 3-0 and 6-0 respectively.
The weekend would not have been the success it was if not for COUNTLESS adults who make it happen.
To begin - a shout out to ALL of our fall varsity coaches and athletic trainers who dedicate hundreds of hours across the season, 7 days a week often over 25 hours per week in support
of our student-athletes and programs:
XC: KERI LAMBERT, PATRICK REILLY, JEFF DOMINA, GARRETT RICHIE, ANDREW CHENG, DAN SCHNEIDER, LAURA DZUBAY
FIELD HOCKEY: KATE DOLAN, MARTHA FENTON, TAYLOR WARE AND JEN WEISSBACH
BVS: JOE DONNELLY AND CHRIS ISHIZUKA-WADE
GVS: NOUREDDINE EL-ALAM AND LISA JOEL
WATER POLO: DAVID FOX AND HILLARY KAVANAGH
FOOTBALL: TREY BROWN, KIT LECKERLING, CHRIS POWERS, DAWON DICKS, JIBRAIL COY, JOHN REX AND ERNIE ADAMS
ATHLETIC TRAINERS: MIKE KUTA, DEVIN O’REILLY, ZAC KERSHAW, ABE D’ANOFRIO AND HANNAH ALEXANDER
GRATITUDE AS WELL TO EVERY MEMBER OF OUR ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT, OIT, FACULTY AND STAFF, OPP/GROUNDS, PARESKY, STUDENT ACTIVITIES, PACS AND THE DEAN OF STUDENTS OFFICE. YOU ARE ALL INCREDIBLE, INVALUABLE TEAMMATES. TO QUOTE MIKE KUTA, “THE A-TEAM”
BVS wrapped up their season with a strong 8-5-3 record. On A-E, Kai Myles ‘27 scored the lone Big Blue goal on a brilliant header. Shout out to first-year head coach Joe Donnelly on a great run and thanks, as well, to returning assistant coach Chris Ishizuka-Wade.
On Saturday afternoon, GVS notched three goals from Sarah Powers ‘26, Lauren Herlihy ‘25, and Emily Mara ‘25 and earned their fourth consecutive shutout behind the efforts of goalkeeper Jackie Dill ‘27.
After strong regular seasons, GVS (12-3-3) and PAFH (16-0) have earned spots in the New England Prep Class A Tournament.
#1 PAFH will host #8 Milton Academy on Wednesday at a time TBD. (Livestream)
#6 GVS will travel to #3 Choate on Wednesday at a time TBD. (Livestream)
JV Field Hockey celebrates their game-winning goal at Exeter
Congratulations to all of our JV teams who competed at Exeter on Wednesday with a particular shout-out to the teams and coaches who emerged victorious:
JV1 girls’ soccer, coached by Troy Turick and Rachel Conley
JV1 boys’ soccer, coached by Austin Washington and Ben Duclos
JV field hockey, coached by MC Post and Steph Curci
JV football, coached by Gene Hughes, Tom Fritz, Allen Grimm and Jake Montanaro
On Saturday afternoon, we paid tribute to Clyfe Beckwith who coached his final game of girls’ varsity volleyball after 27 seasons at the helm. Clyfe will coach his final season as head coach of boys’ varsity volleyball this spring after 26 seasons in the program.
In total, Clyfe has transformed the volleyball program at Andover across FIFTY-THREE SEASSONS.
THANK YOU, CLYFE.
#CLYFEISLIFE
