Indoor Track Captain Bennett Rodgers ‘26 set a personal best, a school record, and established a Massachusetts High School BEST this year - soaring 14’ 8" on the pole vault. Lower Ela Budzinski broke the school record in the 300m (41.79s) for the second time this season. Ninth grader Eden Dunleavy broke the junior class record in the 300m (42.48). On the day, forty-nine personal bests were recorded. Thank you to our awesome coaching staff: Director of Track and Field Shalise Manza-Young and assistant coaches Anna Green, Andrew Cheng, Ashley Dennis, Tommy Valerio, John Rex, and Kevin Ferrone.
Shout out to JV boys’ hoops, coached by Tom Kane and Andy Finch, secured two big wins this week v. Exeter (74-37) & Deerfield (57-45). The squad remains one of only three teams this season still UNDEFEATED! Congrats to GVHockey, coached by Martha Fenton, Matt Hession & Dan Holland, who had a thrilling come-from-behind win versus Thayer Academy, 4-3. Kimmie Duplessis had a 2- goal game, and co-captain Caroline Averill ‘26 scored the game-winner late in the 3rd period. JV girls’ hockey, coached by Jake Montanaro and Ei Smith, bounced back after going behind 3-0 versus Phillips Exeter for the win on the road, 8-5! Goal scorers: Chanel Martin (2), Sophia Demeo (2), Hannah Herlihy (3), & Hazel Cameron (1). JV boys’ hockey, coached by Peter Dignard and Colin Phelan, saw a strong 3-0 win against St. Sebastien’s. Lucas Chao, Pierce Brille, and John Kim each tallied a goal. Nordic skiers Sebastian Vermut, Henry Wall, and Noah Binkowski finished 1, 2, 3 this week @ Holderness. Andover Wrestling,g coached by Kassie Bateman, Jason York, Rich Gorham, and Joe Nugent. boasts an 11-3 record. On Saturday, the Big Blue came home with a 2-1 record from the Seabrook Duals, where they matched up against Exeter (60-18 win), Belmont Hill (18-54 loss), and Brooks (61-17 win). Against Phillips Exeter, Devin Akayli ‘29, Julian Rios ’26, Brady Haskell ’28, Narek Hambardzumyan ’26, Caleb Beroukhim ’27, Cindy Zhou ’27, James Bae ’26, Shock Ingram ‘26, and Oliver Rogers ‘28 each pinned their opponents. Serra Akyali ’28 earned an 11-4 win, and Andretti Calendario ’28 won an exciting 4-1 decision in overtime. In exhibition matches, Christian Robinson ’28, Tasha Bohorad ’26, Gentry Thatcher ’27, and Konnor Fortini ‘28 all won by pin. Andover took on Belmont Hill next and while the team came up short against a perennially strong BelHill squad, co-captain Julian Rios ’26 put the first team points on the board for Andover with a quick eleven-second pin. The two other wins versus Belmont Hill came from Shock Ingram ’26, who pinned his opponent in the third period, and Oliver Rogers ’28 also won by fall. Finally, Andover wrestled Brooks in the last dual meet of the day. Andover won many matches by forfeit, and Brady Haskell ’28 won by fall in the first period. Gentry Thatcher ’27 won an exciting 15-4 decision, and Shock Ingram ’26 won a close 4-3 decision, to secure the dual meet win 61-17.