And We're Off!
As of yesterday, all of our fall teams, except for boys' JV3 soccer whose first game is Wednesday, have begun competition. Please check our athletics calendar and cheer on Big Blue in person or via livestream. (Pic above of boys' varsity soccer on Wednesday after a hard-fought 0-0 tie vs. defending New England champs Milton Academy).
Girls' & boys' cross-country, coached by Keri Lambert, Patrick Rielly, Jeff Domina, Garrett Richie, Laura Dzubay, Austin Campbell, Andrew Cheng , and Dan Schneider , and captained by seniors Tam Gavenas, Jakob Kuelps, Luke Francis , and Emma Hagstrom opened their season yesterday at the Manchester (NH) Invitational at Derryfield Park. Captain Tam Gavenas crossed the finish line first amongst all runners with an incredible time of 15:24.8!
Shout out to boys' water polo coached by David Fox, Hillary Kavanagh, Dale Hurley, and Winston Leong and captained by seniors Zach Godsey and Jason Kokones who traveled to Loomis Chaffee on Saturday afternoon for an exciting two-game match-up AND two wins on the day, including a 7-6 thriller over Deerfield Academy.
Captains Godsey and Kokones as well as lower Austin Stern each tallied two goals in the win. On Wednesday, the water polo teams traveled to Phillips Exeter and split the day - with the varsity squad falling short to a strong Exeter top group and Andover's JV coming home with a bit 14-3 victory over the Big Red!
JV football coached by Gene Hughes, Tom Fritz, Chris Capano, Allen Grimm, and Jake Montanaro opened their season with a thrilling match-up with St. Sebastien's with the Big Blue falling short in the final play of the game...and yet, so many "wins" for the team including the following email received from the game-day official:
"I just wanted you to know that I have been doing games at Phillips for over 40 years. Everyone is always pleasant, respectful & friendly. I am always provided a chain crew... always very capable. However, yesterday they were very special. I have never met 3 nicer young students in my life. So friendly & asking me all kinds of questions about rules, games I have done & great players I have seen.
In this day & age where officials are yelled at & treated poorly it is so refreshing to have them working with me. The school should be very proud of them."
Shout out to our JV football chain crew:
Ronal Dominguez Hernandez '28, Christian Robinson '28 and Andres Clariond '27.
Shiloh Robinson '27, Lauren Kennedy '28, and Alexandra Hartman '28 on the JV football sidelines.
Big Blue Undefeated...shout out to our amazing field hockey teams - varsity (3-0) and JV (2-0) - both teams are undefeated.
"GOATS" of the games this week for JV Field Hockey:
Wednesday: Cat Powers '28 and Abby Nager '27
Saturday: Izzy Welenc '28 and Kalista Kuemmerle '28
Outdoor Pursuits coaches - Paul Murphy, Santi Morgan, and Ingrid Kupka led our hiking group on a Saturday afternoon adventure up Mt. Pierce and Mt. Eisenhower (pic below).
