Winter Season kicks off with some exciting Big Blue performances
Congrats to our girls’ squash program, varsity, and JV, coached by Shaun Duffy and Joe Donnelly and captained by Migyu Kim and Ellie Israelov, on a strong start to the season. On Saturday afternoon, the team traveled to Milton Academy and returned home with 17 of 19 matches won!
Girls’ Varsity Basketball pictured above), coached by Jen Weissbach, Molly Creamer, and Chris Jones and captained by Emerson Buckley, Ava Davey, and Sophie Dandawa opened their season at home with an exciting 59-29 win over Pomfret School. Earning the first minutes of their Big Blue career were 9th graders Julianna Stevenson and Eve Jackson.
On Sunday, our all-gender wrestling team coached by Kassie Bateman, Rich Gotham, Jason York, and Chip Dunn and captained by Dani Nugent, traveled to St. Paul’s School for the opening season Girls’ Tournament.
Congrats on a number of exciting WINS for the Big Blue:
By pin: Dani Nugget, Bella Shmuylovich, Grace Kim and Ophelia Lee
AND other Big Blue victories on the mat for:
Cindy Zhou (first EVER match),, Destiny Covington and Serra Akyali (100 lb. champion)
Also on Sunday afternoon, PA hosted over 250 NEPSAC swimmers at the Christopher Lynn ‘66 Pool for the first Annual Andover Invitational. Thank you to coaches David Fox, Hillary Kavanagh, Catherine Carter, Sara Erdmann, David Gardner, and Nate Bagonza, athletic trainer Zac Kershaw, swimming timers Jerry Hagler, Aly Blakeney, and Meghan Clarke as well as staff members Nate Austin and Ana Burrell for all your work to make this day a huge success!