by Tim McManus
The game was over for about twenty minutes—though
the outcome had been decided before the half—when
a tearful Sean Plunkett finally found his coach near the
sideline and smothered him in his gigantic arms. The chaotic
ecstasy of the championship celebration had quieted, and
the father and son had a chance to share the field a final
time. The embrace lingered. As if the scene...
by TOM UTESCHER
Germantown Friends
claimed its third straight Friends School League field hockey
championship on October 28, when senior Annie Blood's penalty
stroke in overtime gave the second-seeded Tigers a 2-1 decision
over top-ranked host Academy of the New Church.
Germantown had knocked off the ANC Lions in the 2001 title
game; last year the Tigers defeated George School to earn
the...
The U-9 boys' Blue Lightning showed their character this weekend, dropping a 4-1 decision to the Plymouth Knights on Saturday before rebounding Sunday for a rousing 5-0 victory against the Newtown Nitro. Tight defense and some spectacular goaltending kept Newtown in the game in the first half, limiting the Blue Lightning to a Peter Ferraro goal from the corner of the box. In the second half however, relentless pressure from the Lightning wore down the Nitro. Ben Holl and Ethan Rabinowitz...
by TOM UTESCHER
Hamstrung by injuries throughout the 2003 season, Germantown
Academy was unable to retain the title it won at the
Inter-Ac League cross-country championships last year.
In this year's meet, staged on October 20 at Chestnut
Hill Academy, Malvern Prep placed three runners in the
top five...
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