According to the National Library of Medicine, 70% of junior tennis players begin specializing at the age of 10 years old. This trend doesn’t just apply to tennis; sports specialization – intense...

    Students, alumni and families gathered on May 17 at the Nicholas Athletic Center (NAC) for the annual 3-on-3 basketball tournament in honor of Zach McLeod ’10. On the sidelines of the games, attendees...

While many Upper School (US) varsity teams traveled across the country during spring break, Boys’ Varsity Crew (BVC) and Girls’ Varsity Crew (GVC) gathered on the Charles River for training. From...

“It was nice to feel included. Now, in the tennis season, this experience makes the team feel like a team,” Girls’ Varsity Tennis (GVT) player Caroline Chung ’29 said, reflecting on her first Upper...

The Boys’ Varsity Lacrosse team (BVL) went undefeated in their three preseason scrimmages against schools from New York, Pennsylvania and Colorado. Under the guidance of first-year coach Scott Giusti,...

On a bus ride to an away game teammates watched as Girls Varsity Basketball (GVB) player Lucy Song ’26 opened a college decision letter. “My favorite memory was this last Deerfield trip, seeing Lucy...

Boys’ Varsity Hockey  A year after winning just five games, Boys’ Varsity Hockey more than doubled its victories and rebuilt its identity, finishing 12–15 in its strongest season in over a decade.  Co-Captain...

Varsity sports are often defined by who starts and who scores, but behind every team is a group of players whose contributions don’t show up on the stat sheet. So-called bench players said their success...