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Season Recap: Boys Varsity Squash

Season Recap: Boys’ Varsity Squash

Madera Longstreet-Lipson, On Campus Editor March 2, 2022

The Boys Squash team spent their practices this season focusing on fundamentals and tactical work—skills that earned them a spot at New England’s and Nationals. Any school with a squash team is invited...

‘Wait, what sport do you play?’

‘Wait, what sport do you play?’

Dylan Higgins, Media Editor March 2, 2022

Competitive dance, pole vaulting, rock climbing, chess boxing—these are just a few of the more unusual sports students and alumni have taken on outside of school. Kira Tian ’22 has been doing dance...

Junior jabs her way to fencing victory

Junior jabs her way to fencing victory

Hannah Bernstein, Contributing Writer February 9, 2022

When Ava Wade-Currie ’23 was 10 and watched a fencing scene in the Disney Channel show “Jessie,” she wanted to emulate the characters and decided to try the sport. This September, Ava competed...

Senior twirls to synchronized skating internationals

Senior twirls to synchronized skating internationals

Maya Benjamin, Managing Editor February 9, 2022

The Hevelius Cup, an international synchronized skating competition hosted in Gdansk, Poland, marked the return to skating in front of an audience for Katie Chen ’22, who twirled and glided across the...

School wrestlers pin COVID-19 protocol

School wrestlers pin COVID-19 protocol

Emma Namiranian, Contributing Writer February 9, 2022

Clad in singlets and face masks, members of the wrestling team returned to the mats this winter. Like all winter athletes, all wrestlers who attend schools in the Independent School League (ISL) must...

Season Recap: Boys Varsity Soccer

Season Recap: Boys’ Varsity Soccer

Sophia Stafford, Contributing Writer December 7, 2021

Boys Varsity Soccer (BVS) persevered through preseason ties and midseason losses to end their season with an achievement the team hasn’t attained in over a decade: qualifying for the New England Preparatory...

Season Recap: Cross Country

Season Recap: Cross Country

Aparajita Srivastava, Contributing Writer December 7, 2021

“Runners, set! Go!” Head Cross Country (XC) Coach Charlie O’Rourke yells. The gun goes off and the cross-country team begins their end-of-season mile, racing along the Charles River. This caps off...

Season Recap: Varsity Football

Season Recap: Varsity Football

Hannah Bernstein, Contributing Writer December 6, 2021

Varsity Football (VFB) lives by three core principles, according to Head VFB Coach Mike Willey: accountability, hard work, and mental and physical toughness. VFB carried these goals through their 2021...

Season Recap: Girls Varsity Field Hockey

Season Recap: Girls’ Varsity Field Hockey

Alex Lev and Rahdin Salehian December 6, 2021

This fall, the Girls Varsity Field Hockey (GVFH) team, led by Captain Ashley Hallice ’22, set a 6-10-1 record. Ashley, the only senior on the team, said the team’s bond was strong. “My favorite...

GVS and GVVB make history in undefeated seasons

GVS and GVVB make history in undefeated seasons

Ford Legg, Sports Editor December 6, 2021

Asher Parker-Satori ’23 watched Girls Varsity Volleyball (GVVB) Co-Captain Madera Longstreet-Lipson ’23 spike the ball for her 12th kill of a home game against Middlesex School, which they won 3-0—their...

HOCR brings school pride to a head

HOCR brings school pride to a head

Alexandra Kluzak, Staff Writer November 2, 2021

Cheers erupted from the Elliot Bridge on the morning of October 24 as 50 students, parents, alumni, faculty, and staff watched the school’s Girls Varsity Four boat seize a narrow opening to overtake...

Knight Section fills sidelines with spectators

Knight Section fills sidelines with spectators

Fitzgerald Hung, Contributing Writer November 2, 2021

This September, the school saw the rise of the Knight Section Club, a social media- based club aimed at improving school spirit at sports games. Co-Presidents Tyler Martin, Jack Pappendick, and, later,...

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