The Vanguard

Winter coaches cup awards

May 6, 2025

Each season, coaches choose one athlete per varsity team who exemplifies a combination of talentand sportsmanship. Here are the winners from the winter season. Boys' Basketball: Niyam Badani '25 ...

Recruiting the right knights

Ethan Moran, Sports Editor • May 6, 2025

How did every varsity fall sport team this past year advance to playoffs? What was the driving factor behind their improvements? Major Gifts Officer and former Athletic Director Chuck Richard largely...

Sports Team Trips

Selena Daley, Contributing Writer • May 6, 2025

Boys' Tennis Trip “I’d definitely go again,” Ajay Shroff ’28 said, reflecting on the Boys’ Varsity Tennis trip to a tennis academy in Long Beach, California. The team met students from...

Game changer

Kate Tregay, Contributing Writer • May 6, 2025

As the final whistle sounds, ending a hockey game, teammates congratulate each other as they line up to shake hands with the opponent. Members of the Sports Media Group capture the moment and post it...

Winter Sports

March 7, 2025

Emi Biotti ’25 takes silver with national ice hockey team

Olivia Bell, Staff Writer • February 7, 2025

While students returned to school after winter break, Emi Biotti ’25, one of six co- captains of Girls’ Varsity Hockey (GVH), flew to Finland to represent Team USA in the International Ice...

Winter Athletics Carnival attracts fans

Leo Saul, Contributing Writer • February 7, 2025

An enthusiastic crowd of athletes, students, and families tried their hand at cornhole, posed at the blue and gold photo booth with friends, and participated in a raffle that was all coordinated...

Knight Knocks: December

Vanguard Editorial Board • December 14, 2024

Cross Country ‘family’ succeeds

Lily Xing, Contributing Writer • December 14, 2024

On a frigid November afternoon, parents and spectators gathered next to the finish line at Brooks School for the Division II New England Preparatory School Track Association (NEPSTA) Cross Country...

‘Once a Knight, always a Knight’

Matthew Walsh, Opinions Editor • December 14, 2024

Five thousand meters, one boat, and eight rowers with Upper School (US) graduation dates spanning four decades. When JV Rowing and Head Varsity Wrestling Coach Henry Kasdon ’98 graduated from...

Knight Knocks

Matthew Walsh, Opinions Editor • October 14, 2024

Varsity Football: Staying on top BB&N 63, Tabor 43 was the final score of the 2023 John Papas Bowl, where Varsity Football (VFB) topped off their 7-2 season with a team trophy. The 2023...

Goodbye Charles, hello Henley

Meredith Richardson and Contributing Writer • September 16, 2024

An ocean away from the school’s boathouse on the familiar Charles River, nine members of the Upper School (US) Girls’ Varsity Crew team launched their boat into England’s River Thames to compete...