By BOB YORK When it comes to the Central New England Baseball League, everyone’s accounted for when it comes to postseason play. The top four teams in the final standings annually shuffle off to Worcester, where the Final Four battle it out for the CNEBL crown in the Blackburn Tournament, which is hosted by Holy [...]

By BOB YORK There weren’t many blips on the Big Green girls softball team’s radar screen this spring, as it registered just three victories in 12 outings – but there were some. The biggest blip – which took on the proportions of a 747 – was the result of a game against archrival Northfield Mount [...]

By BOB YORK Things were looking a little bleak for the Deerfield Academy boys tennis program as it headed into preseason training camp. And no, the Deerfield River hadn’t overflowed its banks again this spring and left 10 feet worth of surf, sand and silt on the Big Green’s courts. This Deerfield squad’s home was [...]

Writeup by Tee Johnson ’69: A set of low clouds delivered a light, slow drizzle from the start of the final race series today at 8:00 a.m. Thankfully, there was just a hint of an easterly breeze (2+ knots) and the temperature on-shore cooled to 70 degrees. The course was fast, the crews were psyched, and [...]

The DA Boys Crew won their opening heat in convincing fashion on the calm waters of Melton Hill Lake, Oakridge, TN. Racing from the front, Deerfield defeated second place crew, Los Gatos Rowing Club, CA, by five seconds and posted the fastest time of all 19 crews entered in the coxed four event. As a [...]

Five members of the Deerfield Boys Varsity Crew will be competing at the Youth National Rowing Championships June 8-11 in Oakridge, TN. The crew, seniors Henry Bird, Brad Hakes, Brad Plunkett, and sophomores, Rich Caputo and Grant Louis, are hoping to improve on last year’s bronze medal performance. You can follow the crew at usrowing.org [...]

Josh Hawkins, DA Class of 2009, and a native of Amherst, MA., was a standout midfielder on the Loyola Greyhounds who defeated the University of Maryland on Memorial Day to win the national championship. Josh was named to the all-tournament team and was also an Honorable Mention All-American selection for 2012. He scored a goal [...]

The Boys and Girls Crews distinguished themselves at the 2012 NEIRA Championships on Lake Quinsigamond, Worcester MA. In a heats and finals format, the girls qualified their first and second boats for the Grand Final, eventually finishing 6th and 5th respectively. The Boys qualified all four boats for the Grand Finals and finished on the [...]

By Bob York Brian Pickup ’12 has proven to be a man for all seasons – but it wasn’t always that way. Up until just three years ago, Pickup’s game plan would be to sit out the spring season to concentrate on the sport he felt would give him the best opportunity to earn a [...]

Congratulations to the boys’ track and field team, who brought home the New England Championship for the first time in school history!  Entering the meet predicted to finish 4th, the entire boys’ team rallied and outperformed expectations in every event. It was a remarkable team effort: