By BOB YORK – Only one team – eventual champion Phillips Exeter Academy – placed as many runners among the top dozen finishers as Deerfield Academy did during this year’s New England Prep School Athletic Conference Boys Division I Cross Country Championships. Both squads rang up three: The Big Red filled the first, seventh and tenth [...]

By BOB YORK – Among the cherished moments Heidi Valk will remember about the 2012 Big Green girls soccer season will be all those long faces she could see on the Loomis Chaffee sidelines. Another thing she is sure to remember is how they got there.“I’ve been a part of the girls soccer program here at [...]

By BOB YORK – A hot start was followed by a chilly finish this season, as the Deerfield Academy volleyball team finished its 2012 campaign with a 6-8 record – and no tournament invitation. The Big Green opened this fall’s session with a 4-1 showing, only to pull out two more victories over the final nine [...]

By BOB YORK – There’s one piece of advice that many water polo players should heed above all other instruction: Keep your chin up!This little tip has nothing to do with pulling yourself out of a slump, but rather avoiding a nosedive – straight to the bottom. A mouthful of water can leave you short of [...]

By BOB YORK – Cross-country coaches were born to beat the clock. There’s not a second that goes by that they wouldn’t like to just reach out … grab one … and crunch it. In fact, just the mere thought of trimming even a tenth of a tick off one itsy-bitsy second will find them urging [...]

By BOB YORK– The Deerfield Academy football season could be summed up in a single word: “Ouch!” “In 45 years of coaching, I’ve never been through a season like this one,” said Big Green mentor Mike Silippo. “I can never remember one team being hit by so many injuries … they began during preseason workouts [...]

Congratulations to Claire Collins ’15 and Rich Caputo ’14, who were listed this month by Rowing Magazine as two of the top 20 rowers under 20! The article is printed on page 42 of the November issue, now in the periodicals section at the Boyden Library.

The Deerfield Girls Cross Country team won the New England Championship with a score of 39 points over a determined second place Choate (108).

By BOB YORK  This could be the biggest story about Deerfield Academy athletics since the school went coed back in 1989. In fact, if you know anything about its football program, and especially, if you’ve ever played quarterback or tailback for the Big Green, you may want to make sure you’re sitting down before you read [...]

By BOB YORK  Big Green girls cross country coach Dennis Cullinane isn’t the least bit shy in explaining his interpretation of why his runners have been doing so well so far this season. “This is the best girls cross country team Deerfield Academy has had since the school went coed back in 1989,” said Cullinane. [...]