By BOB YORK Jack Shumway’s good-by gift to Deerfield Academy was a moment in time – 47.9 seconds to be exact. It doesn’t sound like much, because, fortunately for the Big Green, it wasn’t much. It was the Deerfield senior’s clocking in the anchor leg of the 4×400 relay at this spring’s Division I New [...]

By BOB YORK The Big Green beat the odds all season long, but in the end it couldn’t quite beat Andover. “Due to injuries and illnesses, I don’t think we had a single game the entire season when everyone was at full strength,” said Mark Scandling, Deerfield Academy’s girls water polo coach. Nonetheless, his swimmers [...]

By BOB YORK The Deerfield Academy girls lacrosse team finished up this past season with a 5-10 record. But, as coach Allison DiNardo was quick to point out that her Big Green squad won three of its last four games, “so we’re headed in the right direction,” said the veteran mentor. Want some more news [...]

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 [...]