By Bob York It was a young team to begin with, and then – unexpectedly – got even younger. The remnants of the Deerfield Academy boys hockey team roster should have been plentiful, as it regularly skated three freshmen, five sophomores and six juniors just one winter ago. “Then we lost five kids who [...]

By Bob York The good news was plentiful: The Deerfield Academy girls hockey team won more games than it lost this season. It won more than twice the number (six) of games it won last season. It reached double figures in the win column for the first time in recent memory with 14.  The bad [...]

Boys Varsity Tennis opened the season with wins against Groton and Longmeadow high School and a respectable fifth place finish at the K-O Tournament.

By Bob York Unless you happen to skate, ski or swim, chances are the winter season is the between season – between football and lacrosse. And if either sport is high on your list of collegiate endeavors, then staying in shape during the winter months is of the utmost importance. And for many an aspiring [...]

By Bob York There’s a youth movement going on in the Big Green girls basketball program and guessing from the seven sophomores and three freshmen who earned a spot on this winter’s roster, that youth movement is here to stay for a while. With such an abundance of youth, this Deerfield squad experienced some growing [...]

By Bob York This season, it was Class A – all the way! Last winter, the Big Green boys squash team played its way through a difficult Class A regular-season schedule (8-10) and then, due to its enrollment size, entered the Class B New England tournament. Once there, the Deerfield  “Wallbangers” took no prisoners. They [...]

The phenomenal relay team of Howe, Hwang, Bragg and McLeod did it again! At the Division I New England Championships this weekend, the quad re-broke the 200 and 400 free relay New England records, a feat the Deerfield team has achieved for the third consecutive New England championships! This unprecedented achievement in New England swimming [...]

The Boys and Girls’ Varsity Swimming and Diving teams competed Saturday in the Division I New England Prep School Swimming and Diving Championships. Both teams brought home the runner-up team trophies and shared numerous outstanding individual and relay performances, setting three New England records—the boys 200 Medley Relay, the girls 200 Free Relay and the [...]

By Bob York So much to do, so little time. How often does that quandary enter your mind? Well, suck it up … how’d you like to be a diver? Imagine performing a successful dive in less time than it takes to describe it. And believe me, we’re not talking “Cannonball!” here … we’re talking [...]

On February 15, 2012, both the boys and girls alpine ski teams successfully defended their New England Class A titles at Proctor Academy.  In the morning the boys dominated the GS course by placing 4 racers in the top 10. Dylan Alvarez ’13 was our top finisher in 4th place followed by Captain Oliver Hopkinson [...]