By BOB YORK–Over the past decade or so, Nick Albertson’s Deerfield Academy golf teams have been likened to a group of magicians: They turn tin cups into gold medals.The Big Green has accomplished this stunt once this spring already, when it captured the Newport (R.I.) Invitational title for the third consecutive year and the fourth [...]

By Bob York–Deerfield Academy spent the past two months compiling the kind of resume the Central New England Baseball League Tournament Committee just couldn’t resist: a 9-1 record against league opponents.Although a .900 winning percentage is nothing to sneeze at, the CNEBL tourney officials aren’t known for going overboard when it comes time for a [...]

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.

Three Deerfield rowers, Brad Plunkett ’12, Rich Caputo ’13, and Claire Collins ’15, as well as Boys Head Coach, Wayne Berger ’84, were selected to represent the United States Junior National Rowing team at the World Championships in Plovidiv, Bulgaria. Selection required athletes to attend high performance camps and submit ergometer testing over the fall, [...]

Read the final wrap-up of this spring’s sports on the Athletics Features page.

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 [...]

The DA boys 5th and 6th boats came away victorious at the 48th annual Lower Boat Championships on May 23rd. Congratulations to all the rowers and coxswains: 5th boat: Will Darling ’15, David Lucente ’14, Travis Russell ’14, Will Beck ’14, Hyun Yang’ 13 6th boat: Ryan Kola ’15, Bryce Klehm ’15 , Matt Hrabchak [...]

This past Saturday, April 28, Deerfield’s varsity golf team defended its title in the eight-team Andover Invitational Tournament held at the venerable Newport Country Club in Newport, RI. According to Coach Nick Albertson, it was a beautiful but extremely windy day when co-captains James Park ’13 and David Buoymaster ’13, along with Sam Lafferty ’14, [...]