On Saturday, the Deerfield Big Green enjoyed a sensational Saturday of contests. Overall the Doors posted a 9-2 record on the day with 1st and 3rd place team finishes on the cross-country course. These successful Saturday results were headed by the three-game sweep that the three volleyball teams – varsity, JV and thirds – posted on Friday night against NMH and Miss Hall’s.
The boys varsity and JV water polo teams both earned wins at St. John’s Prep, 14-5 and 8-2 respectively. The varsity team scored ten goals in the first half and were led on the score sheet by HD Lee with five goals and Will Hill scored three goals. In goal for the Big Green Kenan Cakir registered 11 saves.
On the soccer pitch, the boys and girls varsity teams each notched four goals in their road victories. The boys varsity team defeated Kent 4-0 and the girls varsity soccer team defeated Pomfret 4-2 for their first win of the season. Senior co-captain Kaelin Creagh was involved in all four of the Big Green girls varsity soccer goals, recording two goals herself and assisting the remaining two.
Similarly, girls and boys JV soccer also registered wins at Pomfret and Kent. The girls JV team defeated the Griffins 2-1 and the boys JV team earned a shutout to defeat Kent, 3-0.
Competing at home, the varsity field hockey team defeated Exeter, 3-2 and JV field hockey defeated Exeter 1-0. On the varsity turf, Lilly Oliver ’26 scored twice in the third quarter to lift the Big Green. Defensively, Lauren Smith and Loulla Rousou did an outstanding job to seal the victory.
In the JV field hockey contest, Lexi Rohan ’25 scored the lone goal, assisted by Charlotte Steffensen ’25 which proved to be the game winner.
The Deerfield Doors traveled to neighboring Gill, MA to race at the NMH Invitational and compete against Choate, Loomis Chaffee, NMH, St. Paul’s, as well as runners from Cushing Academy, Concord Academy and Keene.
The girls and boys teams were split into two separate races; the varsity and junior varsity races. The Deerfield boys team won both the varsity and junior varsity contests. They were led by Arafat Jama ’27 who took second overall in the varsity race and Max Wang ’25 took third place just steps behind his teammate. In the JV race, Chas Arnold ’25 paced the Big Green with a second place finish overall.
In this first scored meet of the year, girls varsity took home third place and took second in the JV race. For the Big Green, Taylor Wilburn ’27, Skye Georgiadis ’25, and Lillian Auth ’24 presented a formidable pack as they ran through the woods to pace the Big Green.
In the final contest of the day – varsity football at Brunswick School with a 5:00pm kick off, the Big Green went 97 yards in the final 2 minutes of the game and then scored on defense when time expired to beat Brunswick 26-17 to improve to 3-0. Running back Malachi Costello paced the way on the ground for Deerfield, rushing for over 100 yards and a touchdown. On defense, Ethan Roossein led the team in tackles and defensive end Cole Bennett added a sack and multiple tackles of a loss.
Big Green teams will look to carry this momentum into the week ahead with several road games on the horizon and St. Paul’s day on Saturday.
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