Boys’ Varsity Basketball –
The Beaver Boys’ Basketball team defeated Rivers on Saturday 72-68. The win avenged an earlier loss to Rivers in their Holiday Tournament. Juniors Keyshaun Jacobs and Kyle Padmore combined for 35 points in the victory. The team will host home games on Wednesday vs Landmark and on Friday vs Berwick Academy. They will finish the week off with a visit to league rival Pingree on Saturday.
Girls’ Varsity Basketball –
The Girls’ Varsity Basketball team traveled to Lincoln School for the second game of their home/away games scheduled this season. In the first match-up at Beaver on 12/12/14 Beaver prevailed 41-36 in a highly contested game. On Saturday Beaver’s defensive intensity propelled them to a 28-12 first half lead, and they never looked back. It was a total team victory with the final score of 51-36. This week will be a busy one with games on 2/11 vs. Miss Halls, 2/12 @ Portsmouth Abbey, and 2/14 vs. Brooks School.
Varsity Fencing –
At the Massachusetts State Championships, the Beaver fencing team brought home a handful of medals!
The stars of the day were the women’s epee squad. Freshman Becca Barnes took home a silver medal in individuals, sophomore Sophia Bruno made the semifinal in the individual event. Senior Shauna Sullivan joined them in earning Beaver’s first squad medal since 2012, a bronze in team women’s epee!
In men’s foil, senior Cameron Mayer was a standout yet again, bringing home the state title for the fourth time in his five years fencing for Beaver. The men’s foil squad put in another solid performance, finishing 4th and missing a medal by just two bouts. In sabre, freshman Jack Duval put in an excellent performance, finishing third in the individual men’s sabre event. Sophomore Tina Odim-O’Neill also made the semifinals in individual women’s foil. Congratulations to the team on a great result to end a great season!
Girls’ Varsity Ice Hockey –
The Girls’ Varsity Ice Hockey team faced off this past weekend against League powerhouse Berwick Academy. The game took place on Dexter School’s Olympic size rink which made for a much bigger playing surface and a lot more skating for both teams. Berwick took control of the game from the beginning and the girls lost by a very hard fought 6-0 score. Vida Bailey ’17 kept the team in the game stopping 31 shots. The team travels to North Andover on Friday to take on Brooks Academy JV squad.
Varsity Wrestling –
On Saturday, the Beaver Wrestling team came off a 2 week competition hiatus at the hands of seemingly endless amounts of snow. The team traveled to Tilton School to wrestle in the annual Northern New England Invitational. Representing Beaver were Hudson Roddy ’18 at 120 lbs, Ben Campbell ’18 at 126 lbs, Jacob Weil ’17 at 132 lbs, and Dan McDonald ’15 at 138 lbs. Campbell wrestled a solid day and earned himself a hard fought victory on the day. Roddy’s highlight of the day was defeating the #2 seed in the tournament in overtime to advance to the semi-finals. The crowning achievement was senior Dan McDonald’s flawless performance throughout the day. Beginning the day as an unseeded wrestler, he was forced to take on the #2 wrestler first. After a decisive win there, McDonald ended up getting the best of the 7 seed in the quarter finals and the 3 seed in the semi-finals. In his finals match against a the #1 seed from Middlesex School, McDonald pinned his way to a championship in the first period. A great way to cap off a 9 hour day of wrestling for Beaver! The wrestling team’s final home event is this Wednesday, 2/11 in the Green Gym against CA and St. Sebastian’s at 4:00 p.m.
Varsity Squash –
The Beaver squash team traveled to Trinity College in Connecticut the weekend of February 6-8 to participate in the US National High School Squash Championships. Coach Cody Cortez helped organize Beaver’s first ever entry into this exciting event and led strong performances by senior Gabriel Belkind-Gerson, Junior Flora DiCara, sophomores Ian von Schroeter, Noah Zakarian, and Andrew Muggia, and freshmen Jackson Greeley and Drew Siegal. The team played Conestoga High School from Berwin, PA and Nichols School from Buffalo, NY and had a strong showing.