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Varsity Boys Basketball Undeterred by Injuries

Hannah Sieg February 18, 2020

Despite injuries and the loss of two graduated seniors, the Friends Select Varsity Boys Basketball team pulled out three league wins, the most since the 2003-2004 season. Going into the 2019-2020 basketball...

Friends Select Swimming: A Numbers Game

Friends Select Swimming: A Numbers Game

Peter Ryan December 16, 2019

Friends Select Swimming returns this winter season after a successful 2018-19 season, but team members have varying levels of optimism for the upcoming season. The coaching staff is looking forward to...

Girls Basketball Dominates, But Questions Remain

Girls Basketball Dominates, But Questions Remain

Peter Ryan December 13, 2019

Friends Select Girls Varsity Basketball rolled past Mathematics, Civics, and Sciences Charter School 69-10 on Thursday afternoon behind a big game from Margot Schneider ‘22 and Hannah Sieg ‘20. The...

This infographic shows the stats of the Friends Select Varsity Basketball Team during the 2018-2019 season. The infographic also shows the coach, starting five, and sixth man during the season. The infographic was designed in Adobe Photoshop using free use images and images and photographs that 11th grader, Aaron Li, took during the season last year.

Boys Basketball Scrimmages vs. String Theory Yield Mixed Results

Annie Rupertus December 10, 2019

November 26th marked the first home games of the season for both Friends Select’s boys basketball teams. Junior varsity and varsity played back-to-back, and though the JV game ended in a disappointing...

Purpose of New Varsity Letters

Purpose of New Varsity Letters

Zoe Tzanis December 5, 2019

Recently, athletic director Bill Klose distributed varsity letters to student-athletes. While on the surface, these are only floppy pieces of brown and gold felt, they have an indescribable sentimental...

Chris Willis: Inspired by Schwarzenegger and Appreciative of Ankles

Chris Willis: Inspired by Schwarzenegger and Appreciative of Ankles

Mia Cohen and Margot Schneider November 22, 2019

You may see our athletic trainer, Chris Willis, walking around the hallways, gym, or fitness center. Maybe he even helps you tape an ankle or ice a knee. You’ve probably heard him use his signature catchphrase:...

Fall Sports by the Numbers

Fall Sports by the Numbers

Hannah Sieg November 17, 2019

This infographic illustrates the number of students who play each fall sport. This information was provided by Bill Klose, the athletic director, and one player from each team. This infographic was...

Fall Sports Culminates in Awards Ceremony

Peter Ryan November 11, 2019

Friends Select’s fall sports awards, held in the Matthew Huffman ’91 Dining Hall on October 30th, were a reminder of what makes the Friends Select Athletic Department great: a tight knit community...

Field Hockey: The Rebuild Year

Field Hockey: The Rebuild Year

Mia Cohen and Margot Schneider November 11, 2019

Friends Select’s field hockey team fought hard throughout the 2019 season. Gaining eight new freshmen and an eighth grader Katie Fitzpatrick (‘24) to replace the nine players we lost last year, we...

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No, Joe Girardi Does NOT Make the Phillies Contenders

Peter Ryan November 5, 2019

On Thursday, October 24th, the Philadelphia Phillies announced that Joe Girardi, former New York Yankees manager, has agreed to manage the team through 2022. This announcement came about a week after the...

Agoyo: Cross Country Star

Agoyo: Cross Country Star

Dean Wang October 17, 2019

Most people hate running, but Quaye Agoyo ‘22 is one of the exceptions. He runs on the Cross Country team, a sport where people typically run 2.5 to 7.5 miles each race. Last year was Quaye’s first...

Alex Shapiro, Redefining Sports with the Right Attitude

Alex Shapiro, Redefining Sports with the Right Attitude

Zoe Tzanis October 15, 2019

Alex Shapiro ‘20 isn’t your typical student-athlete. She doesn’t love running or strenuous practices, and while she plays three varsity sports, she doesn’t approach it from a competitive standpoint....