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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....

Margot Schneider ('22)

Softball Champs Slideshow

Rachel Luce & Peter Ryan, Staff Writers May 22, 2019

   

Falcons Fall Flat Against Foxes

Falcons Fall Flat Against Foxes

Peter Ryan, Staff Writer May 22, 2019

On Tuesday April 23rd, Friends Select’s boys tennis team lost by a score of 5-0 to the Moorestown Friends Foxes. The most successful team member was 2nd singles player TJ Hampton (‘22), who managed...

Left to right: Hannah Seig ('20), Mia Cohen ('21)

Mia Cohen (’21) Leads Falcons with Perfect Game

Peter Ryan, Staff Writer May 13, 2019

On April 29th, the Friends Select Falcons' softball team defeated the Little Flower Sentinels 16-0. The Sentinels recorded zero runs and zero hits, and found no other way to reach a base at any point in...

Athletic Director and softball coach Bill Klose after softball practice

‘Change in Vision’ Leads Friends Select Sports to Newfound Heights

Peter Ryan, Staff Writer March 13, 2019
“I’m not sure if it was more a ‘revitalization’ than a ‘change in vision.’ When we started out, I wanted to do things differently than they had been done. We are a school that has so many wonderful things, and then there were athletics. I wanted athletics to be one of those wonderful things.”
All Classes Shine in Dominant Girls Basketball Victory

All Classes Shine in Dominant Girls Basketball Victory

Peter Ryan, Staff Writer February 20, 2019

In one of their most dominant wins of the season, the Friends Select Falcons’ Girls Basketball team defeated the Charter High School of Architecture and Design 61-36. The early portion of the game was...

Our team!

Squashing Expectations

John Larkin, Sports Editor, Staff Writer January 24, 2019

There is a new sport in the Upper School, and it's squashing expectations. The 2018-2019 winter season will be the inaugural season of Upper School Squash. Before diving into Friends Select Squash,...