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Athletes of the Week

may 21, 2007
Clive Weeden '07 and Rebecca Young '08 are the Athletes of the Week for their accomplishments at the New England Track and Field Championships.

The top scorer for the Hoggers was Clive Weeden. Clive placed 6th in the discus (125' 6") and 2nd in the javelin (158' 7"). Clive was seeded 7th in the triple jump and popped a 2-foot personal best to earn an unexpected 2nd place finish. 

The meet highlight for the girls was Rebecca Young's defending her title from last year to become the 2007 300IH New England Champion! She was a full second in front of the rest of the field with a strong 47.46-second finish. Rebecca also placed 2nd in the 400 (60.37s) and ran in the 4x400 relay, which finished 4th after being seeded 10th.

May 14, 2007
Ben Weyers ’08, of the New England Champion Boys Ultimate Frisbee team, and TJ Bowler ’07, of the streaking varsity baseball team, are the Athletes of the Week.

Ben Weyers was the go-to huck when the stall count got high. Seeing Ben launching himself above a crowd to win disc after disc, 11 feet in the air was tremendous. It is not for his outrageous scoring amassed, that Ben gets the nod, but for his countless fully-laid-out defensive blocks. Even though offense wins games, Ben's brand of defense wins championships.

May 7, 2007
Mike Grant '07 in track and field, and Klye Cerutti '08, in girls lacrosse, are the athletes of the week.

Mike Grant let the track team to first place vs. Andover and Loomis. Here are his stats:
He came in first in the long jump, charging 21feet 3 inches, farther than his closest competitor by about a foot.
He came in first in the 200 meter in 22.7 seconds, only 7-10ths shy of a school record.
Mike came in first in the 4x100 relay and ran the anchor leg. 
He came in second in the 4x400 relay where it came down to the final steps of the race with Andover squeaking by. The Hoggers ran their fastest time by 10 seconds and Mike had the fastest split on the team and on the year. It was all grit and heart.

Kyle Cerutti against Worcester had 20 saves and four interceptions and stepped up as a defensive force.

April 30
Khalil Ali '07 of boys varsity tennis, and Helen Winter '08 of girls varsity tennis

The player of the day for NMH on Saturday was Khalil in the #3 singles contest. Khal played an intelligent consistency game comprised of kick serves, mixed spins on ground strokes, and offensive lobs which drew multiple errors from his opponent. Khal won the match in straight sets 6-4, 6-2.

Helen has worked her way up the ladder to play at the #4 singles position. This was her first victory of the season and she won 8-0. Her progress on the playing ladder, effort, positive attitude, and this week's win definitely qualifies her as an athlete of the week!

April 23
Zoe Hasting '08 of girls varsity waterpolo

Against Williston, Zoe scored four goals and dominated the hole-position (like a center in basketball) in two-and-a-half quarters of play to help the NMH girls waterpolo team win two in a row. Although NMH lost both games in a tri-meet at Suffiled Academy, Zoe scored one of NMH's two goal's against Suffiled, playing directly against one of the best players in the league. She also socred another four goals against Andover, in a 9–12 grueling match.

April 16
Ablorde Ashigbi '07 and Stephanie Randall '08 of varsity track and field

Ablorde, an Ivy League-bound “weight-man” and co-captain for the Hogger’s track and field team, placed third in the New England Championships last year in the discus throw with a personal record of 128 feet. After last Saturday’s performance in a tri-meet with Cushing and Suffield it is clear that “Big A” is now prepping himself for the gold. He surpassed last year's personal record three out of his four throws on Saturday. On his second attempt of the day, he exploded with a combination of foot speed, technique, and brut strength to launch a throw of 140' 6", his new PR and best of the day. This distance won the event by 29 feet. Ablorde’s impressive victory is one step toward his goal of winning the New England Championship. Expect to see much more from him in the future.

Stephanie achieved not one, not two, but three first place finishes at Saturday's meet. She bested the field in the discus, the shot, and the pole vault to help NMH win a tri meet vs. Cushing and Suffield.

April 9
Rachael Sperry '07 of girls varsity softball

Rachael was 2 for 5 with a double and a walk at the plate in a 17-4 win over Taft. She combined that with a strong pitching performance (7 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, 4 BB, 8K, 1 HP), holding Taft scoreless through four innings.

April 2
Connor McNamara '09 of boys varsity lacrosse

Connor kicked off his lacrosse career at NMH with a bang. He began the season scoring a goal in his first-ever game against St. Andrew's (FL) despite battling a nagging injury. Then, his individual efforts bolstered NMH with an electric performance against Brunswick, a game in which he in which he showed great prowess and energy in challenging the opposing defense each time he touched the ball. Finally, in the team's home-opening 20-3 win over Canterbury on Saturday, he erupted for three goals, playing both midfield and attack in the game, continuing to impress with his energy. Click here to read the full game reports.

March 5
Jules Toraby '07 of the varsity wrestling team won his 100th career match at New Englands just before break, thus getting his name on a banner and on a sandwich in one fell swoop. Jules is a senior from Cos Cob, CT, and lives in Monadnock House. He is a letter winner in wrestling.

february 26
Jennine Vizcaino '10 of girls varsity basketball, and Becca Donald '07 and Kelsey Morris'07 of girls varsity swimming

Jennine played the game of her year in against Thayer on Saturday. Here are her game stats: 25 pts, five assists, two rebounds, and one blocked shot.

The NMH girls swim team came in fourth place at the Western New England Prep School Swimming Championships (Northern Division) held at Williston-Northampton on Sunday. All three Lady Hogger relay teams medaled with 2nd place finishes in the 200 medley relay and the 400 freestyle relay, and a 3rd place show in the 200 freestyle relay. Hoggers earned individual medals by coming in 3rd in the 200 individual medly, 3rd in the 100 butterfly, 2nd in the 100 freestyle, and 2nd in the 100 backstroke. Key to these performance were co-captains Becca and Kelsey . They were the only two Hogger swimmers who traded participating in only one individual event so as to staff the three relays (normally, each swimmer would swim two individual events). Moreover, Becca garnered a 6th place finish with a career best 58.71 in the 100 freestyle, while Kelsey collected a 3rd place medal in the 100 butterfly with a time of 1:04.31. Between the two of them, they indirectly or directly accounted for 129 of the 278 total Hogger points for the afternoon.

february 19
Omar Bey '10, Marty Tarantino '08, and Drew Frazer '07 of varsity wrestiling, and Tim Liponis '08 of boys varsity Nordic skiing

Omar (103), Marty (130), and Drew (189) each won the Class A Championship at their weight class. Each had been seeded first and each dominated in all of their matches, especially in the finals.

In a race against Andover, Tim went off the front with the gun and never looked back. He skated alone throughout the race, obliterating the field by 2:39. That’s more than 12 percent off his next closest competitor’s total time on the track!

february 12
Ivan Auer '09, boys varsity alpine skiing, and Sarah Heist '08, girls varsity wwimming

With only five of our seven varsity A racers in the line-up on Wednesday due to illnesses, Ivan raced his way to a personal best seventh place finish out of 72 varsity racers in our highly competitive Mount Institute Ski League. Ivan's break-out performance, along with the strong racing of the four remaining varsity A racers, led our team to a season-best second place finish!

Against Miss Porter's, Sarah , despite having a cold, equaled her career best time in the 100 yd backstroke and captured second place, sealing the win for the Hoggers with a 95 - 69 final score. Sarah then exceeded expectations at the next meet versus Westminster.  Against what was expected to be a very close meet with several must-win races for NMH, Sarah captured two career-best times in the two longest races of the meet. In the 200 yd free, Sarah shaved 1.81 seconds for a career-best 2:09.96, and in the 500 yd free, Sarah chopped more than seven seconds off her previous best, coming in second at 5:51.23.  Final score, 96 - 74.

febuary 5
Marty Tarantino '08, boys varsity wrestling, and Kayleigh Monahan '09, girls varsity swimming

Marty had three wins in a match on Saturday, bringing his season record to 25-5. He pinned his Andover opponent who was ranked number 1 in the league (Marty was number 2), and he also posted a convincing 13-4 win over a very good Providence Country Day wrestler.

Kayleigh turned in two career-best times in a meet against Loomis: a 2:04.81 for the 200 yard freestyle (more than five seconds improvement) and a 1:02.98 in the 100 yard backstroke (1.09 second improvement). Against Exeter, Kayleigh again turned in two career-best times: a 25.96 for the 50 freestyle, and 5:33.18 for the 500 yard freestyle (more than eight seconds improvement).

january 29
William Schurman '10, boys varsity alpine skiing

Skiing in his first slalom race for NMH in our highly competitive Mount Institute Ski League, William placed 9th overall among over 60 racers to help the NMH boys varsity alpine team finish 3rd in the race. William accomplished this with only two days of slalom gate training days due to the poor snow conditions this year and the lack of available training space.

january 22
Tyrone Nash '07, boys varsity basketball, and Chris Evans '09, boys varsity swimming

In a win over Proctor, Tyrone's line read...13 points (6-8 FGs), 10 rebounds, 3 assists. In a come-from-behind thriller over New Hampton, he registered 37 points and 13 rebounds.

Chris won two individual events in the Milton/ Andover/ NMH Tri Meet: the 50 freestyle and the 100 backstroke,both in convincing fashion, and then as anchor swimmer on the 400 freestyle relay, he brought the team from a distant fourth (2/3s of a pool length behind) to touch out the Milton A and Andover B relay team for second place. It was one of the most exciting races of the year!

january 15
Daisy Letendre, girls varsity swimming, and Jerrell Williams, boys varsity basketball

Despite the 100-70 loss against Choate, Daisy performed at her peak. Daisy was an underdog coming into the 100 yd breaststroke, with three Choate swimmers having posted superior times earlier in the season. However, Daisy literally out-touched the three Choate nemeses to win the event with a time of season best time 1:14.12. Daisy also took 2nd place in the 200 yd Individual Medley against some of the same Choate competitors, with another season best time of 2:23.40. Daisy also combined forces in an all-sophomore 200 yd Medley Relay to win this opening event. Daisy and teammates closed out the day with a 2nd place 3:59.89 400 yd free relay.

Jerrell posted an outstanding performance when NMH went up against three opponents last week. Here are his stats:
vs. Choate...... 7 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 steals
vs. Worcester...30 points (12-17 FGs), 8 rebounds, 5 assists
vs. Hargrave... 18 points (8-12 FGs), 10 rebounds, 4 assists (named NMH outstanding player)

january 8
Jennine Vizcaino '10, of the girls varsity basketball team and Tom DiDonato '08, of the boys varsity hockey team

In the game against Deerfield, Jennine not only amassed some impressive statistics, but used her natural athletic ability to create several scoring opportunities for herself and her teammates. She had 10 pts, 3 assists, 5 TO's, 5 steals, 2 rebounds, and 2 blocked shots, and she guarded Deerfield's best player, holding her to 6 points in regulation time!

Tom was high scorer last week: he scored four of the team's five goals in two games!

december 11
Andrew Frazer '07, varsity wrestling team

Drew (189 lbs.) won four matches on Saturday, December 9, including a 4-2 decision against the defending Class A Champ. He is now 10-0 on the season.

december 4
Jesse Posl-Rhinehart '08, varsity wrestling team

Jesse won the 160 lb. championship at the Canterbury Invitational on Saturday, December 2. He had three pins and one tech fall (18-2) in his four matches. Congratulations, Jesse!

november 6
Scott Hollingsworth '07 and Rick Langman '07, varsity football; Kailey Worboys '09, girls varsity soccer

After recovering from an injury that kept her out of two games last week, Kailey recovered by contributing an outstanding performance in each of the girls varsity soccer team's three games last week. Against Loomis Chaffee and then Choate , Kailey contributed quality minutes as a striker, showing great pace, aggressiveness, and play-making abilities, particularly in the offensive third. However, the pinnacle of this week's performance came in NMH's 7-1 victory over Vermont Academy, a game in which Worboys contributed an incredible three goals and an assist. Her first two goals came as the result of hard-nosed, aggressive play inside the box, while the third came as she finished her own penalty kick—earned after a hard foul inside the penalty area—with a beautiful shot into the upper left-hand corner of the net. The hat trick was the first by an NMH player in at least three years. Congratulations to Kailey for this performance!

Scott Hollingsworth '07 vs Cushing

• 4 TD catches and a two-point catch
• nine receptions for 101 yards

Rick Langman '07 vs Cushing

• 27 rushes for 270 yds
• 27 of 43 passing for 270 yds
• accounted for 41 of NMH's 43 points and 70 of NMH's 96 offensive plays for 540 of NMH's 666 total yds
• 4 TD passes and 1 rushing TD; three 2-point conversions (2 pass and 1 rush)

October 23
Erika Loomer '08, girls varsity volleyball, and Yuri Moreira '07 and Tim Bigelow '07, boys varsity soccer

A three-year varsity player, Erika was a key player in both matches last week. Against St. Paul's, she recorded 13 assists, a team-leading eight kills, and two stuff blocks. An excellent setter, Erika has expanded her game this year and has assumed hitting, middle blocking, and serve-receive responsibilities. Against Andover, she continued her excellent all-round play before being injured on match point.

Yuri scored the game winner against Andover and the knock-out blow against Kimball Union Academy in games last week. He has scored four finishing blows this year—goals scored in the last five or six minutes of play. Tim, who is committed to Division I lacrosse at Hobart, scored two goals and assisted on another against KUA. Against Andover, he set up the game winner with a great feed to Yuri for the biggest win of the season.

October 2
Carlyn Mehaffey-Coy '08, varsity field hockey, and Michael Grant '07, varsity football

The varsity field hocky team posted three wins last week, and Carlyn was the catalyst in setting up scoring opportunities for NMH. She showed great skill and relentless energy as she carried the ball down the right wing and made well-executed passes to her teammates. She had at least one assist in each of the three games. In addition, she played 110 out of 120 possible minutes.

In a dramatic come-from-behind victory over Worcester, Michael had one long touchdown catch and one touchdown catch called back. On defense, he forced a fumble that led to the winning score. He also shut down the opponent's star receiver, limiting him to one catch.

Contests of the Week

may 21, 2007
NMH boys and girls traveled to Loomis Chaffee to compete in the 68th annual New England DI Track and Field Championships.

The girls went into the meet ranked 11 out of 11 teams, but climbed their way into 9th place with some amazing performances highlighted by Rebecca Young’s 1st place win in the 300 hurdles (defending champion) and 2nd place standing in the 400 meter. She also ran in the 4x400 meter relay, which finished 4th after being seeded 10th. The girls have a lot of youth and spunk and are already looking to build on their strong finish heading into next year.

The boys entered the meet ranked third behind Exeter and Hotchkiss. In a day that had it ups and downs, twists and turns and a lot of drama, the boys ended up tied with Hotchkiss as New England champions! The mathematical odds of a meet of this size ending in a tie for first place are astronomically slim, and it is the first time in at least 20 years that it has happened. NMH and Hotchkiss both officially finish the year as undefeated and champions. Ablorde Ashigbi ’07 placed first in the discus. NMH was led in scoring by Clive Weeden ’07 (17pts) and Alex Boll ’07 (14). Click here for complete highlights.

May 14, 2007
Boys ULtimate Wins the New Englands!
Northfiled Mount Hermon School hosted the Fourth Annual New England Prep School Ultimate League Championships this Sunday. NMH started the day at 9 am with a defeat of the Hotchkiss School by a score of 11-3. They continued this positive start by beating Concord Academy 12-3.  The last team the Hoggers faced in the round-robin was Milton, which they dispatched by a score of 11-8. A 30-minute break allowed the tournament director, Mark Yates, to reseed the teams and set up the playoffs. 

NMH faced the talented team of Chase Collegiate out of Waterbury, CT.  In sport, the toughest game is most often the semi-final and not the final. This proved true for the boys ultimate team.  Somehow, Chase just did not drop the disc. Both teams struggled to score an upwind goal in the 30-mph wind. Neither could for about 30 minutes. A missed pass off the opening pull allowed Chase a chance at the end zone with only one completed pass. They were successful and NMH found itself down at the half by a score of 8-6. Needing to score not once but twice against the wind in the second half was a daunting challenge. These fine young men bowed up and got the job done in a 12-10 victory.

They faced the defending champions of Phillips Andover Academy in the finals. Andover is a talented team, extremely well coached by Scott Hoenig. They battled hard and exhibited an excellent spirit. At the end, NMH would win 13-6.

Going 5-0 in this tournament was an accomplishment that should make the NMH community quite proud. It was made possible in large measure by the volunteer coaching of Clayton Cardin.

Boys ultimate is now 17-2 on the season and heads to Ohio this weekend to face the best teams in the country at the Eastern Championships. Nice going!

May 7, 2007
Girls Lacrosse

The Hoggers played an outstanding game and beat Worcester 13-6. After a scenic tour of Worcester, NMH arrived at the fields for the start of the game. NMH got off the bus and within 10 minutes had to start playing. But the girls pulled together and focused their attention on winning this game. In the first half, NMH played a solid offensive game. Midfielders Kathryn Dziurzynski '07 and Kristan Dziurzynski '10, Cassie Taylor '07, Emily Arena '08 and Darah Thomas '08  made strong connections, pressured ball well and executed effective double teams.  Homes Mattie McQuinn '08, Ana Slavin '08, Colleen Cole '07, and Courtney McCall '07 did well moving the ball and effectively running our plays. Delia Flanagan '09 and Karissa Scano '08 were awesome at getting the ball of the draw and transitioning the ball from our defensive end into our offensive end. Defensively, Abby Zelenka ’08 and Sarah Heist '08 anchored our zone and Kyle Cerutti '08 had an outstanding game in the cage with 20 saves and four interceptions.  Overall, this win was a complete team effort. NMH put in the first four goals and then Worcester picked up their play and the game was pretty even with the ball going up and down the field. At halftime the score was 8-5, NMH. The second half started with Worcester putting in the first goal and closing the gap to two goals. But from that point on NMH dominated the game. Both offensively and defensively everything clicked and NMH controlled the ball. Goalie Kyle Cerutti, was a force in the net and did not let in another goal for the last 20 minutes of the game. It was great to watch everything come together, everyone play to the best of their abilities, and get a win!

Goals:
Mattie McQuinn - 3
Darah Thomas - 2
Colleen Cole - 3
Kathryn Dziurzynski - 2
Kristan Dziurzynski - 1
Karissa Scano -1
Delia Flanagan - 1

april 30
Girls Varsity Crew
G1: NMH 6:22 (3 - 2)
Tabor 6:37
G2: Tabor 2: 6:38
NMH 6:59 (1 - 1)
Tabor 3: 7:05
G3: NMH 6:50 (1 - 0)
Tabor 7:56

The NMH girls varsity rowed a strong and controlled race against an equally determined Tabor crew. Having returned from Lake Quinsigamond last weekend with over a boat length to make up against the Andover and Exeter crews, NMH has set it's sights on making up this 10-second difference. Everything else is a practice for that rematch 4 weeks from today. With this in mind NMH blasted off the start, quickly making up the 4-seat deficit of lane 1. The next 300 meters were tense as the tips of the blades of the battling crews were separated by inches. But NMH cox'n Keiko Stobaeus '07 wouldn't allow her boat to be pushed off its mark, and Tabor had to adjust their course. By the 500 meter mark NMH had made their move and controlled the rest of the race.

G1 cox: Keiko Stobaeus '07, stroke: Liz Donald '07, 7: Emily Tisdale '07, 6: Tessa Gobbo '09, 5: Rebecca Donald '07, 4: Carlyn Mehaffey-Coy '08, 3: Renee Forcier '08, 2: Harriet Booth '09, bow: Roberta Taggart '07

april 23
Boys Varsity Volleyball
NMH 3
Loomis Chaffee 0
(30-24, 30-27, 30-25)

NMH earned its first victory of the season in a hard-fought match at home. Though inexperienced, Loomis came to play, and in game 1, we were forced to overcome an 11–16 deficit. In game 2, we were down 24–26 then got 3 huge kills from outside hitter James Chen '07 to win the pivotal game. We fell behind 9–15 in game 3, steadied the ship and inched ahead at 25–23, then rode the net play of middle blocker Peter Duplissie-Johnson '08 (2 late game kills and a block) to victory. Joining James and Peter in playing strong games were Kelvin Cheung '08, who played across the back row for the first time this season, and Benson Chiu '08. Benson set for the first time ever, and enabled us to play a 6–2, which features two setters rather than one. As a result, both our setters had good games and our hitting improved.

april 9
Girls Varsity Waterpolo
NMH 12
Worcester Academy 3

The Hoggers posted their first in-league win in over six years with a victory over Worcester Academy. The victory included three hat-tricks by NMH tri-captains Kelsey Morris '07 and Claire Petersen '08, as well as four-year veteran Trudy Hall '07. Local sensation Zoe Hastings '08 found the net twice. Other local players included rookies Beth Robie '09 with two shots on goal, and Rachel Koh '08 in her first appearance ever and one shot on goal. Rounding out the scoring, senior tri-captain and four-year starter Susan Maday Travis '07 scored her second goal in as many games. In addition, Rachel made her debut as goalie in Q3 with one save. Jooyen Hahm '08 had her dream fast-break and two shots on goal. Laura Bartell '09 led in the assists department with two.

april 2
Girls Varsity Softball
NMH 17
Taft 4

NMH traveled to Taft for the first game of the season after limited time outside during pre-season practices. The team went out focused and ready to play. The offense started out a bit sluggish, scratching out just a few runs in the first three innings. Then, in the fourth inning NMH scored 9 runs and put the game out of reach for Taft. Offensive leaders for the day were Amrita Acharya-Menon '07, who was 3 for 6 with a double, Clara Conklin '07, who was 2 for 5 with a triple and a walk, Connie Floyd '08, who was 2 for 5 wth a walk, and Rachael Sperry '07, who was 2 for 5 with a double and a walk.

february 26
National Prep School Championships

Drew Frazer '07 gained All American honors by placing 5th at the 72nd National Prep School Championships at Lehigh University. Frazer becomes the 15th NMH wrestling All American and the first since 2003. His season record now stands at 41-2. NMH placed 26th out of the 124 teams, 5th among the 32 schools from New England. The top NE school was Brooks in 14th place. It was NMH's best finish since 2003 when they also placed 26th. As expected, Blair Academy of NJ easily won their 27 consecutive team championship.

Jesse Posl–Rhinehart '08 had a good tournament advancing to one win from All American honors highlighted by his avenging an early seaon loss to an opponent from Peddie. Marty Tarantino '08 and Omar Bey '10 each won twice and Jules Toraby '07 lost two close matches.

Coach Frank Millard was awarded the Buckley Service/Merit Award voted on by the coaches. He previously won the award in 2002.

Frazer (seeded 6)
WBF vs Md School for the Deaf
WBF vs Camden Military
LBD 2-3 Peddie
WBF vs Arch Bishop Curley, MD
WBD 3-0 vs Paul VI, MD
LBD 6-12 vs Pomfret
WBF vs Wyoming Seminary, PA

Posl–Rhinehart
WBF vs Peddie
LBD 2-11 vs Germantown Academy, PA
WBF vs Boys Latin, MD
WBF vs St Marys Ryke, VA
LBF to Georgetown Prep, MD

Bey (seeded 10)
WBD 10-3 Boys Latin, MD
LBF Chestnut Hill, Md
WBF vs Moses Brown
LBF Rye CD, NY

Tarantino
LBF vs Bishop O'Connell, MD
WBD 3-0 vs Long Island Lutheran
WBD 11-7 vs Gilman School, MD
WBF vs McDonough School, MD

Toraby
LBD OT vs Boys Latin, MD
LBF vs St Benedicts, NJ

february 19
Boys Varsity Wrestling, Class A Championships

Omar Bey '10 (103), Marty Tarantino '08 (130) and Drew Frazer '07 (189) each won the Class A Championship at their weight class. It marked the third time since the Class A league expanded to 15 teams or more that NMH had three champs (2005 and 1998). The NMH record is five Class A Champs in 1965. Jesse Posl-Rhinehart '08 , top seed at 160, returned to action after a six-week injury layoff and placed third. He won his first two easily, got upset in the semifinals 10-13, and then won two more by pin. Jules Toraby '07 placed fourth and was temporarilarly blocked in getting his 100th win; he has 99. Jason Chow'09 was the other NMH placer as he took fourth after being seeded fifth.

The Hoggers placed fourth in the tourney, which was hosted by the winning team, Exeter. It was the third year in a row a different team won the championship.

NMH leading records:
Frazer 36-0
Tarantino 32-6
Toraby 31-9
Bey 28-5
Chow 24-6
Posl-Rhinehart 18-4

february 12
Boys Varsity Basketball
NMH (20-4) 85
Andover 55

NMH played great defense at the opening of Friday's game and held Andover scoreless for the first 4:30 of the game. After Andover's first points of the night, NMH was leading 9-2. Andover outscored NMH 8-4 over the next 2:00 and cut into the lead at 13-8. NMH took control of the game as they went on a 17-5 stretch and had a 30-13 lead with 5:00 remaining in the half. The teams played even ball over the final 5:00 and NMH went into the locker room with a 42-24 lead. NMH was led by a very balanced attack over the first 20:00 with 9 players getting involved in the scoring. Unsigned senior Gary Correia led NMH with 11 first half points.

The second half saw NMH come out of the break with two spectacular alleyoops from Gary Correia to LaSalle-bound Jerrell Williams '07 including a reverse two handed dunk. The Hoggers led 53-32 after 3:00 of action. NMH went on another run that broke the game open. Over the next 5:00, the Hoggers outscored Andover 16-3 and had their biggest lead of the game at 69-35. NMH continued to play good basketball and went on to an 85-55 win. Read the full report!

january 29
Boys Varsity Basketball
NMH (15-4) 76
Exeter 63

The NMH Hoggers completed a three-game trip through New Hampshire last week with visits to Proctor Academy, New Hampton, and Exeter. NMH went 3-0 by closing out the sweep with a 76-63 win over Exeter. Read the full report!

january 22
Girls varsity swim team
NMH 29, Andover 65
NMH 81, Milton Academy 13

Coming off a decisive victory over Worcester Academy, the NMH Lady Hoggers hosted Andover's Big Blue and the Mustangs of Milton Academy. Although four-time and current NEPSAC Champions Andover never lost its lead, NMH laid claim to first place in the 100 yard butterfly and the 100 yard freestyle. Becky Gillig '08 pulled out a season best time of 1:02.77 to win the butterfly, while Kailey Monahan '09 scored a career personal best of 56.06 to with the freestyle. Kailey would go on to win the 100 yard backstroke with her second-best time of the season, 1:04.11. Capturing third in the backstroke with a career best time of 1:08.66 was Sarah Heist '08. Also joining the career-best club for the day was Zoe Hasting '08, who stated her goal for the day was to garner a best-time for the 500 yard freestyle. She did just that by peeling about five seconds off of her previous personal best and swimming the event in 6:25.04, which was good enough to beat both of the Mustang swimmers in the same event.

january 15
Girls Varsity Basketball

NMH 44
Vermont Academy 33
NMH dominated in the first half, scoring 23 and holding VA to only 9 points. Erica Loomer '08, returning to pre-injury form, and Jennine Vizcaino '10 combined for 16 steals, most of them in the first half!

In the second half, NMH came out strong, pushing the lead from 14 to 19 in just a few minutes. VA closed the gap to 13 points where it stayed for the rest of the game. Caitlan Harris '07 made sure that the Hoggers held on to this game, as she pulled down 11 rebounds and scored 17 points for her first double-double of the season. With 7 minutes to go in the game, Jennine took on the role of stopping VA's leading scorer, holding her to only 2 points. Kayla DeVincentis '07 found her shooting touch, scoring 10 points on outside shots and on lay-ups off NMH steals. Read the full report.

january 8
NMH (9-3) 77
Vanier College 60
NMH returned to action for the first time since December 16 when they won the Boys' Club of New York tournament championship over the #1 ranked Notre Dame Prep. On January 5, the 8th ranked Hoggers played host to their fourth annual matchup against Vanier College from Montreal. Vanier is considered among the top basketball programs in Canada. All 13 NMH players made contributions, and 12 players made it to the scoring column. Read the full report.

december 11
Girls Varsity/JV Swimming
The girls varsity/JV swim team traveled to a meet against The Winsor School on Saturday, Deciember 9, where they took first place in every event for a winning score of 110–58. They took a larger team than usual, bringing 23 swimmers out of the total 29 of varsity and JV combined. Several ninth graders got their first taste of dual-meet action, including Faith Weiss '10 in the butterfly leg of the 200 medley relay. Fellow ninth-grader Rebecca Daen '10 got moved up to anchor the B-relay of the 200 free relay due to a temporary injury to captain Kelsey Morris '07.

december 4
Varsity Wrestling
The Hogger wrestlers opened their season placing third in the 16 team Canterbury Tournament. Last year the team was fourth. Jesse Posl-Rhinehart (160 lbs.) and Andrew Frazer (189 lbs.) won individual championships, while NMH's other finalist, Omar Bey (103 lbs.), placed second. Other Hoggers placing were Jason Chow (112 lbs.), third, Marty Tarantino (130 lbs), thired, and Jules Toraby (119 lbs.), fourth. Pat Kenny, Zander Cesari, and Max Wright each won a match. The Hoggers did not have any entries at 215 or 275 lbs.

november 13
Boys Varsity Soccer
NMH 1
Deerfield 0

NMH (11-3-1) won a hard fought away match against Deerfield Academy on November 8. Coach Charlie Malcolm cited the play of several players: "Hayden Johns '07 and Jimmy Nicholson '07 anchored the center of the defense behind Kellen Mobilia '08. Mobilia played an outstanding match as he held onto ever shot and serve in traffic, a critical component to the game. Corey Jarecki '07 and David Weiner-Crane '07 also played exceptionally well on the flank under tough conditions and tremendous Deerfield pace. Aidan Buick '07, player of the match, masterfully anchored centerfield with dangerous passing and incredible defense." Read the full report.

november 6
Girls and Boys Varsity Cross-Country
Girls: NMH 24, Deerfield 32
Boys: NMH 26, Deerfield 29

Coach Sarah Rebick says of the girls team, "The NMH girls cross-country runners showed that they were the team with the most guts at their Nov. 4 meet. We anticipated a close race and the girls knew that they could not hold back, they couldn't wait for the last half mile to race their competitors. So, nearly every Hogger harrier started racing right from the gun. The NMH ladies won decisively 24-32. I can't tell you how proud I am to have witnessed the physical drive and internal desire that our girls demonstrated today." Read the full report.

Coach Josh Brandwene reports, "In dramatic fashion NMH came home with a hard fought 26-29 victory. Alex Boll '07 earned medalist honors on the 2.75 mile course in a time of 14:31—the fastest time recorded on DA's home course this season. Second overall was Tim Liponis '08, who ran very strong in a time of 14:55. DA's top runner was third overall." Read the full report.

October 30
Boys Varsity Soccer
Deerfield (5-3-2) 0 0 0
NMH (7-3-1) 3 1 4

NMH played Deerfield Academy in a crucial WNEPSSA match with significant postseason implications. NMH once again won the coin toss and elected to take the wind in the first half. For the first ten minutes both teams cautiously played while searching out the elements and their opponent. Fifteen minutes into the half, NMH began to lift their performance at the wing mid position and penetrate the Deerfield defense with dangerous flank runs. After 25 minutes of play with a handful of near misses, NMH needed to find the back of the net before losing the wind. A Deerfield foul, just wide of the box, led to an Alex Redding '07 serve and a Yuri Moreira '07 header to the back of the net. Alex’s explosive speed and pace on the ball created the foul while Yuri’s knack for lifting his play at a critical moment continues to drive the Hoggers season. Read the full report.

October 23
Boys and Girls Regattas @ the Head of the Charles
Charles River, Boston, MA
Sunday, October 22
Distance: 3 miles
Conditions: cool and sunny, moderate crosswind in places, good water

The boys regatta team pulled to a remarkable sixth-place finish in the Mens Youth 4s event at the Head of the Charles regatta, racing against 50 crews from around the United States and Canada. The NMH crew was the second fastest US high school and placed higher at this prestigious race than any NMH crew in at least a decade. Coxswain was Teresa Le '07 and oarsmen were Jeff Breau '07, Spencer Hattendorf '08, Rob Downey '07, and Henry Hutcheson '08. Read the full report.

The girls regatta team finished 13th place overall (12th in the high school sub-division) out of 50 teams. When the team crossed the finish line, they were only a little over a minute behind the first place boat. Rowers were Keiko Stobaeus '07, Becca Donald '07, Liz Donald '07, Emily Tisdale '07, Renee Forcier '08, and Roberta Taggart '07. Read the full report.

October 2
Varsity Football
NMH 19
Worcester Academy 18

Rick Langman '07 sprinted into the endzone with 39 seconds on the clock to put NMH ahead by one point as the Hoggers completed a furious fourth quarter comeback over visiting Worcester Academy to secure a 19-18 victory. Read the full report.

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