Boarding School Atheltics
From China to the NFL (via New Hampton)
You’ll appreciate the story of how a Chinese student came to New Hampton and then found encouragement and success from a teacher/coach.
Read MoreA Sad Change for Prep School Basketball Fans
A big story out Pittsfield, ME yesterday, Maine Central Institute’s board of trustees has dropped their New England Prep School Class A basketball program effective with the new fiscal year beginning July 1.
Read MoreShattuck-St. Mary’s Wins Boys Hockey National Championship
Congratulations to the Shattuck-St. Mary’s boys hockey team. The teams won the U18 Tier 1 National Championship for second straight year marking their fourth championship out of the last six.
Read MoreBasketball Pressure That Has Nothing to do With the Game
I’m a sports fan. But, I must say, there are times when I wish I weren’t and those times almost always have to do with the hypocrisy of intercollegiate athletics and the NCAA. Whether it’s the governing body’s insistence in some faux notion of amateurism that never existed; to a student first, athlete second assertion [...]
Read MoreBig League Coverage of New England Prep School Sports
Kudos to ESPN’s Boston High School Blog. Their blog’s doing a great job of following, collecting, & publishing quick coverage on New England prep school sports.
Read MoreNEPSAC Prep School Basketball Tournament Winners
We’ll catching-up on some sports news that happened over spring break during a few posts this week. First, the ever-popular boys basketball tournaments.
Read MorePrep School Players in the Men’s 2012 NCAA Basketball Men’s Final Four
Some simple math: 4 teams, 13 players each, 52 players total. 8 of those players from boarding school programs; 15% of players on 2012 NCAA Men’s Final Four rosters come from boarding school programs.
Read MoreElite 8: Boarding Schools Were Well Represented
Prep schools (New England schools especially) play some of the best boys high school basketball out there. It’s always impressive to see the number of prep school players on college basketball rosters of the highest level.
Read MoreControlling One’s Destiny through Education
NBA’er & Blair Academy grad Royal Ivey is the subject of NY Times sportswriter William Roden’s “Even The Player Who Made It Knows the Value of a Backup Plan.”
Read MoreAthletics at a Canadian Boarding School
In this interview, Ridley College athletic director and alumnus presents a brief overview of athletics at Ridley.
Read MoreA Great Boarding School Teacher Nears Retirement: FUMA’s Fletcher Arritt
As a young teacher watching him coach, I knew Fork Union Military Academy’s Fletcher Arritt was good. I didn’t know how good. Twenty+ years later and thanks to Erik Brady’s USA Today article, “Outgoing Coach Molded Men for Four Decades,” and Phil Wall’s documentary work I’m in awe.
Read MoreShattuck-St. Mary’s Wins Inaugural World Sports School Challenge Gold
Late in December the Shattuck-St. Mary’s boys Hockey team defeated Finland 5-3 to win the first World Sports School Challenge (WSSC) gold medal.
Read MoreNational Football Signing Day: A (Very) Rough Boarding School Report
I’ve done this in past but never found it so difficult to find press and announcements of boarding school players signing football letters of intent.
Read MoreBoarding School Alumni in the 2012 Super Bowl
Always looking for boarding school alumni in big stages, I’ve found three players in Sunday’s Super Bowl. This list isn’t exhaustive. If I didn’t find someone, please add them to the comments.
Read MoreCompetitive Snowboarding: a chat with Gould Academy’s Chris Davies
If you’re high school snowboarder with collegiate or U.S. national aspirations, you might like our latest video interview with Chris Davies, Gould Academy, head snowboarding coach.
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