This week of fall sports ended with snow on the ground and leaves still in the trees.
Throughout the fall, the Pride football team has competed in Wednesday 7-on-7 Blue vs. Gold games that bring out a slate of on-campus spectators. The teams have been divided by class: sophomores and juniors vs. seniors and freshmen, by coach draft, and in their final iteration by player-managers Desmond Sampson ’21 and Mason Clark ’22. The format takes 8-minute quarters, with 20-yard first down markers and a required ‘Big Daddy Down’ in each set of downs to ensure that all players (even the linemen) participate in the game. The final competition will take place on Wednesday next week, November 4.
The Pride soccer team continues to practice hard, appreciating the leadership from outgoing seniors to help prepare a slew of upcoming stars for future success. Congratulations to Sebastian Padilla-Ortega ’21 for committing to the admissions process to play soccer at Manhattanville College.
The cross country runners have built on their intrasquad competition to run a number of virtual races this fall. Beginning with Loomis Chaffee, the runners then faced off in a bigger race against Loomis, Choate, Taft, and Westminster. Harry Clark ’23, Robbie Accomando ’22, and Jimmy Nolan ’21 lead the way for the Pride, and all will look forward to a strong performance in the virtual Founders League Championship at 2:30 PM on Saturday, October 31. With the easiest course at Loomis, the race times of each competitor will be amended on a ‘difficulty factor’ of each home course to ensure that the best runners gain appropriate placement in the final rankings.
Roll Pride!
by Cyrus Rothwell-Ferraris