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SPRING 2016 For more information on all our teams, go to www.berkshireschool.org/athletics and don’t forget to follow @BerkshireBears on Twitter for up-to-the-minute news and highlights as they happen. #GoBears!
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Baseball / WNEPBL Championship Finalists with a 13-1 regular season record and a 14-2 record overall. WNEPBL Young Division Honors: Brian Rodriguez ’16 named Player of the Year, Brenden Cournoyer ’17 named Pitcher of the Year. Matt Koopman ’17 and Drew Pitcher ’17 were named to the 1st team for the WNEPBL All-Stars. Sam Boorstyn ’17 and Kevin Doody ’16 were named 2nd team All-Stars. MVP: Brian Rodriguez ’16. See page 13 for more. Boys Lacrosse / The Bears beat Gunnery 10-4 to retain the McKee Cup and had big wins over Salisbury and TP. The Salisbury win was the first in 23 years. MVP’s: Charlie Erdmann ’16 and Connor Waldron ’16, who were once again named to the New England West Division I All-League team. Girls Lacrosse / The Bears saw marked improvement throughout the season, finishing the last nine games with a 6-3 record and strong play from their senior leaders. MVP: Sabrina Tattersfield ’16
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Softball / The Bears came up with big wins over Greenwich Academy, Kent, and Gunnery. Led by Annie Love ’16, who transitioned from second to the pitcher’s circle and picked up all four wins, and Moet Matsuoka ’17, who caught every inning this season. MVP: Moet Matsuoka ’17 Boys Crew / The 1st boat (Sam Gatsos ’17, Ivan Kulchitsky ’17, Ian Heissenbuttel ’17, Jared Renzi ’16, and Xander Amero ’17) and 3rd boat (Jack Weeden ’17, Viggo Blomquist ’17, Charlie Recchia ’18, Clark Lotuff ’18, and Peter Bahr ’16) had their highest finish ever at the Founder’s Day Regatta. The 1st boat matched the highest finish in program history set by last year’s 1st boat, 8th in New England, at their championship regatta. MVR: Jared Renzi ’16
Girls Crew / Girls second boat, Cami Kittredge ’19, Sydney McGill ’18, Tara DeChellis ’17, Grace Federle ’18, and Lulu Kauffman ’17, qualified for New Englands, finishing 11th overall. After taking a gap year, Annette Key ’16 will be rowing at Tufts. Arwen Neski ’15 competed in Yale’s first boat throughout the spring season. MVR: Catherine Quaintance ’17 Golf / A building year with fine play from Jordi Sabria ’17 who had several rounds in the 70’s. Underformers Bryce Gomez ’18, Kade Iervolino ’19, Zander Saslove ’18, Lyons Brown ’18, and Jack Grace ’17 will help lead the Bears in 2017. MVP: Jordi Sabria ’17 Girls Tennis / New England Class B Semifinalists. The Bears have advanced to the semis or finals of the New Englands for four consecutive years. This spring they entered the tourney as the 4th seed and bowed out in the semis to #1 Kingswood Oxford. MVP: Mia Vantine ’16