Sarah Casey Forbes ‘86, P’17, ‘18
Opposite page, clockwise from top left: Liza Greenhill ‘17, John Cecil ‘17, and Grace Liggett ‘15
Ian MacLellan
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The theme last year was about building resilience to adversity, and that work paid dividends this winter. The result? Not just more W’s in the first column of our record. Far more impressive was the team’s ability to play for one another, to buy into a common goal and represent a common identity. Team chemistry cannot occur unintentionally and without a commitment to the greater good. All cylinders were firing in the last month of the season, with the team posting a 4-4-2 record, with two ties and a victory against ISL teams (Middlesex 2-1, St. George’s 2-2, St. Mark’s 0-0). One loss came in a nail-biting overtime (Brooks 4-3). Of the eight teams who qualified for the Division II (smaller school) tournament, Groton faced six of them, of which five were one-goal games and one a tie. During the regular season, Groton lost in
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overtime to the 2015 Division II champions, our fellow ISL competitor, Rivers School. If the team is able to continue the upward trajectory they achieved this year, the Zebras will be tournament bound in 2015-16. — Coach Randi Dumont
Boys Squash 10-3 Squash is growing rapidly as a youth sport, so the competition gets stiffer every year. But even in that context, the Groton boys had a terrific winter. With a host of returning players and big expectations for new additions Terrence Wang ‘17 and Jason Montima ‘18, hopes were high coming into the season. The guiding hand of Captain Anthony Chu ‘15 helped set the tone early, and the team went right
Spring 2015
to work. Undaunted by an early loss to a very strong Deerfield squad, all the Groton players trained hard and competed even harder. Terrence and Anthony led the charge from the top of the ladder, but the remarkable depth of the group was its greatest strength, not only ensuring wins towards the bottom of the lineup but also allowing all the players to push each other along in practice. Most of the boys had an individual setback at some point this season, be it Fifth Former Luke Holey’s back injury, Zahin Das’ ’16 untimely illness, or any of a host of others. To those individuals’ credit, they remained energetically supportive of their teammates even when they could not be on the court. To the whole team’s credit, anyone who missed a number of practice days found himself well behind his teammates, as they improved week by week. As a result,
Photos by Jon Chase
Clockwise from left: Ace Cowans ‘15, Will Bienstock ‘16, and Kai Volcy ‘17