Left, Noah Aaron ’18; above, Nailah Pierce ’18; opposite page (clockwise from left) Luke Beckstein ’20, Piper Higgins ’17, and Mims Reynolds ’17
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Boys Basketball 8–14
This season, the team had many notable accomplishments:
The 2016 –17 varsity basketball season, full of memorable achievements, followed a somewhat disappointing season last winter. But the team came into the year focused and learned that the best path to success is to approach the season one game at a time, rather than fixated on an end-of-season goal. We began to trust one another, and members of the varsity team developed a genuine family atmosphere. Our captains, Noah Aaron ’18 and John Cecil ’17, did an exemplary job of leading the boys, and the coaches met regularly with the captains to assure that players and coaches were always on the same page.
• Won the Huckins-Rouse tournament, hosted at Middlesex, for the first time in school history
Groton School Quarterly
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Spring 2017
• Won multiple ISL games for the first time in five years • Won five or more games for the first time in six years • Defeated our rival St. Mark’s for the first time in twenty years! This was a special group to coach. I am sad to see our Sixth Formers graduate, but I am ecstatic that they are leaving the program with a final win. The future looks
promising for the Zebras moving forward. Go Zebras! — Coach Harold Francis
Boys Hockey 11–13–2 With eight overtime games, the boys varsity hockey team experienced some lows but also some great highs during a challenging but enjoyable season. The team can be proud of how it competed, especially during the second half of the year. The most thrilling moment of our season was beating St. Mark’s in overtime with two seconds left — ending the season on the highest of highs! Other