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More Winter Season Highlights

Lawrence Academy celebrated and recognized even more student-athletes who will play in the NCAA on Winter Term’s NLI signing day. Congratulations to Jenna Gagnon, CJ Jahnle, Gavin Hatfield, Alex Karibian, Denzel Khasabo, Grace Joscelyn, Cam McGinty, Anya Nichipor, Ally Prentice, Keagan Ryan, Peter Scheibe, Morgan Schultz, CJ Schuster, Bryce Thomas, and Thomas Whitlock.

In February, the Spartan wrestling team competed in the NEPSAC wrestling championships at Phillips Academy, and Charlotte Lokere ’23 placed third in her weight class. Charlotte then went on to compete at Nationals in Maryland. The LA grapplers also traveled to Bath, Maine, and competed in the Northern New England Wrestling Tournament at the Hyde School. Four Spartans placed: Michael Gregoire ’24 at 190 finished second, Zaiden Huggins ’24 at 175 finished fourth, Bhavya Sharma ’23 at 165 finished sixth, and Connor Hogan ’26 at 190 finished sixth. Congrats, team!

The varsity boys’ ski team, coached by Mia Ritter, finished fourth in the NEPSAC Class C Skiing Championships at Crotched Mountain in February.

The varsity girls’ basketball team earned the No. 8 seed in the New England Class B Basketball Tournament. The Spartans fell 68-50 to the top seed, St. Luke’s School, in New Canaan, Connecticut.

After two seasons, boys’ basketball forward Sebastian Wilkins ’25 added his name to the team’s 1,000-point scorers list versus BBN, an 84-52 victory. Additionally, Kevin Wiercinski earned his 400th win as head coach of the varsity cagers.

The varsity girls’ hockey team earned the No. 5 seed in the New England Small School Hockey Tournament. The squad fell to the No. 4 seed, The Millbrook School (4-1), in the NEPSAC quarterfinals, held at Loomis Chaffee.