Sports – The Centipede

Red Sox Win World Series

November 30, 2018

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The Boston Red Sox won their fourth World Series in the twenty-first century, taking the Fall Classic four games to one against the Los Angeles Dodgers on October 28, 2018. After ending the season with a Red Sox-best of 108 wins...

Celtics Season Overview

Reza Eshghi ‘20

November 30, 2018

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The last time that the Boston Celtics won an NBA Championship was 10 years ago. However, heading into the 2018-19 NBA season, Boston is one of the favorites to win it all. At the beginning of last year, the team seemed prepared ...

Chandler Bowl Highlights

amantha Davidson ‘19

November 30, 2018

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This year, Concord Academy secured the Chandler Bowl after hours of nail-biting games in soccer, field hockey, cross country, and volleyball. Despite initial losses by boys and girls varsity soccer and girls field hockey at the M...

Week 4 NFl Highlights: Top Teams

Max Koehler ’22 and Finn Boyle ’22

October 21, 2018

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With the 2018/2019 NFL season starting, this is a summary of the NFL Week Five top 3 teams and defending super bowl champions based on their performance in the first four weeks of the NFL season. Performance is measured...

An Introduction to CA’s Winter Sports Season

Lily Gray '20

December 12, 2017

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The Concord Academy winter sports season began on November 16th and team tryouts ended on Monday, November 20th. Now that the teams have been chosen, athletes are ready to begin competing against other schools when they return ...

Fall Sports Highlights

December 12, 2017

Chandler Bowl 2017 Recap

Ella Griffiths '20

December 12, 2017

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After having regained the title in 2016, the Concord Academy community celebrated in Pingree’s gymnasium and playing fields after successfully defending this year’s Chandler Bowl. CA won the Chandler Bowl by winning 5 out o...

Making Sense of the Celtics’ Busy Offseason

November 28, 2017

CA Girls Varsity Softball Breaks Win Record

Shelly Liu ’20

June 6, 2017

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The CA Girls Varsity Softball Team finished a great season on May 20th, as the team competed in the B Pool of the 2017 NEPSAC (New England Preparatory School Athletic Council) Softball Tournament. Though they finished eighth in ...

Athlete Spotlight: Sam Welsh

Avery Phillips ’18

June 6, 2017

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Sam Welsh ’18 is a rising senior with a newly discovered passion, and talent, for discus. Welsh has been involved with athletics his whole life and throughout his whole CA career. His new passion has taken great heights this se...

CA Girls Varsity Tennis Earns NEPSAC Runner Up

Marina He ’20

June 6, 2017

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On May 20th and 21st, the CA’s Girls Varsity Tennis team competed in the NEPSAC (New England Preparatory School Athletic Council) tournament, where they were awarded runner-up in Class C for the first time in school history- a...

Ultimate Frisbee

Stefano Amador ’19

June 6, 2017

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CA’s Ultimate Frisbee team ended this season with an incredible record, remaining undefeated for a second season in a row. First introduced in 1968, ultimate was first played by two groups of students in the parking lot of ...