Reviews, Previews, and Reports about Concord Academy Sports
By Edie Menard ’26
Future changes are coming to Concord Academy’s athletic department with a rising number of students...
Athletics play a part in the lives of almost every member of Concord Academy to different degrees, whether it’s coaching, playing...
With the fast approaching allure of spring comes the arrival of spring sports. At Concord Academy, there are a multitude of options...
Most people play sports for the camaraderie of a locker room, the excitement of witnessing a “buzzer-beating” shot, and the satisfaction...
In the National Basketball Association (NBA), teams can make trades for players until the trade deadline. This year, that day landed...
Girls Varsity Soccer (GVS) is known as being amongst the most successful and popular sports teams of the fall season. Unfortunately...
On October 22, just 20 miles east of Concord, the National Basketball Association (NBA) season began at TD Garden with Al Horford...
The butt of many jokes, memes, and talk show debates, Boston Celtics small forward Jayson Tatum is a notorious ‘fake superstar’.
From October 10 until October 20, the New York Liberty battled the Minnesota Lynx for the 2024 Women’s National Basketball Association...
On September 12, 2024, the Miami Dolphins’ star quarterback, Tua Tagovaiola, suffered his third major concussion in his NFL Career.
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Although Girls Varsity Volleyball was off to a rocky start this season, their resilience has been unwavering and they've started...
A common misconception is that the world of fantasy sports is a pointless timesuck. In reality, it is a community that builds personal...
Tom Brady joining the announcing booth, Lebron James’s son getting drafted, and Katie Ledecky’s continued dominance at the Olympic...
After dominating her first two matches in the 2024 Paris Olympics, American tennis player Coco Gauff was defeated in a third-round...
With the arrival of fall and the anticipated start of a new school year, Concord Academy’s returning students are gearing up to...
I first became a fan of the Boston Celtics sometime in the fall of 2018. It happened around that formative age, somewhere between...
With more money flowing into the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) and many cities showing interest in joining the...
The 2023 and 2024 women’s sports seasons will go down in history as a major turning point in the coverage of women’s sports. Record...
On April 26, Concord Academy hosted its Eastern Independent League rival, the Bancroft School, at Moriarty Campus for the annual...
On Saturday, April 20, the 2024 National Basketball Association (NBA) playoffs began. The NBA held its first playoffs in 1946,...
You do not need to be a sports fan to know the name of Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Shohei Ohtani. Throughout Major League Baseball’s...
Every year, viewers throughout the United States tune in to watch their favorite collegiate athletes get drafted into the National...
It was only yesterday when Manchester City lifted their first-ever Champions League title. On April 16, Manchester City took on...
After coming close to an EIL championship trophy, the Concord Academy track and field team fell short to Portsmouth Abbey during...
As the spring athletic season tryouts ended before March break, the season will kick off in March. With the start of the spring...
The past winter season proved to be an exceptional one for the girls squash team, marked by remarkable victories and memorable...
On March 5, 2024, in an election supervised by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Dartmouth College’s men's basketball...
On February 18, 2024, the NBA All-Star Game was held in Indianapolis, organized by the Indiana Pacers. For this event, the Eastern...
In September 2021, 12 clubs posted an official document confirming their participation in the European Super League. The league...
The Daytona 500, located in Daytona Beach, Florida, is arguably the world's most anticipated and watched car race. As the NASCAR...
“The ball is tipped / And there you are / You're running for your life / You're a shooting star / And all the years / No one knows...
With the snow beginning to melt and the air warming up ever so slightly, Concord Academy is about to welcome a long-awaited spring.
In 2024, college sports will look a lot different than they do now. Basketball stars from Stanford will travel to North Carolina...
On Sunday, February 11, two football teams from the National Football League (NFL) will compete in the ultimate challenge:...
As the winter season approaches each year, the option for snow sports shines among countless winter activities. Yet the threat...
Before the summer of 2021, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) did not permit college athletes to make money from...
The Concord Academy Ski Team is not just a group of athletes; it's a community bound by a shared passion for skiing and a commitment...
Imagine this: you are in a vast stadium, surrounded by thousands and thousands of passionate fans wearing their team color who...
The 4th Winter Youth Olympic Games will open on January 19, 2024 with Opening Ceremonies set to take place across two venues within...
On the eve of October 5, 2023, the grand showdown of Cricket began with finalists from the previous edition taking on each other...
From July 26 to August 11, 2024, two extraordinary athletic events will take place. After one hundred years, the Summer Olympics...
The past seven weeks saw a buzz within the rugby world, with France, who is 2nd in the world, hosting an incredible tournament...
The FIS World Cup circuit is an annual prestigious skiing competition that some consider to be more important for skiers than the...
On August 31, just prior to the start of the school year, Athletic Director Sue Johnson sent out an email to the school community...
The Boys Varsity Soccer (BVS) program is always one of the most competitive and skilled teams at Concord Academy, and this year...
On September 20, 2023, the Boys Junior Varsity Soccer program began their season by boarding a bus to Portsmouth Abbey School.
The 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup hosted by Australia and New Zealand began on July 23, 2023 and ended on August 20. After the group stage...
As the Concord Academy community settles into the excitement of the first few weeks of school, talk of athletic competitions can be heard all around CA.
One of the lesser known benefits of attending Concord Academy is the pleasure of being able to traverse the serene, historic, and beautiful walking paths of Concord.
The start of a new school year always comes with an influx of feelings ranging from eagerness and excitement to anticipation and nervousness.
As a new runner, it can seem incredibly hard to join the world of running. Though the sport is loved by so many, it is also misunderstood by so many more.
So far, Concord Academy has competed in the Chandler Bowl for fall sports and the Battle for winter sports, but what does CA have in store for spring sports? The answer is Bancroft Day, the competitive spring sports event tha...
As of early May, the spring sports season at Concord Academy is well underway. Teams have had varying levels of success; the boys tennis team is 8-1 while the girls team is 8-0, and both are in position to finish at the top o...
Giovanni Reyna is an American professional soccer player currently representing the Bundesliga...
Editors’ Note: This article was written before February 15. Tory Adams ’23 placed first in the Slalom discipline at the NEPSAC Championship.
Over the years, the Al...
A series of games dubbed the “Battle” was played between long-s...
On February 12, 2023, in Glendale, Arizona, the Philadelphia Eagles and the Kansas City Chiefs...
Nearly a year after Russia invaded Ukraine, controversial star Novak Djokovic lifted the Norma...
Even though the winter season at Concord Academy is the most extended in terms of days, it's t...
The NFL playoffs started on Saturday, January 14. Here is your guide to every team and their chances of bringing home the Lombardi Trophy.
There are multiple teams in...
At Concord Academy, the changing of the seasons is tied to the athletic calendar. The 2023 spring athletic season will begin in a little over a month. From March 1 to March 9, students will try out for eleven teams across sof...
Edson Arantes do Nascimento, better known as Pelé, died on December 29, 2022 at age 82, after battling colon cancer for two years.
Pelé was a Brazilian soccer star, a...
One major upcoming event at Concord Academy is the start of the winter season, with tryouts for sports and auditions for the play happening from November 16 through 18, and seasons starting just after Thanksgiving Break on No...
Winter sports teams are kicking off their seasons, and Concord Academy’s all-gender varsity wrestling team is excited. The team is coming off of a strong season in 2021–2022, having finished first in their league by a large m...
An unprecedented three consecutive losses marked the start of boys varsity soccer’s 2022 season. Their first win came in the fourth game of the season as they played at Berwick Academy on a bright fall afternoon. They won a c...
Girls Varsity Volleyball is the heart of fall athletics at Concord Academy. Competitive, tight-knit, and driven, the team is as motivated as ever to improve. Under the leadership of coaches Darren Emery and Peter Boskey and C...
The 2022 Major League Baseball playoffs are well underway, with a third of the field already eliminated as of October 13. The new playoff format solidified under the new collective bargaining agreement expands the playoff fie...
The Champions League and Copa Libertadores are undoubtedly some of the biggest football competitions in the world. But they all live in the shadow of the king- the FIFA World Cup. Every footballer’s biggest dream is making it...
August 26, 2022. Smith Fieldhouse, Provo, Utah. Brigham Young University's Women’s Volleyball team is facing off against Duke, and it’s tight. A record 5,500 fans are cheering in the stands. But one voice rings louder than th...
After two years of a covid-affected US Open, this year’s tournament had a dramatic, exciting draw and full crowds. With over 776,000 fans walking through the gates of the Billie Jean King National Tennis Centre, this year’s U...
Girls Varsity Soccer kicked their season off with a triumphant win over Bancroft at Moriarty on September 14. It was a clear and sunny day – perfect conditions for playing soccer. CA dominated their competition from the start...
The course was originally called "World Soccer," but the name was changed due to issues that may arise with the transcript during the college application process. So, it was renamed to World History & Culture: Contest, wi...
Football season is in full swing after officially kicking off on Thursday, September 8. For eighteen thrilling weeks consisting of 272 games spread across the fall and winter, the action never stops. From now until January 8,...
While there is always something exciting going on in the world of soccer, the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) Women’s Euro (stylized as “EURO”) competition this summer was a highlight of the season. The EUROs o...
Concord Academy has always been led by students as well as faculty members. A robust and diverse student government upholds the school culture, a wide array of clubs keep students engaged in their passions, and student commit...
With the beginning of a new school year comes the kickoff of the school year’s athletics; and while sports are present year round at Concord Academy, there is no time for them like the fall. This time of year boasts a wide ar...
This spring, Concord Academy welcomed a pleasantly normal sports season for the first time in three years. Despite a two-week-long return to indoor masking, sporting events remained the same with all CA spring sport offerings...
Sailing has been a sport at Concord Academy since 1984, yet it rarely gets the attention it deserves. The team currently consists of fourteen sailors who train and compete five days a week. Unfortunately, as sailing meets tak...
On April 29, Concord Academy hosted the first annual CA/Bancroft Cup. The event included six games across CA's sports teams, in which each CA team played each team from Bancroft. The winner of four or more games would earn th...
The 2022 boys tennis team is shaping up to be one of the best in years. 33 players tried out for the team this spring, including nearly a dozen freshmen, leading to one of the deepest talent pools in a long time. With only th...
As the days get longer and warmer, Concord Academy prepares to begin the Spring athletic season. After the conclusion of a very successful winter season, athletics for the 2022 spring season are underway. A wide variety of pr...
Super Bowl LVI took place on Sunday, February 13, 2022. The Los Angeles Rams met the Cincinnati Bengals at SoFi Stadium, the home of the Rams, although they were designated as the away team for the Superbowl. Many Concord Aca...
Hiking Concord is a P.E. offering open to all Concord Academy students, regardless of their hiking experience. This group meets two days a week for an hour to go on a hike in the Concord area. Some may think it is merely a si...
Over the second weekend of February, winter New England Preparatory Schools Athletic Council competitions were held for Girls and Boys Varsity Squash. The top eight players in the two teams left early on Saturday morning to c...
With the launch of the 2022 winter athletics season, Boys Alpine Skiing has been racing down the mountain and up the ranks of the Central Massachusetts Ski League (CMSL). Thanks to a month of dryland conditioning and a rejuve...
Concord Academy has been waiting for the drums for several years, with the last one going to Lexington Christian Academy. This year, all of the teams were fiercely competitive to reclaim the drums for CA. Despite the hard wor...
For some members of our community, the Concord Academy fitness center serves as a safe space. However, many feel intimidated by the culture in the fitness center, preventing them from using the space. This raises questions ab...
The winter basketball season is already underway, with daily practices, and a few games every week. Despite some initial close losses, the Girls Junior Varsity Basketball team is off to a great start. The team has already pla...
The beloved Boys Varsity Basketball program is back this winter, with a strong roster and a wonderful record. The team has been working hard to maintain a good position on their way to the playoffs this year, and every home g...
After a long hiatus due to the pandemic, this past December, Boys Varsity Squash (BVS) returned to a regular season and has since been fiercely competing for the honor of Concord Academy. The return has not been easy, as the ...
In the past years, the Girls Alpine Skiing has been one of the most successful athletic programs at Concord Academy, winning the Central Massachusetts Ski League (CMSL) in the 2019-20 season. The team practices and races at W...
Having lost about half of their players from the 2020-21 season, Girls Varsity Squash has many on the team who have barely played before, some joining straight from Beginners Squash in the fall. These new players not only bri...
After a year-long break, Concord Academy wrapped up a great fall athletics season. This year, 3 teams earned New England Preparatory School Athletic Council (NEPSAC) spots: Boys Varsity Soccer competed in the Division III tou...
Yes, you read that right: Turkey Bowl. Thanksgiving seems to be the only thought that springs to mind when you hear the term “turkey” in November. The event was inspired by the class of 2022’s flag football tournament two yea...
With the fall athletics season drawing to a close, the final performance for the Dance Project is approaching. Through unwavering dedication and commitment, dancers work with the tech crew to combine various elements into the...
The fall season wrapped up in the past weeks. With winter tryouts coming to an end, teams are about to kick off their season. The teams competing in the upcoming winter season will be alpine skiing, basketball, squash, and wr...
The Chandler Bowl for Changing Lives (CBCL) is an annual, charitable sporting event between Concord Academy and our rival, Pingree School. After a year-long hiatus due to COVID-19, the CBCL made a return! The Chandler Bowl wa...
After a season during the pandemic that forced volleyball players out onto the tennis courts for practice, the Girls Junior Varsity Volleyball team at Concord Academy finally made their return to the Student Health and Athlet...