Sports – Page 9 – The Edition GA

6Nov

Madison Kerest: Athlete of the Edition

Madison Kerest ’24 makes her debut in GA sports by starting a new activity: football. Coming from a background of playing soccer, she is kicking for the football team and has found a new love for the game. Besides changing schools, Maddie is also changing sports. This will be her first season kicking, and she […]

23Oct

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GA Athletics Update

So far, the fall season has been an abnormal and difficult time for athletics across GA. In the face of the pandemic and the InterAc’s temporary cancellation of competition, GA decided to institute a four week period (one week strictly for conditioning) in which fall sports teams could regularly convene and train. In doing so, […]

11Oct

Rishi Mandapaka '21

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Robert DiDonato Joins “The Farm”

On September 1, 2020, Germantown Academy’s very own Robert DiDonato ‘21 hit yet another major milestone in his running career. Following months of contemplation between his top 8 schools, which included the likes of Harvard University, University of North Carolina, and Duke University, Robert finally announced via Instagram his commitment to Stanford University. In a […]

9Oct

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Time for Team Loyalty & Spirit

Editor’s Note: This article was written before news of the current NFL COVID-19 Outbreak. An article about that subject is being written right now. While the news buzzes about promising vaccines and potential discoveries to help keep people safe from COVID-19, the sports industry has been scrambling to find ways to bounce back from the […]

7Oct

Zara Bhatt '24

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GA Sports Updates

Athletics play a major role at Germantown Academy, but with the challenges of working around COVID-19 and being part of longest continuous interscholastic rivalry in the country, GA knew they needed to devise a plan for all sports to continue with serious safety precautions in place. This year, sports look a little different than normal. […]

5Aug

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Jordan Longino Becomes a Wildcat

Jordan Longino, rising senior at Germantown Academy, donned a Wildcats t-shirt to announce his verbal commitment to Villanova Men’s Basketball team over social media on July 23rd. After receiving around a dozen offers, he had made his decision to play there next fall. But how did he get to this point? Over the course of […]

SPORTS HIGHLIGHT: GA SWIMMING AND DIVING

24Mar

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SPORTS HIGHLIGHT: GA SWIMMING AND DIVING

Germantown Academy’s swimming and diving season has officially come to a close. The Patriots competed at numerous dual meets, resulting in a winning record at the Easterns Championships in Lancaster, PA. The girls swim team ended the season with an overall record of 5-3. The Patriots represented GA very well at the Easterns Championships, taking […]

GERMANTOWN ACADEMY VS ABINGTON FRIENDS SCHOOL

24Mar

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GERMANTOWN ACADEMY VS ABINGTON FRIENDS SCHOOL

On Friday, February 21, the girls basketball team suffered a 63-42 loss in the PAISAA state semifinals at Friends Central to the Abington Friends School. Already shorthanded with the loss of senior Elle Stauffer due to a knee injury, the Patriots were even more undermanned Friday night with seniors Caitlyn Priore and Molly Oeth out […]

23Mar

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Eagles Season Recap

Injuries plagued the Eagles this past season. After the exciting acquisition of DeSean Jackson, a former star player with the Eagles, he quickly got injured in Week 2 against the Falcons. From then on, injuries continued to be a recurring issue for the Eagles. Every single week of the 2019-2020 season, at least eight Eagles […]

23Mar

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Oskar Lindblom

December 13th, 2019, was a melancholy day for the city of Philadelphia and the entire hockey community. On that Friday, it was revealed that Philadelphia Flyers forward Oskar Lindblom had been diagnosed with Ewing’s Sarcoma two days prior by leading doctors at the University of Pennsylvania. The team publicly announced the Swedish athlete’s unfortunate season-ending […]