Tag: Sports

24Apr Kelly CorsonNo Comments

March Madness

Have you ever joined a March Madness Pool? Every spring, people who love college basketball get really excited about March Madness. The National Collegiate Athletic Association  (NCAA) organizes this tournament, where 68 teams from Division I play against each other. They play in a single-elimination bracket to see which team is the best. With the […]

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24Apr Natalie Esposito Liv SteinbergNo Comments

NFHCA Awards

Six student athletes from the Germantown Academy (GA) field hockey program were recently recognized by the National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA) for their in school achievements. The athletes who were inducted into the NFHCA National Academic Squad program were juniors and seniors who maintained a Grade-Point-Average (GPA) of 3.50 or higher throughout the 1st […]

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24Apr Gabe Freeman Justin Huang '27 John BrightcliffeNo Comments

A Great Tradition: The Impact February Flag Football Has Left on the GA Community

Over the past couple of years, Germantown Academy (GA)’s Student Government Association (SGA) has held February Flag, a tournament in which female students from every grade can compete with each other on a stage that is not represented otherwise in the GA community. Around the United States, Flag Football has become increasingly popular among females […]

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24Apr Asher Pfeffer '27 Nick Lohin '27No Comments

Dual Olympic Gold Medals Turn to Controversy for U.S. Hockey Teams 

The 2026 Winter Olympics were a historic event for the United States (U.S.) hockey teams. Both the men’s and the women’s teams were awarded gold medals, marking the first time in history that Team U.S. ever achieved a double victory in Olympic Hockey. However, what should have been a celebration turned into controversy after a […]

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20Nov Justin Huang '27 John BrightcliffeNo Comments

Stearn, McKee Break School Record, Leaving Lasting Legacy as Seniors

Throughout the beginning of their football season, GA has been led by the strong duo of Xavier Stearn ‘26 and Mick McKee ‘26. The quarterback-receiver partnership has recently set the new record for most passing yards put together in a single game at GA. Their journey together illustrates how their experience playing together, training habits, […]

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31Oct Nick Lohin '27 Nayan Shah '27No Comments

Jeff Thompson Leaves GA

Germantown Academy’s head coach of men’s and women’s swimming, Jeff Thompson, has announced that he will leave Germantown Academy at the end of the current school year. Thompson, a highly decorated coach, has significantly impacted the GA swim program during his 11 seasons, leading the teams to seven Inter-Ac titles and six undefeated seasons. Under […]

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18Jun Maya Rosenzweig '27No Comments

Promising GA girls lacrosse future

This season marks the last for the 11 graduating seniors of the GA girls lacrosse program. Looking back on a season, GA athletics waves goodbye to the players who set the tone on and off the field.  Of those 11, six competitive players will head to the world of D1 college lacrosse. Hours of hard […]

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5Aug Clara Alger '22No Comments

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 […]

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24Mar Nicole Ranile '22No Comments

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 […]

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24Mar Jake Hsu '22No Comments

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 […]

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