PAST MUSTANGS OF THE WEEK:
February 3 – February 9
Jude Simplice ’15 (V Wrestling) –
Jude Simplice, senior captain came in second place at the Northern New England Invitational last weekend losing to his opponent by only one point. Today at the ISL’s Jude beat his opponent from St Paul’s in overtime to advance to the finals. In the finals match Jude once again would face the Middlesex 170 pounder who had beaten Jude at the NNEI last weekend by one point. After a quadruple overtime match Jude earned the escape after a nail-biting sudden death overtime to become our 170 lb. 2015 ISL Champion!!!
Rachel Handler ’18 (3rd Basketball) –
Rachel Handler of the Freshman girls basketball team is a Mustang of the week. Rachel has always looked to get her teammates involved and operates off the pass-first mentality. Her coaches wanted her to take more shots in games and she finally did. She scored 12 points, had a number of great steals, and still found ways to help her teammates score. It was a breakout game for Rachel and she propelled our team to success on Friday against Middlesex.
Honorable Mentions: Harrison Jia ’17 – Swimming .. Jen Costa ’17 – V Hockey
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January 26 – February 2
Conor Greene ’18 (JV Hockey) –
Freshman Conor Greene scored 3 goals in the JV Hockey Team’s 4-0 win over Pingree.
Destiny Rosas ’17 (Wrestling) –
Destiny Rosas earned a Silver Medal at the Andover Female Wrestling Tournament. Destiny wrestled in a heavier weight class, with one win by pin over a girl almost 30 pounds heavier than her.
Honorable Mentions: Matt Chea ’15 – V Wrestling .. Carson Spahr ’15 – V Squash .. Anne Malloy ’16 – V Hockey .. Erika Lamere ’15 – V Basketball .. Soleil Devonish ’18 – FR Basketball
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January 19 – January 25
Shay Quintin ’16 (V Wrestling) –
Shay Quintin, of the varsity wrestling team, wrestled a new England winner from last year, who is currently one of the top 3 seeds in NE and the top seed in ISL. Shay was down by 10 points and came back and pinned his opponent to win. It was a huge win for him and great lift for the team.
Niki Young (V Basketball) –
Niki Young of Varsity girls basketball team has been instrumental all of the team’s wins this season. She provides a level of toughness that the rest of the team follows. She sets the tone for the defense and always shuts down the other teams best player. She suffered an injury on Saturday when once again, she was going above and beyond after the cancellation of our game and went to the gym to workout.
Honorable Mentions: Maria DiMartinis ’17 – V Hockey .. Freddy Connelly ’15 – JV Hockey .. Maya Thakore ’18 – FR Basketball
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January 12 – January 18
Jonnie Lawson ’15 (V Skiing) –
Senior Captain, Jonnie Lawson, has been the #1 Boys Skier at Milton Academy since he has been at the school and this past week at our last race, he should proved why. Jonnie had two runs with times of 21.15 and 21.22 seconds for a combined time of 42.37. This was good enough to beat every other skier in the ISL League, a total of 60 Varsity Boys who were competing the day of the race.
Katie Widenmeyer (V Hockey) –
Senior Assistant Captain, Katie Widenmeyer, is a solid leader on defense for the varsity girls hockey team. This week, from her defensive position, she also led the team in offense with 5 points on 2 goals and 3 assists, including the game winning goal against Groton. This helped the team to a 2-0-1 week against three ISL opponents.
Honorable Mentions: Dom Cozier ’16 – V Basketball .. Erika Lamere ’15 – V Basketball .. Carson Spahr ’15 – V Squash .. Rebecca Bower ’18 – 3rd Basketball
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January 6 – January 11
Jude Simplice ’15 (V Wrestling) –
Senior captain Jude Simplice of the Varsity Wrestling Team won his match helping the team to a 54-21 win over Belmont Hill on Saturday. Jude is now a perfect 8-0 on the season in his matches
Lydia Hill ’17 (V Skiing) –
Despite not having any warm-up runs, Lydia Hill of the Varsity Ski Team managed to place 3rd out of 37 competitors. Lydia had runs of 22.81 and 22.17 finishing just 0.89 behind the first place finisher.
Honorable Mentions: Del Jenkins ’17 – JV Basketball .. Jonnie Lawson ’15 – V Skiing .. Jen Costa ’17 – V Hockey
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December 19 – January 5
Sean Brennan ’15 (V Hockey) –
Senior captain Sean Brennan had six points in three games to help lead the team to the Championship game at Tabor. Milton fell 4-2 on an open net goal to a strong KUA team in championship game. Sean had a goal and an assist in that game.
Girls’ Varsity Hockey Team –
The Girls Varsity Hockey Team won four straight games in a 36 hour span to win the Exeter New Year’s Tournament. The team beat Rivers 3-1 in the final, and had two come from behind wins and a shootout win to earn the top seed in the championship game. The team has a 4-1-2 record in their last seven games, and is undefeated in 2015!
