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Amir McFerren ’24 Lead Sports Editor
Brandon Chung ’23 is co-captain of the boys Varsity Baseball this year, serving alongside Nate Seluga ’23 and Luke O’Connell ’23. He said that since a young age, “I liked baseball and my dad is a big baseball fan, so I’ve grown up around it my whole life.” He continued, “I started playing tee ball in Guilford when I was five, like every other normal kid.”
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Samantha Bernstein ’26 Assistant Sports Editor
Girls Varsity Lacrosse captain Clara Zuse ’23 has played lacrosse since age ten when the coach encouraged her to play. Zuse said that she “was excited to be part of the team and all for it!”
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Maggie Russell ’25 Sports Editor Hana Beauregard ’26, Assistant Sports Editor
With new star players, new rules, and competitive teams, a promising season is predicted for the 2023 Major League Baseball season.
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Tanner Lee ’23 Lead Sports Editor
Every year, a select number of outstanding high-school athletes from across the country are recruited to play their respective sports in college. A few Hopkins students have had this opportunity this year.
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Amir McFerren ’24 Sports Editor
Kael Wu ‘23 serves as co-captain of Boys Varsity Lacrosse, alongside Max Kelly ‘23.
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Anika Gurjar ’24 Campus Correspondent
Nina Gernhardt ’23 serves as co-captain this year of the Girls Varsity Track team alongside Assata Dawson ’23.
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Amir McFerren ’24 Sports Editor Connor Tomasulo ‘24 Sports Editor Arielle Rieder ‘23 Assistant Sports Editor
Hopkins’ Intramural Basketball League (IMBL) kicked off shortly after the winter sports season began, offering a less intense yet competitive alternative to Varsity and Junior Varsity sports.
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Hana Beauregard ‘26 Campus Correspondent
At the end of the 2022 season--her first season as head coach of Hopkins Girls Lacrosse--Kristen Wich, Hopkins’ Assistant Director of Athletics and Coordinator of Auxiliary Programs, and her team finished 7-5, “including three incredible one-goal wins against tough competitors.”
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Samantha Bernstein ‘26 Campus Correspondent
Mike McManus has coached tennis at Hopkins for ten years, and, in his words, he plans to continue coaching “forever. When I retire here it will be as the Girls Varsity Tennis Coach.”
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Maggie Russell ‘25 Assistant Sports Editor
Both the Boys Volleyball and the Female Football games arrived on the Hill on Friday, November 18, continuing a tradition where juniors and seniors compete against one another in sports they don’t typically play.
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Karun Srihari ’25 Campus Correspondent
Margaux Selfors ’23, captain of the Girls Varsity Swimming and Diving team this year alongside Arielle Rieder ’23, began diving for the Hopkins team in her junior year, and had no experience prior to that.
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Amir McFerren’24 Assistant Sports Editor
Although he had some experience in combat sports before, it wasn’t until he came to Hopkins that Johnny Leite ‘23 began wrestling.
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Tanner Lee ’23 Lead Sports Editor
Every four years, the world’s greatest soccer players compete in the World Cup. This winter, the 2022 FIFA World Cup kicked off with a game between the host country, Qatar, and Ecuador.
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Maggie Russell ’25 Assistant Sports Editor
Sydney Matthews ’23 serves this year as co-captain of the Varsity Field Hockey team alongside Ava Littman ’23. While she’s unable to play this season due to a torn ACL, Matthews nonetheless manages to encourage and motivate her teammates from the sidelines.
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Arielle Rieder ’23 Assistant Sports Editor
Matt Delaurentis ’23, co-captain of Boys Varsity Water Polo along with Kaelin Wu and Sam Cherry, started playing the sport in freshman year at Hopkins. While having experience in swimming, he had never tried the sport before.
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Arielle Rieder ’23 Assistant Sports Editor
Formula 1 (F1), originally created in 1950, has recently started gaining popularity in the United States, and many Hopkins students are paying close attention to the outcomes of this season.
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Amir McFerren '24
Evan Migdole ’22, co-captain of Boys Track and Field, had years of experience with competitive running even before Hopkins.
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Maggie Russell ’25
Mykaila Meunier ’22 is an essential member of the Girls Varsity Crew team, serving as co-captain this season with Nana Donderful-Amos ’22.
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Connor Tomasulo ’24
Connecticut is a state without an NBA team (although there is a WNBA team, the Connecticut Sun).
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Arielle Reider ’23, Assistant Sports Editor
Interviews with spring captains conducted by Assistant Sports Editor Arielle Reider ’23.