News and Events

Announcement! New Head Varsity Field Hockey Coach - Rachel Riemer will be joining the Upper School faculty and will be teaching science. She was an All-American goaltender at the University of the South and was inducted into the the school's Hall of Fame in 2007. Over the past eight years Rachel has coached a variety of High School sports and I am thrilled to have her join our team.

We are also pleased to announce Jessica Bradley as the new Assistant Varsity Field Hockey Coach. Jessica is a current member of the Upper School College Counseling Office and the Girls' JV Head Lacrosse Coach. Jessica played field hockey at Bates College before graduating from the University of Virginia.

Boys’ Varsity Soccer Wraps up Great Year

After an inspired season, and 19 hard fought games, BB&N’s Boys’ Varsity Soccer season came down to one minute of furious play. Facing soccer powerhouse Avon Old Farms (a large all-boys school) in the New England Class A tournament finals, the Knights fell 1-0 in the last minute of overtime despite taking the play to the opponents for much of the extra time.

“Both teams had their spurts of good soccer in the final game, and we actually out chanced Avon in overtime,” says Coach Jesse Sarzana ’93. “But they found a way to pull it out in the end—something we’d been doing all season.”

Far from disappointed in his team, Sarzana noted that the 2007 team was a Cinderella story of sorts. “This team exceeded all expectations, and went above and beyond the entire year,” he says. “Individuals stepped up, we had fantastic chemistry, and at times we were really a sight to see—playing pass first team soccer like it should be played.”

Posting a 14-1 league record, and 16-3 overall record, the Knights won the ISL outright for the first time in the School’s history, and came one goal short of winning the Class A title.

Bolstered by a core of five seniors, (ISL Player of the Year Max Walker, pictured above, Peter Randall, Tarek Eljahmi, Daniel Fleischer, and Max Meyer), a solid back line, and good goaltending (Ciaran Nugent ’10), the team out-hustled most opponents and did just enough to win. Walker was also named offensive player of the year for his 20 goal campaign, as well as two additional scores in the postseason.

 “The entire School community got behind us, which was amazing,” Sarzana says. “Our playoff games were packed with fans showing great support which was well appreciated by all of us—the players really felt it.”