Four NEPSAC girls soccer champions were crowned 10 days ago at The Rivers School. Buckingham Browne and Nichols (Class A) and Brewster Academy (Class C) successfully defended their titles from the year before. They were joined at the champions’ table by Pingree (Class B) and Montrose School (Class … [Read more...]
PINGREE 3, LAWRENCE 0: Highlanders show finishing touch in Class B championship
WESTON, Mass. – The two best scoring chances in the first half of Sunday’s NEPSAC Class B championship game belonged to underdog Lawrence Academy. Top-seeded Pingree still felt good. One year after losing in this Class B final to Suffield, the Highlanders earned their way back to the season's … [Read more...]
BB&N 4, WESTMINSTER 0: Knights make it three straight Class A championships
WESTON, Mass. – Just four days ago, their hopes of another NEPSAC title were on life support. Down 1-0 to Independent School League rival Noble and Greenough with the minutes melting away, top-seeded Buckingham Browne and Nichols needed a late equalizer, then two goals in overtime to survive the … [Read more...]
NEPSAC Girls: 4 takeaways from the New England quarterfinals
Three of the four NEPSAC girls soccer tournaments have arrived at their final fours. In the way of upsets, there weren’t many on Wednesday. All three top seeds advanced (two Class D games were postponed to Thursday), though Buckingham Browne and Nichols needed overtime to secure safe passage in … [Read more...]
NEPSAC Girls: Storylines, predictions for Class B quarterfinals
The NEPSAC Class B girls soccer tournament is a mix of the new and the familiar, with five holdover teams from last year -- including defending champion Suffield -- and three newcomers. The eight-team bracket is led by top-seeded Pingree, which came up one win short of a championship a year ago and … [Read more...]
NEPSAC Girls: Storylines, predictions for Class A quarterfinals
The feeling for the last couple weeks was that eight Class A teams in New England had set themselves apart in bids to qualify for the NEPSAC tournament, a feeling we correctly outlined in our most recent power rankings. The burning question was which teams would be matched up against which. After … [Read more...]