Cross Country

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Written by Alex Romano ’19

This year’s cross country team is comprised of over fifteen students from a wide variety of backgrounds. It is truly one of the most underrated sports at Hebron Academy, and the bond that we build together running through the trails every single day is truly unique. People often do not understand what cross country really is all about; cross country is wheezing your way through the fourth kilometer of a race, using every ounce of life left in you to make it up the hill, all while three people are breathing down your neck waiting for the moment to pass you. This season has been a great one for our squad. We have competed in two races so far, and have many more ahead on our schedule. We look forward to competing in MAISADS, and hopefully, New Englands at the end of the season.

 

Varsity Women’s Soccer Team

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Written by Cat Miles ’19

Hebron women’s soccer team started off the season with the mentality of wrapping up some unfinished business. As last year’s team made it to the New England finals but lost, this year’s team is looking to take it home. This year has a very strong team dynamic with a core group of returners that really set the tone in the beginning of the season. Strong leadership, high goals, and expectations pushed all new members so that we could start with success right off the bat. On another positive note, we have many new players to add to the roster this year including Logan Arseneau, Lillian Bergeron, Emily Mccarthy, Te’a Miles, Adrianna Roy, Iman Shepard, Aarti Singh, Allyson Walsh, and Su Yagmur Kucukakyuz as our manager. These new players have contributed a lot of great character to our team, and we were all excited to welcome so many new teammates!

The women’s varsity team has a record of 5-2-1. They had a huge win against Proctor Academy and another huge win against Gould Academy, both ending in a score of 2-1. These two games were just two highlights of the five wins that the varsity women’s team has tallied up. The Hebron women’s varsity soccer team looks to keep improving as the season goes on! Roll Jacks!

Going Out of Your Comfort Zone: Supporting Go! Malawi

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Written by Peyton Spurr ’19.

Throughout our life we are told to step out of our comfort zones. Many people do not accept this challenge; however, I did. On a brisk September day a few empowering women and I stepped out of our comfort zones to hike a difficult mountain. As a fundraiser for Go! Malawi, we hiked nine miles up Mt. Monadnock to represent the challenges young girls just like me face.

In Malawi, public education is not free for girls after 8th grade. Their choices at that point are to find a way to pay for school or get married. I believe they are still so young and should be able to have the opportunity to continue their education. That is why I took up the challenge.

Attending a private high school and having the chance to pursue my dreams made me realize that I should help make that dream a reality for someone else. Who better than a girl my age with the same passions? I am supporting a girl named Chrissy. She is 16 years old, like me, and is enthusiastic about biology, just like me.  I am now fundraising $450 dollars to support Chrissy’s dreams.

Had I known I was the only hiker under the age of 40, I might have reconsidered the trip up Mt. Monadnock. Instead I spent twelve hours bonding with these women (and discovering that teachers do indeed have lives!). I stepped out of my comfort zone and accomplished a 9-mile hike with a group women who now know my life story–and I did it all for Chrissy.