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Pingry Athletics Newsletter Archive
Winter 2023-24
Thursday, December 14 - As temperatures drop, Girls Swimming is off to a hot start! Winter Athletics is in full swing!
Thursday, December 21 - Boys Hockey is sizzling and Pingry Squash is squashing the competition!
Thursday, January 11 - Big Blue Basketball is ON FIRE and Graham Houghton '25 ran the 7th fastest 55m dash in the entire country by a high school athlete this season!
Thursday, January 18 - Girls Swimming win the Skyland Conference championship, Boys Skiing sweeps the podium, and girls ski racer Helen Pols' takes first place!
Friday, January 26 - Big Blue Squash is making a "racquet", and Boys Fencing "sabers" the flavor of a 5-2 start!
Friday, February 2 - Boys Skiing Sweeps the podium and Taylor Francis '25 collects her 1000th career point!
Friday, February 9 - Girls Swimming Win the Prep A Championship and Boys hockey looks unbeatable in the Skyland Conference!
Fall 2023-24
Thursday, September 7 - Big Blue starts off the 23-24 athletics season with back-to-back victories for Football and Girls Tennis (aka The Champs)!
Thursday, September 14 - Cross Country blazes through the Natirar Speedway race, with both Boys and Girls taking first place! Football defeats Poly Prep for the first time ever, improving to 2-0 including ridiculous stats from key seniors. Girls Tennis obviously won again!
Thursday, September 21 - Girls Volleyball wins their first game ever! #9 Boys Soccer upsets #6 Hunterdon Central to climb the state ladder! Lots of W's pouring in!
Thursday, September 28 - Big Blue rolls into Homecoming with programs ranked #1 (Girls Tennis), #2 (Boys Soccer), and #4 (Girls XC), while Football is undefeated at 3-0 and Field Hockey is making noise at 6-1!
Thursday, October 5 - Girls Tennis wins their fifth straight SCT tournament, and Football is 4-0!
Thursday, October 12 - Girls Tennis and Boys Soccer are ranked #1 in the state!
Thursday, October 19 - It's tournament time for many programs and Football brings a 6-0 record into Friday Night Lights!
Thursday, October 26 - Big Blue Field Hockey boasts a dominant defense and Coed Water Polo goes for the Garden State Cup!
Thursday, November 2 - Four teams remain! Boys Soccer, Field Hockey, and Girls and Boys XC are all going for championships the week!
Thursday, November 9 - Both Girls and Boys XC are represented at the Meet of Champions and Girls Tennis keeps wining even when there's no competition left!
Spring 2022-23
Wednesday, April 5, 2023 - Casey McKeon '25 throws a no hitter to open the season, Ella Royster '26 goes 3-for-3 with two homers, and all other Pingry Athletics programs win their Tuesday season-opening game!
Wednesday, May 3, 2023 - Boys Tennis three-peats at the Somerset County Tournament, Bella Goodwin '23 scores her 200th career goal for the undefeated #1 Big Blue girls lax squad!
Friday, May 19, 2023 - Boys Tennis wins the Prep A Tournament again! Baseball competes in the Prep A Tourney! Boys and Girls Lax compete for the SCT title (spoiler alert: both lax teams won!).
Winter 2022-23
Friday, December 9, 2022 - Pingry Athletics winter seasons begin with Girls Squash dominating! Boys and Girls Swimming also turned in a solid performance!
Friday, December 16, 2022 - Boys ice hockey starts HOT, with Tyler Kusznier '25 scoring a hat trick!
Tuesday, January 10, 2023 - Graham Houghton '25 sets more winter track records!
Thursday, January 19, 2023 - Debra Hill '25 grabs 29 rebound in one game, and swimmer Daniela Karnaugh '24 breaks more records!
Thursday, January 26, 2023 - Girls Ice Hockey wins their seventh straight against Top 5 opponents! Roman Jones '23 sets another national independent school record!
Friday, February 3, 2023 - Camille Collins '23 is the fastest of all skiiers as Big Blue Boys and Girls roll! Henry Pyne '23 dominates a huge January for Boys Ice Hockey!
Tuesday, February 14, 2023 - Girls Swimming win the Prep A Title! Boys Ice Hockey advances to Skyland Finals with an epic shootout win over Ridge!
Fall 2022-23
Thursday, November 10, 2022 - Girls XC qualifies for the MOC as a team with their 4th place (out of 18) finish! Middle School athletics wrap up a phenomenal fall season!
Thursday, November 3, 2022 - Boys Soccer and Field Hockey advance in the state tournament!
Tuesday, November 1, 2022 - Football advances in MIFL playoffs! Water Polo grabs second place at Garden State Games! Field Hockey takes down Hunterdon Central! Middle School athletics enter post-season!
Friday, October 28, 2022 - Field Hockey goes toe-to-toe with state powerhouses! Water Polo enters the Garden State Games, and MS Cross Country defends their 2021 MSAC title!
Wednesday, October 26, 2022 - Girls Soccer downs Mount St. Dominic! Playoff season begins... unless you are Girls Tennis, who has won all five of their tournaments this fall!
Monday, October 24, 2022 - Girls Tennis 1st Doubles becomes the first pair in NJ Tennis History to repeat as state champs! Football makes the MIFL playoffs with dominant victory at Morristown Beard! Middle School Playoffs start this week!
Friday, October 21, 2022 - Girls Tennis Wins State Championship! Girls and Boys XC runs hard at Somerset County Championships!
Wednesday, October 19, 2022 - Girls Tennis wins Sectional Title, Ella Budenbender '23 600th save!
Monday, October 17, 2022 - Water Polo senior day, SCT Soccer Semis, Girls Tennis wins Prep A!
Friday, October 14, 2022 - FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS, Girls Tennis goes for the Prep a Title, Girls Tennis 1st Doubles gearing up for overall State Title defense, Field Hockey and Soccer win BIG.
Wednesday, October 12, 2022 - Girls XC and Boys XC shine at conference championships, Girls Tennis advances in sectionals, Field Hockey with a BIG WIN!
Friday, October 7, 2022 - Girls Tennis goes for SEVEN straight sectional titles, Boys Soccer kicks-off inaugural Pingry Invitational Tournament, Girls Soccer battles against one of the country's best teams!
Monday, October 3, 2022 - Girls Soccer rolls, Girls Tennis starts state tournament on Thursday!
Wednesday, September 28, 2022 - Casey Phair '26 collects three hat tricks in a row (yes, you read that correctly!), Girls Tennis dominates again, and Field Hockey rolls past Watchung Hills.
Friday, September 23, 2022 - Boys Soccer and Girls Tennis enter Homecoming Weekend unbeaten!
Wednesday, September 21, 2022 - Girls Tennis stays unbeaten, is 30-0 on the season in individual matches!
Monday, September 19, 2022 - Ella Budenbender '23 500th Save, Boys Soccer wins twice over the weekend!
Friday, September 16, 2022 - Girls Water Polo returns and Football takes on Poly Prep!
Wednesday, September 14, 2022 - Girls Cross Country wins the Natirar Speedway Invitational!
Monday, September 12, 2022 - #2 Boys Soccer defeats #11 Hunterdon Central; Football prevails over defending MIFL champion; Field Hockey shuts out Mount Saint Mary, 4-0; Water Polo goes 2-1 at he Vespole Memorial Tournament; #2 Girls Tennis remains unbeaten.
Friday, September 9, 2022 - Four teams open their 2022 season with wins!: #2 Girls Tennis, Girls Soccer, #2 Boys Soccer, and Field Hockey.