Fall coaches and athletes recap on their seasons

Record: 12-9 Stephen Caddy, mathematics department faculty: Challenges: “Coming back from COVID was probably our biggest challenge, especially, with seven new faces and coming back as a group and getting back in the groove of volleyball.” Successes: “I think everything was a success. The growth of our team was a success. Just in general we played well against some good...

Record: 2-11 Howie Kalter, mathematics department faculty: Challenges: “A challenge this season was missing many of our senior players. So, we had a lot of new players coming up to varsity, and they stepped up and made up our varsity program.” Successes: “I think one of our biggest successes was that we started the season off with 0 goalies and now we have three very confident goalies,...

Rae Brookshire, humanities department faculty: Challenges: “Definitely starting this season, and coming back from COVID. A lot of people came back with different levels of fitness, so getting into the routine was definitely a challenge. Another challenge we had was just having a lot of new students to cross country, but that’s also been a really great opportunity.” Successes:...

Joseph Vincent, world languages department faculty: Challenges: “Our biggest challenge this season in cross country was that we had less-experienced runners than in previous years. Usually, we have lots of returning students who know the running routes and can guide new students as they learn. This year, due to the pandemic, we just had a lot less running experience in the team overall.” Successes: “I...

Record: 1-6 Amahl Thomas, head football coach: Challenges: “Our first challenge was just making sure that we had good leadership. We lost some good leaders last year, with that we had people that hadn’t been in that role. It turned out okay.” Successes: “But I will say this, that game we won at Silver Valley was probably the best win we’ve been involved in because we had a lot...

Geoff Owers, mathematics department faculty: Challenges: “A challenge was to get some of the newer players more comfortable and more used to the game of golf.” Successes: “I think overall, a success was just a lot of players became united from [the season], and a lot of strong leadership came from the team.” Highlight athlete: “Angie Zhang (‘23) went on to the...

Record: 8-9 Ron Martinez, VWS tennis coach: Challenges: “A challenge this season was COVID, of course. People were out of shape this season because of a year off, so it was a challenge to get everyone back and ready for this season.” Successes: “A success this season was putting together a solid season after having a year off since many of the senior players are gone.” Highlight...