Middle School Soccer took home the title at the annual Middle School Soccer Tournament at Wheeler Farm during Homecoming Weekend. The tournament featured Wheeler, Lincoln, Gordon, Moses Brown, Blackstone Valley Prep, and Mt. St. Charles. The championship, coupled with the picturesque fall weather and the heavy presence of athletic spirit, made for a wonderful Saturday. 

The Golf team played a pair of EIL matchups over the last week, capturing a win against Landmark School at home and suffering a loss to Pingree School on the road. The team honored their seniors by penciling them all in for the match at Pingree, which competes at the Myopia Hunt Club.  The Myopia Hunt Club is ranked by Golf Digest as one of the top 100 courses in the country. The team hosts Portsmouth Abbey on Monday at 3pm for their last EIL match of the season. Mark your calendar for Tuesday, Nov. 5 for the EIL Championship!

Field Hockey was on the winning and losing end of two competitive defensive matchups over the last week. On Friday, the Warriors traveled to Dana Hall School in Wellesley and dropped a 1-0 contest. The team showed their mental toughness with a quick recovery when they took down Class A Austin Prep Wednesday at the farm. Lily Brown ’27 found the back of the goal midway through the second quarter, and the team held on for a 1-0 win. Defending NEPSAC Class C Champion Pingree School comes to town on Saturday. The game is scheduled for 3:30pm on Godley Field.

Volleyball dropped a pair of competitive matches on Friday and Saturday last weekend to Beaver Country Day and Providence Country Day. Both matches went to five sets, with the Warriors pushing their opponents to the limit. The Warriors return to action on Saturday when they take on Pingree at 3:30pm in Van Norman Field House.

Boys Soccer captured a pair of EIL wins over the last week and punched a ticket to the postseason. The team knocked off Beaver Country Day 3-0 on Friday behind two goals from Oscar Page ’27 and a goal from David Battle-Cardemil. On Wednesday, the Warriors traveled to Lexington Christian and beat the Lions 3-0 with a first-half goal by Luke Short ’26, with Tomas Castano ’27 and Page finding the back of the net in the second half. In both outings, Caleb Isenberg ’26 played terrific in goal. The Warriors host Pingree School under the lights on Godley Field Saturday in what could be a preliminary look at a potential playoff matchup in two weeks. 

Girls Soccer dropped an EIL contest on Wednesday to perennial championship contender Winsor School. In the game before at St. Andrew’s, the Warriors saw Anna Pizzarello ’25 find the back of the night to help the team to a hard-fought 1-1 tie. The team heads back to the farm for a four-game home stretch against Pingree (10-26), Marianapolis (10-30), Kents Hill (11-2), and Portsmouth Abbey (11-5). Mark your calendars for Senior Day on Saturday, Nov. 2. The game is set for 11am!

Cross Country is preparing for the EIL Championships, which are slated for the afternoon of Friday, Nov. 1 at Chase Farm in Lincoln. 

The co-op Football team captured an exciting 27-26 double overtime win over Tiverton HS at PCD on Saturday as part of an exciting Chowder Day Event. Peter Gower ’25 and Connor Mahoney ’25 have been integral pieces as two-way players for the co-op squad. On Saturday, Gower also added an exciting reception on the sideline during the third quarter. The team travels to Smithfield HS tomorrow for Friday Night Lights action. Kickoff is scheduled for 7pm!

Did You Know:

Wheeler-Pingree Day began in the fall of 1989 when administrators from both schools wanted to create an athletic event to honor a faculty member who worked at both schools. From 1989 to 2019 the two teams squared off annually in all fall sports on a Saturday each October with Wheeler hosting in the even years and Pingree hosting in the odd years. 

“Competing in Pingree Day [Pingree refers to it as Wheeler Day] was fun and exciting,” former Warrior student-athlete and current faculty member and coach Marya (McAndrew) Baldwin remembers. Each team had a traveling cup and the teams competed for the bragging rights to keep that cup in the school’s trophy case. “Those days were some of the most exciting from my time playing field hockey at Wheeler.”

During the first three years of Wheeler moving to the RIIL fully, both the schools made an effort to keep the games intact. However, with a COVID cancellation in 2020 and ongoing scheduling conflicts, the schools elected to not return to the games but to still recognize and honor the importance and history of those 30 years.