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Varsity Basketball: The Comeback Tour

Varsity Basketball: The Comeback Tour

Matthew Rachman, Staff Writer February 3, 2025

As the Friends Seminary Owls kick off another thrilling year of basketball, the boys are hungry for success. Coach Adam Cash is starting his second year at the helm of the Boys Varsity team following Coach...

Cross Country Season Recap

Cross Country Season Recap

William Kramer February 3, 2025

The 2024 cross country season has just ended, marking a year of growth, determination, and impressive performances from the team. Athletes pushed themselves to new personal bests and embraced the competitive...

Is Golf a Sport?

Is Golf a Sport?

Sascha Belcove January 3, 2025

There are certain questions that divide communities, that create rifts in relationships, that lead to screams and tears. The seemingly innocent inquiry, Is golf a sport? is one of them... To get...

The Renewed Champions of Girls' Tennis

The Renewed Champions of Girls’ Tennis

Ruby Isay, Junior Editor November 3, 2024

It was mid-October. The fall sports seasons of volleyball, soccer, track, and tennis had wrapped up, and Friends Seminary teams entered the ACIS playoffs with high expectations. Fans filled buses to...

Lieber speaking at his celebration in February

Head Coach David Lieber Steps Down After 33 Years

Leia Haider, Staff Writer October 30, 2023

David Lieber, Co-Athletic Director at Friends, has decided to step down as Head Boys Varsity Basketball Coach after thirty-three years. Lieber started coaching at Friends when he was 28 years old. He...

The Boys Varsity Basketball arriving at their Arizona hotel in December, 2019. The team went on to win the NYSAIS State Championship.

What Happened to Friends Athletics Trips?

Spencer Buten, Senior Editor October 30, 2023

Athletics is a major part of Friends Seminary spirit, and around 57 percent of students in the Upper School have played on sports teams this year. Before the pandemic, most teams had their own trips during...

Squash Grows in New York City

Squash Grows in New York City

Ammad Zuberi, Staff Writer April 10, 2023

What comes to your mind when you hear the word squash? Maybe a vegetable or the verb – both are common meanings of the word and will come up when you search it, but there is also a sport called squash....

Season Wrap-Up: Boys Varsity Soccer

Season Wrap-Up: Boys Varsity Soccer

Harry Robbins, Staff Writer November 30, 2022

The Friends Seminary Boys Varsity soccer team had a season to remember. The Owls soared in the ACIS division, losing only one game and claiming the league championship. Their strong performance was enough...

Cooper: MLB Postseason Preview

Cooper: MLB Postseason Preview

Noah Cooper, Staff Writer May 7, 2022

Before leaving for spring break, I told Editor-in-Chief Kellen Fenrich that if the Major League Baseball lockout did not end within two weeks, I would write my article on the negotiations between the players...

Winter Track Teams Competes in First In-Person Season in Two Years

Winter Track Teams Competes in First In-Person Season in Two Years

Simon Friedman, Staff Writer February 11, 2022

The Friends Seminary Winter Track Team is competing in their first in-person season since 2020. The team captains, Connor Zenker ‘22 and Plum Luard ‘22, are excited to practice and compete in track...

UEFA Champions League Knockouts: Teams To Watch

UEFA Champions League Knockouts: Teams To Watch

Ammad Zuberi, Staff Writer February 10, 2022

With the UEFA Champions League knockout stages set to begin next month, it’s time to look at some of the most noticeable contenders to make it to Portugal in May.   Chelsea The reigning...

The team huddles in a timeout during their game against Grace Church

JV Boys’ Basketball Team Enjoys In-Person Season

Sebastian Tirschwell, Staff Writer February 9, 2022

The Friends Seminary JV Boys’ Basketball Team resumed practices in November of 2021, a long-anticipated return from their last season in 2020.  The team, coached by Michael Schirick, Barrington Giles-Kirven,...

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