The Tigers kicked off the season at the Episcopal Academy Invitational looking to build on their summer of mileage and week at Hawk Harrier cross country camp hosted by Saint Joseph's University.
The boys varsity soccer season started their season in solid fashion on Thursday, beating Central 2-0, behind Marek Loder's 1st career goal and Mbizo Mzamane's 39th.
GFS traveled to the hilly and picturesque Newtown Square campus of Episcopal Academy for their first meet of the 2005 season. The tigers were dominate over the 3.1 mile course placing 5 runners in the top 10.
Yesterday, GFS field hockey fans were treated to a quality field hockey game and a fashion show all at the same time. The varsity field hockey team defeated Baldwin School 3-0 while sporting their "hot" new uniforms.
The Girls' JV Soccer team made a strong showing against Penn Charter, concluding the match with a zero-zero tie.
For the second straight game, the defense didn't allow a goal. Nate Gemberling-Johnson continues to be solid in goal (even if one of his practice punts went over the fence and onto City Ave--good thing we got that ball back!).
The Triple XXXC Threat meet divides up the varsity seven runners among three races of various distances (3k,4k,5k) and adding up the total team time to determine a champion.
Germantown Friends opened up the scoring bank early with a goal by the left foot of Hannah Conant in the first fifteen minutes versus Agnes-Irwin.
Remember, in cross country the low score wins. On Friday September 9th, Girls Cross Country hosted the Agnes Irwin School in a dual meet competition at Belmont Plateau.
Despite scoring early in the first half, Penn Charter’s offside trap and aggressive physical defense proved to be too much for our girls.
GFS set the tone very early by controlling the ball for long stretches and threatening the George goal many times.
Hannah Conant continued her scoring barrage started earlier this season by opening up the first 15 minutes of the game with an un-assisted goal.
In a decidedly one sided match, GFS only came away with a tie.
The GFS Tigers field hockey team came up short Tuesday and Wednesday versus Inter-Ac opponents, but ended the week on a high note with an overtime victory against Springside.
On the familiar grounds of Belmont Plateau, the Tigers took aim at Eastern Pennsylvania's best in the Championship Division of the Briarwood Invitational.
The girls XC team wrote a new chapter in the history of GFS Cross Country on Saturday, competing in the Briarwood Invitational at Belmont Plateau, one of the area’s premier fall events, with over 40 girls’ teams from 5 states competing.
The GFS girls team had 10 of the top 12 finishers in a double dual meet against Abington Friends and Moorestown Friends at Belmont Plateau.
The tigers mauled the koolas in a 4-1 win. The game seemed quite even until freshman Maura McInerney-Rowley put a ball from midfield onto Hannah Conant’s foot as she knifed through the ANC defense in the 33rd minute of the game.
The Tigers started off their dual meet season undefeated by sweeping Abington Friends and Moorestown Friends Schools.
The Boys 3rd team scored a 1-0 win over Church Farm yesterday after suffering a 4-1 loss to George School last Friday.