Category: Old Sports

Step Cannusio ’16, Kyle Sacchetta ’16: Episcopal Academy Football plays The Haverford School in a cutthroat game on EA/Haverford Day that has been the hallmark of the team’s season for years. The team practices day in and day out thinking about the challenge that awaits them at the end of the season. Senior captain, Jake … Read More “EA Football looks to win” »

Will Phillips ’16, Matt Depillis ’16: Leaders are typically experienced and older than the people they lead, but sometimes a younger player steps up into the leadership role on a team. Molly O’Brien ‘17, the starting center midfielder on EA’s Girl’s Varsity Soccer team, has taken up this role in only her second year in the … Read More “Girls Athlete of the Month: Molly O’Brien ’17” »

Conner Delaney ’17: He plays “Dee-fense” and scores “T-Dee’s.” He is a force on the defensive side of the ball but can also break out for 200 yards rushing on offense. His two-way ability and breakout performance this year makes Dee Barlee ‘16 October’s Athlete of the Month. When watching the NFL, there are superstar … Read More “Boys Athlete of the Month: Dee Wilna Barlee ’16” »

Meghan Manley ’16: EA has recently signed on to its second three-year contract with Nike and Kelly Sports, supplying EA Athletes with their uniforms and apparels. Michael Herron, Equipment Manager, stated, “We have a 3 year contract with Nike and we use Kelly Sports as a go-between to get Nike gear instead of us dealing … Read More “EA collaborates with Nike to get apparel” »

What does Dee Barley think about EA football this year? How does Molly O’Brien plan to lead EA girls soccer to success? Find out in the next issue of Scholium coming in early October! Be sure to check e-Scholium later today for another preview.

Cole Testaiuti ’16: In order to develop Episcopal’s fall athletic teams, some coaches had the opportunity to kick off the year by traveling. They left to play teams and courses they had never seen before. These EA teams consisted of girl’s soccer, boy’s soccer, field hockey, boy’s golf, and girl’s water polo. Now that the … Read More “Fall athletes recap pre-season trips” »

Leigh Adelizzi ’15, Brittany Belo ’14: For a school that enjoys basking in its own glory, Episcopal seems to be blind to points of its beauty. EA is known throughout the Main Line and Inter-Ac for its excellence in sports. For years, sports like football, field hockey, basketball, lacrosse, and soccer have been celebrated and advertised at … Read More “Underground Athletics: sports should get equal attention” »

Rich Palazzese ’14: The EA Girls’ track 4×400 relay team of Brianna Belo ’14, Brittany Belo ’14, Julia Hondros ’15, and Tara Boyle ’15, qualified for Nationals last weekend.  The four girls competed last week in the state tournament and qualified to compete for Nationals on Friday, March 14th with a time of 4:04, an average … Read More “Track qualifies for Nationals” »

Alexander Roker ’16, Billy Hartman ’16: In a world where sports like basketball, football, and baseball are often glamorized, we tend to overlook the game of golf. Unlike other sports, where players can rely on athleticism and strength, golf comes down to resilience, patience, and focus. These attributes are what Victoria Johnson ’14 loves most about the … Read More “Girls’ Athlete of the Month: Victoria Johnson ’14” »

Alex Burman ’16, Francis Lee ’16: With the unprecedented onslaught of snow this year, many spring sports are caught in a bind. With several inches of snow covering the tennis courts, baseball fields, and the track, and layers of ice covering the lacrosse fields, many teams have been forced to practice indoors in crowded spaces or travel … Read More “Snow complicates spring sports” »