NCHS Squash Plays Darien

NCHS Boys Varsity Squash Plays Darien

On Wednesday, January 6th, the New Canaan High School Boys Varsity A Squash team played Darien at Chelsea Piers in Stamford. Unfortunately the Rams lost in a tough fight with the Blue Wave.

Will Comyns, a freshman, played number one for New Canaan against Harrison Gill but lost 5-11, 0-11, 6-11. Sam Havens (#2) played Toby Hansford but was defeated in 3 games, 5-11, 0-11, 5-11. Teddy Holappa (#3) went up against Connor Wind and in a close match, lost 3-11, 9-11, 7-11. JP Sloan (#4) was matched with Albert Nguyen and the final result was 6-11, 0-11, 1-11. Sean Berry (#5) lost against Walker Wind, Hugo Potter (#6) was defeated by Dillon O’Shea, and Reid Dahill (#7) lost to Alex Cohen. Justin Swift, in the number 8 position, played an exhibition match against Jack Baylis.

The team is being coached by Supreet Singh and Rei Hergeth at Chelsea Piers. NCHS Boys Squash is a young team this year following the graduation of 13 seniors in 2015. A lot of new talent is being brought up from middle school with the success of the Saxe Middle School squash program as well as access to more squash in the area in recent years. NCHS Squash plays in the FairWest league which includes local public school squash teams from Darien, Greenwich, Westport, Farfield, Madison, Rye, Harrison and Bronxville. We also compete against many private schools such as Brunswick, St. Luke’s School and Greens Farms Academy, as well as with urban squash programs like Squash Haven in New Haven and Street Squash in upper Manhattan. The next match for NCHS Boys Varsity A Squash will be at The Hopkins School in New Haven on January 15th at 3:00 pm.