2018
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December
Impressive Performances Characterize the 2018 Fall Sports Season
Rivers fall student athletes were recognized for their accomplishments during the Athletic Awards Assembly held on Friday morning, December 7. More than 20 athletes earned All-League or All-NEPSAC recognition, and two students received All-State honors.Read More -
November
Three Student-Athletes Commit to D1 Colleges
On Wednesday, three Rivers School student-athletes signed letters of intent to play sports at three different Division 1 colleges. The letters were signed during a short signing ceremony held in the MacDowell gymnasium that was attended by the families and friends of the students.Read More -
Fall Teams Compete in Post-Season; Coach Donahue Notches 200+ Wins
With several varsity teams prepping for the NEPSAC quarterfinals on Wednesday, November 14, the cross country teams got a jump on the post season at the New England Championships at Canterbury School on Saturday. Mark Ryan ’20, Cam Stathos ’21, and Stephanie Dailey ’19 earned All-New England honors and the boys’ team finished 4th overall.Read More -
Leighton Young Garners Model UN Award
Nine members of Rivers’ Model United Nations Club participated in the 20th anniversary Model UN Conference at the University of Connecticut this past weekend. Three hundred students from 20 schools were delegates, finding solutions for world problems through simulations and substantive debate on 15 committees in sessions that began on Friday evening and continued through Sunday afternoon. Rivers’ representatives included Nora Brown ’19, Matthew Cronin ’19, Amanda Gary ’22, Matt Jones ’19, Hannah Lapides ’22, Isabel Salvin ’20, Nico Stuart ’21, Parker Weil ’19, and Leighton Young ’19, who was chosen as the best delegate on the Joint Crisis Committee.Read More -
October
Homecoming is October 12 and 13!
Rivers athletes are gearing up for a full schedule of games next weekend during Homecoming 2018. There will be two games under the lights on Waterman Field, formerly East Field, adjacent to the student parking lot—girls’ varsity soccer takes on Brooks at 6:00 p.m. on Friday, October 12, while football kicks off against St. George’s at 6:00 p.m. on Saturday, October 13. Just prior to the football game on Saturday, there will be a brief rededication ceremony to mark the new location of Waterman Field at the east end of campus.Read More -
June
Spring Sports Recap
Read MoreRivers’ spring teams made great strides this year after a slow start due to early season storms. Caroline Phelps ’18 won her second All-American designation after helping girls’ lacrosse finish with its strongest record in years at 9-3. Rivers’ golf team, captained by Ian Brostowski ’18 also had a great season, finishing second in the ISL with a remarkable 14-1-2 overall record. Members of Rivers’ track and field team won many individual events at both the ISL and NEPSAC championship meets. Senior Nic Stathos came in first in both the NEPSAC 1500 and 3000 meter races. Myles Epstein ’19, who earned a Globe All-Scholastic, repeated his performance at the ISL Championships, coming in first in both the 100 and 200 meter dashes. Samirah Moody ’21 came in second in both the 100 and 200 meter dashes, after having won both events at the ISL meet. Sarah Stephenson ’18 was second in the 3000 meter and Rohan Dhir ’18 was third in the high jump. -
May
Nicholas Hardy '20 Named to US Sailing Worlds Team
On Wednesday May 9, US Sailing named the 14 new members of their Youth Sailing World Championship Team to include Rivers student, Nicholas Hardy '20. Nicholas has been sailing since 2007 when he first enrolled in a sailing camp at the New Bedford Yacht Club.Read More -
Track and Field Athletes Retain Titles
Members of Rivers’ Track and Field team competed Saturday in the ISL championship meet at The Governor’s Academy, and retained their titles in several key events. Myles Epstein ‘19 won the 100 meter (in 10.95) and 200 meter (in 22.56) for the second year in a row, and also won the long jump (21’8”). Samirah Moody ’21 successfully defended her 2017 title in the women’s 100 and won the 200 meter with times of 12.49 and 26.48, respectively. Myles also earned the ISL Coaches Award for outstanding Track and Field Athlete of the tournament.Read More -
April
Alumni Athletes End Winter Season on High Note
Rivers alumni made significant contributions on the court and on the ice this winter, including a few notable highlights. Yale senior Jen Berkowitz, Rivers ’14, led their basketball team to their first Ivy League Tournament appearance, earning first team All-Ivy for her efforts. She then led the team to win the Women’s Basketball Invitational Championship, the only women’s team in Ivy League history to claim a postseason tournament title. Meanwhile Villanova freshman Jermaine Samuels, Rivers ’17, will find it hard to top the excitement of being on the NCCA championship team his inaugural year.Read More -
March
NEPSAC Finals Today!
After wins in the NEPSAC Semifinals on Saturday in MacDowell Athletic Center, Rivers girls’ ice hockey and boys’ basketball teams have advanced to the Finals on Sunday. Girls’ varsity ice hockey, the #1 seed, will take on #2 Vermont Academy at Fidelity Worcester Ice Center at 1:00 p.m. The girls beat #4 Worcester Academy 5-3 on Saturday in the semifinals. Boys’ basketball, seeded #2, will go up against #1 Brooks School at Clark University in Worcester at 5:00 p.m. The boys beat #3 Canterbury School 83-65 in the semifinals.Both games will be live streamed on www.nepsac.tv.Read More -
Teams Move on to NEPSAC Semifinals
After a trio of wins in the NEPSAC Quarterfinals on Wednesday in MacDowell Athletic Center, Rivers boys’ and girls’ ice hockey and boys’ basketball teams have advanced to the Semifinals. All three teams will play at Rivers again on Saturday. Rivers began the playoffs as the only NEPSAC school with all four teams in the top four in their divisions, and with all four teams competing in the quarterfinals for the past five years.Read More -
February
Four Teams in NEPSAC Quarterfinals Wednesday
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After a winter season marked by stellar records and personal milestones, Rivers' boys’ and girls’ ice hockey and basketball teams have been invited to participate in 2018 New England Preparatory School Athletic Council (NEPSAC) Tournaments. Rivers is the only NEPSAC school with all four teams in the top four in their divisions, and with all four teams competing in the quarterfinals for the past five years. Rivers heads into the tournament with a 2nd Place NEPSAC Championship finish in alpine skiing by the girls’ team and the ISL Eberhardt Division Championship for boys’ hockey – their fourth in five years. -
January
Coach Bob Pipe Logs 300 Wins
Director of Athletics and Head Girls’ Varsity Basketball Coach Bob Pipe scored his 300th career win at Rivers on Saturday, January 20, in a 51-42 game against Loomis Chaffee. Players, parents, and fans honored Coach Pipe and the occasion by presenting him with the game ball, which the players gathered round to sign as soon as the game ended. However, this was not the first milestone for Coach Pipe this academic year: he had his 200th career win as Head Boys’ Varsity Soccer Coach with a 1-0 victory over St. George’s on November 3. All in all, it’s been a very good year for Coach Pipe.Read More -
Dempsey '09 and Coach Trivigno Face Olympians: Winter Athletics Update
It’s not often a Rivers alumna has the opportunity to face off against Olympic competitors, even less likely both a Rivers alum AND a Rivers coach will do so together on the same team at the same time. But Jillian Dempsey ’09 and Boston Pride teammate and Rivers head varsity coach Dana Trivigno have been chosen to represent the National Women’s Hockey League in exhibition games against the U.S. Olympic Team this weekend. They will travel to Wesley Chapel,Read More -
Red Wings 5 for 5 in Holiday Tournaments
Rivers’ student athletes may have been on an academic hiatus over the holidays, but they put in hours on the ice and on the floor, winning five titles in five tournaments. Boys’ hockey won their first-ever championship in the St. Sebastian’s Tournament, and both the boys’ and girls’ basketball teams won the Rivers Holiday Tournament. Then the Red Wings finished off the break with two more titles: boys’ hockey won this weekend’s Belmont Hill/Nichols Tournament and girls’ basketball won the Shooting Touch Classic.Read More
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