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Kayla Maloney fired a no-hitter for Phillips Academy, striking out 12 and walking three, in an 8-0 shutout of rival Phillips Exeter. 

Phillips Andover beat Exeter 122-64 to polish off its fourth straight unbeaten regular season (25 straight wins).   This afternoon, the Andover Boys’ Swimming and Diving Team faced the challenge of Exeter.  Andover entered the meet with a distinct advantage:  the squad is at the midpoint in its rest preparing for Easterns while Exeter has yet to begin its rest preparing for New Englands.  This gave the Andover swimmers a bit of an edge towards the end of races and led to a convincing win.     The meet began with Tim Wynter ’14, Justin Wang ’13, Alex Li ’15, and rookie Scott Simpson ’14 winning the 200 Medley Relay in 1:39.87 Captain Joe Faller ’14 nearly even-split the 200 Freestyle and won in 1:43.88 with Travis Bouscaren ’14 in second in 1:48.35.

Phillips Academy sophomore Anoush Shehadeh continued to shred the opposition as she captured the Division 1 Prep cross country meet with an outstanding 3-mile time of 17:17 as the Big Blue fuinished third. Shehadeh has placed first in every meet this year.

The Phillips Academy volleyball team closed out the regular season with a perfect 15-0 record by sweeping Phillips Exeter in three games. The Big Blue advance to the prep tournament this week as the No. 1 seed.

ANDOVER — The nation's oldest prep football rivalry is turning a bit one-sided.

Phillips Exeter completed its perfect season yesterday afternoon, running away from host Phillips Andover 35-9. It was Exeter's fifth straight victory in the series that began in 1878. It's the longest winning streak in the 132-game history since Andover won six straight from 1987-92 and one year shy of Exeter's longest streak of six from 1913-1918.

NORTH ANDOVER — The No. 8 Merrimack field hockey team exploded for two goals and 20 shots in the second half, and despite a late goal by the visitors, the Warriors would hold on to down Bentley University, 3-2, in the NCAA First Round last night, clinching the program’s second consecutive trip to the Final Four next weekend. Improving to 17-3 overall by means of the win, the Warriors will now match up against a familiar foe in Final Four host and the NE-10 Champion UMass-Lowell River Hawks, while the Falcons see their season end at 11-8 overall.

Phillips Academy softball coach Peter Drench won his 300th and 301st games as the Big Blue swept Phillips Exeter with successive 3-2 decisions to finish their season at15-3. Kayla Maloney was the winner in the first game, striking out 16 despite being shaken up in a home plate collision and Ravenne Nasser picked up the win in the second game, thanks partly to the hitting of Kayla Thompson, who was 3 for 5 on the day.

Haverhill's Tom Palleschi continued to sizzle at the plate, going 5-for-7 with three RBIs in Phillips Academy's doubleheader split with rival Exeter. Andover took the first, 6-2, but dropped a 5-4 decision in the nightcap.
After a 2-for-14 start, Palleschi has hit safely in the Big Blue's last seven games at a steamy 15 for 27 with 11 RBIs.

Haverhill's Tom Palleschi continued to sizzle at the plate, going 5-for-7 with three RBIs in Phillips Academy's doubleheader split with rival Exeter. Andover took the first, 6-2, but dropped a 5-4 decision in the nightcap. After a 2-for-14 start, Palleschi has hit safely in the Big Blue's last seven games at a steamy 15 for 27 with 11 RBIs.

Jill Doherty and Ren Robinson each scored five goals to pace Brooks to a 19-9 win at Phillips Exeter. The win keeps Brooks perfect (9-0 overall, 8-0 ISL). Doherty also had three assists and Abby Hooper added three goals.