It Rhymes with Orange

Alice, Katie, Maddy, Nattie, and Ali pose under a matching backdrop after skate intervals up the long steep hill into the apple orchards.

Bud and Sam talk shop (or Red Sox scores) as the rest of the team (below: Keith, Atay, Scotty) bounds 15:15 intervals on the Phelps Trail.

Scotty, Mark, Sam, Evan, and Aubrey help Bill transfer the Giant Pumpkin to President Morty Shapiro's front porch.

Of Orange Leaves and Rollerskis, Birthday's and Cut-Up Knees

(above: Maddy and ? pass a church on the way to their own sacrifice of body and mind on River Road; Sam Kapala showing off war wounds incurred while fighting off a rabid squirrel which went after his good friend Morgan Goodwin. Below: Atay, Keith, Mark, and Robbie show their tribal allegiance; Dave Hansen encourages teammate Katie White to stop smelling the roses during the last interval up Petersburg)

Happy Birthday to Caleb and Robbie! Both freshman are a big 1-9, and as a result have quite a worldly and distinguished disposition about them, as well as the usual amount of sass, which today drips out of them like wax from a candle on a birthday cake which has too many candles because the candles had to spell out the letters R and C and therefore took much too long to light and kept getting blown out so that most of the candles had to be relit again and again, causing them to drip wax like crazy. . . .
This week the colors have exploded in the Berkshires and the oranges and reds come from the trees, not just our reflector vests and bloody knee-caps . . . . It made for a spectacular show during the third and last interval session last week - bounding intervals on Petersburg Road - and today's O.D. skate rollerski down River Road.

Official Practice Begins!

It’s that time again! When the leaves turn gold, the apples turn crisp, and the skiers search longingly into the extended forecast for any sign of winter’s pending arrival.
It is also time to break in the new freshmen! With ten freshmen added to this year’s roster, the upperclassmen on the William’s ski team have quite an opportunity to pass on their superior knowledge (ie how to get free snack bar points). Heading up the Purple Ski Cows are Captains Natalie Joffe (‘08) and Sam Kapala (‘09).
In the second week of Official Practice, the Ephs have dealt with multiple colds, sore throats, and the usual barrage of sicknesses related to college campuses. But spirits remain high, and complaints are nil, even when Coach Smith leads the team on a series of unflattering warm-up exercises in preparation for even more unflattering spenst drills.


Coach Fisher explains the dynamics of the Perfect Double Pole.
(pictured L-R: Robbie Cuthbert, Sam Sterling, Sam Kapala, Marc Johnson, Evan Dethier)

Fiona Worcester strides into the fog on Petersburg Pass.

Team run across Stone Hill.

World Apple Eating Championship, here comes Alice Nelson! Watch out Takeru Kobayashi!