Winter and Spring Sports

Winter Sports

2022-2023

Boys’ Squash

The boys’ squash team won its first MAPL title and also won the Flanagan Invitational and Mid-Atlantic Squash Organization tournaments. Other highlights included defeating Lawrenceville twice, compiling an overall record of 22-5, and finishing 12th in the nation at the U.S. Squash High School National Tournament. Huzaifa Ibrahim ’24 won all 18 matches that he played this year and currently has a 35-match winning streak while representing the Blue Storm.

Girls’ Squash

The girls’ squash team was second in the MAPL, 23rd in the nation, had an overall record of 17-7, and featured

Girls’ Basketball

Girls’ basketball went 15-12 this winter, the third highest win total in school history. Mercersburg also hosted the MAPL basketball tournament, and the girls won two games to advance to the finals for just the second time in school history, where they lost to perennial powerhouse Blair Academy.

Indoor Track & Field

The Blue Storm indoor track & field team never had to leave town as the state-of-the-art Hale Field

House hosted five meets, including the MAPL Championships and the PAISAA State Meet, in which both teams finished fourth. Hannah King ’23, Erika Sowah ’24, Anne Sehon ’25, and Adrienne Howard ’26 teamed up to set a new indoor track & field school record in the 4x400m relay with a time of 4:23.83 in the Midwinter Madness meet. King and Sowah also won individual state championships as King defended her high jump title from 2022 and Sowah finished first in the triple jump.

Wrestling

Hayden Shirk ’24 became the 18th wrestler in school history to surpass 100 wins, and he still has one more year to add to his total.

Swimming

The swim team won the overall team title at Easterns and individually both the boys’ and girls’ teams took second place. Deniel Nankov ’23 was named the top male swimmer as he won the 100 freestyle in a time of 43.31 seconds, which set a new record for Mercersburg Academy, the Franklin & Marshall pool, and the Eastern Championships. Both swim teams also won the MAPL Championship, an event Mercersburg hosted this year.

Spring Sports

2023

Girls’ Lacrosse

The girls’ varsity lacrosse team had an eight-game winning streak in the middle of the season and made it to the quarterfinals of the independent school state tournament before falling to Agnes Irwin, the #1 team in Pennsylvania. Zarreen Sorho ’23, Zareena Sorho ’23, Hailey Chepren ’23, and Linley Hill ’23 each surpassed 100 points (goals and assists) for their careers, and