ATHLETICS FALL AND WINTER SPORTS HIGHLIGHTS

Football

The varsity football team finished the regular season with a record of 5-4 and earned the 9th seed in the 2022 DIAA Football Class 2A Championship, losing to Newark in the first round.

Field Hockey

The varsity field hockey team finished the season 8-7 and earned the 12th seed in the 2022 DIAA Field Hockey Championship, losing a close game in overtime to Wilmington Friends in the first round.

Cross Country

The boys and girls cross country teams competed in the DIAA Cross Country State Championships where the varsity girls earned 9th place in Division II, with Tsion Mideksa ’26, Alex Rice ’25 and Charlotte Rasmussen ’25 as their top three finishers. The varsity boys team earned 13th place in Division II with Thomas Flickinger ’25, Gaspar Ioos ’26 and Brandon Liu ’25 as their top three finishers.

Boys Soccer

The boys soccer season was a huge success, finishing the season with a 13-3-2 record and winning the DISC championship! The team advanced to the 2022 DIAA Boys Soccer Championship semifinal game, losing a hardfought battle to Caravel 2-0. Additionally, Head Coach Chris Aitken recorded the 100th win of his career coaching the boys soccer team at Tower Hill.

Boys Basketball

The boys basketball team finished the season 17-5 and earned the 4th seed in the 2023 DIAA State Championship and defeated 13th seeded Wilmington Friends 61-50 in Round 2 before falling to 5th seeded Salesianum 45-43 in the Quarterfinals. Dean Shepherd ’23 surppased 1,000 career points during his career at THS.

Girls Basketball

The girls basketball team finished the season 12-9 and earned the 24th seed in the 2023 DIAA State Championship but lost in Round 1 to 9th seeded Smyrna 45-40. Caitlin Smith ’23 surppased 1,000 career points during her career at THS.

Squash

The squash team earned the 1st seed in Division V of the 2023 U.S. High School Squash Championships and went 3-1 overall to finish in 3rd place!

INDOOR TRACK & FIELD

The girls indoor track team earned 14th place and the boys indoor track team earned 15th place at the 2023 DIAA State Championship Meet. Vincent Grillo ’23 reached the podium in Boys Shot Put, finishing in 2nd place!

GIRLS SWIMMING & DIVING

The girls swimming and diving team earned 3rd place at the 2023 DIAA State Championship Meet! Lainey Mullins ’23 won her fifth consecutive state championship in the 200 Free and won her third consecutive state championship in the 500 Free. Brooke Griffin ’23 reached the podium in the 50 Free, finishing in 3rd place! Mullins, Griffin, Grace Gilbert ’24 and Emerson DeBaecke ’26 won the state championship in both the 200 Free Relay and 400 Free Relay! This was the fifth consecutive year Tower Hill has won both the 200 Free Relay and 400 Free Relay at the state championship meet.

Boys Swimming

Our boys swimming team earned 6th place at the 2023 DIAA State Championship Meet. Tom Conaty ’23 finished in 2nd place in both the 50 Free and 100 Free. Conaty, Reece Petrunich ’24, Jamie Brinsfield ’26 and Blake Erkenbrecher ’26 also finished in 2nd place in the 200 Free Relay!