Mr. Gary Cook's academic year extended a little longer than most, and in more ways than one.

Mr. Cook, who began teaching at Wilbraham & Monson Academy in 1979, spent the first week of June reading more than 900 U.S. History AP Exams before spending another week teaching the game he loves to future and current soccer coaches.

"It allows me to continue to stay in coaching and education, which is something I truly enjoy," Mr. Cook said.

For the seventh year, Mr. Cook served as an AP reader for U.S. History. The week-long event in Louisville, Ky., attracted college professors and high school history teachers from throughout the country, with Mr. Cook serving as a table leader.

"Even though AP reading is grueling, I enjoyed being a table leader," Mr. Cook said. "You get a chance to shape the culture of the group. The common goal is to give every essay the best read it deserves, but I enjoyed having that leadership position and mentoring."

More than 491,000 high school students took the 2016 U.S. History AP Exam. Mr. Cook graded the document-based essay question and one of the free response essays.

"Intellectually, it is the most rewarding thing I've done since my master's degree," Mr. Cook added. "The work is not fun and the days are long. It's really demanding, but at the end of the day it keeps me in contact with history folks from all over the country at the college and high school level. It keeps me on the inside of the College Board and, most importantly, it's work I can bring back here. That's ultimately the real reason."

Coincidentally, Mr. Cook found himself in the middle of Louisville history when he learned boxer and American icon Mohammed Ali, who was born in Louisville, had died.

"The city was a buzz for what he meant," he said. "It was kind of exciting to be there."

Mr. Cook always finds it exciting to talk about soccer, which he did for a week in the eastern end of the state as part of the National Soccer Coaches Association. He taught field sessions and lectures to coaches from throughout the country, serving as a mentor, instructor and evaluator.

Between the AP reading and the soccer coaching was an event to honor Coach Cook's 35-year career as the Boys' Varsity Soccer Coach, with more than 150 people coming to WMA to attend the "Pig Roast for Gary Cook." Mr. Sean McGrath '07 and Mr. John Boozang served as emcees, and a number of former players gave funny and heartfelt speeches.

"It was a great night," Mr. Cook said.

Matt Naumec '15 likes this state amateur thing.

The Wilbraham resident won two matches Wednesday to advance to the quarterfinals of the 108th Massachusetts Amateur Championship at Taconic Golf Club in Williamstown.

The former Western New England Prep School champion meets Alex Jeffers of Woodland GC Thursday morning at 8:10 a.m.

Naumec earned the fifth seed after 36 holes of stroke play qualifying earlier in the week. The GreatHorse member reached the semifinals in 2015, a year after he won the Massachusetts Junior Amateur championship.

"In the second round of match play, I played very solid,'' Naumec told the Massachusetts Golf Association. "I didn't bogey until the 13th hole. Tim played great! He birdied four in a row on holes 10-13. I was able to cover the first two. I was 4-up through 10 and I went down two and had an errant one on 13, but I was able to hold and play solid. I was very happy about it."

With Umphrey itching at the lead as the round neared completion, Naumec made birdie on the 16th hole to push the lead back to 2 up.

"I was able to hold onto it,'' Naumec said. "I played great. I put my tee shots on the right side of the fairway and was able to give myself good looks."

Naumec and former state amateur champion John Kelly of East Longmeadow acwere the only Western Massachusetts golfers to advance among the four who reached the 32-player match play field.

After Thursday afternoon semifinals, a 36-hole final is scheduled for Friday.

Less than two months after helping Wilbraham & Monson Academy to a prep softball championship, Marissa Fabbo '17 played a key role in another team earning a title.

For the second summer in a row, Marissa excelled at the Bay State Games as the West team claimed the gold medal in a tournament featuring many of the top high school players in the state.

"Last year I really connected to the girls," Marissa said. "There were five returners this year. We all decided we would go back and try to win a medal."

Like last year, that medal was gold. Marissa batted fourth or fifth for the West and, as she did at WMA, showed her versatility by splitting time at third base and catcher.

The West won its first four games before losing to Central 18-1, with Marissa and five other starters taking to the bench because the team had already qualified for the championship.

The West won the final 4-2, with Marissa batting fourth and starting at third before catching the last few innings.

"The game before didn't matter because we were already in the gold medal game, and we had lost to the same team last year before winning the gold medal round," Marissa explained. "We knew we just had to play our best game to beat them because they were a good hitting team. But everyone stepped up and we got the job done."

Stephanie Reeves '12 traveled throughout the world as a Global Scholar at Wilbraham & Monson Academy.

Four years after graduating from the Academy, Stephanie has earned another chance to travel outside the country – far, far outside the country.

Stephanie, who graduated from Connecticut College in May with a triple major, has been granted a U.S. Fulbright Student Program fellowship. She will teach English at the Kazan National Research Technological University, a school of 27,000 students located 500 miles east of Moscow, Russia.

"I was very excited when I found out I won a Fulbright scholarship," said Stephanie, who traveled to Russia, Italy and Spain as a WMA student. "I'm excited to go back to a place where I have learned so much and I've spent time in."

"With her creativity, passion and intelligence, Stephanie is an astute, motivated young women who always aspired to take her scholarship to the next level," said Ms. Meg Hutcheson, Stephanie's advisor. "At WMA, Stephanie was always asking tough questions, researching fascinating topics and fostering her global thinking. For her Global Scholar Capstone project in 2012, Stephanie wrote: On my travels to Russia this summer, I was acutely aware of the language differences. I've studied Latin, Spanish, and, more recently, Chinese, but Russian is in its own category. I hope to investigate further these issues of language and how its linguistic power can affect the success or decline of a culture."

Through various trips, Stephanie has already spent about eight months in Russia. For the Fulbright fellowship, she will spend 10 more months in the world's largest country, starting in September.

"I took the Russian language four years in college, I've studied abroad in St. Petersburg, and I worked for a summer at a Russian Academy of Sciences neuroscience institute in Moscow," she said. "I really wanted to go back."

And when she goes back, she'll be packing some specialized shoes so she can participate in something she's loved since a very young age.

With his recruiting process complete, Wilbraham & Monson Academy's Zach Mann '17 thought this summer would be a good time to have some fun with the sport he loves.

Zach was selected to the West's boys' lacrosse team for the Bay State Games, and from the moment he made the cut, he sure had his fun.

Zach and the West team rolled through its five-game schedule, easily earning the gold medal. The West out-scored its opponents 75-29, which included a 10-5 win over Northeast/Metro in the final in Waltham.

"I got to play with a lot of guys I've known for a long time, having grown up in the area," said Zach, who has verbally committed to attend and play lacrosse at Division I Mount St. Mary's University in Maryland. "That was a good experience."

The team never had all of the players at the various tryout dates so Zach wasn't sure how the team would fare in the statewide tournament. However, after the first game, he knew the team had the potential to make a special run.

"On the first day we beat the Southeast team, well, a lot to a little," said Zach, referring to the 20-6 outcome. "At that point I realized we had a good thing going. And, once I realized I knew a lot of the people and knew I could play with them, I knew we weren't just going to be a thrown together team."

Zach scored in every game, finishing with five goals and an assist for the tournament.

"It was great to win the gold medal game," said Zach, who played at midfield. "I know a couple kids on the Northeast team. We have a friendly rivalry so it was good to beat them for the gold. It was fun. It liked being on a team of kids that I kind of knew but not really well."

Click here to read a story on Maodo Lo '12 playing professional basketball in Germany.

Matt Naumec '15 took a three-stroke lead into Friday's final round of the 49th Ouimet Memorial Tournament. The Wilbraham native opened the three-day championship with rounds of 69 and 67.

The 2015 Ouimet runner-up trailed by two strokes after Wednesday's opening round at Hyannisport Club on Cape Cod. The GreatHorse member made six birdies during his 5-under 67 at Oyster Harbors Club in Osterville on Thursday.

The tournament concludes Friday at Woodland GC in Auburndale.

Matt Naumec '15 again played well enough to win the Francis Ouimet Memorial Golf Tournament.

And this year, he won it.

The Wilbraham native posted a three-stroke win at the 49th annual amateur championship, closing with a 1-over-par 73 Friday at Woodland Golf Club in Auburndale. His 6-under 209 edged three golfers at 212.

Naumec birdied two of his last three holes to protect a three-stroke lead that he had held after the first two rounds. The GreatHorse member was in a similar position in his debut in 2015, but Peter French birdied eight of his last 10 holes to shoot a 66 and win the title.

"I was joking around with Frenchie about that," Naumec said. "He came up to me and said, 'Congratulations' and I said to him 'Hey, man, at least you didn't go crazy on me this year.' We both played great last year and it would've meant a lot to me to win this in my first year, but coming back and performing again means a great deal."

Naumec, a sophomore at Boston College, said the key point this year came at the 16th hole.

"(On No. 16) I was able to birdie and it really was a momentum changer for me," Naumec told reporters. "I was struggling to make a birdie. To make a putt or drop a putt. I was making good putts with good pace, but they weren't dropping. I was able to make about a 20-footer with a double breaker and it put me in the mindset that I maybe had a chance (to win) even with not knowing where I was and having a great mindset going in (to the final day). Unfortunately, I bogeyed 17, but followed that up with a birdie on 18."

Naumec was coming off a 17th place finish at the New England Amateur and a trip to the quarterfinals of the Massachusetts Amateur. Earlier this summer, he had reached the sectional round of qualifiying for the U.S. Open.

Wilbraham & Monson Academy's Julia Bell '12 was asked to play on a select national women's lacrosse team during her sophomore and junior seasons at Mount Holyoke College.

Julia, a collegiate field hockey and lacrosse player, declined because she felt she had a little too much on her plate.

When the offer came around again her senior year, though, she accepted. She's glad she did as Julia spent 10 days in June playing lacrosse and touring Europe as part of American International Sports Teams.

"It was awesome," Julia said. "I was able to play with girls from all three divisions. I was only one of two players representing Division III. It was awesome for me."

Julia and her teammates toured Paris before playing the Belgian national team in Brussels. They capped their memorable trip by playing in the Lowlands Lacrosse Tournament in Amsterdam.

"The touring was amazing, especially Paris," Julia said. "In Belgium, we had a lot of free time in Brussels. We toured Holland before going into Amsterdam. We had a lot of free time in Amsterdam, too.

"The trip was awesome. It was mostly post-college players so the players were friendly and it wasn't extremely competitive, but it was enough."

Julia took the always-important face-offs and played attack for the team, which beat Belgium and came in second at the tournament.

"I was in it for fun," she said. "I scored some. I was mostly used on the draw, which is what I enjoy. That was my thing: grabbing draws and setting up people. There was amazing talent and it was a joy to play with them. But I thought I played well and I'm glad I did it for my last hurrah to finish my lacrosse career."

Julia, a graduate student pursuing a career in psychology and sports management at Springfield College, will serve as an assistant coach for the WMA Field Hockey team this season.

"We're excited to have Julia join the team," Coach Bill Wells said. "Julia's a smart, motivated, likeable person. She's excelled in everything she's been involved with and she'll be an asset to our team this season."

For the second year in a row, Wilbraham & Monson Academy had a student earn the distinction of AP National Scholar, the highest academic award given by the College Board's AP Program.

"That fact that one of our students has earned this honor, for the second year in a row, symbolizes not only the hard work and determination of these students, most recently Junhao "Mark" Xu '16, but all of the hard work that our students and faculty pour into their endeavors here at WMA," Head of School Brian Easler said. "It makes me very proud."

Mark joined YoungSeok "Justin" Jang '15, Brian Kennedy '15 and Robert Taylor '15 as WMA students to recently earn the AP National Scholar honor, which requires a student to score a four or higher on eight AP exams, as well as an average of 4.0 or better.

"I'm honored to be named an AP National Scholar, which to me is an award for my academic achievement throughout high school," said Mark, who graduated cum laude and is attending New York University in Abu Dhabi. "The AP Program encouraged me to explore different disciplines, from literature to mathematics to humanities.

"The diverse and flexible curriculum at WMA gave me the valuable opportunities to explore and take all kinds of classes. The resources and experience of the teachers here are amazing and helped me significantly in being named an AP National Scholar. I would not be where I am now without them."

Along with Mark, 55 WMA students earned recognition from the College Board for their performance on this year's AP exams. Twenty-three students were named AP Scholars of Distinction (score of three or better on five or more exams with a 3.5 average or better); seven AP Scholars with Honors (score of three or better on four or more exams with an average of a 3.25 or better); and 24 AP Scholars (score of three or better on three or more exams).

"Our overall performance this year was very strong, as our number of AP Scholars attests," said Dean of Curriculum Meg Hutcheson. "Such student success is also due in large part to our dedicated teachers who develop strong curriculum that meets the high AP standards.

"I was particularly impressed with the high scores our students earned in the new AP Seminar course, and I am excited to launch the second year course, AP Research. A future goal for WMA is to have students named AP Capstone Scholars.

Of the 164 students who took AP exams, 76% earned scores of three or better, which is above the global (60%) and the state average (71%), with Massachusetts ranking as one of the top states in the country.

"I'm continually impressed with the level of dedication our faculty have in preparing our students for success in our Advanced Placement classes," Dean of Faculty Walter Swanson said.

Matt Naumec '15 continued his hot summer on the golf course.

The Boston College sophomore has qualified for the 2017 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball Championship. He teamed with Billy Walthouse of Longmeadow to earn medalist honors at an 18-hole qualifier Aug. 25 at GreatHorse in Hampden.

The pair will compete in the national championship at Pinehurst (N.C.) Resort & Country Club next May.

Naumec and Walthouse posted a 6-under-par 66 to earn one of three qualifying bids.

Naumec, who won the Francois Ouimet Memorial earlier this month and reached the quarterfinals of the Massachusetts Amateur in July, qualified for his second USGA Championship

Wilbraham & Monson Academy's Gene Kang '20 entered the summer with an impressive archery resume, including a third-place finish in his age group at the National Indoor Championship in 2015.

After his performance in June and July, Gene is starting to aim at the highest level of archery that exists.

Gene won his division at three competitions, and also placed 26^th in the 12-14 age group category at the National Outdoor Target Championship in Alabama in July.

"Overall, I did pretty well," Gene said. "This is my second year competing outdoors and this was much improved over the first year of shooting."

Gene won the Connecticut Archery Association Outdoor Open Championships in June a week before taking first at the Outdoor Archer's Cup Archery Tournament in Massachusetts. After finishing second at the Connecticut State Outdoor Championships & Nutmeg State Games, Gene made the trip south to Alabama to shoot against the top archers in the country. He concluded his summer by winning the Bay State Games, which are essentially the Olympics for high school athletes in the state.

"Getting into all of the competitions, it's good experience for when I grow up and potentially compete in the Olympics or even the World Cup for archery," said Gene, who started shooting at archery competitions three years ago. "Having all these competitions under my belt helps me gain experience."

Gene surprised himself at the national outdoor meet, outscoring shooters who had beaten him at previous competitions.

"During nationals, I beat a lot of people I had never beaten before," he said. "I scored higher than some of them in competition and elimination. At outdoor, there are a lot more people and it's better competition. For outdoor, you're probably 30 meters farther out. The targets are bigger but you're farther away. You have to deal with the conditions, such as the wind and sun. The elements affect your shooting.

"It was a great experience, traveling to Alabama and shooting at nationals. I hope to do it again next year. It was great to travel the country and meet so many great people and compete at nationals. I know I could have done better. I think in archery, you're never satisfied with a performance. I think I performed well and lived up to my expectations."

His summer performance has Gene setting his expectations higher, with hopes of making the U.S. National team in the future. He'll spend Sept. 3-5 meeting with the national coach and possibly shooting with members of the Olympic team, which earned a silver medal at the 2016 Olympic Games.

Wilbraham & Monson Academy's Mariel Picknelly '20 isn't a national music sensation just yet, but she sure is headed in that direction.

After months of performing at summer camps, Mariel will release her latest single, "EPIC," in mid-September.

"I released a few singles years ago but they don't show what I can do now," she said. "After the single comes out we'll release a music video."

Mariel toured with Camplified during the summer. She performed at approximately a dozen youth camps throughout New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, singing to kids ages 3-14, with the crowds ranging from 100-400 people.

"I've done festivals and fairs and things in the area, but not as big as this," Mariel said. "Waking up early and getting ready and meeting all the fans was so cool. We would do meet and greets. We had merchandise, so I would give out beach balls with my name on them, string back packs and water bottles."

A handful of artists typically performed for 20 minutes at each Camplified show. Mariel's play list included her originals "EPIC" and "Rock Stars," as well as covers "Wild Things" by Alessia Cara, "Lost Boy" by Ruth B and "Love Yourself" by Justin Beiber.

"I really liked getting to know the other performers," Mariel said. "Some were based out of New York, and some were from Los Angeles so there were people from all over."

Mariel is on the cusp of releasing an EP (extended play but not a full album), with the only hold-up being, in essence, a good problem.

"I started working with this song writer who worked with Billy Joel. His name is Cass Dillon," Mariel explained. "We wrote two songs. We're working on producing those at the moment.

"I really want to work on my guitar skills and piano skills so I can accompany myself. I'm taking dance at WMA so I can dance on the stage better. I'll be in the studio a lot this winter."

In September, Mariel was on the cover of Gold Crwn magazine and featured in Talent Monthly.

Like a lot of people from the region, Wilbraham & Monson Academy's Peter '17 and Sara Labbe '19 spent a lot of time on the water this summer.

The Labbes, though, weren't relaxing, fishing or tubing on any boats – they were competing.

The brother and sister team went to two of the biggest summer regattas in North America, first heading to Ohio for the Club National Championships before gathering in St. Catherine, Canada, for the Royal Canadian Henley Regatta, which included clubs from the United States, Canada, Great Britain and Zimbabwe.

"Those are the two farthest distances I've gone for regattas," Peter said. "It was 12 hours to Ohio and six hours to Canada."

"I hadn't competed in regattas that big," Sara added. "I've been to one to watch with the team, but going and entering into regattas that big was a really good experience. Going to Ohio was cool, and also rowing on a lake instead of a river. Going a few weeks later to an even bigger regatta was great because it was in a major area."

Peter competed in a U19 double at the national meet, narrowly missing the semifinal round when his boat placed 33^rd in a field of 70 in a time trial. Peter was in three events at the 140^th annual Henley, racing in a U19 double, U23 lightweight and single.

From early June to mid-August, Peter trained twice a day Monday-Friday with the Pioneer Valley Riverfront Club. He hopes to race in college.

"It's really a pursuit and desire to reach the next level," Peter explained. "There's such a wide range of performance levels in the sport. Last year the club made a big shift to be more competitive. We out-matched the level of competition so the club started to go to a regional and national scale. Now we're seeing how good we can get. The team enjoys working with each other and competing."

Sara, meanwhile, served as a coxswain. Like her brother, her first experience with rowing came her freshman year with the WMA Crew team. Her U19 four-person boat advanced to a semifinal at the national regatta. She also raced in a U17 boat.

"I hadn't done many smaller regattas, but the ones I went to were nice," Sara said. "The bigger regattas, we got to see teams from all over – the inner city and international teams - and we got to compete against them."

Wilbraham & Monson Academy linebacker Alex Claudio '17 has been named to the Massachusetts Prep Stars Preseason Football Super Team.

Wilbraham & Monson Academy's Alex Baltazar '15 was named the NESCAC's Women's Soccer Player of the Week, helping Connecticut College to wins over Middlebury and Roger Williams with three goals and an assist.

Wilbraham & Monson Academy has a special way of rallying behind one of its own. The Academy's Girls' Volleyball team will lead the school's latest charge when it hosts a charity match against Ludlow High School Oct. 7 at 7 p.m. in honor of a WMA family member.

Joan Kennedy, mother of Teresa '12 and Brian Kennedy '15, passed away Aug. 31 after her second bout of breast cancer. Teresa and her dad, Tom, will serve as guests of honor for the match, with all proceeds going to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation in memory of Joan.

"In general, I've been impressed to see the lengths WMA has gone to support my family in this difficult time," said Teresa, who recently graduated from Notre Dame University and is now working as an English as a Second Language teacher at the Academy." When (Coach) Donna (Barone) said they were going to play the game in my mom's honor, I was shocked and incredibly grateful the team was able to do something like that: one, to make my family feel even more supported here, and two, to go to a cause very near and dear to us. It means a lot that the team is doing this for my mom.

"We're very excited to attend it. My dad is a huge WMA fan and any excuse to get on campus and do something is great for him. And, I'm excited. One of my students is on the team and this is a good excuse to go to the game for a very meaningful reason. I'm looking forward to it."

This is the seventh annual charity match between WMA and Ludlow, with the schools alternating sites.

"We bring together private and public schools because cancer doesn't know the difference," Coach Barone said.

"We're looking forward to it. It should be a fun match. Because there is no pressure to win or lose we can mix up the formation. We've been working on activities here on campus and we'll tie this in with our activities on campus that night to make it a fun event for the kids. The raffle items will be with the kids in mind."

Raffle items will include gift cards to Friendly's, Dunkin Donuts and iTunes, as well as others. The match typically draws its largest crowd of the season.

"The charity game is the best game of the season," Courtney Fallon '17 said. "We all get together. It's a team bonding because we hang out beforehand. We wear a different uniform and we hang posters and balloons. We try to do a bunch of crazy things so people will donate money. It's a lot of fun."

It was a long trip to Canaan, Conn., Saturday for Wilbraham & Monson Academy's Football team, and thanks to its defense, the long road back to Wilbraham was enjoyable.

The Academy's defense didn't allow St. Luke's School much past midfield as the Titans posted a 7-0 win in their opener.

"It's a good way to start the season, with a win, especially with the first game being a long road trip," WMA Coach Jeff Vartabedian said. "It was a good overall win. I think we were the most physical team on the field on offense and defense, and our kicking game changed the field quite a bit. We moved the ball pretty well on offense but need to be more consistent punching it in. Our defense, though, shut them down. They didn't move the ball much at all, with their run game or pass game."

Quarterback Anthony Costa '17 scored on a 16-yard run with less than two minutes to play in the second quarter for the game's only score.

WMA's defense was tremendous all game. Playing in his first football game, defensive end Kristian Lien '17 had three sacks and forced two fumbles. Linebacker Chase Speller '17 led the team with seven tackles, and defensive tackles Matt Robertson '17 and Nate Towle '18 both had fumble recoveries.

"I always felt the game was pretty comfortable even though we were only up by seven, just because our defense was playing so well," Coach Vartabedian added.

WMA hosts Berkshire School Saturday at 4 p.m.

Wilbraham & Monson Academy Boys' Cross Country Coach Tom Iannacone received a surprise from his team Saturday, and it was a good surprise.

Racing in a field of 17 teams, the Titans placed second at the Canterbury Cross Country Invitational in New Milford, Conn., in the Division II meet.

"I expected us to pack run and do OK but I didn't expect us to come in second," said Coach Iannacone, who is in his first year of being in charge of the Boys' Cross Country program. "We had all the guys in low numbers. You go into award ceremonies expecting nothing, and once I heard Kingswood Oxford was third, I thought, 'Wait a minute. We did a little better than them.' Then they called WMA.

"We ran strong and the guys kept together. Yifan "Kevin" Qiu '18 finished right where we needed him, and then Adam Kugelmass '19, Andrew Nagle '18, Basem Hernandez '19 and Cole Hansen '17 all stuck together."

Coach Iannacone wasn't sure what to expect because, in the team's previous invitational at Deerfield Academy, the team was split into a varsity race for juniors and seniors and a junior varsity meet with freshmen and sophomores.

"The Canterbury course was harder than Deerfield and we saw a lot of improvement with our times," Coach Iannacone said.

Kevin placed 13^th in 18 minutes, 34 seconds, followed by Adam (20^th, 19:12), Andrew Nagle (26^th, 19:40), Basem (31^st, 19:52) and Cole (47^th, 20:22).

Before his team even took to the field for its first home game, Wilbraham & Monson Academy Football Coach Jeff Vartabedian already knew his Titans were ready to play.

And from the first whistle, the Titans dominated, opening the game with 30 unanswered points en route to a 51-27 victory over Berkshire School Saturday at WMA's turf.

"The team came out with a lot of fire and was excited to play its first home game," Coach Vartabedian said. "I could tell in our pre-game meeting that we were fired up and ready to go. I didn't anticipate the game opening up the way it did, but give our guys credit because we came out and controlled every phase of the game right off the bat. The defense was great again and the offense got clicking. Up front on offense, the guys blocked great and the running backs ran really, really well."

WMA's offense totaled 429 yards, with a nice between the running game (256 yards) and passing (173).

"We have really good balance," Vartabedian explained. "We're lucky to have a senior (Caelen Etti '17) and a post-grad (Chase Speller '17) sharing time in the backfield. We're keeping them fresh and they're running hard. They're finding holes the line is making but they're getting extra yards, too, breaking tackles and running downhill."

Chase rushed for 114 yards on just 14 carries, while Caelen added 103 yards on 18 attempts. Quarterback Anthony Costa '17 played well again, with 200 total yards from scrimmage, along with two touchdown passes. Tony Barbieri '17 had a remarkable outing, catching three passes for 122 yards and two TDs.

Scoring for WMA were: Anthony on an 8-yard run; Chase on a 1-yard run; Mykhaylo "Misha" Oliinyk '20 on a 27-yard field goal; Caelen on a 5-yard run; Tony on a 43-yard pass from Anthony; Chase on a 3-yard run; Tony on a 23-yard pass from Anthony; and Anthony Arnieri '18 on a 10-yard run.

WMA's defense was again stellar, holding Berkshire to one touchdown in the first three quarters. Alex Claudio '17 had a blocked punt and two fumble recoveries, Alexander Strange '17 made three tackles for a loss and knocked down a pass, and Caelen and Chase both had five tackles.

The Titans, who beat St. Luke's in their opener 7-0, improved to 2-0. The team travels to Connecticut Friday to play undefeated Hamden Hall.

"It feels great to be 2-0. I give the guys credit – we had a great week of practice, and that helped us play really well Saturday," Coach Vartabedian said. "The guys are practicing hungry and playing hungry. We said we're going to enjoy this win but not be satisfied and get back to work at practice. We have a big test at Hamden Hall and they're very good. We're getting into some challenging games."