Varsity Soccer photos from game v Rumsey School on Thursday October 4th

Cross Country Results from race held at Millbrook School on Wednesday October 10th

On Wednesday afternoon, our gallant cross country team consisting of Adam Baker, Abby Paglia, Hugo Wasserman and Bernadette Winby ran in a 2.36 mile race at Millbrook School against 4 high school teams(Millbrook, Rumsey,Indian Mountain and Maplebrook). On a very tough course, with 55 ninth grade students and older in the race, all runners did exceptionally well with the following results and times:

Name Position Time
Adam Baker 25th 19:50

Abby Paglia 44th 24:05

Hugo Wasserman 46th 26:04

Bernadette Winby 51st 26:49

Congratulations DDS Team!! (Official Coach Krys team report to follow soon - watch this space!!)

JV Photos from game v Poughkeepsie Day School on Wednesday October 10th

Varsity Soccer v Washington Montessori School on Thursday October 11th.

Playing their second game in two days, the Varsity Soccer team continued to play good passing soccer to ramp up another victory, this time by the margin of 3-1. Visitors, Washington Montessori, fielded a strong team and began the game pressing our defense hard. It was not until twenty minutes later that we started to string our passes together and begin to threaten the opposition goal. Kayleigh was again causing chaos down the right touchline and it was inevitable that she would find the net on one of her forays in to the opposing area. Well served by Hudson and Griffin, she netted twice to bring her tally to four goals in two games. On the other wing Adrienne and then Caleb ably supported our attacking play. After half time, we continued to trouble the Washington M. defense and soon Sebastian turned and rifled in to the net a well struck shot. Our defense once more led superbly by Roan continued to keep at bay the lively Washington forwards. However, the player of the game was undoubtedly Danielle, who in goal played with confidence, skill and sheer bravery. Handling everything that came her way, she made a number of daring saves at the feet of the oncoming forwards. However, one such save was rewarded by an injury to her face, and she had to retire. Thankfully, she is fine and will be starring in our games next week. Matt took over in goal and played very well immediately coming out to prevent a shot on goal. Unfortunately a few moments later a great shot thundered past him into the roof of the net. Overall, a very pleasing performance from every player in the team. Next game is at home to Melrose on Monday October 15th.

JV Soccer v Poughkeepsie Day School on Wednesday October 10th

This match was a greatly improved showing over last year's meeting with Poughkeepsie Day School. P.D. took an early lead of three goals but DDS settled in and Alex scored unassisted in the first half. Andrew crossed a perfect pass to Christian for our second goal. Nick and Alex shared time as the goalkeeper and both boys had some excellent saves. DDS held P.D. to one goal in the second half due to some great one on one marking by our defense. Isabel, Maddie, Sawyer, Paige, Nick, and Taylor's strong defense, along with some excellent saves by Alex kept a very talented P.D. in check. We look forward to our next home match on Friday.

I'd like to especially thank our fans at this time for watching our games from the bleachers on the far side of the field. I am sure you also noticed how hard it was to keep track of the game and subbing when all 20+ Poughkeepsie Day Subs, parents, and the coach were standing not only right on the touch line (sideline) but in the field at times! I was surprised the official didn't address this problem sooner in the game, nor did he address the many different uniforms on the field. At the high school level, players with different colored socks and or shorts would not be allowed to play. So, keep on reminding your children to have their complete uniform on game days.

DDS Varsity Soccer Report v Kildonan on Wednesday October 10th

A beautiful day to play soccer. Occasional light rain and a cool gentle breeze made this game a very pleasant spectacle. The game ended 4-0 to DDS, but by half time only one goal had found it's way in to the Kildonan net. This scoreline flattered our enthusiastic but disorganized opposition who found it very difficult to get the ball out of their own half. Time and time again, the DDS players urged on by Hudson, brought the ball in to the penalty area, only to be denied by desperate defenders and sloppy finishing. The only goal of the half came when Jackson set up Griffin with a fine pass for the gifted midfielder to ram the ball home. Danielle, in goal for the first half, had very little to do but showed her worth when she dived bravely at the feet of a Kildonan forward to deny him a route to goal. The second half was more productive in terms of goals, with Griffin slotting home a well taken penalty and Kayleigh finding the net twice after a first half of frustrating finishing. Adrienne, Caleb, Sebastian and Danielle all came close to adding more goals, but in the end we had to be content with a game that provided DDS with the majority of possession but light on the goal tally. Once more, solid in defense were Alexa, Golf, Christian, Roan and Jon. Also credit must go to Matthew who had a good second half performance in goal.

DDS Field Hockey Report v Maplebrook School on Thursday October 4th

The Dutchess Day School field hockey team walked away with another win last Thursday, beating Maplebrook 11-0. The lady Tigers walked off the field at half time with 5 goals already under their kilts. Sarah Anthony, Denny Smythe, Luzy Roemer, Lizzy Quartararo, and Sophie Perekslis finished the game scoring two goals each. Zoe Wilson also drove one past Maplebrook’s defense. Dutchess Day’s defense, with the help of Hadley Stack, Hailey Conger, Maggie Dull and Natascha Lamprecht managed to shut out yet another opponent. The Dutchess Day School field hockey team is now 3-0, with another tough game coming up on Thursday at Rippowam. We hope to see you all there! Hoo-RAH!!