Communications Intern Leo Teti ’26 breaks down winter athletics so far ...

Boys basketball began the season with two losses, but then rebounded, beating the defending state runners-up Salesianum High School by a score of 55-50 in early December. In their first home game on December 17, the last day before St. Andrew’s winter break, students packed the stands dressed up as Santa, elves, and reindeer, but the Saints fell 53-61 to William Penn High School, moving to an overall record of 1-3. But head coach Terrell Myers wasn’t worried. “Early on, we had some very tough opponents by design,” he says. The team would then go 5-1 in the next six games. This run from the Saints included beating Wilmington Friends, who had previously been undefeated, twice. Currently, the team sits at 10-6 and is looking to advance even further. “They are just starting to hit their stride,” Myers says. “I’m looking forward to the next set of games. We’ll see how we compete.” 

Teti’s Game to Catch: Senior Day against Middletown at 2:30 on Saturday, February 15. In their last home game of the season, the Saints will look to send their seniors off with a W. 

Girls basketball got off to their best start in almost a decade, posting a record of 4-3, and only allowing an average of 28 points a game through the first half of the season. Assistant coach Jason Honsel name-checks a few key players when explaining how the defense became so dominant. “Center Katherine Meers '25 is a force underneath, with multiple double-doubles and leading the team in scoring and rebounding,” he says, also citing the effort and determination of Claire Hulsey ’26, Piper Langston ’25, and Bahar Bekirefendi ’26, all of whom have added to the “outstanding combined defensive effort.” Currently, with a record of 9-9, the Saints have already won more games this season than in the past five years, and have opportunity to add to the win column as they continue their efforts in the last two weeks of the season. 

Teti’s Game to Catch: The team is set to take on MOT Charter on February 18th, a team they beat by a single basket last year. 

Girls and boys squash are continuing their hot streak from last season with records of 8-3 and 7-3, respectively. The girls are 52-26 in individual competitions and have only lost one in their last three matches, posting scores of 6-1, and 7-0 twice. The boys are playing at a similar competitive level: they have won two matches undefeated, 11-0 and 7-0, and won a match 8-1. On January 23, both teams also won the Speers Cup, awarded to the winner of the annual meeting between Tower Hill and St. Andrew’s and so-named for the Speers family, members of which have served as assistant head of school at both Tower Hill and St. Andrew’s. “Both teams have really good depth and they're really showing a great competitive side,” says head coach Doug Whittaker. “They’re competing better against each other, which translates to matches against other teams.” 

Teti’s Match to Catch: Each  team remains hyper-focused on High School Squash Nationals,  held from February 21 to 23 in Philadelphia. 

Swimming started off strong with three convincing wins to open the season, but then faltered losing four in a row. “The winter break, obviously, is always a big thing that we have to manage and deal with through the middle of our season,” says head coach Greg Guldin. But the most important thing to him, he notes, is the growth and connection his team has shown. “I have repeatedly gotten compliments from visiting fans about how much of a team we look like and act like when we're together, and how supportive everybody is of each other,” he says. He’s especially excited for his athletes who he says are learning what it means to work hard and apply themselves in the pool. Since that rocky start, the Saints locked in for the last few meets of the season; on February 8, the boys team won the Delaware Independent School Conference (DISC) Championship for the second time in a row, and the girls team placed third. Guldin is thrilled with his team’s performance, and notes the number of lifetime bests and several new DIAA state qualifying times that his swimmers set. “Thank you to all those who came out to support the Saints,” he says.

Teti’s Meet to Catch: Swimming has one last hurrah on February 15, an intersquad scrimmage and senior celebration. 

Indoor track has boasted fast times and elite sprints, throws, jumps, and relays all year. Throughout the season, the team has attended five meets; at the Ocean Breeze Invitational in Staten Island, New York this month, the team collectively broke seven school records and set six personal bests in only ten events they entered. Ocean Breeze was just a warmup for the DISC Championship, held in February, in which the boys team brought home first place for the second year in a row, while girls placed second! According to assistant coach Kat Celata, the Saints record-break pace at meets is not something to be surprised by. “It feels like every single time we go to the meets, everyone gets faster or learns something really important,” she says. “Everyone shows up a hundred percent in a meaningful way each time.” It’s been a great season so far, Celata says, and adds that a few of her runners qualified for nationals, which includes Leah Horgan ’25, who has been invited to the New Balance Indoor Track Nationals in Boston, and Chris Onsomu ’25 and Peter Bird ’25, who have each been invited to the Adidas Indoor Track Nationals in Virginia Beach. 

Teti’s Meet to Catch: The state meet, where the Saints will take on 17 other schools and compete in the DIAA Championship on February 22. 

Wrestling had another excellent season, as exemplified by their performance in the DISC meet on February 8. Every wrestler on the boy’s team medaled at that meet. Head coach Phil Davis says it was “an amazing day of wrestling for our boys team,” who he says did a wonderful job representing St. Andrew’s. The highlight of the season so far for the girls team was competing at the inaugural Ladies Cougar Wrestling Tournament at Delcastle High School at which, frankly, they dominated. “They showed up big time, earning two first-place medals, one third-place medal, and one fourth-place finish,” Davis says. “These incredible athletes continue to raise the bar and establish themselves as true forces in the sport. Their drive, focus, and sportsmanship have not gone unnoticed—both by their competitors and by the fans who witnessed their efforts.” Next up? The girls take states!

Teti’s Meet to Catch: The Saints girls wrestlers head to Smyrna High School on Sunday, February 16, to compete in Delaware’s first-ever girls state tournament.