As always, Archmere’s fall sport teams have not disappointed this year. Our foot- ball, field hockey, volleyball, cross country, and boys soccer teams all had exciting and successful seasons. At Archmere, fall play- offs are always packed with matches for our teams, but this year was exceptionally successful with four of our teams making it to their respective playoffs.

We Auks could not be prouder of
our 2022 season football team. After a victorious regular season, the team made their way to the playoffs. Following an easy 42-0 first round win against Concord high school, the Auks were all ready to show what they were made of in the quarterfi- nals. The team accomplished this goal by beating Howard in a shutout game in the quarterfinals. This was a particularly great win for the Auks, avenging their regular season loss against Howard. Unfortunately, the football team’s playoff run ended in the semifinal round in a tough match against number one seed Caravel. Although we are sad to say goodbye to some of our star senior players, they and the entire team should be incredibly proud of their playoff run, and Archmere cannot wait to see how next season turns out.

The field hockey team also had an in- credible playoff run this year, with a win- ning record of 13-2. The field hockey team this year featured talented seniors, three of whom have decided to commit to playing field hockey in college. Bella Dell’Oso is off to Temple University, Becca Olsen will attend York College, and Lindsey Renshaw is heading to Rowan University. During the regular season, the Auks were able to avenge some of their defeats from last year including beating Padua 2-1 after having lost to them 1-2 in the 2021 sea- son. The field hockey team also claimed victory over Newark Charter who had beaten them last year in their semi final match, and won 7-0 against Caravel, marking the first time an Archmere field hockey team has won against Caravel. The Auks’ playoff run to make it all the way to the state championship match was the definite highlight of the 2022 season. The girls began their playoff run by beat- ing Sussex Academy 4-0 in the Quarter- finals after receiving a first round bye. Next they faced Tatnall, who had ended their season with a 14-1 record, in the semifinals and emerged victorious after junior Bella Hughes scored an early game goal. After they scored, the Auks fo- cused on holding off the Hornets for the remainder of the game, leading them to victory. Finally this took the team to the State Championship, and although it was not the outcome they might have hoped for, we are all still very proud of them for how incredibly they played against DelMar. Some highlights of the championship game were goalie and junior Ava Hughes having 39 saves and senior Bella Dell’Oso scoring a goal against DelMar.