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What's Happening at WMA
![Historic season for WMA Skiing]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1677621644/wilbraham/xevv2yak1b73mqcqpaij/Skiing2022-2321.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1677621644/wilbraham/xevv2yak1b73mqcqpaij/Skiing2022-2321.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1677621644/wilbraham/xevv2yak1b73mqcqpaij/Skiing2022-2321.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1677621644/wilbraham/xevv2yak1b73mqcqpaij/Skiing2022-2321.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1677621644/wilbraham/xevv2yak1b73mqcqpaij/Skiing2022-2321.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1677621644/wilbraham/xevv2yak1b73mqcqpaij/Skiing2022-2321.jpg","width":2200}])
![Jess Ethier '23 signs NLI with Sacred Heart]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1677598240/wilbraham/ivh3cjqd0bfmkfof05jk/JessEthierNLI2-27-2323.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1677598240/wilbraham/ivh3cjqd0bfmkfof05jk/JessEthierNLI2-27-2323.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1677598240/wilbraham/ivh3cjqd0bfmkfof05jk/JessEthierNLI2-27-2323.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1677598240/wilbraham/ivh3cjqd0bfmkfof05jk/JessEthierNLI2-27-2323.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1677598240/wilbraham/ivh3cjqd0bfmkfof05jk/JessEthierNLI2-27-2323.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1677598240/wilbraham/ivh3cjqd0bfmkfof05jk/JessEthierNLI2-27-2323.jpg","width":2200}])
Jess became the second female in school history to sign an NLI to play collegiate women's rugby.
![Riflery wins another state title; finishes undefeated]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1677592300/wilbraham/n9ri1jysim2u0b1e6wli/Riflerychamps2-22-23.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1677592300/wilbraham/n9ri1jysim2u0b1e6wli/Riflerychamps2-22-23.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1677592300/wilbraham/n9ri1jysim2u0b1e6wli/Riflerychamps2-22-23.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1677592300/wilbraham/n9ri1jysim2u0b1e6wli/Riflerychamps2-22-23.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1677592300/wilbraham/n9ri1jysim2u0b1e6wli/Riflerychamps2-22-23.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1677592300/wilbraham/n9ri1jysim2u0b1e6wli/Riflerychamps2-22-23.jpg","width":2200}])
For the sixth time in seven years, WMA posted the top score at the Connecticut High School Championship.
Competing in a five-team field, the Titans finished with a season-high 953 points (out of 1,000), winning by 26 points.
![Boys Basketball motivated for tournament]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1677506868/wilbraham/b87sygbct5sjyfiqlml7/BoysPrepBasketballteam12022-23.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1677506868/wilbraham/b87sygbct5sjyfiqlml7/BoysPrepBasketballteam12022-23.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1677506868/wilbraham/b87sygbct5sjyfiqlml7/BoysPrepBasketballteam12022-23.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1677506868/wilbraham/b87sygbct5sjyfiqlml7/BoysPrepBasketballteam12022-23.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1677506868/wilbraham/b87sygbct5sjyfiqlml7/BoysPrepBasketballteam12022-23.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1677506868/wilbraham/b87sygbct5sjyfiqlml7/BoysPrepBasketballteam12022-23.jpg","width":2200}])
The #5 Titans will play at fourth-seeded Cushing Academy of Ashburnham, Massachusetts, in a New England Prep School Athletic Council AA Conference quarterfinal Wednesday, March 1, at 5 p.m.
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WMA will host Holderness in a New England Prep School Athletic Council Class C quarterfinal Wednesday, March 1, at 4 p.m.
![Wrestlers make WMA history]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1677267515/wilbraham/efusfermrc0kzqpf2hjb/Femailewrestlers2022-23.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1677267515/wilbraham/efusfermrc0kzqpf2hjb/Femailewrestlers2022-23.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1677267515/wilbraham/efusfermrc0kzqpf2hjb/Femailewrestlers2022-23.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1677267515/wilbraham/efusfermrc0kzqpf2hjb/Femailewrestlers2022-23.jpg","width":1000}])
Yumin “Yuna” Rho ’23 and Hanser Yoon ’24 were invited to participate in the 87th Annual National Prep Wrestling Championships.
![Marghe Negri '23 wins NE ski title]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1677180839/wilbraham/ynmrdzreg1c46oseyetr/MargheNegriskiing2022-23.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1677180839/wilbraham/ynmrdzreg1c46oseyetr/MargheNegriskiing2022-23.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1677180839/wilbraham/ynmrdzreg1c46oseyetr/MargheNegriskiing2022-23.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1677180839/wilbraham/ynmrdzreg1c46oseyetr/MargheNegriskiing2022-23.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1677180839/wilbraham/ynmrdzreg1c46oseyetr/MargheNegriskiing2022-23.jpg","width":1426}])
Marghe raced to a gold-medal finish in the slalom at the New England Prep School Athletic Council Championship.
![Riflery undefeated 7 years and counting]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1676921110/wilbraham/otmjynz9i2ivovnprhfz/Riflery2022-235.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1676921110/wilbraham/otmjynz9i2ivovnprhfz/Riflery2022-235.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1676921110/wilbraham/otmjynz9i2ivovnprhfz/Riflery2022-235.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1676921110/wilbraham/otmjynz9i2ivovnprhfz/Riflery2022-235.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1676921110/wilbraham/otmjynz9i2ivovnprhfz/Riflery2022-235.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1676921110/wilbraham/otmjynz9i2ivovnprhfz/Riflery2022-235.jpg","width":2200}])
WMA beat Suffield Academy 752-740 to claim the Prep School Gallery Match and finish the regular season undefeated for the seventh year in a row.
![8 wrestlers medal at Class A meet]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1676561836/wilbraham/erazndmzxzopfmsyifmn/WrestlingmedalsClassA2-11-23.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1676561836/wilbraham/erazndmzxzopfmsyifmn/WrestlingmedalsClassA2-11-23.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1676561836/wilbraham/erazndmzxzopfmsyifmn/WrestlingmedalsClassA2-11-23.png","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1676561836/wilbraham/erazndmzxzopfmsyifmn/WrestlingmedalsClassA2-11-23.png","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1676561836/wilbraham/erazndmzxzopfmsyifmn/WrestlingmedalsClassA2-11-23.png","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1676561836/wilbraham/erazndmzxzopfmsyifmn/WrestlingmedalsClassA2-11-23.png","width":1844}])
Eight wrestlers earned medals by placing in the top six at the New England Class A Championships.
![3 students earn awards at state art contest]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1676485685/wilbraham/azqh2teyjpfhy4wnd3cu/IMG-1858.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1676485685/wilbraham/azqh2teyjpfhy4wnd3cu/IMG-1858.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1676485685/wilbraham/azqh2teyjpfhy4wnd3cu/IMG-1858.png","width":543}])
Ethan Kang '23 (gold key), Rilee Harris ’23 (silver) and Rachel Lyu ’23 placed in this year's Scholastic Art and Writing Awards Contest.
![Marghe Negri '23 loves skiing, and it shows]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1676469121/wilbraham/c8fuicuj0wcry9duhlxg/MaergheNegri2-15-23.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1676469121/wilbraham/c8fuicuj0wcry9duhlxg/MaergheNegri2-15-23.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1676469121/wilbraham/c8fuicuj0wcry9duhlxg/MaergheNegri2-15-23.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1676469121/wilbraham/c8fuicuj0wcry9duhlxg/MaergheNegri2-15-23.jpg","width":828}])
Marghe won the giant slalom race in a Mount Institute Ski League competition at Berkshire East on Feb. 8.
![Arielle Chechile '24 ties facility record at Exeter]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1676309029/wilbraham/yk3ym8kwor0hrx1hmndu/WinterTrack2022-239.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1676309029/wilbraham/yk3ym8kwor0hrx1hmndu/WinterTrack2022-239.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1676309029/wilbraham/yk3ym8kwor0hrx1hmndu/WinterTrack2022-239.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1676309029/wilbraham/yk3ym8kwor0hrx1hmndu/WinterTrack2022-239.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1676309029/wilbraham/yk3ym8kwor0hrx1hmndu/WinterTrack2022-239.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1676309029/wilbraham/yk3ym8kwor0hrx1hmndu/WinterTrack2022-239.jpg","width":2200}])
Arielle cleared 5 feet, 2 inches, which set a school record and tied the facility mark at Phillips Exeter Academy.
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![Abby Dorunda '24 named to All-State soccer team]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1675800624/wilbraham/lazibaqgjdtk81kpdkzf/AbbyDorunda1-30-23ps.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1675800624/wilbraham/lazibaqgjdtk81kpdkzf/AbbyDorunda1-30-23ps.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1675800624/wilbraham/lazibaqgjdtk81kpdkzf/AbbyDorunda1-30-23ps.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1675800624/wilbraham/lazibaqgjdtk81kpdkzf/AbbyDorunda1-30-23ps.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1675800624/wilbraham/lazibaqgjdtk81kpdkzf/AbbyDorunda1-30-23ps.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1675800624/wilbraham/lazibaqgjdtk81kpdkzf/AbbyDorunda1-30-23ps.jpg","width":2200}])
Abby joined a short list of top high school players from Massachusetts.
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The Titans earned the David Coughlin Award, the top team sportsmanship honor presented in the Western New England Prep School Soccer Association.