CitySquash gratefully acknowlegdes Evan Squash Vision for donating dozens of squash goggles to our program. Evan Squash Vision is a charitable organization that strives to unite the youth squash community by supporting and fostering commitment to squash among juniors. To learn more, visit http://www.evansquashvision.com

Katiria Sanchez returned from a year in Puerto Rico fired up to get back on the squash court. Katiria attended practices (and extra practices!) with great enthusiasm, and got back into the swing of things quickly. This past weekend, she secured herself a spot on CitySquash's Wall of Fame by winning the Pyramid Bronze tourney GU-17 draw. Other highschoolers also had a successful tournament, with Frank winning the BU-17 consols and Cristina finishing consol runner up. Congratulations!

CitySquashers had an incredible presence at the New England Squash Championships this past weekend. Myriam won at #1 (B division); Chris won at #2 (B division); Jesse finished 2nd at #2 (A division); Freddy finished 2nd at #1 (B division); Seetreeon finished 3rd at #2 (B division); Kingsley finished 4th at #3 (B division). Congratulations all!

Several CitySquashers have been admitted early decision to college -- Jesse Pacheco at Cornell, Freddy Hernandez at Franklin & Marshall, Prince Mensah at Hamilton, and Diana Edwards at Wesleyan. Please join us in extending a big congratulations to our students on this great accomplishment!

CitySquash coaches took 16 students for a five-night tour of New England during their mid-winter break. The team spent each of the five nights at a different boarding school -- Taft, St. Paul's, Milton, St. Georges and Loomis Chaffee. The students played lots of squash, went on tours of the schools, and enjoyed meals in the school dining halls before doing their daily reading assignments. CitySquashers also enjoyed a trolley tour of Boston, visiting the Boston Science Museum, and touring the Newport Mansions. Many thanks to all the boarding schools, their admissions departments, and squash staff and teams for their generosity in hosting our group. We had a lovely visit!

CitySquashers had a blast at the annual mentor-mentee ice skating event in Central Park. Special thanks to all the mentors who came out!

Thanks to all those who came out to support the 2nd annual CitySquash Jam. Many thanks also to our Junior Board and The Brian Mathias Band for making this event possible!

20 CitySquashers were part of a great evening of matches at the Tournament of Champions today. They were especially lucky to watch America's Gilly Lane compete against Egypt's world #1 Karim Darwish! Many thanks to our volunteer chaperone, Amelia Lyman, and to all the mentors who came out to see their mentees!

CitySquash took almost 60 students to participate in the Urban National Team Championships in Boston this past weekend. CitySquashers had a great weekend of squash, with three of our six teams finishing in 2nd place - GU-13, BU-13 and GU-15. On the academics front, CitySquasher Katiria Sanchez won the high school essay prize for her piece on adversity. CitySquashers thoroughly enjoyed the weekend, which included reconnecting with friends from other urban squash programs, visiting the New England Acquarium and Quincy Market and touring Northeastern University, Harvard College, and Brooks School. Many thanks to SquashBusters and Harvard Athletics for hosting the squash matches, and to the Adams House Masters, Brooks School and Elanor Shannon for housing our students!

Congratulations to Jesse Pacheco for finishing 5th place at the US Open in the GU-19 draw! Only two Americans finished ahead of her. What a remarkable accomplishment!