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!

CitySquash's boarding school students had an fun-filled and squash-filled weekend in Boston. In the BU-15, Kingsley finished 2nd (losing 17-15 in the 5th game with major muscle cramps in his right arm!), Darrius finished 3rd, and Fernando finished 6th. In the GU-17, Manuela finished 5th, and in the BU-17, Alija finished 4th. Many thanks to the Karlens and the Blasbergs for hosting our crew!

Please join us in congratulating Andrew on this great accomplishment!

CitySquash hosted its first mentor-mentee squash tournament. Mentors played mentors, and mentees played mentees, PAR scoring for 15 mins; the pair with the higher combined score proceeded to the next round. In an amazing end to a great afternoon, the Miguel-Bernardo Samper and Michael-Mike Strong pairs both finished with the exact same score to tie for first place! Many thanks to the mentors for pariticpating!

Great results the weekend after Thanksgiving at Sportsplex. Seetreeon finished 4th in the BU-19; Alija lost a thrilling five game match to finish 2nd in the BU-17, where Santiago came in 6th place; in the BU-15, Kingsley beat Darrius in the finals, and Felipe came in 8th; and in the GU-17, Manuela reached the conso semis, Cris Margaret came in 6th and Katiria came in 5th. Special shout out to Kingsley for becoming a CitySquash Wall of Famer!

Congratulations to Jesse Pacheco, senior at St. George's School in Newport, RI, for winning the Vassar Gold Open this past weekend! Jesse adds this title to a long list of many others, and serves as an inspiration to our young team members. We look forward to many more successes on the squash court for her!