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Grab an oar

While the snow has not yet melted, spring sports are underway on the Hilltop in whatever way they can be. No one is more eager to get outside and on the water than our crew team, which looks to be almost sixty strong once again this year. On Tuesday afternoon, I wandered over to the wood gym to get a taste of the chaos that I know results from hosting spring practices while there is still snow on all of our fields. I walked into a wood gym a bit startled by a magical scene filled with dozens of ERGs, rowers, and an energy level that was slightly beyond the norm for practice right after spring break. Our rowing coach grabbed a microphone and brought the boisterous gym to silence; the first girl’s heat began. For a moment one could hear a pin drop and then the screaming went nonstop for seven minutes. Coaches, coxswains, and fans walked behind the rowing machines urging the rowers on. A number of public high schools, along with our friends from Waynflete, were present, and I