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they lost a few players from 2007, there was an influx of talentin Yunzheng Jiang ’11, Matt Riesenbach ’11 and Andre Fu ’10.One of the highlights of the season came in the team’sfirst win against New Hampton School. After scoring hissecond goal, Fu came back up the field singing theChinese National Anthem!The highlight of theyear came againstHolderness School. In2007, Holderness beatthe Rams 9-1. Thisyear, the Rams beatHolderness 2-1 in ahard-fought game. Itwas certainly a momentof redemption for returning players Chris Hight ’10,Cam Woolsey ’11, Charlie Weinmann ’11, Kenny Hoang’11 and Sung Sik Oh ’11. Not only was the victorymonumental, but Jiang scored an amazing goal, headingin a corner from Riesenbach. He was swarmed by histeammates in celebration.Hight garnered Most Valuable Player honors for hisstaunch defense and play making, while Hunter Julius ’12earned Most Improved Player honors. Woolsey andJiang earned the Coaches’ Award for their leadershipand work ethic.VARSITY FIELD HOCKEYThe Varsity FieldHockey team had atough season record-wise,4-13, but the Ramsplayed some of the bestfield hockey TiltonSchool has seen. Theteam lost four games byone goal, and two werein overtime. The players improved from years past againstopponents Kimball Union Academy and HoldernessSchool and participated in their first-ever match againstPhillips Exeter Academy. Tilton was fortunate to see threegames on turf this season.New Hampshire Prep SchoolAll State Boys’ Soccer HonorsFIRST TEAM:Kris Brassard ’09 (Defender)SECOND TEAM:Rico Santamaria ’09 (Forward)John Bejakian ’09 (Midfield)HONORABLE MENTION:Matt Wrenn ’09 (Goalkeeper)COACH OF THE YEAR:Scott RugglesNEW ENGLAND PREP SCHOOL SOCCERASSOCIATION ALL-STAR TEAM:Kris Brassard ’09 (Back)Rico Santamaria ’09 (Forward)Matt Wrenn ’09 (Keeper)BOSTON GLOBE ALL-SCHOLASTIC BOYS SOCCER TEAM(first time that two players were chosen from aClass-C team):Rico Santamaria ’09 (Forward)Matt Wrenn ’09 (Keeper)Spring 2009 | 29