At the end of yet another week of game changes and re-scheduling, the Cavalier basketball programs have a Friday night of competition to look forward to. Both teams will honor their seniors in a short ceremony in Kirby Gym prior to their matchups vs. Research Triangle High School. The boys basketball team heads into Friday’s game with a 6–4 record and will honor seniors Toby Harris, Henry Leasure, Sean Perkins, Alex Pfeil, Cole Sinclair and Blake Smith. The girls team, which is also 6–4 on the season entering Friday’s contest, will honor seniors Ameya Bellamkonda, Mary-Katherine Bryant and Amelia Kass.
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After a hiatus for winter break, Durham Academy winter sports teams are back in action today. The DA swim team heads to North Raleigh Christian Academy for a 4:30 p.m. meet, and varsity basketball teams face Trinity Academy of Raleigh at home in Kirby Gym. It has been over a month since the swim team has faced outside competition and over two weeks since DA basketball teams have competed.
After a hiatus for winter break, Durham Academy winter sports teams are back in action today. The DA swim team heads to North Raleigh Christian Academy for a 4:30 p.m. meet, and varsity basketball teams face Trinity Academy of Raleigh at home in Kirby Gym. It has been over a month since the swim team has faced outside competition and over two weeks since DA basketball teams have competed.
In the ever-changing world of interscholastic sports, the Cavalier basketball programs saw a quick addition to their schedules on Monday evening and hit the road to Raleigh on Tuesday afternoon to face St. David’s School.
Tuesday evening in Kirby Gym was a historic one for the boys basketball program. Minutes into the second half, senior Cole Sinclair became the all-time scoring leader for Durham Academy boys basketball.
The Durham Academy winter sports season officially kicked off on Wednesday, as the boys and girls swim teams competed in their first meet of the season at the Triangle Aquatics Center.
Durham Academy administrators, athletics directors and consulting medical professionals have decided to delay the start of the 2020–2021 basketball season by postponing this week’s competitions vs. Wesleyan Christian and Grace Christian Academy.
With classmates, family members and friends watching from computer and phone screens near and far, four Durham Academy seniors formally committed to compete in college athletics on Wednesday. Quinn Shanahan will run cross-country and track at Butler University; both Jay Shanahan and Anna Catherine Wilson will run cross-country and track at Davidson College; and Jackson Brimfield will play golf at the University of Louisville.
Durham Academy athletics wrapped up the fall season on Wednesday with its annual fall athletics awards event in Kenan Auditorium. With DA's COVID-19 protocols limiting the number of individuals in attendance, the majority of student-athletes and all family members watched the live-streamed event from home.
The final week of fall sports has wrapped up, and the Durham Academy Cavaliers remain in third place in the 4A division of the Wells Fargo Cup, which is presented to the independent schools that have the best overall interscholastic sports program at the end of the year in each of the four classifications: 1A, 2A, 3A and 4A.
Three fall Cavalier sports teams are still on the hunt for an N.C. Independent Schools Athletic Association state title. This weekend, Durham Academy volleyball and soccer will compete in the 4A state quarterfinals at home, while DA cross-country will head to Charlotte for the title meet.
Durham Academy fall sports have hit the postseason with much to be proud of!
Durham Academy sports are in the second to last week of a shortened 2020 fall season.
Durham Academy's Parents Athletic Committee will a fundraiser at Chipotle (Durham's Watkins Road location in the Gateway Terrace development) on Wednesday, Oct. 21, from 4–8 p.m
On Thursday, the boys cross-country team hosted Cary Christian School and Trinity School of Durham and Chapel Hill.