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[quote=Anonymous]This is an upper school centric view, but here goes.  First, your son would be in luck with any of the three fall sports* at the Upper School level: soccer, cross-country, and football.  All are well-coached and have seen good success.  The cross-country program is arguably the best overall sports program in the school -- it is phenomenal and something like 1/3 of the boys in the Upper School are running cross-country this fall.  Regardless of talent level, the kids seem to love the experience (they also train with NCS so it's a nice way for boys to make good friendships with girls despite being at an all-boys' school).  Does not cut.

Football has also been very good at STA -- the current head coach has won 3 league titles in 6 years, and the coaching style is positive.  Lots of camaraderie, the games on Saturdays in the upper school are events, and the coaches take safety seriously (for example, lots of teaching of head-up tackling technique).  Does not cut.

Soccer, because of its popularity in this area, is most competitive in terms of getting a roster slot -- there are cuts. (A number of excellent Upper School cross-country runners over the years originally came from soccer backgrounds.) Again, very strong coaching staff with a very positive style.  The soccer program has had relatively modest success, but has some good talent and in recent years has done fairly well.

(*edited from prior post to remove reference to these as the "big three sports" at STA overall -- they are the fall options; there are obviously other excellent programs in the other seasons)[/quote]

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