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One game, many stories as New England prep school powers meet

  • Ed Cooley and members of the PC coaching staff attend the Brewster Academy-Northfield Mount Hermon game on Friday night as they scout and recruit players.

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    GILL, Mass. — The first clue hangs in a trophy case containing a framed picture of Jackie Robinson delivering the commencement address in 1970. A few inches away stands a tarnished Intramural Cup with inscriptions dating back to 1903.
    Step inside the gym at Northfield Mount Hermon and the next clue is a series of banners hanging behind one basket bearing the names of Andover, Choate, Deerfield, Hotchkiss and a few of the other elite boarding schools in the country.