Boys' Squash
Squash is a popular winter sport at The Hill School. With seven courts in full use, including a showcase three-glass wall court, squash has produced some great excitement and success at The Day Squash Center. Several varsity players have gone on to compete for top colleges, including Yale, Princeton, Penn, Brown, Bowdoin, Hobart, Franklin & Marshall, Hamilton, and George Washington.Although squash is an individual sport, great emphasis is placed on the team as a whole. The Hill squash team is comprised of players from all over the world that come together to compete as one team. The varsity and junior varsity teams focus on understanding all aspects of the game, game strategies, skill development, fitness, strength, mental preparation, and sportsmanship. Most importantly, players are encouraged to hold themselves and their teammates accountable in order to bring out the best in each other. Together with the coaching staff, players are given to the tools to become the best versions of themselves on-and-off the court.
- V Schedule & Results
- JV Schedule & Results
- Coaching Staff
- Program Overview
- Where We Play
- Alumni Athletes
- Inquiry Form
- V/JV Prior Seasons
V Schedule & Results
Home games played in the Jerry Day Jr. '37 Squash Center are live-streamed via Local Live. View here.
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V Boys' Squash |
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Flanagan Tourney
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Mercersburg Academy | Details | ||||
V Boys' Squash |
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Flanagan Tourney
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Mercersburg Academy | Details | ||||
V Boys' Squash |
SquashSmarts
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TBD
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Arlen Specter US Squash Center | Details | Win | 7-0 | ||
V Boys' Squash |
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Springside Chestnut Hill Academy
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The Hill School | Details | Win | 6-1 | ||
V Boys' Squash |
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Malvern Prep
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The Hill School | Details | Win | 6-1 | ||
V Boys' Squash |
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Germantown Friends School
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The Hill School | Details | Win | 7-0 | ||
V Boys' Squash |
University School of Ohio
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The Hill School | Details | Win | 6-1 | ||
V Boys' Squash |
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Delbarton School
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The Hill School | Details | Win | 7-0 | ||
V Boys' Squash |
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Haverford School
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Haverford School | Details | Loss | 0-7 | ||
V Boys' Squash |
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St. Joe's Prep
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The Racquet Club of Philadelphia | Details | Win | 7-0 | ||
JV Schedule & Results
Home games played in the Jerry Day Jr. '37 Squash Center are live-streamed via Local Live. View here.
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Coaching Staff
Josh Cardwell | Varsity Head Coach
jcardwell@thehill.org
Josh Cardwell took over the Hill boys’ squash program for the 2021-22 season following a nine-year tenure as the Director of Squash and Head Coach at Avon Old Farms. A native of Melbourne, Australia, Cardwell did not begin playing squash competitively until he was 19. With a strong family heritage in squash – his mother, Vicki, once was the top-ranked women’s player in the world - Cardwell quickly took to the game and by 2010 he had achieved a top-150 Professional Squash Association ranking. Cardwell played professionally from 2007 until 2018, during which time he also gained extensive coaching experience. In Australia, he was the Junior Development Coach and Center Manager at Westerfolds Sports Center for five years prior to his arrival in the United States. He coached at Hackley School in New York in 2009-2010 and was the Professional Coach, Coaching Adviser, and Marketing Director of TOG, LLC in Boston from 2010-2014.
In 2012, Cardwell became the Director of Squash and Head Coach at Avon Old Farms. Prior to his arrival, Avon had not competed above Division III at the US High School Nationals Tournament. He quickly elevated the program’s caliber, and in just his second year Cardwell guided Avon to the program’s first-ever Founders League title and first-ever national title. Avon has since been a fixture in the Division I draw at Nationals and has won five additional Founders League titles.
Additionally, Cardwell coached the Barbados National Senior Team during the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games. In all, he has coached or worked with several professional players and players who were ranked in the Top-10 in the world as Junior players.
Program Overview
Interscholastic competition begins for both varsity and JV programs in late-November and runs through mid-February. Both teams play competitive schedules in the greater Philadelphia and Mid-Atlantic regions. The Hill School is a member of the Mid-Atlantic Prep League (MAPL) which provides great competition against some of the top boarding schools in the country. Every February, varsity players have the privilege of playing the U.S. High School National tournament, where they compete against some of the best high school teams around the country.
Located just outside of Philadelphia, the nation’s squash hotbed, players are also encouraged to participate in preseason training and to participate in local U.S. Squash tournaments to achieve national rankings. Preseason training is run five times a week and focus is placed on squash specific strength and conditioning. This preseason training is an opportunity for players to get fitter and stronger allowing more focus to be placed on skill development and match practice once the season rolls around. We will also provide trips to professional and collegiate squash tournaments in the local area and bring professional players to the Day Squash Center to train with the team and provide inspiration for the players.
Once you enter the Day Squash Center here at The Hill School, you are immediately a member of The Hill squash family and a part of a long history of some great squash players that came before you and are to come in the future.
We bring a never settle attitude to the courts where Hill squash players are asked to never settle for anything less than their best.
Where We Play
Alumni Athletes
Maks Celm '23 - Bates College
Jingyi Cai '19 - University of Chicago
Gene Chung '19 - New York University
Flavio Hinostroza '19 - Franklin and Marshall College
Louis Alpert '18 - University of Michigan
Ducminh Ngo '18 - University of Michigan
Alex Wisneski '18 - Vassar College
Inquiry Form
V/JV Prior Seasons
Varsity
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2019-20
Opponent | Date | Time | Location | Details | Result | Score | Status | |
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Squash Festival
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Malvern Prep
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The Hill School | View Recap | Win | 9-0 | ||
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Germantown Friends School
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The Hill School | Details | Win | 5-4 | ||
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Friends Central School
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The Hill School | Details | Win | 8-1 | ||
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Blair Academy
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The Hill School | View Recap | Win | 7-2 | ||
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Mercersburg Academy
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The Hill School | Details | Win | 9-0 | ||
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The Shipley School
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The Hill School | View Recap | Loss | 2-7 | ||
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Haverford School 2
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Haverford School | Details | Loss | 0-9 | ||
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The Potomac School (VA)
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The Potomac School (VA) | Details | Loss | 3-6 | ||
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Tower Hill School
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The Hill School | Details | Win | 8-1 | ||
2021-22
Team | Opponent | Date | Time | Location | Details | Result | Score | Status | |
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V Boys' Squash |
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St. Andrews, Radnor Township School
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Episcopal Academy | View Recap | Win | 9-0 | ||
V Boys' Squash |
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Malvern Prep
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Malvern Prep | Details | Win | 9-0 | ||
V Boys' Squash |
University School
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The Hill School | Details | Loss | 3-6 | ||
V Boys' Squash |
Flanagan Tournament
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Mercersburg Academy | Details | CANCELLED | |||
V Boys' Squash |
Canisius HS
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The Hill School | Details | Win | 9-0 | ||
V Boys' Squash |
Radnor
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The Hill School | Details | Win | 7-2 | POSTPONED: TBD | |
V Boys' Squash |
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Germantown Friends School
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The Hill School | Details | ||||
V Boys' Squash |
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Friends Central School
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The Hill School | Details | Win | 9-0 | ||
V Boys' Squash |
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Harriton Lower Merion School
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CYNWYD Club | View Recap | Win | 7-2 | ||
V Boys' Squash |
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William Penn Charter
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William Penn Charter | Details | Loss | 2-7 | ||
JV
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2019-20
Opponent | Date | Time | Location | Details | Result | Score | Status | |
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Malvern Prep
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The Hill School | Details | Win | 5-4 | ||
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Germantown Friends School
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The Hill School | Details | Win | 9-0 | ||
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Lancaster Country Day
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The Hill School | Details | Win | 5-4 | ||
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Mercersburg Academy
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The Hill School | Details | Win | 8-1 | ||
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The Shipley School
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The Shipley School | Details | Loss | 4-5 | ||
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Princeton Day School
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The Hill School | Details | Win | 8-1 | ||
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La Salle College High School
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Springside Chestnut Hill Academy | Details | Loss | 2-7 | POSTPONED: TBD | |
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Princeton Day School
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Princeton Day School | Details | Loss | 4-5 | ||
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The Lawrenceville School
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The Hill School | Details | CANCELLED | |||
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Harriton Lower Merion School
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The Hill School | Details | Win | 9-0 | ||