PHS Teams Vie For Spots in State Semifinals

Boy’s Soccer

The state’s top team, the PHS Boy’s Soccer squad, moved on to the quarterfinals of the Class ‘LL’ state tournament with a comfortable 5-2 victory over #17 Greenwich Monday night.

The #1 Panthers next hurdle in their run for the program’s first state championship is #9 Fairfield Prep (11-0-7), which, after a scoreless match, emerged victorious in a penalty kick shootout Monday against Newtown.

Pomperaug will host Fairfield Prep on Wednesday, November 16 at 2 p.m. The victor will face either #12 Cheshire (12-2-4) or #13 Guilford (11-2-5) for a spot in the state finals. 

Girl’s Soccer

#6 PHS Girl’s Soccer team notched a hard fought victory over #11 Bacon Academy 1-0 at home Saturday. The match was scoreless after regulation and extra time and was decided in penalty kicks, 5-4.

The Panthers now face off against #19 RHAM (10-6-2) today in a quarterfinal match at 2 p.m. at Pomperaug.

RHAM beat #3 Watertown 3-0 to advance to the quarterfinal match. The top seed in the Class ‘L’ field, Sacred Heart Academy, also made an early exit from the tournament when they were beat 3-2 by #17 Brookfield Saturday. 

Volleyball

After earning a first round bye #11 Pomperaug Volleyball traveled to #6 Branford Saturday and rolled over the higher seed 3-0 (25-13, 25-17, 25-16).

The Panthers will look to spoil another higher seeds tournament hopes today when they visit #3 Woodstock Academy (17-2) at 2 p.m. for a spot in the Class ‘L’ state semifinals. Pomperaug is the highest remaining seed left in the field.

Woodstock Academy had a first round bye, and in the second round trounced South West Conference school Stratford 3-0 (25-16, 25-12, 25-16).

Field Hockey

The #17 PHS Field Hockey squad had a short run in the Class ‘M’ state tournament as the Panthers bid ended in the first round Saturday.

Pomperaug did notch a victory in the play-in round 1-0 over #16 E.O Smith to earn a spot in the playoff field. Their glory was short lived though, as their season came to an abrupt end Friday when they fell to top seeded Darien 4-0.