Multiple postseason tournaments will occur this week involving girls and boys private high-school teams in two different conferences.
In girls Independent School League action, the Flint Hill Huskies, Madeira Snails and Potomac School Panthers will participate in soccer, tennis and volleyball tournaments. In the boys Mid-Atlantic Athletic Conference, Flint Hill and Potomac School teams will participate in the soccer tourney.
For the third straight year, and with a different top individual finisher each time, the Potomac School Panthers continued atop the throne as conference cross-country champs.
The boys high-school team had scored a meet-best 24 points to win the Mid-Atlantic Athletic Conference varsity title Oct. 26 on the 5,000-meter Agricultural Farm Park course in Derwood, Md.
Multiple long scoring plays were a large contributor to the Potomac School Panthers’ biggest victory so far of the football season.
Under temporary lighting for a Friday night (Oct. 25) high-school game, the host Panthers topped the St. James Saints (5-4) of Frederick, Md., 33-16, to improve to 5-3.
First they dominated the conference team tournament, then the Potomac School Panthers did the same in the individual golf competition a week later.
At the 18-hole Mid-Atlantic Athletic Conference individual tourney Wednesday (Oct. 23), Panthers’ freshman Colton Rodgers was the champion of the private high-school golf event with a 7-under-par 64 on the Blue Mash Golf Course in Montgomery County.
There are no permanent lights on the football fields at either Flint Hill School in Oakton and the Potomac School in McLean.
Yet, because temporary lights have been installed on each gridiron at the private schools, the football teams will host separate Friday-night games on Oct. 25.
Three decades later, and appropriately at a homecoming game, a standout football season recorded by the Potomac School Panthers was celebrated.
During halftime of Potomac School’s home Oct. 19 high-school contest against the Maret Frogs, eight members (players and coaches) for the groundbreaking 1993 campaign gathered at midfield and listened to game announcer Glenn Adamac read the many first accomplishments amassed by that McLean private-school squad.
Despite missing at least three key starters, the Potomac School Panthers stayed close and had a chance to win with just seconds remaining.
Led by a hard-playing and physical defense, the host Panthers were ahead of the high-scoring Maret Frogs late in the game until losing the high-school football contest, 12-7, on Saturday (Oct. 19).
The first statewide Virginia Independent Schools Athletic Association (VISAA) Division I private-school weekly high-school football poll for the 2024 season has been released, with no local teams ranked among the top six.
The Potomac School Panthers (4-2) and Flint Hill Huskies (1-5) received votes, but did not make the VISAA ranking.
Good luck taking the conference golf championship away from the Potomac School Panthers anytime soon.
With two talented freshmen on this season’s team, the high-school squad dominated and won the Oct. 9 one-day, 18-hole Mid-Atlantic Athletic Conference tournament title by 42 strokes with 229 team total. Sidwell Friends was second at 341.
With their first road win of the season, the Potomac School Panthers kept their state playoff hopes alive.
The Panthers (4-2) defeated the host Sidwell Friends Quakers, 28-6, Oct. 10 behind a strong defensive performance and, on offense, the production of runningback Lucas Boulter, who ran for 191 yards on 25 carries, including a three-yard scoring run.
