The first round of VISAA poll rankings are in with girls varsity tennis coming in at number two and boys varsity soccer at number six!

The Panthers had a great day of ISL competition last Thursday. Varsity girls soccer traveled to Georgetown Visitation to defeat their host 2-0, JV and varsity volleyball hosted Episcopal and came away with dominant victories, 2-0 and 3-0, respectively. In tight battles, the girls JV soccer team lost to Georgetown Visitation 5-6. On Wednesday, the Potomac golf team shot a program record score of 9-under par with a 135 team score on their way to besting Mercersburg Academy.

On Friday, varsity field hockey traveled to Bishop Ireton and lost a hard-fought game 2-3 in overtime. JV boys soccer put forth a great team effort but fell short to Episcopal 0-2. The cross country team traveled to Maryland to compete in the Skip Grant Invitational, where our girls team finished in second place and the boys team finished in the top 10! The main event of Friday evening was the boys varsity soccer game at Episcopal. The Panthers fell behind early but rallied to tie the returning state champions 1-1.

On Saturday, the Panthers returned to the gridiron after a week off and topped Bishop Ireton by a final score of 28-20. 

This morning, our boys and girls cross country teams headed to Charlottesville to compete in the VISAA state championship. Track the results here. 

Our varsity teams brought home two championships last week! Last Thursday, boys varsity soccer followed up their split of the regular season MAC Championship with a dominant 2-0 victory over Georgetown Day School. This marks the team’s fourth straight conference championship. Now they turn their focus to the VISAA state tournament, where they earned the #2 seed. On Monday, they defeated Episcopal 3-1, and will host Bishop O’Connell today at 2:30 pm. If the team wins, they will travel to City Stadium in Richmond on Monday for a 6:30 pm championship match.

Last Friday, the girls varsity soccer team finished their revenge tour, avenging two prior losses: first, in the ISL semifinals, they defeated Holton-Arms 2-0, and, and then, in the finals on Friday, dominated Sidwell Friends 4-0 to earn their fourth straight ISL Championship. In the NoVa Soccer Championship, the girls earned the No. 2 seed and hosted Paul VI on Tuesday, falling 2-3 in a highly competitive game.

On Saturday, the varsity football team finished its season in spectacular fashion. After trailing 6-21 at halftime to Maret, they displayed great courage and perseverance and battled back to win the game 31-27. 

On Tuesday of this week, girls varsity tennis team began their VISAA state tournament journey as the #2 seed by defeating Oakcrest 5-0, and will host St. Catherine’s in the semifinals on Thursday at 2:00 pm. 

The Potomac golf team won their third straight MAC team championship with a record -1 score. The low score of the day was posted by Cole Martin '29 with -3. Also finishing in the top eight for the day were Colton Rodgers '28, Michael Dillow '27, Ben Spencer '28, CJ Lee '29, and Miles Dewey '26. Congrats to the team and congratulations to all eight players for earning their way into the MAC individual championship next week. 

To wrap up the regular season last week, we had a few nice victories, with strong wins from many of our varsity teams. Girls varsity tennis completed their regular season with a 7-0 win over Maret, varsity field hockey topped Trinity Christian 5-0, and boys varsity soccer beat Bishop Ireton 5-0. In the first round of ISL playoffs, girls varsity tennis defeated Flint Hill by a score of 6-1.

The conference championships for our golf team and cross country programs were also last week. The golf team followed up their team championship with an outstanding performance at the MAC Individual Championship where all six Potomac competitors earned all-league honors by finishing in the top 12, and sophomore Colton Rodgers walked away as the individual champion. 

On Saturday, the cross country teams headed out to the ISL and MAC league championship course at the Agricultural History Farm Park in Derwood, Maryland where both teams had strong collective finishes, earning second place honors in their respective leagues. It was the highest place finish by the girls team in nearly 20 years while the boys team culminated a four-year run of three first place finishes and one second place. There were some very impressive individual finishes as well which earned the team 10 All-League honors including four boys finishing in the top 7 of the race and 6 girls on the 22 member All-ISL team.

This week, we have turned our attention to MAC, ISL, and VISAA playoffs. The girls varsity soccer team earned a first round victory over Stone Ridge by a score of 3-1, and will head to Holton Arms on Wednesday for a semi-final match-up. The boys varsity soccer team received a bye in the first round of the MAC tournament, and topped St. Andrew’s Episcopal 3-1 on Tuesday. They will host Georgetown Day in the conference final today at 3:30 pm, at home. The varsity field hockey team dominated from beginning to end in a 6-0 victory over Bullis on Tuesday, and now will travel to top-seeded Holy Child today for a 3:00 pm quarter-final match-up. Unfortunately, varsity volleyball fell in the first round of the ISL tournament to Flint Hill 0-3. Girls varsity tennis dropped a thriller to Georgetown Visitation 3-4 in the ISL quarterfinals, but now turn their attention to the VISAA tournament which begins next week.

Last week was another stellar week in athletics. Potomac’s varsity teams finished the week with 11 wins and four losses. 

On Tuesday, varsity field hockey earned a thrilling 2-1 overtime victory against Bullis. Girls varsity soccer was challenged by a tough Georgetown Day squad, but the Panthers took the match 2-1. Boys varsity soccer hosted MAC challenger Saint James and controlled the pitch from beginning to end on their way to a 4-0 final. Varsity volleyball lost 0-3 as they traveled to the District to take on perennial powerhouse Georgetown Day. In another contest of top talents, the girls varsity tennis team fell to Sidwell Friends 3-4. Varsity golf also took on Sidwell, and in a modified format took a 3-0 victory–and perhaps more importantly, received praise from the opposing coaching staff for their sportsmanship.

Wednesday and Thursday were full of golf action. The varsity team took down Maret by a score of 138-159. In Luray, two of our female golfers competed in the Luray Girls Tournament, and earned second and third place overall. On Thursday, the varsity team defeated Flint Hill 152-170. The team is still undefeated on the season.

Friday was highlighted by two significant victories. At home, the boys varsity soccer team took down state ranked #2 Collegiate by a final score of 4-1. On the road, varsity field hockey defeated the top team in the ISL, Holy Child, by a final score of 3-2. Varsity volleyball traveled to Jackson-Reed and earned a 3-2 victory. In other contests of top contenders, girls varsity soccer dropped to Bishop O’Connell 0-2, and varsity tennis lost their match-up against Collegiate by a final of 3-6. 

Saturday saw varsity football make the short trip to Arlington to take on Bishop O’Connell. Although the game was tight early, the Panthers prevailed by a final score of 28-14. The varsity cross country programs traveled to Great Meadows to compete in the Octoberfest Invitational. Both boys and girls teams finished in the top 10 out of over 30 teams. The girls team had one of the strongest showings in recent memory at a large invitational finishing on the podium in third place. The boys team finished in eighth place. Both teams competed against over 250 runners and finished with several runners in the top 25.

We are now hitting the final moments of the season with ISL, MAC, and VISAA playoffs beginning for many of our teams at the end of this week and the beginning of next week. Our boys varsity soccer competed first, securing a tie with Georgetown Day on Tuesday for the MAC regular season championship.

We finished out last week with strong showings for our Homecoming festivities. Varsity field hockey (7-6-1) defeated visiting Covenant School, the number 3-ranked team in VISAA Division II, in impressive fashion with a final score of 4-0. The boys varsity soccer (10-3-3) team topped Maret 1-0, girls varsity tennis (12-2) defeated St. Stephens & St. Agnes 7-0, and varsity football (6-2) shut out Flint Hill 24-0. 

Cross country traveled to the Virginia Showcase, where the girls team competed in the Showcase race for the first time, finishing 15th out of 33 teams. The boys team got a top 10 finish in the Elite race, placing 10th out of 44 teams. The team also competed in the JV races, and on the day across all four races, 24 personal records were set. 

A short-handed girls varsity soccer team (8-5-1) fell at home to perennially strong Notre Dame Prep out of Baltimore. Varsity volleyball (6-7) lost to Flint Hill 0-3. 

Stay up to date on the schedules. 

Girls varsity tennis moved to 6-0 in the season with another dominating 7-0 victory, this one over Elizabeth Seton last Tuesday. The girls have yet to drop a court this season!

Boys varsity soccer is now currently 3-1-1 after playing to a draw against MAC foe Flint Hill last Tuesday, and topping St. Andrew’s Episcopal 3-1 this Tuesday.

Girls varsity soccer has continued their winning ways and are 2-1-1, notching a 2-0 victory over St. John’s College High School last week, and weathering the literal storm on Tuesday to defeat the ISL challenger 7-3. 

Varsity volleyball is now 2-2 in the season with a well-executed, dominating win over Trinity Christian on Tuesday.

Varsity field hockey is now 1-2, with a dominating 8-0 victory over Flint Hill last week, and a tough overtime loss to Sidwell on Tuesday.

Varsity golf has come out swinging this fall, and now sit at 4-0 after scoring an impressive 145-164 victory over public school power, and VHSL state champion Langley High School on Tuesday.

Both varsity cross country and varsity football (1-1) were idle last week.  

Check out the upcoming game schedule.

The first week of school is over, and fall sports are officially underway. All of our varsity and JV teams have now competed, and Intermediate School practices started on Monday. We hit a “mini bye week” this week due to the class trips, which will hopefully provide a good bit of mental and physical recovery time to our athletes.

Thank you to everyone who supported the Panthers at the Back to School BBQ on Friday! The energy (and weather!) was great, and three of our four teams walked away victorious. Varsity girls tennis defeated Paul VI 7-0, varsity volleyball defeated St. Catherine’s 3-1, and varsity boys soccer defeated MAC foe Sidwell 3-1. Varsity football lost a hard-fought game with Collegiate School 21-45. 

On Saturday, cross country participated in the Bittersweet Invitational with teams from over 20 other schools. Our team picked up where they left off last year, with the girls team winning the event and the boys team finishing in second place. Check out the recent action on Panther Prints.

We opened our spring season competitions last week, with the Panthers winning three out of four competitions. On Thursday, boys varsity tennis weathered the cold, blustery conditions and topped Bishop O’Connell 6-1. On Friday, varsity baseball travelled to Bishop O’Connell and fell to the host Knights 3-6. Also, on Friday, girls varsity lacrosse hosted St. John’s College High School, where they dominated from first to last whistle on their way to a 17-8 victory. On Saturday, boys varsity lacrosse defeated St. Vincent Pallotti 23-4. Check out some recent girls lacrosse photos.

On Friday the girls swim team competed in the 2025 ISL Swimming Championship. They fought very hard, resulting in Potomac’s highest ISL point total in recorded history and a fourth place finish.

Three Panthers, Kate Douglas ‘26, Maren Schwarz ‘25, and Cecelia Russell ‘27, were awarded All-ISL for their exceptional performances. Douglas also had an incredible night, winning first in 100 Back with a new school record (56.61) and missing first by 0.01 seconds in 50 free (23.69). Schwarz also finished 2nd in 100 Breaststroke; Douglas, Schwarz, Russell, and Paige Schedler ‘25 also placed 2nd in the Medley Relay; Russell finished 3rd in 100 Butterfly; and Maddie Steves ‘26, finished 4th in 100 Breaststroke. Congratulations to the girls and good luck to the boys who compete this weekend at the MAC Championship at Catholic University.