It’s playoff season and both Peoples Academy soccer teams find themselves prohibitive favorites for deep playoff runs — the boys by the virtue of a strong regular season, the girls following an impressive postseason opener. Meanwhile, the harriers round the bend for this weekend’s state meet.
Here’s how the Wolves fared in the past week.
Girls’ soccer
No. 15 PA 2, No. 2 Woodstock 1
The Wolves shocked the postseason field by beating the second-ranked Wasps team in the opening round of the Division 3 playoffs.
PA (3-10-2) plays again Friday, against No. 7 Paine Mountain. Game time is 3 p.m. at Williamstown High School.
Boys’ soccer
The Wolves finished their season with their fifth win in a row — and their fourth straight shutout.
The late season winning streak helped PA (10-3-1) grab the second seed in the Division II playoffs, assuring the team home field advantage through the first three rounds of the playoffs.
The Wolves played No. 15 Springfield in a game played Wednesday after press deadline.
If the postseason goes chalk, Lamoille County fans are in for a treat, as top-seeded Stowe High School begins hosting the other half of the playoff bracket this week.
Cross country
NVAC championships at Stowe
Stowe hosted the penultimate meet of the year, the Northern Vermont Athletic Conference championships, and finished third in the team standings for both the boys’ and girls’ races.
For the girls, Stowe ninth-grade harrier Leila Griffith dominated the 80-runner field on the grassy, wet Mayo Fields course, finishing in 20:06.9, leaving a full 53 seconds of daylight between her and second-place finisher Ginger Long of U-32.
U-32 won the girls’ team event, with four runners in the top 10.
Rounding out the field for Stowe were Lydia Matson (6th place), Hattie Mitchell (13th), Brinley Hirce (32nd), Tess Levine (35th), Ava Beal (71st) and Hannah Crawley (75th).
Other area teams competing Saturday were Lamoille Union, in sixth place, and Peoples Academy in ninth.
Leading Lamoille were Hailey Porter (20th), Winter Deslaurier (22nd), Leah Jourdan (27th), Jade Deuso (44th), Lily Walsh (50th) and Sela Churchill (70th).
Pacing PA were Eva Volk (42nd), Sage Norsworthy (49th), Lorien Hokirk (55th), Lily Stalter (59th), Abigail Ridlon (65th) and Avery Hines (68th).
On the boys’ side, St. Johnsbury claimed the team title by nabbing the top four places, led by overall winner Andrew Thornton-Sherman. Montpelier was second place.
Leading the way for the Stowe boys in the 83-runner field were Enzo Delena (16th), Nico Delena (21st), Micah McDonald (23rd), Jack Levine (25th), Ethan Choularton (30th), Calvin James (35th) and Travis Roy (36th).
All seven runners posted sub-20-minute times.
Lamoille Union and PA finished fifth and ninth, respectively, in the team standings.
Lamoille was paced by Mason Porter (14th), Elliot Rowe (17th) and Ben Gale (32nd).
For PA, it was Magnus Hayden (33rd), AJ West (38th), Matthew Brown (61st), Thomas Arnold (70th) and Holden Frazee (72nd).
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