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Athletic Director : Shelley Gordon
ISSUE 11 NOVEMBER 18 2020
For the first time, our Guy’s Cross
Country team competed in the 1A
State Championship meet held at
Sandhills Research Center. Out of 15
1A teams, our Phoenix Guys placed
4th in the State! And Alex Berg
placed 15th out of 112 runners to earn
a place on the All State team.
Our Ladies had to combine with the
other 1A and 2A teams in the state for
a qualifier to see who would be eligi-
ble for a 1A/2A State Championship.
This happened because there were
not enough 1A teams in our state to
host our own 1A State Championship.
While our ladies each had PRs, we
fell just a bit short.
VOLLEYBALL
Undefeated Region Champs
Coach of the Year, Bethany Doman
Co-Players of the Year
Sydney Fischer & Siri Helmstetter
All Region Players
Siri Helmstetter, Sydney Fischer
Johanna West, Laila Conway
Lacy Gerald
CROSS COUNTRY
Region Champs Guys and Girls
Coach of the Year, Austin Watson
Co-Players of the Year, Girls
Caty West & Samantha Watson
All Region Players
Caty West, Samantha Watson
Alex Berg
PHOENIX BASKETBALL TEAMS
VARSITY MEN
Imanol Avila Perez
Mason Buchan
Chip Dullanty
Ryan Fischer
Jaden Johnson
Ramone Hill
Thomas Langley
Dezmon Mathis
Khyree Oliver
Christian Santiago
Andy Streb
Khalil Wise
MEET OUR COACHES
Zachary Vollertsen has played soccer
for most of his life, including high
school and travel. After graduating,
high school, he
went on to play
for Newberry
College. Coach
Z was the assis-
tant coach for
Goose Creek
High School,
the head coach for a U12 team for
Goose Creek United, and last year
coached PSA’s JV boys’ team. Out-
side of soccer, he works at 111 Cus-
tom Carts where he sells, builds and
services custom golf carts.
Reid Short joins the PSA coaching
staff as our Head Coach for JV Boys.
He was born
and raised in
Goose Creek
and played
high school
soccer for
Stratford. He
also played
club soccer for Goose Creek United
and Daniel Island Soccer Academy.
He is currently working on obtain-
ing a degree in cybersecurity.
IN SOCCER NEWS!
We are excited to
announce that
Coach Z (Zack
Vollertsen) has
been named the
Head Coach of our Varsity
Men’s Soccer team. Coach
Reid Short will take on the
role of the JV Boys Head
Coach role. Together, Coach Z
and Coach Short will lead our
guy’s soccer programs.
VARSITY LADIES
Marisa Blunt
Nadia Bulanow
Lainey Crafton
Lacy Gerald
Hali Gerald
Andi LaRoque
Denver Mathis
SaBria Washington
Samantha Watson
Caty West
Madeline Whitworth
Manager : Laila Conway
JV BOYS
Matthew Alaisa
Patrick Bergstrom
Miles Jackson
Elliott McAninch
Luke O’Connell
Anthony Sakran
Kahmani Singletary
Skylar Timbang
Managers (Varsity Men)
Johanna West
Zaynah Judge
The SCHSL has determined that spring sports open season will be cancelled. This means
there will be NO TEAM PRACTICES for ANY spring sports over the winter.
The first practice date (tryout date) is February 1st.
Click this link to access the SCHSL Spring Sports Plan Proposal
If you are a spring sports athlete (baseball, softball, soccer, track & field), it is STRONGLY
RECOMMENDED, and in your best interest, to begin your own conditioning NOW, and begin
working on skills/drills BEFORE tryouts on February 1.
If you have not already done so, this is also a great time to GET YOUR PLANETHS PAPER-
WORK DONE! You have 9 weeks. Don’t procrastinate!
For soccer conditioning information, contact :
Coach Z, [email protected]
UPCOMING BASKETBALL PRACTICE & GAME SCHEDULE
Be sure to check the Athletic Events Calendar for practice/game info
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