Athletics

Welcome to Cardinal Athletics!

The administration of Pope Francis Preparatory School believes that athletics are an extension of the classroom, affording student-athletes opportunities for growth, learning, leadership and excellence. Pope Francis offers a variety of sports in the fall, winter and spring seasons. We encourage students of all abilities to get involved in our athletic programs. Please contact our Athletic Director, John Goda, if you have any questions about our sports teams or if you need additional information.

 

BASELINE CONCUSSION TESTING INFORMATION

All freshmen and transfer students who are planning to participate in athletics this year should plan to take their baseline test with our athletic trainer on Thursday 8/20, prior to the freshmen/transfer orientation. Students should plan to meet in the gym at noon that day. Please be sure to bring your cell phone so you can use it for the test. 

All juniors who are planning to participate in athletics this year, along with any sophomores or seniors who have not participated in a sport before, should plan to take their baseline test with our athletic trainer on Friday 8/21 at 2 pm in the gym. 

 

PRESEASON DOCUMENTS 
Required preseason documents will be available on SNAP. Our athletic trainer will email instructions for accessing and completing the required documents to you prior to the start of the season.

 

FALL ANNOUNCEMENTS
There will be a meeting for the parents of all fall sports athletes on Monday 8/17 at 5:30 pm in the gym at school

 


 

FALL SPORTS INFORMATION

 

All Fall Sports Teams (Golf, Soccer, Cross Country and Volleyball) will begin practices on Monday 8/24. Exact practice times will be posted here in August.

 

GOLF
Golf evaluations will take place Aug 25th-28th. We will have a brief meeting to sign up after school on Aug 24th. If you take a bus we will make sure to get you on the bus in time. Please make sure you have all documents turned into the school in order to participate in a fall sport. We will use GOOGLE CLASSROOM to communicate during the season. For evaluations each student will have two days on the course (9 holes) and two days of chipping and putting. Students are responsible for all golf equipment. We will provide a bus to Franconia from school. Students will need to be picked up at the course. For more information about the golf team, please contact Coach John Anziano (janziano@popefrancisprep.org)

 

BOYS SOCCER
For more information about the boys soccer team, please contact Coach Mark Richards (mwrichards10@gmail.com)

 

GIRLS SOCCER
For more information about the girls soccer team, please contact Coach Brent Dillard (bdillard@goldstarsoccer.com)

 

GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY
For more information about the girls cross country team, please contact Coach Chris Bresnahan (cbresnahan@popefrancisprep.org)

 

BOYS CROSS COUNTRY
For more information about the boys cross country team, please contact Coach Bill Devine (ewdevine@comcast.net)

 

GIRLS VOLLEYBALL
For more information about the girls volleyball team, please contact Coach Justin Dalessio (dalessioj@springfieldpublicschools.com)

 

 

 

 

FALL SPORTS SCHEDULE (in progress)

SUBJECT TO CHANGE (for updates, check this site, or Arbiterlive.com)

Thursday 8/27
Girls Soccer Scrimmage vs Enfield (3:30 pm at Pope Francis Prep)


Friday 8/28

Boys Soccer Scrimmage vs Frontier (5 pm at Pope Francis Prep)
Girls JV Soccer Scrimmage vs Chicopee (5 pm at Pope Francis Prep)



Saturday 8/29
Girls Soccer Jamboree (Details TBA)

 

Monday 8/31
Golf vs South Hadley (3 pm, Franconia)


Tuesday 9/1
Girls Soccer Scrimmage vs South Windsor (4 pm at Pope Francis Prep)


Wednesday 9/2

Golf vs Minnechaug (3 pm, Franconia)

Thursday 9/3
Girls Soccer Scrimmage vs West Springfield (3:30 pm at Pope Francis Prep)
Golf vs Tantasqua (3:30 pm, Franconia)

 

Friday 9/4
Boys Soccer Scrimmage vs Suffield HS (4:30 pm at Pope Francis Prep)
JV Golf at Easthampton (3 pm, Wycoff CC) (233 Easthampton Road, Holyoke)


Tuesday 9/8

Girls Soccer vs Douglas (Varsity only, 4 pm)
Golf @ East Longmeadow (3 pm, Veterans GC)
Boys Soccer @ Pittsfield (4 pm, Kirvin Park) Bus departs at 1:40 pm
Boys and Girls Cross Country vs Libertas/Palmer (3:45 pm, Whiting Reservoir)


Wednesday 9/9

Girls Volleyball @ Southwick (JV 4 pm/Varsity 5:15 pm) (93 Feeding Hills Rd) Bus departs at 2:30 pm


Thursday 9/10
Golf vs Westfield (3 pm, Franconia)
Girls Volleyball vs Tantasqua (JV 4 pm/Varsity 5:30 pm)


Friday 9/11
Girls Soccer vs Belchertown (JV 4 pm/Varsity 6:15 pm)
Boys Soccer vs Longmeadow (Varsity only, 4 pm)
JV Golf @ Tantasqua (3:30 pm, Hemlock Ridge GC) (220 Holland Road, Fiskdale) Bus departs at 2 pm


Monday 9/14
Boys Soccer @ Belchertown (4 pm) (142 Springfield Road) Bus departs at 2:15 pm.
Golf @ Northampton (3:30 pm, Northampton CC) (135 Main St, Leeds) Bus departs at 2 pm.


Tuesday 9/15

Girls Soccer vs East Longmeadow (4 pm)
Golf vs Longmeadow (3 pm, Franconia)
Girls Volleyball @ Renaissance (JV 4 pm/Varsity 5:15 pm) (1170 Carew St) Bus departs at 3 pm
Boys and Girls Cross Country @ Frontier w/Mohawk (4 pm) (113 N Main St, South Deerfield) Bus departs at 1:50 pm.


Thursday 9/17

Boys Soccer vs East Longmeadow  (JV 4 pm/Varsity 6:15 pm)
Golf vs Agawam (3 pm, Franconia)
Girls Volleyball @ Smith Voke (JV 4 pm/Varsity 5:30 pm) (80 Locust St, Northampton) Bus departs at 2:20 pm
JV Golf at Hampshire (3 pm) Bus departs at 1:45 pm

 

Friday 9/18
Girls Soccer vs Minnechaug (5 pm)
Girls Volleyball @ Veritas Prep (JV 4 pm/Varsity 5:15 pm) (225 Carando Dr, Springfield) Bus departs at 2:40 pm.

Monday 9/21

Boys Soccer vs Ludlow (5 pm)
JV Golf vs Tantasqua (3:30 pm, Franconia)
Girls Volleyball vs Chicopee (JV 4 pm/Varsity 5:30 pm)


Tuesday 9/22
Girls Soccer @ Westfield (4 pm) (177 Montgomery Road) Bus departs at 2:30 pm
Golf @ South Hadley (3 pm, Ledges) (18 Mulligan Dr, South Hadley) Bus departs at 2 pm.
Boys and Girls Cross Country vs Hampshire Regional (3:45 pm, Whiting Reservoir)
JV Golf vs Tantasqua (3:30 pm, Franconia)


Wednesday 9/23

Girls Volleyball vs Sci-Tech (Varsity only 4 pm)


Thursday 9/24
Girls Soccer vs Longmeadow (4 pm)
Boys Soccer @ West Springfield (JV 5 pm/Varsity 7 pm. At Clark Field) (514 Amostown Road) Bus departs at 3:45 pm
Golf @ Minnechaug (3:30 pm, CC of Wilbraham)

 

Friday 9/25 
Girls Volleyball @ PVCA (JV 4 pm/Varsity 5:15 pm) (965 Plumtree Road, Springfield) Bus departs at 2:50 pm. ONE WAY DROP

Saturday 9/26
Girls Soccer vs Agawam (2 pm)


Monday 9/28
Girls Soccer @ Longmeadow (JV 4:30 pm/Varsity 7 pm) (95 Grassy Gutter Road) Bus departs at 3:15 pm. ONE WAY DROP
Golf vs East Longmeadow (3 pm, Franconia)
Girls Volleyball vs West Springfield  (JV 5:30 pm/Varsity 7 pm)
Boys JV Soccer vs Eaglebrook (4 pm)


Tuesday 9/29

Boys Soccer @ Longmeadow (4 pm) (95 Grassy Gutter Road) Bus departs at 2:40 pm.
Golf at PVIAC 2 Ball/Girls WMass Tournament

Wednesday 9/30
Girls Soccer @ Belchertown (4 pm) (142 Springfield Road) Bus departs at 2:15 pm.
Golf @ Westfield (3 pm, Tekoa CC. 459 Russell Road, Westfield) Bus departs at 1:45 pm
Girls Volleyball vs Ware (JV 4 pm/Varsity 5:30 pm)
JV Golf vs Easthampton (3 pm at Franconia)


Thursday 10/1

Boys Soccer @ Agawam (JV 5 pm/Varsity 7 pm) (760 Cooper St) Bus departs at 3:40 pm.


Friday 10/2

Boys Soccer vs Monument (4 pm)
Girls Volleyball vs Veritas Prep (JV 4 pm/Varsity 5:30 pm)


Monday 10/5
Girls Soccer @ East Longmeadow (JV 5 pm/Varsity 7 pm) (180 Maple St) Bus departs at 3:45 pm. ONE WAY DROP
Boys Soccer vs Minnechaug (5 pm)
Girls Volleyball vs Southwick (JV 4 pm/Varsity 5:30 pm)


Tuesday 10/6

Boys Soccer vs Belchertown (4 pm)
Golf vs Northampton (3 pm, Franconia)
Boys and Girls Cross Country @ Smith Voke w/Hampden Charter (4 pm) 


Wednesday 10/7

Girls Volleyball vs Renaissance (JV 4 pm/Varsity 5:30 pm)
Golf @ Longmeadow (SITE TBA)

Thursday 10/8
Girls Soccer @ Minnechaug (JV 5 pm/Varsity 6:45 pm) (621 Main St, Wilbraham) Bus departs at 3:50 pm. ONE WAY DROP
Boys Soccer @ East Longmeadow (JV 5 pm/Varsity 7 pm) (180 Maple St) Bus departs at 3:45 pm. ONE WAY DROP
JV Golf vs Hampshire (3 pm at Franconia)


Friday 10/9

Girls Volleyball vs SICS (JV 4 pm/Varsity 5:30 pm)


Saturday 10/10
Girls Soccer @ Ramsey HS (NJ)

Sunday 10/11
Girls Soccer @ Immaculate Heart Academy (NJ)


Tuesday 10/13

Girls Soccer @ South Hadley (JV at 4/Varsity at 7 pm) (153 Newton St) Bus departs at 2:30 pm
Boys Soccer @ Ludlow (4 pm) (JV at Baird MS, 1 Rooney Road.  Varsity at Ludlow HS, 500 Chapin St) Bus departs at 2:20 pm
Golf @ Agawam (3 pm, Crestview) (281 Shoemaker Lane) Bus departs at 1:50 pm
Girls Volleyball vs Smith Voke (JV 4 pm/Varsity 5:30 pm)
Boys and Girls Cross Country vs Greenfield/PVCICS (3:45 pm, Whiting Reservoir)

 

Thursday 10/15
Girls Soccer vs Westfield (5:15 pm)
Girls Volleyball @ Sci-Tech (5:15 pm, Varsity only) (1250 State St) Bus departs at 4 pm


Friday 10/16

Boys Soccer vs West Springfield (JV 4 pm/Varsity 6:15 pm)
Girls Volleyball @ Easthampton (JV 4 pm/Varsity 5 pm) (70 Williston Ave) Bus departs at 2:20 pm.


Monday 10/19

Boys Soccer vs Chicopee (4 pm)


Tuesday 10/20

Boys and Girls Cross Country @ Belchertown w/Southwick (4 pm, Chestnut Hill Community School) (59 State St) Bus departs at 2 pm.
Girls Soccer @ Northampton (JV 4:45 pm/Varsity 6:30 pm) (380 Elm St) Bus departs at 3:15 pm.
Girls Volleyball @ Ware (JV 4 pm/Varsity 5:15 pm) (237 West St) Bus departs at 2:20 pm


Wednesday 10/21

Boys Soccer @ Central (4 pm) (1840 Roosevelt Ave) Bus departs at 2:30 pm.