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.

 

 

The Fitness Area will be open on the following dates. All Pope Francis students are welcome to work out on any of these dates.


Monday 3/27: CLOSED
Tuesday 3/28: 6:30- 7:20 am

Wednesday 3/296:30-7:20 am
Thursday 3/30: CLOSED
Friday 3/31: CLOSED

 

Concussion Baseline Testing is required for all Freshmen, Juniors, and Transfer Students,  along with any students who have not previously completed the test during their time at Pope Francis Prep. The test can be taken at home for the spring season, and the instructions can be found here. Please email Mr. Goda once you have finished the test to see if you have a valid test result.
 

Anyone planning to participate in a spring sport must have an updated AT GENIUS profile set up. If you did a winter or fall sport, just be sure your forms and information are up to date. Instructions for setting up your AT GENIUS profile can be found here

 
SPRING SEASON INFORMATION
 

Baseball: For more information about the baseball team, please contact Coach Daniel Fenton (dfenton@popefrancisprep.org)

 

Softball: For more information about the softball team, please contact Coach Barbara Roy (b.roy83@yahoo.com)
 
Boys Tennis: For more information about the boys tennis team, please contact Coach Carol Lisella (lisella@popefrancisprep.org)
 
Girls Tennis: For more information about the girls tennis team, please contact Coach Allen Dunbar (allendunbar@comcast.net)
 
Boys Track: For more information about the boys track team, please contact Coach Angel Rodriguez (angel@ironduck.com)
 
Girls Track: For more information about the girls track team, please contact Coach David Estabrook (destabrook@popefrancisprep.org)
 
Boys Lacrosse: For more information about the boys lacrosse team, please contact Coach Bob McGoldrick (bobmcgoldrick4@gmail.com)
 
Girls Lacrosse: For more information about the girls lacrosse team, please contact Coach Emily Langlois (emily12langlois@gmail.com)
 
SPRING GAME SCHEDULE 

 

Thursday 3/30
Varsity Baseball Scrimmage at Stoney Brook NY (5:30 pm)
JV Baseball Scrimmage (JV A vs JV B) (4 pm at Pope Francis)
Boys Lacrosse vs Northampton (5 pm)
Girls Tennis vs Mt Everett (4 pm)
Boys Tennis at Turners Falls (4 pm) (222 Turnpike Road, Montague). Bus departs at 2 pm


Friday 3/31
Varsity Baseball Scrimmage at Stony Brook NY (4 pm)
JV B Baseball vs Minnechaug (4:30 pm at Pope Francis)

Varsity Softball at Renaissance (4 pm, Marshall Roy) (162 El Paso St, Springfield) Bus departs at 2:45 pm
Girls Tennis vs Minnechaug (4:30 pm)

 

Saturday 4/1
Boys Lacrosse at the Westminster School (1 pm) (995 Hopmeadow St, Simsbury CT) Bus departs at 11:20 am


Monday 4/3
Baseball at Holyoke (JV at Crosier/Varsity at Mackenzie Stadium)
Varsity Softball at Smith Academy (4 pm) (34 School St, Hatfield) Bus departs at 2:20 pm.
Boys Tennis vs PVCICS (4 pm)
Girls Lacrosse vs Wahconah (4:30 pm)
Boys Lacrosse vs East Longmeadow (7 pm)

 

Tuesday 4/4
Boys and Girls Track vs Springfield International Charter (4 pm)
JV Baseball Scrimmage vs Wilbraham Monson Academy (5 pm Forest Park)


Wednesday 4/5
Baseball vs Northampton (4:30 pm/JV at Forest Park)
Boys Tennis vs Hampden Charter East (4 pm)
Girls Lacrosse vs Amherst (JV 5 pm/Varsity 6:30 pm)

 

Thursday 4/6
Baseball vs Agawam (4 pm/JV at Forest Park)
JV B Baseball at Agawam (4 pm) (760 Cooper St)
Girls Lacrosse at South Hadley (4:30 pm) (153 Newton St) Bus departs at 3 pm.
Girls Tennis at Central (4 pm) (1840 Roosevelt Ave, Springfield) Bus departs at 2:50 pm

 

Saturday 4/8
Boys Lacrosse at Wahconah (1 pm) (150 Old Windsor Rd, Dalton) Bus departs at 10:30 am


Monday 4/10
Baseball at Chicopee Comp (4 pm. JV at Sarah Jane Park/Varsity at Rivers Park)
JV B Baseball vs West Springfield (4 pm at Pope Francis)
Varsity Softball vs Duggan (4 pm)
Girls Lacrosse vs Mt Greylock (JV 4:30 pm/Varsity 6 pm)
Girls Tennis vs Holyoke (4:30 pm)

 

Tuesday 4/11
Boys Lacrosse vs South Hadley (4 pm)
Varsity Softball at Commerce (4 pm, Marshall Roy) (162 El Paso St, Springfield) Bus departs at 2:45 pm


Wednesday 4/12
Baseball vs Taconic (4 pm/JV at Forest Park)
Boys and Girls Track vs Holyoke (4:30 pm)

 

Thursday 4/13
Girls Lacrosse at Granby (4:30 pm) (385 East State St) Bus departs at 3 pm
Varsity Softball vs Pathfinder (4 pm)
Boys Tennis vs PVCA (4 pm)

 

Friday 4/14
Boys Lacrosse at Westfield (4:30 pm) (177 Montgomery Road) Bus departs at 3 pm
Girls Lacrosse at Northampton (7 pm) (380 Elm St) Bus departs at 5:15 pm
Girls Tennis at West Springfield (4 pm, Clark Field) (514 Amostown Road) Bus departs at 2:30 pm

 

Saturday 4/15
Baseball at St Mary’s of Lynn (4 pm) (St John’s Prep, Frates Diamond)


Monday 4/17
Baseball vs St John’s Shrewsbury (4 pm/JV at Forest Park)
JV B Baseball at St John’s Shrewsbury (4 pm) (378 Main Street) Bus departs at 2 pm,


Tuesday 4/18
Varsity Softball at Renaissance (4 pm, Marshall Roy) (162 El Paso St, Springfield) Bus departs at 2:45 pm.

 

Wednesday 4/19
Baseball at Minnechaug (3 pm) (621 Main Street, Wilbraham)
JV B Baseball vs Minnechaug (4:30 pm at Pope Francis)
Girls Tennis vs Chicopee Comp (4 pm)


Friday 4/21
Baseball at East Longmeadow
Boys Lacrosse at Barnstable (6 pm) (774 W Main St, Hyannis). Bus departs at 2 pm.
Girls Tennis at Northampton (Noon, JFK Middle School) (380 Elm Street, Northampton) Bus departs at 10:15 am 


Saturday 4/22
Varsity Baseball scrimmager vs Archbishop Stepinac (noon)

 

Monday 4/24
Baseball vs Central (4 pm/JV at Forest Park)
Varsity Softball vs Hampden Charter (4 pm)
Girls Lacrosse at Belchertown (4:30 pm) (142 Springfield Rd) Bus departs at 3 pm.
Girls Tennis vs Central (4 pm)

 

Tuesday 4/25
Baseball at Pittsfield (4:30 pm) JV at Reid MS (950 North St, Pittsfield)/Varsity at Clapp Pk (245 W Housatonic St, Pittsfield) Bus departs at 2:15 pm
Boys Lacrosse at Minnechaug (4 pm) (621 Main St, Wilbraham) Bus departs at 2:45 pm.
Boys and Girls Track vs Chicopee (4 pm)
Boys Tennis at Springfield International Charter (3:30 pm, Forest Park) Bus departs at 2:15 pm

 

 

Wednesday 4/26
Varsity Softball at Duggan (4 pm, Hubbard Park) (205 Parker St, Indian Orchard) Bus departs at 2:45 pm.
Girls Tennis at Holyoke (4 pm) (500 Beech St) Bus departs at 2:30 pm

 

Thursday 4/27 
Baseball vs West Springfield (4 pm/JV at Forest Park)
Girls Lacrosse at Chicopee Comp (JV 4:45 pm/Varsity 6:15 pm) (617 Montgomery St) Bus departs at 3:15 pm
Boys Tennis at Hampden Charter East (4 pm) (Jones Point, 60 Oxford St, Holyoke) Bus departs at 2:30 pm.

 

Friday 4/28
JV B Baseball at West Springfield (4 pm) (West Spfld Middle School)
Boys Lacrosse at East Longmeadow (7 pm) (180 Maple St) Bus departs at 5:45 pm.
Girls Lacrosse vs South Hadley (4 pm)
Boys Tennis at Frontier (4 pm) (113 N Main St, South Deerfield) Bus departs at 2:15 pm

 

Monday 5/1
Baseball at Taconic (4:30 pm). JV at Crosby Field (517 West St, Pittsfield) Varsity at Taconic HS (96 Valentine Road, Pittsfield) Bus departs at 2:15 pm.
Varsity Softball vs Commerce (4 pm)
Girls Tennis at East Longmeadow (3:30 pm) (180 Maple St) Bus departs at 2:15 pm
Girls Lacrosse vs Belchertown (4 pm)

 

Tuesday 5/2
Boys Lacrosse vs Longmeadow (5 pm)
Girls Lacrosse at Mt Greylock (JV 4:30 pm/Varsity 6 pm) (1781 Cold Spring Road, Williamstown) Bus departs at 2 pm.
Boys and Girls Track at Southwick (4 pm)(93 Feeding Hills Road) Bus departs at 2:30 pm.
Girls Tennis vs West Springfield (4 pm)

 

Wednesday 5/3
Baseball at Westfield (4 pm. Varsity at Bullens Field)
JV B Baseball vs Westfield (4 pm at Pope Francis)
Varsity Softball at Pathfinder (4 pm) (240 Sykes St, Palmer) Bus departs at 2:30
Boys Tennis at PVCA (4 pm)
(965 Plumtree Road, Springfield) Bus departs at 2:50 pm.

 

Thursday 5/4
Girls Lacrosse vs Granby (4 pm) 
Girls Tennis at Chicopee Comp (4 pm) (617 Montgomery St) Bus departs at 2:30 pm.

 

Friday 5/5 
Varsity Baseball at St Paul’s (4 pm Lake Park, Worcester. Tivnan Field)Bus departs at 2 pm.
JV B Baseball at Minnechaug (4:30 pm) (621 Main Street, Wilbraham)
Boys Lacrosse at Chicopee Comp (6:15 pm) (617 Montgomery St) Bus departs at 4:45 pm.
Varsity Softball vs Renaissance (4 pm)

Sunday 5/7 
Baseball at Bishop Fenwick (Game Time TBA)

Monday 5/8
Varsity Softball at Commerce (4 pm, Marshall Roy)162 El Paso St, Springfield) Bus departs at 2:45 pm
Boys and Girls Track vs Westfield (4 pm)

 

Tuesday 5/9
Girls Lacrosse vs Chicopee Comp (JV 4 pm/Varsity 5:30 pm)
Varsity Softball vs Amherst (4:30 pm)
Boys Tennis vs Springfield International Charter (4 pm)

 

Thursday 5/11
Baseball vs Malden Catholic (4 pm/JV at Forest Park)
Boys Lacrosse vs Westfield (4 pm)
Girls Lacrosse vs East Longmeadow (6 pm)
Boys Tennis vs Hampden Charter East (4 pm)
Girls Tennis at Mt Greylock (4 pm, Williams College Courts) (Stetson Road and Lynde Lane) Bus departs at 1:30 pm.


Friday 5/12
JV B Baseball at Malden Catholic (4 pm)
Boys Lacrosse vs Amherst (5 pm)
Varsity Softball at Hampden Charter (4 pm, Bowie Park)
Girls Tennis vs Belchertown (4 pm)

 

Saturday 5/13
Baseball vs Pittsfield (1 pm/JV at Forest Park)
Boys Lacrosse at Longmeadow (3 pm) (95 Grassy Gutter Road, Longmeadow) Bus departs at 2 pm.

 

Monday 5/15
Girls Lacrosse at Wahconah (JV 5 pm/Varsity 6:30 pm) (150 Old Windsor Road, Dalton) Bus departs at 2:15 pm.
Varsity Softball vs Duggan (4 pm)
Girls Tennis at Frontier (4 pm) (113 N Main St, south Deerfield) Bus departs at 2:15 pm.

 

Tuesday 5/16
Baseball at West Springfield (4 pm/JV at Mittineague Park)
Boys Lacrosse vs Minnechaug (4 pm)
Varsity Softball at Amherst (4:30 pm) (21 Matoon St) Bus departs at 2:15 pm.

 

Wednesday 5/17
Baseball vs Westfield (4 pm/JV at Forest Park)
JV B Baseball at Westfield (4 pm at Westfield HS) (177 Montgomery Road)
Girls Tennis vs St Mary’s (4 pm)

 

Thursday 5/18
Boys Lacrosse at South Hadley (7 pm) (153 Newton St) Bus should depart at 5:30 pm