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The Poolesville High School Booster Club is an organization whose primary mission is to raise money to support and supplement the athletic program at PHS. Our student-athletes have responded by representing their school in an extraordinary manner — with class, sportsmanship, and effort.

As the county school budget continues to tighten, the athletic department is left more and more to fend for itself. Without the continuing support of the Booster Club, much of the team equipment and facilities improvements could not be done … read more

Booster Club Meeting Schedule

Mark your calendar for the next Booster Club quarterly meeting. Meetings are held in the ISP Hub at 6:30 pm. All are welcome to attend.

Upcoming Meetings

• To be announced

Falcons in the News

A Plan Came Together for Falcon Softball
June 2025
by Jeff Stuart, The Monocacy Monocle

A win over Quince Orchard highlighted a late season turnaround by the Poolesville High School softball team—but it wasn’t easy getting there. Scott Davis, the baseball coach for the last several years, took over the reins as softball coach this year. This followed the retirement of longtime coach, Laurie Wohnhas.
“Being a first-year coach came with many challenges,” said Davis. “First, I did not know the players or their abilities or how they play the game. Second, we
faced a tough early season schedule. That could have been very difficult for player morale, and I had to figure out what equipment and facilities I would need to make a better program … read more on page 20

Resilient Falcons Battle Together through Tough Baseball Season
June 2025
by Jeff Stuart, The Monocacy Monocle

Brian Paskill is the new Poolesville High School baseball coach, taking over from Scott Davis who moved over to coach softball. “I have been coaching for fourteen years at various levels,” said Paskill, “most recently at Savage National in Savage, Maryland. We placed twelve players into D1, D2, and D3 programs. I am on the board of directors for the Cropdusters college level program in Olney. “We only had two or three returning players who actually saw playing time last year. We lost nine seniors. We only have three seniors this year: first baseman Jacob Smith, left fielder Russell Kimball, and second baseman Ian Harper. read more on page 14

Four in a Row for Falcon Tennis 
May 24, 2025

The Falcons picked up their fourth consecutive Maryland Class 2A state championship beating runner-up Hereford 26-10. Four won individual state titles including Andy Wu (Boys Singles), William Chen and Akshaj Mareddy (Boys Doubles), and Ruhika Bhat (Girls Singles), while Kyra McGlinchey and Pranahitha Kanuparthi (Girls Doubles) were state finalists.

Jake Perkins Scholarship Winners Announced
May 21, 2025

Each year, the Poolesville High School Booster Club awards $1,000.00 scholarships to two deserving student-athletes in memory of PHS alumnus and Booster Club president, Jake Perkins. Recipients are chosen based on their community involvement, school commitment, athletic involvement, and scholarship. This year’s recipients are Kage Tupa and Joseph Garrison.

2025 College Signing Ceremony Held
May 20, 2025

Seven Falcon senior athletes gathered for this year’s annual signing ceremony including (from left to right) Vinnie Volpe, Lacrosse (Howard Community College), Rachel Longbrake, Field Hockey (Skidmore College), Eleanore Huber, Field Hockey (Coker University), Gabriel Hermann, Diving (Catholic University), Amelia Goettsch, Track and Field (Wesleyan College), Roma Diak, Cross Country & Track  (Dickinson College), and Ruhika Bhat, Tennis (Georgetown University).

Falcons Take Home Region Titles
May 13, 2025

In singles tennis action at the MPSSAA Class 2A West Regionals, six Falcons earned regional titles including Andy Wu who defeated Centennial’s Avy Ramreddy 6-0, 6-0 and Ruhika Bhat over Hammond’s Alison Bent 6-0, 6-0. In Boys Doubles, William Chen and Akshaj Mareddy won over Hammond’s Madhav Parsi and Omar Asfari 6-3,6-7(4)1-0(13) while Kyra McGlinchey and Pranahitha Kanuparthi beat Damascus’ Evie Hunkeler and Carli Desmond 6-4, 6-0 … At the 2A West Track and Field Regional, Teagan Bandholz captured the girls shot put title with a 40-05.50 throw, a personal record.