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Pentucket Regional High School Boys’ Soccer is playing well at the midpoint of the year.
The Panthers currently hold a record of 8-1-2. The team has won seven in a row, with six of those coming via shutout.
This past Tuesday, Oct. 6, Pentucket beat North Reading High School 2-0, a team they lost 1-3 to earlier in the year. Head Coach Ross Suleski said a big part of the win came from freshman Sam Tangorra, who was added to the game to replace an injured starting defender. Suleski said, once adding Tangorra into the game, “The team didn’t miss a beat.”
The coach told WHAV trusting some of the bench players who have worked hard in practice has been crucial for winning this year. He said the team moved freshman Paul Harding into the midfield for the last two games, which allowed Suleski to move up a starter from midfield to attack, bolstering the offense. He added, the team is “scoring a lot of goals in the second half when other teams get tired.”
After starting the year slow with a record of 1-1-2, Suleski said, the team’s luck turned, “A lot of it was just the way the schedule fell. We always start with a lot of good opponents. The ties kept us afloat early and, once the schedule eased up, we’ve been able to play better.”
Suleski said he’s grown in how he coaches over his four years at Pentucket, “As the season goes on, where maybe earlier in my career I would think fitness is the solution, I’m now realizing that rest and recovery is the key to playing well,” he said, adding, “I’m proud of the team, the current seniors were freshman when I started, they stuck by the team through the rebuild,” he added.
Last night, Pentucket defeated Essex North Shore Agricultural and Technical High School in a 1-0 final. Senior captain Senan Lucey scored the loan goal with an assist from fellow senior captain Jake Lacroix.
Pentucket’s next game is Tuesday, Oct. 13, at Georgetown High School. Georgetown is currently 2-7 on the year.
Pentucket Boys’ Soccer captains and coach, from left to right, Christian Perry, Sam Escobar, Senan Lucey, Coach Ross Suleski, Will Cacciapuoti, Jake LaCroix, and Rowan Weinberg. (Photograph courtesy of Linnea Tangorra.)
Pentucket Boys’ Soccer pregame huddle before its annual pink game, to raise money for cancer research. (Photograph courtesy of Linnea Tangorra.)