Men’s Prep wins back to back Power 5 Championships!
SPRINGFIELD, MASS: The motto at this point in the basketball season is always “survive and advance.” Don’t apologize for any wins, don’t focus on too many negatives in a win. Just survive and advance. Putnam Science Academy’s Men’s Prep team did just that March 5, winning the Power 5 Conference Tournament with an 80-73 victory […]
Men’s Elite takes home Power 5 Championship for the first time!
SPRINGFIELD, MASS: You can’t assume it’s going to happen. You can’t expect it’s going to happen. You can’t hope it’s going to happen. Those were the words PSA Boys Elite coach John Cavaliere colorfully spoke to his team at halftime of the Power 5 AA Conference Tournament final on March 5. He had just watched […]
15 PSA Alum dancing in March Madness
Fresh off a fourth national prep championship, Putnam Science Academy is set to watch 15 former players vie for an NCAA championship. The names kept popping up Sunday as the men’s and women’s NCAA Tournament fields were announced – 14 teams featuring 15 past Mustangs in all. Jose Perez’s West Virginia Mountaineers kick off the […]
Darryl Simmons the new All-Time 3-Point leader
NEW BRITAIN – Darryl Simmons became the school’s all-time leader in 3-pointers made Tuesday night when he drained one from the left wing roughly midway through the first half of the Mustangs’ 104-52 win over We Believe Academy. “I’m leaving a mark until I leave here,” said Simmons, who also has a good chance to […]
Esports wins their 1st CIAC State Championship
Ibo Rivera’s phone kept going off because Gavin Lo Vasco kept texting. “It was like 3 o’clock in the morning,” Asst. Coach Rivera said. “Gavin’s out in California and he was just flying questions out at me… I think we stopped talking around 4:30.” But it was that conversation that really took Putnam Science Academy’s […]
Hamidou Diallo returns to visit PSA!
A student new to Putnam Science Academy walked into a classroom on September 8 and remarked to his teacher, “The NBA player who went here…he’s down in the gym.” When asked how he looked, the student’s eyes widened and the smile grew over his face as he responded, “Like an NBA player!” The early fall […]
Mustang Soccer wins 2 – 1 over High Mowing
Putnam Science Academy 2, High Mowing 1 WILTON, N.H. – Kel Merckel scored the game-winning goal in the 90th minute to touch off a wild celebration Saturday and lead PSA to a 2-1 victory in its first game of the season. Merckel received the ball from Tomás Melon a bit outside the 18 and put […]
PSA’s National Prep Champions receive their championship rings
During an early-season basketball practice last fall, Tom Espinosa once remarked to his coaching staff that their team “does everything really well.” But neither Espinosa, the coaches, nor the players ever rested on that, and in March finished off the greatest season in PSA basketball history, winning its third national championship with its first undefeated […]
Men’s Prep wins the 1st ever Power 5 Conference Championship
Stop to smell the roses. But know there is one more to go. That’s how PSA’s boys Prep basketball team approached the postgame celebration Sunday night after a 96-70 win over Commonwealth Academy in the title game of the Power 5 Conference Tournament. “It’s a good feeling,” said Arturo Dean, who had 13 points, six […]
Mustangs capture 3rd National Prep Championship to close out their “perfect” 38-0 season.
“I never expect to lose a game…but I never expected we’d win them all.” Those were the words of PSA Prep basketball coach Tom Espinosa Friday night as he sat in his basement, surrounded by his coaching staff and friends, and reflected on a season that concluded just a few hours earlier. The Mustangs beat […]
