Congratulations to Max Couch for qualifying for next weeks boys 1A state track meet. Max had a 1st place finish in the 300m hurdle with a time of 42.47.
Congratulations to the PHS girls track team on their 8th overall finish at the IHSA 1A state track meet.
4x400m relay of Tori Waters, Ellie Ten Eyck, Katie Cox, and Chloe Lemons placed 4th. This is the first time since 2009 that a relay has placed in state!
Katie Cox placed 3rd in the 300m hurdles.
Olivia Campbell placed 1st in the discus and 4th in shot put.
Good luck to the PHS girls track team participating at the state meet today in Charleston!!!
Best of luck to our PHS wrestlers as they compete at QND tonight in the final meet of the 2020-21 season.
Good luck today to our PHS boys track team as they participate in the class 1A sectional in Rushville.
Sectional admission fee for spectators will be $6 per IHSA.
Advanced Physical Therapy is offering free sports physicals in Pittsfield on July 14 from 5:00-7:30 PM. Please see attached flyer for additional information.
We'll have a fire truck send off today at noon for our PHS girls track team. They will be leaving later today for the state track meet at Eastern Illinois University. The 1A state track meet is scheduled for tomorrow June 10.
Tonight's PHS wrestling meet will be streamed on the Pittsfield Athletics youtube page.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpx2_7ruDwldPwqFRPj6BlQ
Congratulations to the Pittsfield High School girls track state qualifiers:
•Olivia Campbell - both the shot and discus
•Katie Cox - 100m hurdles, 300m hurdles, 4x100m relay, 4x400m relay
•Ellie TenEyck- 4x400m relay
•Chloe Lemons - 4x200m relay, 4x400m relay
•Tori Waters- 4x100, 4x200, 4x400
•Paige Thometz- 4x100, 4x200
•Jayden Stendback- 4x200m
•Allison Wessel- 4x100
•Melody Mangham and McKayla Jennings - alternates
Today's varsity softball game v. Jacksonville will be played at Future Champions Sports complex in Jacksonville. Game will start at 4:30 on field 6.
Congratulations to Pittsfield High School Male and Female athletes of the year.
Male Athlete of the Year - Cade Tomhave - (Sr.)
Female Athlete of the Year - Katie Cox (Jr.)
Pittsfield High School head baseball coach John Schultz will be coaching his final regular season home game on Saturday, May 29. We'll have a ceremony for Coach Schultz prior to this game with the first pitch scheduled for 11 AM.
Coach Schultz came to PHS in the spring of 1988 as a business teacher, assistant football coach and girls basketball coach.
Became head baseball coach in the spring of 1992
Coached the PCS Braves to the Elite 8 in 1996
Quincy Herald Whig Coach of the Year, three times, 1994, 1998 &
2003
Coached team Illinois KHQA All Stars twice
Coached team Illinois in the IL v. MO All Star Game, assistant 2019
and head coach 2019
Inducted into the Illinois Baseball coach's Hall of Fame in 2018
Current Record (At the beginning of the 2021 season) 567-336-1
The PHS baseball team celebrated senior night last Friday.
PHS Baseball Game Update - Today's game (Senior Night) will now be against Beardstown starting at 4:30PM.
PHS Softball v. Winchester starting at 4:30
PHS Track will be traveling to Rushville this afternoon for a 4:00 meet.
Pittsfield High School softball celebrated Senior Night last night with a 10-3 win over Payson. They're now 8-4 on the season.
Best of luck to our bass fishing team as they're participating today in the state meet at Carlyle Lake.
Tonight's PHS softball game v. Payson (Senior Night) will start at 5 PM.
PHS boys baseball travel to Payson, start time is still 4:30.
Pittsfield Athletic Schedule Update:
-PHS Varsity Softball v. Winchester rescheduled for Friday, May 21
-PHS Varsity Baseball v. Western rescheduled for Friday, May 21
-PHS Varsity Baseball v. Winchester rescheduled for Wed, May 26
-PHS track @ Illini West - Cancelled
Tonight's varsity baseball and softball games v. Western are cancelled.
Pittsfield Athletics for May 10
- PHS Varsity Baseball @ Liberty - 4:30
-PHS Softball @ Liberty - 4:30
-PCS Wrestling v. Havana & Quincy - 6 PM
CANCELLED GAME - PHS JV Baseball @ Rushville