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PUTNAM — With the summer well underway, most of the focus has been on the boys’ and girls’ basketball programs at Putnam Science Academy with several students receiving Division 1 offers on the AAU Circuit.
As the month of July winds down, the boys’ soccer program at PSA is just getting started looking to duplicate last year’s performance that saw the first-year program go 12-1-2. On Aug. 12, the Putnam Science Academy Prep and Varsity boys’ soccer teams will head to Bermuda for a soccer camp. More than 30 students will be representing PSA as they travel to Bermuda to compete against other high-level soccer programs such as Berkshire School Prep and three different aged-Bermudian teams in friendly matches.
Putnam Science Academy added a first-year boys’ varsity program to go along with the boys’ prep team as numbers for the soccer team piled up at the end of the year.
Head Coach Ivan Damulira said: “This is a great opportunity for these kids to not only play against other top talent but to experience a trip as a team. Team bonding is always important and to experience a place like Bermuda as a team I think it will do wonders for us moving forward.”
With the addition of the boys’ varsity team, 15 more spots opened up for the program and the battle for playing time on the prep team will be a good one. But Damulira isn’t worried about who makes what team saying, “We embrace a competitive atmosphere here and yes we have a lot of new faces so there will be a little bit of a challenge getting used to each other’s playing styles but we experienced the same thing last year and it worked out well.”
The two teams from Putnam Science will be staying at the Bermuda Warwick Camp and will play there games at Southampton Rangers Football Club, just a 7-minute walk from the camp. The PSA Boys Varsity 2 team will begin play Aug. 12 vs the Bermuda Select Boys 1 Team while the PSA Boys Varsity 1 team kicks off play on Tuesday vs Berkshire Prep.
Josh Sanchas
Sports Information Director
Putnam Science Academy
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