Principia School Athletics

🏀 New Head Coach Announcement 🏀

Principia Athletics is excited to welcome Sam Pearson as our new Head Girls Basketball Coach!

Coach Pearson brings an impressive background to the Panthers, including nine years at Missouri Baptist University, where he spent six seasons as the Head Women’s Basketball Coach. Most recently, he served as the Assistant Head Coach at Tennessee State University.

With a wealth of basketball knowledge, a passion for player development, and a clear vision for building a competitive, values-driven program, Coach Pearson is poised to make an immediate impact on and off the court.

Please join us in welcoming Coach Pearson to the Principia family! 👏

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🏐 New Head Coach Announcement 🏐

Principia Athletics is excited to welcome Bron Wilkerson as our new Head Volleyball Coach!

Coach Wilkerson brings years of collegiate head coaching experience and currently works with both PlyoCity St. Louis and Momentum Volleyball Club. A character-driven leader, he has a proven track record of developing student-athletes on and off the court.

His leadership, volleyball expertise, and commitment to building strong relationships will help elevate our program as we continue to grow and compete at a high level.

Welcome to the Panther family, Coach Wilkerson! 👏

⚽️ DISTRICT PLAYOFF SOCCER ⚽️

The postseason starts now.

🆚 Valley Park
📍 Bishop DuBourg
⏰ 4:00 PM
🏆 Class 1, District 1 Playoffs

Win the moment and keep the season going. Let’s go, Panthers!

🏅 STATE TIME 🏅

Principia Track & Field is headed to Jefferson City for the State Championship Meet!

🏃‍♂️ Alberto Hernandez will compete in the 400m
🥏 Khloe Furnace will compete in Shot Put

📍 Jefferson City - Jefferson H.S.
⏰ 9:00 AM

Good luck to our Panthers competing on the biggest stage 👏

🎓💙 Today we celebrate the Class of 2026! 💛🎓

Congratulations to our seniors as you take the next step in your journey. Thank you for the leadership, memories, energy, and pride you brought to Principia School Athletics and our entire community.

You’ve represented Prin Nation with grit, character, and heart. We cannot wait to see what’s next for each of you.

Once a Panther, always a Panther. 🐾

STATE BOUND 🏅🔥

The Panthers showed toughness, resilience, and team-first energy all day at Sectionals, and now multiple athletes are headed to the MSHSAA State Championships on May 22-23!

🏃 Alberto Hernandez qualified for State in the 400m after placing 4th overall.

🥇 Khloe Furnace continued her dominant postseason run, winning the Sectional Championship in Discus and placing 2nd in Shot Put to qualify for State in both events.

We also had strong relay performances against tough competition:
• Girls 4x100 Relay – 5th Place
• Boys 4x400 Relay – 6th Place

Proud of the way this group competed and represented Principia Track & Field all postseason long. 💙💛

Postseason Saturday for the Panthers 👀

🏃‍♀️ TRACK & FIELD - GIRLS
📍 Lutheran North
⏰ 9:00 AM
🏅 Girls Class 2 District 2 Meet

🏃‍♂️ TRACK & FIELD - BOYS
📍 Owensville
⏰ 9:45 AM
🏅 Boys Class 3 District 3 Meet

⚾️ BASEBALL
🆚 Bayless
📍 Westminster Christian Academy
⏰ 10:00 AM
🏆 Class 4 District 4 Playoffs

Time to compete with purpose. Let’s go, Panthers.

🎾 STATE RUN COMPLETE 🎾

Our Boys Tennis doubles team finishes as State Runner-Up after an incredible fight in the championship match.

Reid Schauman & Shepherd Thomas won the opening set before falling in the second and battling all the way through a 6-10 tiebreaker.

An unbelievable season and a performance to be proud of 👏

🏃‍♂️➡️ SECTIONALS ➡️🏃‍♀️

Shoutout to all of our Track & Field athletes competing at Sectionals tomorrow! 👏

🏅 Khloe Furnace
• District Champion in Shot Put (32’2.25”)
• 3rd Place in Discus
• Qualified for Sectionals in both events

🏅 Alana Henry
• 4th Place in Long Jump
• 4th Place in the 100m
• Qualified for Sectionals in both events

🏅 Girls 4x100 Relay
• 3rd Place District Finish
• Sectional Qualifiers: Nya, Akayla, Alana, and Loganne
• Nadia serving as alternate

🏅 Alberto Hernandez
• 2nd Place in the 400m
• New PR
• Now 3rd fastest in school history

🏅 Boys 4x400 Relay
• 2nd Place Finish
• Season PR
• Team: Munene, Jann, Jorden, & Alberto

Hard work paying off at the right time. Good luck tomorrow, Panthers!

🎾 FINAL FOUR BOUND 🎾

Our Boys Tennis doubles team is headed to the Final Four and back on the court today!

Reid Schauman & Shepherd Thomas continue their run at State 👏

Keep it rolling, boys!