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Flag football fl ies high at Maspeth
Argonauts varsity girls wrap up an 11-1 regular season campaign with top playoff seed
BY MAX PARROTT
After five years of
consistently making the
playoffs, Maspeth High
School’s girls varsity flag
football team made the
number one seed in the
Public School Athletic
League playoffs, the first
time a Queens flag football
team has done so.
With a record of 11-1, the
team has more wins than
any of its competitors.
“Last year we were
in the elite eight. We’re
hoping to finally push
past the final four and get
that championship,” said
assistant principal and
coach Jesse Pachter.
Pachter, and his co-coach
Daniel Sepulveda, have
been surprised and pleased
by the team’s progress this
season.
The team lost its
quarterback, star wide
receiver and center after
they graduated last year.
“We were thinking
this might be a rebuilding
season, but the people who
took the spots are really
taking control and the team
is really gelling. There’s a lot
of good things happening,”
Pachter said.
The PSAL offered flag
football for the first time
ever in 2014, when the league
split up it into an A and B
division and MHS made it
Members and coaches of the Maspeth High School girls flag football
team celebrate their 11-1 regular season and top seed in the PSAL
playoffs. Photo courtesy of Maspeth High School
to the upper tier. The team
has been in the playoffs
every single year since the
creation of the league, but
two years ago they made it
to the final four, marking
the first time a team made it
there from Queens.
The Lady Argos will
compete in the quarterfinals
at 4:30 p.m. May 23
at Juniper Park, 80th St.,
Middle Village.
“We’re looking to make a
deep run,” Pachter said.
Reach reporter Max
Parrott by email at
mparrott@schnepsmedia.
com or by phone at (718) 224-
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