Plymouth South High School, also known as Plymouth South, or PSHS, is a public

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located in

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, United States. Its students are residents of the town of Plymouth. Plymouth South is one of two high schools in Plymouth, the other being

Plymouth North High School Plymouth North High School, formerly known as Plymouth-Carver Regional High School, and known informally as Plymouth North or PNHS, is a public high school located in Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States. Its students are residents of the town ...

. Plymouth South is located near the Long Pond neighborhood of Plymouth, west of Route 3 and ''

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'' development, and also adjacent to nearby

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, which is the biggest publicly owned recreation area in the South Shore region of Massachusetts, and also one of the biggest in the state. The school colors are Black, Teal and White and the school's teams are the Panthers.

History

Plymouth South High School was opened in 1988, the same year the Plymouth-Carver School District was dissolved into the separate Carver and Plymouth school districts. Plymouth-Carver High School became

after the district separation of Plymouth and Carver. Prior to its opening, Plymouth North High School (then known as ''Plymouth-Carver High School'') had served as the sole high school for the towns of Plymouth and Carver. In the fall of 2017, a new building for the high school built behind the existing school opened replacing the old Plymouth South which was demolished in the Summer of 2017. In June 2021, Plymouth South High School was placed (along with the entire

Plymouth Public Schools Plymouth Public Schools is a school district that serves Plymouth, Massachusetts. It operates 12 schools, making it one of the largest town school districts in the state. In June 2021, the Plymouth Public Schools were placed into a state program ...

district) into a state program for schools or districts that disproportionately suspend nonwhite students or students with disabilities.

Athletics

Plymouth South offers a wide range of interscholastic sports at the school for all the students. The school teams are the Panthers, and their school colors are Black, White & Teal. Plymouth South competes at the Division 1 & 2 level of competition in athletics and is a part of the Patriot League. The wrestling programs has won 11 League Championships, and has made several runs to the Division 1 State Championship since the programs inception, most recently in 2007. The football team also won its first Atlantic Coast League Championship in 2012. They defeated the previously undefeated

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13–12. This win clinched their first ever berth in the MIAA State Playoffs. In 2013, the football team once again won the ACL and made it to the State Championship game, where they lost 42-14 to Tewksbury. In 2018, the boys hockey team won their first state championship with a 4-3 victory over Stoneham High School.

Sports offered

*Fall **Cross Country **Field Hockey **Football **Golf **Boys Soccer **Girls Soccer **Volleyball **Cheerleading **Dance Team *Winter **Boys Basketball **Girls Basketball **Cheerleading **Gymnastics **Ice Hockey **Boys Swimming **Girls Swimming **Indoor Track & Field **Wrestling **Dance Team *Spring **Baseball **Softball **Boys Lacrosse **Girls Lacrosse **Boys Tennis **Girls Tennis **Outdoor Track & Field

References

External links

Official site
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