Newtown High Fall Sports Tryouts
Newtown High Fall
Sports Tryouts
Newtown High School fall sports tryouts will be held in late August and early September as listed below. All students trying out for a sports team at Newtown High School must bring the following items on the first day of practice (students without a physical form and a parent permission form will not be permitted to try out):
*Physical Form. A physical is good for 13 months from the time it was signed by the doctor. These forms are available at Nighthawksports.com. No other form will be accepted.
*Parent Permission Form. A parent permission form must be filled out and signed by a parent and the student for each new sports season.
*Pay To Participate Fee. The fee will be collected once teams have been selected. These fees are non-refundable once a student-athlete is selected for a team. All checks should be made out to Newtown High School. Fees are as follows: Cheerleading, dance, and cross country each $150; and football, field hockey, girlsâ volleyball, soccer, and girlsâ swimming each $200.
Student-athletes are asked to bring water to tryouts. Schedule is as follows:
*Girlsâ volleyball: Saturday, August 28. Freshmen 8 to 9:30 am, sophomores 9:30 to 11 am, and juniors and seniors 11 am to noon and 1 to 3 pm in the Reed School gym. Bring sneakers, towels, and knee pads.
*Girlsâ swimming and diving: Saturday, August 28, noon to 3 pm at the Oxford High pool. All interested swimmers should report to NHS at 11:30 am where a shuttle will transport all swimmers and divers to and from the Oxford pool for tryouts. All swimmers must be able to swim 1,000 continuous yards with flip turns.
*Boysâ soccer: Saturday, August 28. All interested players should report to the NHS practice field behind the school. The first session will run from 8 to 11 am and the second session will run from 3 to 6 pm.
*Girlsâ soccer: Saturday, August 28. All interested players should report to the practice field behind the high school with soccer gear and running shoes. The practice sessions will be held from 8 to 11 am and 3 to 6 pm.
*Field hockey: Saturday, August 28. Tryouts will be from 8 to 10 am and 4 to 7 pm at the practice field behind NHS. All players should report with their sneakers, cleats, mouth guard, shin guards, and eye protection.
*Girlsâ cross country: Saturday, August 28 at 10 am. All interested runners should meet at the start of the cross country course behind Reed School and be prepared to run.
*Boysâ cross country: Monday, August 30 at 3 pm. All interested runners should meet at the start of the cross country course behind Reed School and be prepared to run.
*Dance: Tuesday, September 7. Tryouts will take place at the high school. Please listen to the announcements for time and location of tryouts.
*Football: Visit nighthawkfootball.com and click on calendar of events for the most updated tryout information.