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, girls’ volleyball, soccer, and girls’ swimming each $200.

Student-athletes are asked to bring water to tryouts. Schedule is as follows:

*Girls’ 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.

*Girls’ 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.

*Boys’ 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.

*Girls’ 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.

*Girls’ 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.

*Boys’ 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.