WELCOME TO THE HOPKINTON HAWKS ATHLETIC WEBPAGE
December 4th update:
Last night the School Board approved moving forward with practices/tryouts for winter sports. We are still hoping for interscholastic games, but that final determination will be put off until early January when we get a better sense of where we are from a safety standpoint. Still, we are going to move forward with MS basketball tryouts starting this Monday the 7th, and Middle School Nordic and all high school sports starting on December 14th. Much of the information below is in regard to Middle School Basketball tryouts, although in another week much of it will pertain to the high school. Regardless, to "sign up" your son or daughter for a winter sport, please use the appropriate link below. Thank you!
MS Basketball Signups: https://forms.gle/hSTP4n56KPtGfjs67
MS Nordic Signups:https://forms.gle/fivuLqqezhp3YhoY8
HS Sport Signups:https://forms.gle/Y9NHidCE8v4d8UV68
Basketball Open Gym waiver form: CLICK HERE FOR WAIVER
MS BASKETBALL TRYOUT REQUIREMENTS
First and foremost, if your son or daughter is feeling at all unwell, please DO NOT SEND THEM. One of the purposes of the Open Gyms we have been having was to provide an extended opportunity for coaches to evaluate the players, and coaches will be understanding of athletes who miss tryouts because they don't feel well. If this will be the case, please send me an email on the day of tryouts so I can alert the coach.
Masks MUST be worn at all times - when entering the building, waiting to be screened, stretching, and playing. Getting a drink from a water bottle that they bring should be the only time masks are not worn.
Athletes will be screened prior to entering the gym - they will be asked if they feel sick in any way, think they have a fever, have lost the sense of taste or smell, have been in contact with a person who is Covid-19 positive within the past 14 days, or have been outside of New England within the past 14-days (a negative PCR test AFTER day 7 will negate this but that must go through the school nurse). If ANY of those answers will be "yes", the athlete will not be allowed in the gym, will be isolated, and parents will be contacted to come and pick up their child. In other words, parents please screen your kids yourselves before sending them. Thank you!
Athletes will enter through the door by the back parking lot, they should come prepared for practice as locker rooms will not be open, and they should bring their own water bottle. Mouthguards are optional but if used must stay in their mouth. The gym and basketballs will be disinfected frequently and hand sanitizer will be made available.
Tryouts will be for two days for both programs. Girls will go on Monday and Wednesday from 3:15-5:00 and boys will go Tuesday and Thursday from 3:15-5:00. We will be limiting the teams to 11 players each, which does unfortunately mean that cuts will be necessary. Teams will be posted on the athletic website after all tryouts are complete on Thursday, and we hope to have the first team practices on Friday, with the boys team practicing 3:15-5 and girls 5:30-7:15. I am sorry that we just can't take everyone who wants to play basketball this winter.
As you as a family make the decision as to whether or not to have your son or daughter play sports, I do need to let you know that the School Board is considering requiring winter athletes to go full remote for the season. They will make that decision as we get closer to the start of games.
Eligibility for the winter season will be determined by Progress Report grades, that came out last week. If your son or daughter has more than one grade that is below a 70, they MUST get those grades up to a point where no more than one is below a 70 before next Thursday when teams are selected. It is not fair to have kids make the team who might not be academically eligible anyway.
END OF FALL
Links are below for the HS and MS slideshows and newsletters, in case you missed them.
HIGH SCHOOL FALL NEWSLETTER AND SLIDESHOW NOW AVAILABLE HERE: newsletter slideshow
MIDDLE SCHOOL FALL NEWSLETTER AND SLIDESHOW NOW AVAILABLE HERE: newsletter. slideshow
Next week (starting the 30th) we will start basketball Open Gyms for high school basketball. Boys will go 5:30-7:30 Mon/Wed/Fri and girls will be Tues/Thurs same times. Middle School will alternate with the 3:15-5 slot. HS Nordic will also offer a preseason training regimen; plan on meeting 3:15 in the back parking lot on the 30th. Finally, the School Board is meeting on December 3rd and will be further discussing winter sports, and in particular basketball and hockey. Hope you can tune in. More info on Open Gyms is below, and please get physicals in to the School Nurse if your son or daughter needs an updated one. Thanks!
HS Nordic Preseason Training - Monday (postponed) Wednesday meet in back parking lot at 3:15.
BASKETBALL OPEN GYMS!!!
Monday - MS Girls 3:15-5, HS Boys 5:30-7:30
Tuesday - MS Boys 3:15-5, HS Girls 5:30-7:30
Wednesday - MS Girls 3:15-5, HS Boys 5:30-7:30
Thursday - MS Boys 3:15-5, HS Girls 5:30-7:30
Friday - TBA
Please read the requirements for participation below; failure to follow these rules will result in your son or daughter not being allowed to participate.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR COOPERATION!!!
Key Links:
NEW! Jeff Sullivan is again providing us with photos of our teams in action HERE
Please consider joining or donating to the Booster Club! The Membership Form is here: BOOSTER CLUB
JOIN THE LISTSERV: http://hopkintonschools.org/mailman/listinfo/hmhsathletics_hopkintonschools.org
FAN POLICIES THIS WEEK:
GO HAWKS GO!!!
HOW TO JOIN OR UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THE LISTSERV
The athletic listserv is used to send out game day information regarding cancellations or important upcoming events. If you would like to join (or if your kids have graduated and you want to unsubscribe), you must do either yourself at the link below.
http://hopkintonschools.org/mailman/listinfo/hmhsathletics_hopkintonschools.org
Go Hawks!!!!!
Last night the School Board approved moving forward with practices/tryouts for winter sports. We are still hoping for interscholastic games, but that final determination will be put off until early January when we get a better sense of where we are from a safety standpoint. Still, we are going to move forward with MS basketball tryouts starting this Monday the 7th, and Middle School Nordic and all high school sports starting on December 14th. Much of the information below is in regard to Middle School Basketball tryouts, although in another week much of it will pertain to the high school. Regardless, to "sign up" your son or daughter for a winter sport, please use the appropriate link below. Thank you!
MS Basketball Signups: https://forms.gle/hSTP4n56KPtGfjs67
MS Nordic Signups:https://forms.gle/fivuLqqezhp3YhoY8
HS Sport Signups:https://forms.gle/Y9NHidCE8v4d8UV68
Basketball Open Gym waiver form: CLICK HERE FOR WAIVER
MS BASKETBALL TRYOUT REQUIREMENTS
First and foremost, if your son or daughter is feeling at all unwell, please DO NOT SEND THEM. One of the purposes of the Open Gyms we have been having was to provide an extended opportunity for coaches to evaluate the players, and coaches will be understanding of athletes who miss tryouts because they don't feel well. If this will be the case, please send me an email on the day of tryouts so I can alert the coach.
Masks MUST be worn at all times - when entering the building, waiting to be screened, stretching, and playing. Getting a drink from a water bottle that they bring should be the only time masks are not worn.
Athletes will be screened prior to entering the gym - they will be asked if they feel sick in any way, think they have a fever, have lost the sense of taste or smell, have been in contact with a person who is Covid-19 positive within the past 14 days, or have been outside of New England within the past 14-days (a negative PCR test AFTER day 7 will negate this but that must go through the school nurse). If ANY of those answers will be "yes", the athlete will not be allowed in the gym, will be isolated, and parents will be contacted to come and pick up their child. In other words, parents please screen your kids yourselves before sending them. Thank you!
Athletes will enter through the door by the back parking lot, they should come prepared for practice as locker rooms will not be open, and they should bring their own water bottle. Mouthguards are optional but if used must stay in their mouth. The gym and basketballs will be disinfected frequently and hand sanitizer will be made available.
Tryouts will be for two days for both programs. Girls will go on Monday and Wednesday from 3:15-5:00 and boys will go Tuesday and Thursday from 3:15-5:00. We will be limiting the teams to 11 players each, which does unfortunately mean that cuts will be necessary. Teams will be posted on the athletic website after all tryouts are complete on Thursday, and we hope to have the first team practices on Friday, with the boys team practicing 3:15-5 and girls 5:30-7:15. I am sorry that we just can't take everyone who wants to play basketball this winter.
As you as a family make the decision as to whether or not to have your son or daughter play sports, I do need to let you know that the School Board is considering requiring winter athletes to go full remote for the season. They will make that decision as we get closer to the start of games.
Eligibility for the winter season will be determined by Progress Report grades, that came out last week. If your son or daughter has more than one grade that is below a 70, they MUST get those grades up to a point where no more than one is below a 70 before next Thursday when teams are selected. It is not fair to have kids make the team who might not be academically eligible anyway.
END OF FALL
Links are below for the HS and MS slideshows and newsletters, in case you missed them.
HIGH SCHOOL FALL NEWSLETTER AND SLIDESHOW NOW AVAILABLE HERE: newsletter slideshow
MIDDLE SCHOOL FALL NEWSLETTER AND SLIDESHOW NOW AVAILABLE HERE: newsletter. slideshow
Next week (starting the 30th) we will start basketball Open Gyms for high school basketball. Boys will go 5:30-7:30 Mon/Wed/Fri and girls will be Tues/Thurs same times. Middle School will alternate with the 3:15-5 slot. HS Nordic will also offer a preseason training regimen; plan on meeting 3:15 in the back parking lot on the 30th. Finally, the School Board is meeting on December 3rd and will be further discussing winter sports, and in particular basketball and hockey. Hope you can tune in. More info on Open Gyms is below, and please get physicals in to the School Nurse if your son or daughter needs an updated one. Thanks!
HS Nordic Preseason Training - Monday (postponed) Wednesday meet in back parking lot at 3:15.
BASKETBALL OPEN GYMS!!!
Monday - MS Girls 3:15-5, HS Boys 5:30-7:30
Tuesday - MS Boys 3:15-5, HS Girls 5:30-7:30
Wednesday - MS Girls 3:15-5, HS Boys 5:30-7:30
Thursday - MS Boys 3:15-5, HS Girls 5:30-7:30
Friday - TBA
Please read the requirements for participation below; failure to follow these rules will result in your son or daughter not being allowed to participate.
- If you do not feel well or were around someone who was not feeling well overe the break, please do not attend open gyms. These are not mandatory and the most important thing is keeping others healthy and safe.
- ONLY Hopkinton 7th and 8th graders (MS) and 9-12 (HS) interested in playing basketball this winter are allowed to participate.
- All players must bring their own water, and each player must have a mask that they will wear the entire time (including while playing)
- Players may not bring their own basketballs.
- Hand sanitizer will be readily available.
- Players will not be allowed into the gym until they have been screened by the coach. Players will need to be masked and apart from others while waiting to be screened. Screenings will include a series of questions - if your son or daughter has any flu-like symptoms, breathing issues, fever, has been out of New England within the past 14 days, or has been in contact with any known Covid-positive person within the last 14 days they will not be allowed in. If your son or daughter will answer "yes" to any of these questions, please do NOT allow them to even attend.
- Once in the gym, players will be supervised by at least one of our school coaches and drills will be organized to keep players 6 feet apart from one another
- Parents will not be allowed in to watch open gyms; they should plan on picking up their son or daughter immediately after the open gym is complete via the back parking lot.
- If your son or daughter plans on attending any of these open gyms, we will need a signed waiver on file. This needs to be printed out, signed, and returned to the first open gym your son or daughter plans to attend. CLICK HERE FOR WAIVER
THANK YOU FOR YOUR COOPERATION!!!
Key Links:
NEW! Jeff Sullivan is again providing us with photos of our teams in action HERE
Please consider joining or donating to the Booster Club! The Membership Form is here: BOOSTER CLUB
JOIN THE LISTSERV: http://hopkintonschools.org/mailman/listinfo/hmhsathletics_hopkintonschools.org
FAN POLICIES THIS WEEK:
GO HAWKS GO!!!
HOW TO JOIN OR UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THE LISTSERV
The athletic listserv is used to send out game day information regarding cancellations or important upcoming events. If you would like to join (or if your kids have graduated and you want to unsubscribe), you must do either yourself at the link below.
http://hopkintonschools.org/mailman/listinfo/hmhsathletics_hopkintonschools.org
Go Hawks!!!!!