It is hard to believe that July is now behind us and the countdown to fall sports at Canton Central School is on! We are very excited to open our new turf facility for soccer and our new aquatics center for girls swimming! Also, the completion of our state of the art fitness center is progressing very well and our fields are in very nice shape. Our custodians and maintenance crew are to be commended for their efforts throughout the summer in preparing our facilities for the coming athletics season!
JV and Varsity Football begin on August 16th with a meeting and helmet/equipment distribution at 5:00 pm. The coaches will handout essential items behind the main gymnasium in the equipment room. A short team meeting will follow. Varsity and JV Football practices formally begin on Monday, August 19th at 3:00 pm on the lower practice fields behind the John Oliver Football Field.
All other JV and Varsity sports begin on Monday, August 26th. Specific times, locations and coaches are listed below.
All modified sports begin on Tuesday, September 3rd. This happens to be the day after Labor Day this year. Specific times, locations and coaches are listed below.
START DATES & TIMES
Monday, August 19.
Varsity Football Coaches: Rico Dobbs (Head Coach), Austin Kunick, Chad Kenna, Jake Fenlong, Alex Bush. 3:00-7:30 (football lower practice fields)
JV Football Coaches: Trey Grant (Head Coach), Terry White, Justin Brassard 3:00 (football lower practice fields)
Monday, August 26.
Varsity Girls Soccer. Coach Greg Kiah. 7:30 am-9:30 am. (Golden Bears Turf Field)
JV Girls Soccer. Coach Kim French. 8:00 am-10:00 am. (Lower soccer practice fields, behind the bleachers)
JV Boys Soccer. Coach Jarrod Flener. 3:00 pm-5:00 pm. (Golden Bears Turf Field)
JV and Varsity Volleyball. Coach Carla Wentworth and Rob Brown. 8:00 am-10:00 am (Main High School Gymnasium)
Girls Varsity Swimming. Coach Meg McGovern and Conrad Stuntz. 9:00 am-12:00 am (wrestling room and Golden Bears Aquatics Center)
Varsity Boys and Girls Cross Country. Coach Kris Boettcher. 9:00-10:30 am (meet beside track)
Varsity Boys Soccer. Coach Matt Caufield and Bill Reed. 6:00 pm-8:00 pm (Golden Bears Turf Field))
Labor Day, Monday, September 2
Tuesday, September 3
Modified Boys Soccer. Coach Jeff Meyers. 3:30 pm-5:15 pm (lower practice fields, behind the bleachers)
Modified Girls Soccer. Coach Deanna Renwick. 3:30 pm-5:15 pm (lower practice fields, behind the bleachers)
Modified Volleyball. Coach Kate Porter. 3:30- 5:15 pm (Middle School Gymnasium)
Modified Boys and Girls Cross Country. Coach Shannon Shannon and Deb Lyndaker. 3:30-5:15 pm (meet beside the track)
Modified Football. Coach Dave Webster. 3:30 pm-5:30 pm. (Football practice fields, behind the press box)
Modified Girls Swimming. Coach Leigh-Anne Redfern. 2:45-3:40 pm. (Golden Bears Aquatic Center)
First Day of School: Thursday, August 5th
SIGN-UPS are still taking place!
There is still time to get signed up if you have not already done so. Simply follow the link here. It is a State Education Department Regulation that every student-athlete has a current physical examination form on file with the school nurse. PLEASE BE SURE THAT YOUR STUDENT HAS A CURRENT PHYSICAL EXAM ON FILE WITH NURSE CANDY BATES! As we get closer to the opening day, physician’s offices tend to get flooded with families getting this necessary requirement done in time to start. Athletes who do not start on time, subsequently miss games if they do not meet the minimum practice requirements.
For questions specific to athletics please email Bill Porter at wporter@ccsdk12.org or call the office phone at 315-386-8561 extension 43145.
GO BEARS!!