Eligibility:

The Athletic Director must clear you before you can participate.  In order to be cleared you must:

• Complete the Online Registration process- see below
• Have a current physical on file with the health office.  A physical is considered current if the date of exam is within 13 months of the first date of practice.  Physicals should also be uploaded on the FinalForms registration website.
• For incoming sophomores, juniors and seniors, you must have a passing grade in at least 5 classes in your final/F1 Quarter 4 report. If you only passed 4 classes you can apply for academic probation. Students passing 3 classes or less will not be permitted to tryout/participate. Contact the Athletic Director (rodney.brown@sau24.org) for more information.
• All incoming freshmen, juniors and any student that did not take an ImPACT test at John Stark last year regardless of sport played must take a concussion baseline test.  In order to take the test the online registration process must have been completed by a parent/guardian.

Online Registration Process:  The John Stark Athletic Department has partnered with a company called Final Forms that will allow parents to complete the required athletic forms on-line.  The online registration process is now active for fall sports.  To start the process of registering your student-athlete to play a fall sports please go to the following website https://johnstark-nh.finalforms.com/.  Then you will need to create a log in by entering in the required information.  An email will be sent to the address provided to finish the log in creation process.  Once that is done you will be ready to start registering your student-athlete(s) for fall sports.  Those that completed the process in previous seasons will just need to log in using the email address and password you used in the past.

Baseline Testing: All incoming freshmen, juniors and new students to John Stark regardless of sport played must take a concussion baseline test in order to be cleared to participate.  Parents must complete the on-line registration process before an athlete can take the baseline test.  It is also suggested for incoming freshmen, new students and those that had a physical exam during the summer bring a copy of the physical exam form with you to the baseline testing if the form was not uploaded on the Final Forms website.  Test will start on the time as listed below. Please arrive at least 10 minutes prior to the start of the test be checked in.  Please email the Athletic Director (rodney.brown@sau24.org) and/or Athletic Trainer (jsrhs.trainer@sau24.org) to answer any questions.

Concussion testing schedule (Updated 8/14/24)

• August 15 - 9:00am & 10:00am 

Students in need of concussion testing can show up at any of the dates/times listed above. Laptops will be available for students and the test takes about 30 minutes. Contact Athletic Trainer, John Paven (jsrhs.trainer@sau24.org) and/or Athletic Director, Rodney Brown for more information.

Practice/Try-out start date and time: 

Official start dates for sports (As of 8/14/24)

Bass Fishing – August 15, 4:00pm-6:00pm (Practice Location – Stumpfield Pond, Hopkinton). Questions contact Bass Fishing Head Coach, Robb Mefford at robb.mefford@sau24.org.

Cross Country – August 19 (JSHRS), 6:00pm-7:30pm. August 20 (HCS), 6:00pm-7:30pm. August 22 (WMS), 6:00pm-7:30pm. August 23 (JSRHS) 3:30pm-5:15pm. Questions contact Cross Country Head Coaches, Christine Anderson at christine.anderson@sau24.org and Joel Kress at joel.kress@sau24.org.

Field Hockey - August 19, 20, 22 & 23, 4:00pm-6:00pm (John Stark field hockey field) & August 21, 8:00am-9:00am (Conditioning session at JSRHS) & 2:00pm-4:00pm on August 21. August 24, Souhegan Jamboree (All day). Questions contact Field Hockey Head Coach, Cassidy Huckins at cassidy.huckins@sau24.org.

Football – JSR Camp Schedule -- August 16 (Camp at JSRHS), 4:30pm-7:00pm. August 17 (Camp at JSRHS), 10:15am-1:00pm. August 19-23, 4:30pm-7:00pm. August 24, Scrimmage at Newport. Questions regarding start of season camp schedule please contact Football Head Coach, Ray Kershaw at ray.kershaw@sau24.org.

Golf- August 19-21 and August 23 (Tee times - 11:00am at Angus Lea Golf Course in Hillsborough). Golfers meet at the golf course. Questions contact Golf Head Coach, Denis Kolehmainen at denis.kolehmainen@sau24.org.

Soccer

Boys: August 19-21, 3:30pm-6:00pm. August 22 & August 23, 3:30pm-5:00pm. August 24, Home Scrimmages starting at 10:00am. Questions contact Boys Soccer Head Coach, Zachary Shedlock at zachary.shedlock@sau24.org

Girls: August 19-21, 8:00am-10:00am (Session #1) and 4:00pm-6:00pm (Session #2). August 22, Home Scrimmages starting at 4:00pm. August 23, 3:30pm-5:00pm. August 24, NHTI Jamboree (all day). Questions contact Girls Soccer Head Coach, Eddie Marceau at edmond.marceau@sau24.org

Girls Volleyball – August 19 (at Henniker Community School), 5:00pm-7:00pm, August 20, 5:30pm-7:30pm, (JSRHS gymnasium). August 21 & 22 (Split Group), 4:30pm-6:00pm and 5:30pm-7:30pm (volleyball players will be informed on which time slot to attend on these dates). August 23 (first team practices), 3:30pm-5:30pm or 5:30pm-7:30pm. Questions contact Girls Volleyball Head Coach, Alisha Flanagan at alisha.flanagan@sau24.org.