Thank you for visiting our Cedar Grove Middle School Athletic site. We play in the Brunswick County Middle School Conference and have 6 teams; Cedar Grove MS , Leland MS, South Brunswick MS, Shallotte MS, Town Creek MS, Waccamaw. We offer athletics year round; FALL-cheerleading, cross country, girls soccer, football..(7th and 8th graders only), boys soccer, volleyball. WINTER--cheerleading, wrestling, girls and boys basketball. SPRING--baseball, softball, boys and girls track, golf, boys and girls lacrosse. Any student wanting to try out for athletics must have all paperwork completed and downloaded onto Dragonfly and must maintain passing grades in all 4 core classes and 1 of 2 elective classes each 9 weeks to be eligible.. Please reach out to Coach Shankle, CGMS Athletic Director with any questions; jshankle@bcswan.net/ Extention-28043
Physical and Concussion Forms
Any student who plans to participate in athletics must have a current physical and concussion form on file prior to trying out for any sport. This year, all parents MUST register their student athletes in Dragonfly (please review our Sports Participation Requirements page for information on how to complete this process).
If your doctor performs a physical, it must be completed on the official NCHSAA athletic physical form. These forms can be downloaded from the BCS website under Athletics.
FREE athletic physicals on Wednesday, August 20th, 2025 from 5:30-7 pm in gym during Open House. Parent/guardian must accompany student and fill out parent part before physical can be given.
If you have any questions, please reach out to Coach Shankle at 910.756.6120 ext. 28043.
Athletic Tryout Dates/Times
Students trying out MUST have an up-to-date NCHSAA physical and concussion along with other paperwork in Dragonfly in order to try out. All athletic information must be entered into Dragonfly and approved by Coach Shankle in order to try out.
** Football conditioning schedule; August 11th, 12th,13th, 14th and August 18th, 19th, 21nd from 5:30-7 pm. Please meet behind bus parking lot @ CGMS. Water bottles, shirts, t-shirts, shoes. NO JEANS!!!! You must have all paper work completed on Dragonfly in order to participate. Please reach out to Coach Shankle with any questions.
Early Fall athletics begin on Monday, August 25th: Late fall athletic tryouts;
Football--3-4:45 pm *Volleyball on Thursday, October 9, 10 and 13 from 3-5 pm
Girls Soccer from 3-5 pm * Boys soccer on Thursday, October 16,20 and 21 from 3-5 pm
Cross Country from 3-4:15 pm
Winter Athletic tryout dates Early Spring Athletics
*Boys Basketball-Monday, December 1 from 3-4:45 pm *Baseball and softball tryouts, Monday, Feb 10th, 2026
*Wrestling- Monday, December 1 from 3-5 pm 3-5 pm @ baseball/ softball fields
*Girls Basketball on Tuesday, December 2 from 3-5 pm.
Late spring athletics
*Golf...Lockwood Folly Golf Course..Monday, March 30th, 2026
*Track-(boys and girls) Monday, March 30th, 2026
*Lacrosse-(boys and girls) Monday, March 30th, 2026
**2025-2026 17th annual CGMS Athletic Awards Banquet will be held on Tuesday, May 12th beginning @ 5 pm in the gym. All student-athletes and their parents are invited to attend. We will honor our student-athletes as well as our coaches and our 2025-2026 CGMS male and female Athletes of the Year..