2025 Hopewell Football
2025 Hopewell Football
Mandatory 5 day acclimatization starts Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025. All football players must attend all 5 days!
What’s required of you (the athlete):
An athletic physical and all Rank One online forms were completed.
Hopewell Athletics Apparel
Cleats
A mouthpiece
Disinfecting Wipes
Personal Hygiene Items
Combination Lock
ALL 7th and 8th graders will go through a 5-day conditioning/acclimation period before they can practice or compete in any games. Each day, a layer of protective equipment will be added until the player can wear full pads and engage in full contact drills.
On game days, all players should wear their athletic sweatshirt. Tennis shoes are allowed.
Beginning on 8/20, we will begin to use the Wet Bulb Globe Temperature standards, "WBGT" to determine the length and location (outdoors vs indoors) for practices. Be advised that the "WBGT" temperature takes into account many variables to determine the temperature for athletic restrictions. For example, it may be 102 degrees outside, but the "WBGT" may read only 90.4 degrees. In this example, we would be limited to the red category. We will still practice until 4:45 pm each day. If we are unable to go outside in the afternoon, we will practice in the Big Gym and Lower Commons. A coach will send out a Band App message if we will be indoors while this heat wave continues.
August 14th - 20th
August 12th - first day of school (NO PRACTICE)
August 13th - begin acclimatization (drills, etc.)
August 14th - continue acclimatization
August 15th - continue acclimatization
August 18th - continue acclimatization
August 19th - finish acclimatization
Aug. 20 - Full contact activities allowed (begin before school practice for 8th grade and after school practice for 7th grade)
Reminder, A and B teams can change on a weekly basis dependent on attendance, participation, grades, etc.
If I missed you on the roster, it means I did not see you when I was collecting names. Please message me through email and I will try and respond as fast as possible.