Please view District Health Updates and the option menu on the top left below for health and sports information. Stay safe and healthy!
Sports start dates are as follows:
Fall 2025: August 23, 2025 High School Football
August 25, 2025 All other High School sports
September 8, 2025 MESMS Modified Sports Grade 7 and 8 Field Hockey, Cross Country,
and boys volleyball.
Winter 2025: November 17, 2025 All High School Sports and Modified Ice Hockey
Spring 2026: March 17, 2025 All High School Sports
For further info about sports offered, try out dates/ times, practice schedules and games, please view the Athletics Homepage.
In order to participate in High School or Middle School Sports the expectation is that student athletes are fully committed and attend all practices and games.
For further info on how to register your child for sports please view: How to Register Your Child For Sports
SPORTS PROCEDURES:
" Grades 9-12" High School Sports
Winter Sports Registration opens on October 17, 2025.
Parents, please register your child early during the first 3 weeks of sports opening on FinalForms and upload a current physical dated AFTER 11/17/2024.
Parents and students must sign all forms to be cleared . All forms must be green to be approved, red means it is not complete. An email will be sent if something is missing to both the parent and student, please check your emails often.
Registration closes the FRIDAY BEFORE SPORTS STARTS to clear those already registered. We highly recommend that all registrations are done 1 week prior to sports starting to be cleared on time. Any new registrations after that date will be cleared the first week of sports, students may miss practice and tryouts.
Immunizations: All students must be up to date with immunizations to play sports. A second meningitis booster vaccine is required at the age of 16 and entering Grade 12. Please follow up with your physician to make sure all immunizations are up to date.
Students must be in good academic standing and behavior to play sports. Both guidance and admin will be given students names who are playing sports each season.
In order to participate in High School or Middle School Sports the expectation is that student athletes are fully committed and attend all practices and games.
*Please note that the Yorktown Central School District registration and Authorization for Sports Participation on Final Forms MUST be completed by a parent/guardian ONLY. Any form completed by a student will be DENIED. Once correctly re-submitted by the parent/guardian it will be reviewed after the conclusion of the first day of practice/tryouts and placed on the health teams list for medical clearance which will take an additional 48 hours. If all required information is not provided, additional time will elapse before a student is cleared to play.*
" Grade 7 and 8" High School Sports Candidates
Grade 7 and Grade 8 students may be asked to play up if there are no cuts to high school students and there are High School Sports openings. Sports interest meeting announcements will be made in the morning and at lunch prior to season start dates. High school sports are not guaranteed.
Please read information about the MESMS High School Athletic Placement Process provided in this link.
To play a High School sport as a Grade 7 or 8 student the following must occur:
A student must be asked by a Yorktown coach and Athletics to play up. If not asked by a coach, a parent must reach out to Athletic Director Rob Barrett to request high school sports consideration for advanced student athletes. Email rbarrett@yorktown.org.
Once asked to play up, a Parent must register the student on FinalForms and upload a current physical dated AFTER 11/17/2024 . Final Forms Registration , sign up, and sports schedules are located on the YCSD Athletic Site .
AFTER A STUDENT IS REGISTERED on Final Forms, Athletics will assign the high school sport to their registration . The parent and student must then go back into final forms and re sign all forms for the intended sport.
Please make sure ALL parent and student forms are completed and signed, a current physical is uploaded, and the student email listed is a yorktown.org email. All forms must be green to be cleared, red means it is incomplete.
After registration, the Student will be scheduled to see our school physician to approve high school playing time and then be scheduled by athletics to take a fitness test . The student must pass a fitness test and be seen by our physician one week before sports starts to complete the Athletic Placement Process (APP ). There are no exceptions. The MESMS nurse will contact and send an email to students and parents of the date and time of the physician visit as it approaches.
After students see the District physician, Middle school students will be cleared by the MESMS or YHS nurse in order to try out for a team
Students cannot tryout until they pass a fitness test and see our physician.
All students must be up to date with immunizations . A meningitis vaccine is required after the age of 10 and in Grade 7 and 8. Please follow up with your physician to make sure all immunizations are up to date.
Students must be in good academic standing and behavior to play sports. Both guidance and admin will be given students names who are playing sports each season.
In order to participate in High School or Middle School Sports the expectation is that student athletes are fully committed and attend all practices and games.
"Grade 7 and 8" MODIFIED SPORTS
Winter Modified sports this season : Modified Ice Hockey
To play a Modified sport as a Grade 7 or 8 student the following must occur:
Modified sports will be offered as determined by athletics.
In order to participate in High School or Middle School Sports the expectation is that student athletes are fully committed and attend all practices and games.
Parents must register a student on FinalForms , pick a sport , and both parent and student must sign all forms when sports opens and upload a current non expired physical . Sports registration and schedules can always be found on the YCSD Athletic Site .Physicals are good for one year and must not expire before or during the season of play.All forms must be green to be cleared, if it is red then forms are missing.
All students must be up to date with immunizations . A meningitis vaccine is required after the age of 10 and in Grade 7 and 8. Please follow up with your physician to make sure all immunizations are up to date.
Students must be in good academic standing and behavior to play sports. Both guidance and admin will be given students names who are playing sports each season.
To be cleared to start MODIFIED SPORTS on time parents should sign up and register their child on Final Forms no later than 1 week prior to sports starting to allow proper clearance. Registration opens 30 days before the sport starts and closes the same day as High School Sports.
ILLNESS/INJURY and SPORTS:
A student cannot be approved for sports participation if there has been an illness, accident, injury or surgery until a medical clearance report is provided by the treating physician and received by the School Nurse. The District Medical Director will then review this report and, if appropriate, give the final medical clearance for the student to participate in sports.
If a student athlete experiences an injury or illness at any time during the sports season (in school or out of school), the athlete and his/her parent must communicate this immediately to the Coach as well as the School Nurse. Failure to report illness/injury may result in student athlete being disqualified for the remainder of the sports season.
When an athlete is ill or injured during a sports season he/she may not return to sports participation until cleared by the physician who treated the condition. The student must provide the physician’s written medical clearance to the School Nurse for the student to participate in sports.
According to New York State Guidelines, the final decision to approve the athlete’s return to activity is determined by the District Medical Director. The School Nurse will confer with the District Medical Director as needed and will then communicate the final clearance (or decision not to clear) to the physical education teacher, athletic department, and coach.
In the event the School Nurse is unavailable, the District Director of PE, Health, and Athletics or Athletic Trainer may accept an athlete’s clearance note from his/her healthcare provider. However, this clearance note must be immediately sent to the District Medical Director who will confirm or deny the clearance.
The clearance note must be given to the School Nurse on the first available day. It is the student athlete’s responsibility to follow through and bring the medical clearance to the nurse to be recertified.
For Student Athletes with COVID - If your child is an athlete and has/ had COVID within 4 weeks of sports starting , Athletes are asked to bring in a note from their physician stating that : Student has a normal cardiovascular exam and is cleared for all unrestricted physical activities. If a student athlete has COVID within 4 weeks of sports during the sport season then they must also be cleared by our Athletic Trainer who does a return to play. Please call your nurse for further guidance.
Students who are accidentally injured during sports participation must report the injury to the Coach who will fill out a Student Incident Report and give it to the School Nurse. Medical expenses resulting from an accidental injury must be submitted to your own insurance company. Any expenses not covered by your insurance can be submitted to the school district insurance company. Contact the School Nurse if you need a form to submit for reimbursement from the district insurance company.
It is our policy that all concussions should be reported to the health office, and any student that sustains a concussion on or off school grounds should see the school nurse upon entering school.
If your child has a concussion please notify your child's school nurse
Students must submit a doctor's note with the diagnosis and any restrictions/ accommodations that must be made to the Health Office.
All students should remain in the health office for lunch, recess and gym. Once the student submits a doctors note that states he/she is cleared to return to full academic activity, the gradual "Return to Play" protocol will be started by the physical education teacher. Upon conclusion of the return to play protocol the PE teacher will notify the nurse.
State Guidelines were changed in 2023. Please read Guidelines for Concussion management in Schools and refer to the YCSD Concussion Care Plan and YCSD Concussion Return to Play Guidelines.
Parents are also encouraged to read about traumatic brain injury and concussions on the CDC Heads Up site. Students are encouraged to view CDC Heads Up Youth Sports during sports sign up season.
Further concussion information can be found here:
Concussion Fact Sheet for Parents
Concussion Fact Sheet for Athletes