High School/Middle School - 2022-2023 Winter Sports Starting Practice Dates
- What
- High School/Middle School - 2022-2023 Winter Sports Starting Practice Dates
- When
- 11/21/2022
- Where
- Locations vary
Mars Area School District’s 2022-2023 Winter Sports Season begins on Friday, Nov. 18. Dates of the first practices/meetings are as follows:
Mars Area High School
- Varsity & JV Boys Basketball — Friday, Nov. 18, 6 to 7:30 a.m.; Sunday & Monday, Nov. 20-21, 5 to 7 p.m. @ Mars Area High School. Contact: Rob Carmody, [email protected]
- Varsity & JV Girls Basketball — Friday, Nov. 18, 6 to 7 a.m.; Sunday, Nov. 20, 3 to 5:30 p.m.; Monday, Nov. 21, 3 to 6 p.m. @ Mars Area High School. Contact: Dana Petruska, [email protected]
- Ninth Grade Boys Basketball — Monday through Wednesday, Nov. 21-23, 3 to 4:45 p.m.; @ Mars Area High School. Contact: Dave Kuremsky, [email protected]
- Varsity & JV Wrestling — Friday, Nov. 18, 3 to 6 p.m.; Sunday & Monday, Nov. 20-21, 3 to 6 p.m. @ Mars Area High School. Contact: Ben Rings, [email protected]
- Varsity Swimming & Diving — Friday, Nov. 18, 3 to 4:45 p.m.; Monday & Tuesday, Nov. 21-22, 3 to 4:45 p.m. @ Rose E. Schneider Family YMCA. Contact: Tony Slobodyak, [email protected]
Mars Area Middle School
- Seventh/Eighth Grade Wrestling — Friday, Nov. 18, 3 to 5 p.m.; Sunday & Monday, Nov. 20-21, 3 to 5 p.m. @ Mars Area Middle School. Contact: Chase Kamara, [email protected]
- Seventh/Eighth Grade Boys Basketball — Friday, Nov. 18, 6 a.m.; Monday, Nov. 21, 2:30 to 4:15 p.m.; Tuesday, Nov. 22, 4 to 5:30 p.m. @ Mars Area Middle School. Contact: Ethan Myler, [email protected]
- Seventh/Eighth Grade Girls Basketball — Monday, Nov. 21, 4 to 5:30 p.m. @ Mars Area Middle School; Tuesday & Wednesday, Nov. 22-23, 2:45 to 4:15 p.m. @ Mars Area Middle School. Contact: Erin Bridge, [email protected] (Seventh Grade), Rich Geier, [email protected] (Eighth Grade)
Note: Mars Area School District charges a $100 Athletic Participation Fee per student per sport. The fee must be paid before the starting practice date for students to be eligible to participate. In addition, all students participating in a sport must register at www.FamilyID.com; must undergo one comprehensive physical examination per year; and must submit a signed “Drug Testing Consent Form” in accordance with District Policy 227.1 Random Drug Testing. Questions may be addressed to the Athletic Office at 724-625-9380.
Practice times may change at the coach’s discretion. For more information, visit https://4.files.edl.io/19fd/11/08/22/195044-6e341e1d-8a4f-4b51-90b4-4172edfbb1d4.pdf.