General Athletics Information
For up-to-date athletics information on try-outs, cuts, and weather cancellations, please join the OKMS Athletics group in Schoology. The access code for the group is 4278V-N4BRC. In order for parents to join the group, their student must join the group first. If you have any questions, please contact
the athletic director.
Important Athletic Participation Update for the 2025–2026 School Year
All students interested in participating in school sports for the 2025–2026 school year must have a valid
VHSL sports physical on file prior to tryouts.
New VHSL Policy:
VHSL sports physicals are now valid for 14 months from the date of the exam. As a result, rising 7th and 8th grade students who had a VHSL physical completed last year may be eligible to use their current physical, as long as it falls within the 14-month window. Please check the expiration date carefully to ensure it remains valid through the tryout period.
Important Note for 8th Grade Students:
If an 8th grader plans to try out for a high school-level sport that is not offered at the middle school, a current
VHSL sports physical must be submitted.
Going forward, all student-athletes will need to submit the official
VHSL sports physical form to be eligible for athletic participation.
Please contact the athletic department with any questions or to confirm your physical’s expiration date.
We offer interscholastic team opportunities every season to:
- Safeguard the health and general welfare of the participants in the athletics program.
- Provide opportunities for the largest possible group (number of students) to participate while ensuring the quality of the instruction and the safety of the athletes, within the limits of the appropriate supervision and facility usage.
- Develop basic skills and continue previous skill development in physical activities that will serve the participant's present and future leisure time needs.
- Establish and teach high standards of sportsmanship and the principles of fair play and mutual respect, which cultivate friendly relations at school.
- Ensure that the activities sponsored are desirable; that they promote the concepts of team play as well as individual worth; that they emphasize healthy competition in which lessons are learned from both the winning and losing perspectives; and that they have educational value.
Read more about the Virginia High School League's February 2025 update here.
Sports Offered
Whether it is the snap of the football, the swoosh of the basket, or for the rush of the run, get in the game!
Fall
- Football
- Girls Basketball
- Girls Tennis
- Boys Soccer
- Cheerleading
Winter
- Boys Basketball
- Wrestling
- Gymnastics
- Cheerleading
Spring
- Baseball
- Softball
- Track
- Girls Soccer
- Boys Tennis
High School Athletics at HHS for 8th Graders
You may contact HHS Athletics Director, Stuart Neil Mathews, with questions regarding high school athletics.
- Golf (fall)
- Field Hockey (fall)
- Volleyball (fall)
- Cross Country (fall)
- Indoor Track (winter)
- Swimming (winter)
- Lacrosse (spring)
Requirements
Student-athletes must meet the following requirements in order to participate:
Academic Performance
- For first semester sports, students must be promoted from the previous school year according to HCPS policy 6-4.3.
- Sixth graders are eligible for first semester sports with promotion from the fifth grade.
- Seventh graders shall be eligible for promotion into the seventh grade if they receive passing yearly averages in at least four of the following required subjects: reading/language arts, mathematics, science, social studies, and health/physical education.
- Eighth graders shall be eligible for promotion into the eighth grade if they receive passing yearly averages in at least four of the following required subjects: reading/language arts, mathematics, science, social studies, and health/physical education and if they receive a passing grade in the equivalent of one full year of elective offering(s).
- For second semester sports, students must have passed five subjects (language arts, math, and three others) at the end of the first semester of the current school year. This requirement is for all grade levels.
Forms
VHSL Athletics Physical Form for All Athletic Teams
Student Spectators
If students wish to attend a sporting event as a spectator, they must go home at dismissal and return with a supervising adult. Students are not permitted to stay after school without supervision.
Contact
OKMS Athletics Director:
Fred Shibley
(804) 365-4749