2023-2024 Sports Physical Information

Sports physicals will now be submitted to Formreleaf prior to the start of the athletic season. They should not be submitted to the athletic office.

Please click below to utilize the new sports physical submission portal.

Any questions related to the sports physical can be directed to Brett Colelli, our athletic trainer, bcolelli@kcsd.org

We recommend keeping a copy of your completed sports physical in case there is an error within the FormReleaf platform.

https://app.formreleaf.com/organizations/kennett-high-school

Please note:

*- Sections 1-6 of the physical are completed through the web site portal electronically as they are all student/parent or guardian questions.

*- Section 7, that is completed by the doctor, is the only piece of paper from the seven page document that needs to be uploaded through the web site. If Sections 1-7 are uploaded you will get an error message from the portal.

*- Section 8, that is completed by the student/parent or guardian, should be uploaded to the web site.

*- Section 9, that must be completed by a doctor, should also be uploaded to the web site if necessary.

For questions related to the Formreleaf web site please contact the individual below:

Austin O’Neill

Customer Success Coordinator

aoneill@vantagesportz.com

P (267) 756-1028

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2023 Fall Tryout Dates and Times

Please see the dates, times, and locations for all our fall sports teams below. Please contact the coach with any sport specific questions. Please note that everything listed below is subject to change based upon any adjustments made by the coaches. The times listed below are for the first day of camp. The rest of the week’s schedule will be given at the first practice.  Most practices last approximately two hours.

All athletes must have a sports physical submitted as well as their participation fee paid in order to participate in a sport at KHS. https://sports.kcsd.org/athletic-eligibility/physical-info-forms/

Football: Monday, August 7th (3:00pm) @ KHS Stadium – Coach Frazier efrazier@kcsd.org

Golf: Tuesday, August 8th (3:00pm) @ Hartefeld Golf Club – Coach Murphy kmurphy@kcsd.org

Cheerleading: Tuesday, August 15th (5:30pm) @ KHS Auxiliary Gymnasium – Coach Sisko avs5802@gmail.com

Boys Soccer: Monday, August 14th (8:00am and 5:00pm) @ Legacy Fields – Coach Lentz klentz@kcsd.org

Girls Soccer: Monday, August 14th (8:00am) @ Legacy Fields – Coach Josh Ramagano jramagano@comcast.net

Field Hockey: Monday, August 14th (start at 7:30am at KHS stadium then to Legacy Fields for the remainder of practice) – Coach Shumway mshumway@kcsd.org

Girls Tennis: Monday, August 14th (9:00am) @ KHS Tennis Courts – Coach Howanski jhowanski@kcsd.org

Cross Country: Monday, August 14th (6:30am) @ KHS Stadium – Coach John Ramagano coachram1966@gmail.com

Volleyball: Monday, August 14th (3:30pm) @ KHS Main Gymnasium – Coach Douglas adouglas@kcsd.org

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2023-2024 Winter Sports Tryout Dates and Times:

Please see the dates, times, and locations for all our winter sports teams below. Please contact the coach with any sport specific questions. Please note that everything listed below is subject to change based upon any adjustments made by the coaches.

Friday, November 17th

Girls BB: 3:00pm-5:30pm in the main gymnasium. Contact Coach Cattano with any questions. vcattano@kcsd.org

Boys Basketball: 6:00pm-8:30pm in the main gymnasium. Contact Coach Dunbar with any questions. rdunbar27@hotmail.com

Wrestling: 3:00pm-5:30pm in the wrestling room. Contact Coach Reigel with any questions. kreigel@kcsd.org

Swimming: 5:15 am – 6:45 am at the Kennett YMCA. Swimmers can request a registration form via email: cmillison@gmail.com

Tuesday, November 21st 

Cheer: 5:00pm-7:00pm in the auxiliary gymnasium. Contact Sisko with any questions.  avs5802@gmail.com

Monday, November 27th

Winter Track- 3:00pm-5:00 pm in the KHS stadium. Contact John Ramagano with any questions. coachram1966@gmail.com

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2023-2024 KCSD Athletics Fees

Below are the procedures for the collection of the fees.

Students in KHS are required to pay an athletic fee to offset the cost of transportation, equipment, supplies, and other expenses directly associated with their sport.

  • The Athletic Fee is similar to the Physical Forms in that no one receive a uniform until the fees are paid via Hometown Ticketing, or the fee has been waived by the Principal or the Athletic Director.
  • Please use this link to pay the participation fee: https://kennett.hometownticketing.com/embed/all
  • The fees are paid “by season”. If you play a Fall and Winter sport, you only pay $50 now for the Fall sport. Once we get closer to the Winter season, you pay that sports fee then (future publications/notifications of this fee will be forthcoming every season). The third sport is free for the school year, and the fee is waived in the spring’ if the athlete competed and paid for the fall and winter sport.
  • If this fee creates a hardship for any family, please contact the KHS Principal or Sean Harvey, KHS Athletic Director for alternative fee arrangements.
  • If cuts are necessary to create a team, the fee can be paid after the student athlete makes the team. If there are no cuts for a sport the fee can be paid at any time prior to each season.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact the KHS Athletic Office at 610.444.6632 or sharvey@kcsd.org or efrazier@kcsd.org . Thank you in advance for your cooperation and understanding of these fees.

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2023-2024 Sports Physical Information

Yes, believe it or not, but planning for NEXT year’s (2023-2024) sport’s seasons has already begun. Three major areas of information that are always needed early are starting dates, physical information and participation fee information. From this web page, on the top banner you will see “PIAA Forms”. Click on this link and the next web page that appears, you will see “Physical Info and Forms”. Click on this link and a detailed letter will be downloaded for you to view that hopefully has all the information you need for physicals and the participation fee for participating in any sport at KHS for the 2023-24 school year.

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2024 Spring Sports Tryout Dates and Times

The first day of Spring Sports is Monday, March 4th. Please see the dates, times, and locations for all our spring sports teams below. Please contact the coach with any sport specific questions. Please note that everything listed below is subject to change based upon any adjustments made by the coaches.

The outdoor times for practices are below:

Baseball: 3:00 pm to 5:30 pm (Meet in the Gymnasium) Coach Tom Henry: thenry@kcsd.org

Softball: 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm (Meet at the softball field at KHS) Coach Lauren Gottstein lgottstein@kcsd.org

Boys Tennis: 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm (Meet at the tennis courts at KHS) Coach Ken Riale kenriale@comcast.net

Track: 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm (Meet at the track at KHS) Coach John Ramagano coachram1966@gmail.com

Boys Lacrosse: 3:15 to 5:30 pm (Meet at Legacy Fields) Coach Bob Allvord ballvord2@gmail.com

Girls Lacrosse: 3:00 to 5:00 pm (Meet at Legacy Fields) Coach Lisa Daugherty ldaugherty@kcsd.org

The indoor times for practices are below (if necessary for week 1):

Baseball: 3:00-4:15 pm (Main Gym)

Boys Tennis: 3:00-4:15 pm (Auxiliary Gym)

Girls Lacrosse: 4:15-5:30 pm (Main Gym)

Boys Lacrosse: 5:30-6:45 pm (Main Gym)

Track: 6:45-8:00 pm (Main gym)

Softball: 8:00-9:15 pm (Main gym)

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KCSD Lightning Policy

Lightning Policy

Lightning may be the most frequently encountered severe-storm hazard endangering physically active people each year. Millions of lightning flashes strike the ground annually, causing nearly 100 deaths and 500 injuries. Three-quarters of all lightning strikes occur between May and September, and nearly four-fifths occur between 10am and 7pm, which coincides with the hours for most athletic or recreational activities.

This lightning safety policy for the Kennett Consolidated School District was created in accordance with the recommendations of the National Athletic Trainer’s Association (NATA), and the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Activity Association (PIAA).

1. The official chain of command for who makes the call to remove individuals from the field will be the certified athletic trainer/athletic director, school administrators, coaches, and assistant coaches. Members of the chain of command will work in unison with game officials to make a formal decision. Once that decision has been made to suspend activity, all individuals should immediately seek refuge in a designated safe structure.
2. All persons in attendance to an event will be designated as “weather watchers”. They should watch and look for signs of threatening weather and notify a higher member of the chain of command if severe weather becomes dangerous.
3. Computers, weather radios, local radio stations, and lightning detectors will be used to monitor weather conditions, forecasts, and warnings.
4. Safe shelters are site specific. At the high school, the school building and the field house are designated as a safe shelter. At the football stadium, teams will be brought into the field-house or the high school and spectators will be moved into either the high school gymnasium if needed or advised to go to their automobiles. At Legacy fields, teams will be moved into the field-house and spectators will be advised to go to their automobiles. A team representative will be assigned to inform people when it is “all clear”. At NVF/KAU baseball field all individuals will be instructed to go to an automobile. A team representative will be assigned to inform people when it is “all clear”.
5. The “flash-to-bang” count method will be used to determine when to go to safety. When the count is thirty seconds, individuals should be inside a safe shelter.
6. Once activities have been suspended, thirty minutes without thunder or lightning activity must pass before activity is resumed. Remember that lightning can strike from up to ten miles away.
7. All individuals should avoid being the highest point on a field, in contact with, or in proximity to the highest point, or be in or on water. Do not take shelter under or near trees, flagpoles, or light poles.
8. Individuals who feel their hairs stand on end, skin tingle, or hear crackling noises should assume the lightning safe position. That position is crouched on the ground, weight on the balls of the feet, feet together, head lowered, and ears covered. Do not lie on the ground.
9. In the event of a lightning strike on an individual(s), basic first aid procedures will be used: a) survey the scene for safety b) activate EMS c) lightning victims are safe to touch and may be moved to a safer location d) evaluate airway, breathing, and circulation, and begin CPR if necessary e) evaluate and treat for hypothermia, shock, fractures, and/or burns.
10. All individuals have the right to leave an athletic site in order to seek a safe structure if the person feels in danger of impending lightning activity, without fear of repercussions, or penalty from anyone.

Safe Shelter

A safe location is any substantial, frequently inhabited building. The building should have four walls (not a dugout), electrical and telephone wiring, as well as plumbing, all of which aid in grounding a structure.
The secondary choice for a safer location from the lightning hazard is a fully enclosed vehicle with a metal roof and the window completely closed. It is important to not touch any part of the metal framework of the vehicle while inside it during the ongoing thunderstorm.It is not safe to shower, bathe, or talk on landline phones while inside of a safe shelter during thunderstorms. There is no evidence that cell phones are dangerous and may be used.

Flash-to-Bang

To use the flash-to-bang method, begin counting when sighting a lightning flash. Counting is stopped when the associated bang (thunder) is heard. Divide this number by five to determine the distance to the lightning flash (in miles). For example, a flash-to-bang count of thirty seconds is equal to a distance of six miles. “If you hear it, clear it; if you see it, flee it.

Postpone or suspend activity if a thunderstorm appears imminent before or during an activity or contest, (irrespective of whether lightning is seen or thunder heard) until the hazard has passed. Signs of imminent thunderstorm activity are darkening clouds, high winds, a sudden drop in temperature, and thunder or lightning activity.

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2023-2024 Winter Sports Information (Physicals and Participation Fees)

ATTENTION ALL WINTER ATHLETES. The 1st day of winter sports tryouts/practices is Friday, November 17th. All winter coaches have had or will be having individual informational meetings for their respective sports. However, please be reminded that in order for any student to tryout/practice for any winter sport at Kennett High School, there are two main pieces of information that are needed to be completed and registered in FormReleaf BEFORE November 17th, the PIAA CIPPE FORM (multiple pages, i.e., Physical Form) and the KCSD PARTICIPATION FEE & FORM. Please click the following 2 links for more specific information for each piece of information that is required.

If you participated in a Fall sport and did not sustain an injury you only need to complete Section 8 of the Physical form.

If you participated in a Fall Sport and did sustain an injury you then need to complete Section 8 as well as Section 9 which requires a doctor’s signature clearing the student-athlete for future participation.

PIAA CIPPE & Physical Information Link: https://sports.kcsd.org/athletic-eligibility/physical-info-forms/

KCSD Athletic Participation Fee Link: https://sports.kcsd.org/news/2019/06/28/2015-16-kcsd-athletics-fees-2/

If you have any questions, please contact the KHS Athletic Office at 610-444-6632 or efrazier@kcsd.org or sharvey@kcsd.org.

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CODE OF CONDUCT FOR SPECTATORS AT ATHLETIC EVENTS

CODE OF CONDUCT FOR SPECTATORS

  1. STATEMENT OF PHILOSOPHY

The member schools encourage the attendance of students, parents and interested members of the community at all athletic events. We further encourage their active support of these programs by participating in those activities which lend themselves to stimulating student achievement, good sportsmanship, and school spirit. These activities should be positive in nature and within the guidelines of the PIAA Code of Conduct. It is not our intent to reduce the involvement of spectators or the enjoyment of those who participate. Rather, it is our goal to create an atmosphere which is conducive to healthy athletic competition, is safe for those involved, and which provides the ideals of sportsmanship and sound educational practices.

SPECTATOR CODE OF CONDUCT (Violators of this Code are subject to eviction from the site.)

  1. Spectators are an important part of the game and shall at all times conform to accepted standards of good sportsmanship and behavior.
  2. Spectators shall at all times respect officials, coaches and players and extend all courtesies to them.
  3. Wholesome cheering is encouraged.
  4. Taunting, foul and abusive language, noisemakers, inflammatory remarks, and disrespectful signs and behavior are not acceptable, and are grounds for removal from a contest.
  5. Faculty supervised pep bands are permitted during dead ball time. However, spectator noise makers or sound devices are prohibited.
  6. Spectators shall observe and obey the rules and regulations of the school concerning smoking, food and soft drink consumption, and use of lavatory facilities and parking of cars.
  7. Pennsylvania State law prohibits alcoholic beverages of any kind on school property; the law further prohibits any person under the influence of alcohol to be on school property.
  8. Spectators shall respect and obey all school officials, supervisors, and police at all athletic contests.
  9. Bookbags/backpacks are not permitted into the stadium/gymnasium. Drinks are also not permitted to be brought into the stadium/gymnasium.
  10. There is a cost to attend night events in the stadium and gymnasium at Kennett High School.
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