New Augusta Public Academy
For the most current information, including game and practice schedules,
please check the New Augusta North web site.
FALL Sports
Fall & Winter Cheerleading
7th Grade Squad Coach: Tanisha Adams
8th Grade Squad Coach: Amanda Bryant
Season: Squads cheer for football and volleyball teams in the fall. (The winter squads cheer at boys’ and girls’
basketball games).
Required Expenses: Cheerleaders are responsible for purchasing their own cheerleading shoes, bodysuits,
panties, socks, etc. They are also responsible for paying for the school-issued uniform to be dry-cleaned at the
end of the season (and during the seasons, as necessary). Cheerleaders must also have appropriate practice
clothing.
Call-Out Meeting: Usually April of the previous school year
Try-Outs: During May of the previous school year. Students may try out for the fall squad or the winter squad, or
they may wish to be considered for participation on both squads.
Squad Size: Usually 10-12 cheerleaders per squad
1st Practice: Regular practices starting the first full week of school
Practices: Usually at least 4 days per week except when there are events (1 or 2 events per week during
competitive seasons), after-school until 5:30 or 6:00 p.m.
Boys’ and Girls’ Cross Country
Boys’ Coach: Marty Wilkey
Girls’ Coach: Vicki Wilkey
Competition Distance: 3000 Meters (1.86 Miles) – girls’ race usually precedes the boys’.
Required Personal Equipment: Running shoes, practice clothing appropriate for outdoor activity.
Call-Out Meeting: Information about 1st practice, etc. available at registration and in announcements, handouts
at start of school year.
Grade Level: 6th, 7th, and 8th grade boys and girls may participate. At meets, athletes compete against others
from all three grade levels.
1st Practice: Mid-July
Practices: Typically Monday-Friday, 4:00-5:15 p.m., pick-up at circle.
Try-Outs/Cuts: One for ability reasons, but students must be able to handle the distance before they can
compete in a meet.
Team Size: No limit – typically 25 – 40 students per team.
Boys’ and Girls’ Tennis
Boys’ Coach: David Copher
Girls’ Coach: David Copher
Contests: Consists of 3 girls’ singles, 2 girls’ doubles, 3 boys’ singles, 2 boys’ doubles matches. Exhibition
matches conducted as time, court space, and player personnel allow.
Required Personal Equipment: Tennis racquet, tennis shoes, practice clothing.
Team Uniform: Consists of athlete’s own shorts/skirt (solid white, black, or teal) and team T-shirt which the team
member purchases and keeps.
Try-Outs: Yes. Look for information at registration and in announcements, handouts at start of school – usually
not the first day of school, but starting the Monday of the first full week of school.
Cuts: As necessary
Team Size: Usually 7-10 players per team – size of teams limited due to having only 3 courts available for
practices and home matches.
Grade Level: 6th, 7th, and 8th grade boys and girls may participate. At matches, athletes compete against others
from all 3 grade levels.
Practices: Usually Monday-Friday, 4:00-6:00
Football
7th Grade Head Coach: Jerome Brown
Asst. Coaches: Ben Wissel, Craig Myers
8th Grade Head Coach: Tony Garrett
Asst. Coach: Michael Smith
6th Graders: May NOT participate in interscholastic football
Co-ed Participation: Both males and females are allowed to participate.
Contests: Maximum of 1 per week, against teams at same grade level
7th Grade: four 7-minute quarters
8th Grade: four 8-minute quarters
Required Personal Equipment: Football shoes (not to be worn in the building), mouthpiece, other protective
equipment (cup, etc), practice clothing
Practice Pack: T-shirt, practice jersey, (shorts), mouthpiece.
School-Issued Items: Game jersey, shoulder pads, helmet, practice pants. Team members are responsible for
items issued to them and must return them at the end of the season or pay replacement costs. The school has
some black games pants, girdles, and pads that may be assigned. However, it is recommended that each team
member purchase and be responsible for his own girdle (should be one that has pads sewn in) and game pants,
also with the pads sewn in. The school will have some game pants available for purchase.
Call-Out Meeting: Usually held before the end of the previous school year.
1st Practice: Regular practice starts when school starts. Summer conditioning and mini-practices may precede
those practices.
Practices: Typically Monday-Friday, 4:00-6:00 p.m., pick-up at circle.
Try-Outs/Cuts: No initial cuts made for lack of skill or conditioning. However, team members with continued low
skill or fitness levels whose well-being might be endangered if put into a game situation may see little or no
playing time until fitness and/or skills improve to levels safe for them and other team members.
Playing Time: Coaches try to provide some playing time for all eligible players each game. There is no
guarantee of playing time.
Team Size: No limit, typically 25-40 players per team
Volleyball
8th Grade Coach: Rita Browne
7th Grade Coach: Bobbie Steiff
Contests: 7th grade match precedes 8th grade match (best 2 of 3 games, rally scoring)
Required Equipment: Volleyball shoes, practice clothing, kneepads.
Call-Out Meeting: Information about summer camps, practice opportunities provided during spring of previous
school year. Try-out information available at registration and in announcements, handouts the first days back to
school.
Try-outs: Aug. 5 - 8
Cuts/Team Size: As necessary – usually 10-12 players per team
Practices: Monday-Friday, 4:00-6:00 p.m., pick-up at North doors
Playing Time: Coaches try to provide playing time for all eligible players each match. There is no guarantee of
playing time.
Girls’ Soccer & Boys’ Soccer (1st year for boys’ soccer)
Note: The Pike Township Middle School Soccer Teams consist of players from all 3 Pike middle schools.
Practices take place at Guion Creek Middle School. For practices and home matches, bus transportation
to Guion is provided from each of the 3 middle schools. Team members must then be picked up at Guion
after each practice or match. For practices, they may also ride the 6pm athletic late bus from Guion.
Head Coach:
Asst. Coaches:
Required Personal Equipment: Team members are responsible for having practice clothing and shin guards
and soccer shoes for both practices and matches.
Call-Out Meeting: Held at each middle school in early August, during lunch periods or after-school until late bus.
Grade Level: 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students may participate
Try-Outs: In early August, after both traditional and continuous calendar students are in school
Team Size:
1st Practice: After tryouts have been completed
New Augusta North WINTER Sports
Cheerleading
See description under Fall Sports Heading
7th Grade Squad Coach: Tanisha Adams
8th Grade Squad Coach: Amanda Bryant
Boys’ Basketball
8th Grade Head Coach: Jason McBride
Asst. Coach:
7th Grade Head Coach: Curtis White
Asst. Coach: Marcus Davis, Bill Collins
6th Graders: May NOT participate in interscholastic basketball
Contests: 7th grade game, followed by 8th grade game (four 6-minute quarters)
Required Personal Equipment: Basketball shoes, socks, practice shorts, practice T-shirt, practice jersey.
Reversible practice jersey, available from coaches, is a required purchase.
Call-Out Meeting: During fall, during lunch period or after school until late bus, at least several weeks prior to tryout date.
Try-Outs/Cuts: Final cuts usually made after 2nd day of try-outs. Information about expected skills, fitness level,
and other try-out and eligibility criteria provided at call-out meeting.
Try-Out Dates: October 21 – 23 4:00 – 6:00pm
Team Size: Usually 10-12 players per team
Practices: Usually Monday-Friday, 4:00-6:00 p.m. (some 5:30-7:00 practices in December and January).
Scheduled practices during fall break
Playing Time: Coaches try to provide some playing time for all eligible players during each game. There is no
guarantee of playing time.
Girls’ Basketball
8th Grade Head Coach:
Asst. Coach:
7th Grade Head Coach: Bobbi Steiff
Asst. Coach: Carlina Malone
6th Graders: May NOT participate in interscholastic basketball
Contests: 7th grade game, followed by 8th grade game (four 6-minute quarters)
Required Personal Equipment: Basketball shoes, socks, practice shorts, practice T-shirt, practice jersey.
Reversible practice jersey, available from coaches, is a REQUIRED purchase.
Call-Out Meeting: Before fall break, during lunch periods or after-school late bus. Information about expected
skills, fitness level, other try-out and eligibility criteria provided at this meeting
Try-Outs/Cuts: Final cuts usually made after 2nd day of try-outs
Try-Outs Dates: 1st Week in December
Team Size: Usually 10-12 players per team
Practices: Usually Monday-Friday, 4:00-6:00 (some 5:30-7:00 practices in Dec., Jan.)
Playing Time: Coaches try to provide some playing time for all eligible players during each game. There is no
guarantee of playing time.
Wrestling
Head Coach: Jerome Brown
Asst. Coach: Damon Robinson
Weight Classes: 70, 75, 80, 85, 90, 95, 100, 105, 110, 115, 120, 125, 130, 135, 140, 145, 155, 165, 180, 180210, 210-240, 240-275. Wrestlers in wt. classes 70-165 allowed to compete at max. of one wt. class higher than
weight. Minimum wt. = 61 lbs. Wrestlers weighing less than 65 lbs. may wrestle only in 70 lb. class. Nonvarsity wrestlers participate in exhibition matches if opponent has athletes in the same wt. class.
Required Personal Equipment: Wrestling shoes. Wrestlers may choose to also purchase own approved
headgear.
Call-Out Meeting: At beginning of 2nd trimester, during lunch periods or after-school until late bus.
Grade Level: 6th, 7th, and 8th graders may participate. At matches, athletes compete against others who may be
from any of the 3 grade levels.
Co-ed Participation: Both males and females are allowed to participate. Competition is NOT single-sex.
1st Practice: Upon return from fall break.
Practices: Usually Monday-Friday, 4:00-6:00 p.m.
Try-Outs/Cuts: Usually no cuts are made for skill reasons, but team members must have certain levels of skill
and fitness in order to safely participate in competition.
Team Size: No limit. Typically 20-40 members
Swimming and Diving
Note: The Pike Township Middle School Swimming & Diving Team consists of boys and girls from all 3 Pike
middle schools. Practices and home competitions take place at Pike High School. For practices and
home meets, bus transportation to Pike is provided from each of the 3 middle schools. Team members
must then be picked up at Pike after each practice or meet (including away meets). When late-session
practices and meets fall during New Augusta’s intersession, transportation to Pike from New Augusta may
still be provided at regular times.
Swim Coaches – Head Coach: Doug McCreary
Asst. Coaches: Fran Miller, Jim Fallis, Sean Werner, Justin Braun
Competition: Girls compete against girls; boys compete against boys. At meets, the girls’ race precedes the
boys’ race for each event.
Required Personal Equipment: Team members are responsible for purchasing their own practice and
competition suits, caps, and goggles. Team competition suits and caps may be purchased through the coaches.
Call-Out Meeting: Held at each middle school before the December holiday break, during lunch periods or afterschool until late bus.
Grade Level: 6th, 7th, and 8th grade boys and girls may participate
Try-Outs: In December before the break. Students must be able to swim at least one of the strokes. Typically,
more girls than boys try out for the team.
Team Size: Limited to the number that can safely and adequately practice in the single pool available for
practice.
1st Practice: Early January, after the break.
Practices: Typically after school until 6:30, Monday-Friday (except when pool not available due to high school
meets. Bus picks up students at each school at approximately 4:30. Students are usually expected to study or
complete homework as they wait for the bus in a teacher’s room.
Meet Participation: Coaches try to enter all eligible team members in at least one scoring or exhibition event
each meet.
New Augusta North
SPRING Sports
Baseball
Head Coach: Andy Lawrence
Asst. Coach: Matt Malloy
Grade Level: 7th and 8th grade boys compete together on the same team. Opponents from other schools may be
teams composed of students from a single grade level.
6th Graders: May NOT participate in interscholastic baseball
Required Personal Equipment: Mitt or glove, practice clothing, baseball shoes (not to be worn in the building).
Game wear – socks, caps, undergarments – purchased from coaches. Water bottle recommended for practices.
Team members may use their own bats, but in order for a bat to be legal it must be a BB Core bat andmust not
have a weight (ounces)-to-length (inches) differential greater than 3.
Call-Out Meeting: Usually during February, during lunch periods or after-school until late bus.
Try-Outs: Usually 2-3 days, sometimes by grade level.
Cuts: As necessary
Team Size: Typically 12-15 players
1st Practice: Early March – depends upon where spring recess falls.
Practices: Usually Monday-Friday, 4:00-6:00, pick-up at circle. Some mandatory practices during spring break.
On bad weather days, the team often practices in a gym.
Playing Time: Coaches try to provide each eligible player with some playing time during each game. There is
no guarantee of playing time.
Softball
Head Coach: Patrick Terry
Asst. Coach: Toni Ehmen
Grade Level: 7th and 8th grade girls compete together on the same team. Opponents from other schools may be
teams composed of students from a single grade level
6th Graders: May NOT participate in interscholastic softball
Required Personal Equipment: Mitt or glove, practice clothing, baseball shoes (not to be worn in the building).
Game wear – socks, caps – must be purchased from coaches. Water bottle recommended for practices. Team
members may use their own bats, but in order for a bat to be legal it must be marked with an ASA seal of
approval.
Call-Out Meeting: Usually during February, during lunch periods or after-school until late bus.
Try-Outs: Usually 2-3 days, sometimes by grade level.
Cuts: As necessary
Team Size: Typically 12-16 players
1st Practice: Early March – depends upon where spring recess falls
Practices: Usually Monday-Friday, 4:00-6:00, pick-up at circle. Some mandatory practices during spring break.
On bad weather days, the team often practices in a gym.
Playing Time: Coaches try to provide each eligible player with some playing time during each game. There is
no guarantee of playing time.
Boys’ and Girls’ Track and Field
Girls Head Coach: Jean Lampert
Asst. Coaches: Matt Bowman, Ben Wissel
Boys Head Coach: Jerome Brown
Asst. Coach: Craig Myers, Daniel Jones, Mac Tolbert
Competitions: Girls compete against girls; boys compete against boys. At meets, girls’ race precedes boys’
race for each running event. Exhibition heats are often held in the sprint and hurdle events.
Events: 100, 200, 400, 800, 1600, 2400, 100/110 hurdles, 4x100 relay, 4x400 relay, shot put, long jump, high
jump.
Required Personal Equipment: Running shoes, practice clothing, water bottle. All team members must have
outer clothing (sweats, tights, jackets, jogging suits, long-sleeved T-shirts, caps, gloves, etc. for all practices and
meets. Team members may purchase team shirt and tracksuit. Spikes are not recommended unless you can
afford spikes AND training shoes – spikes are not worn for warm-ups or for all practices.
Call-Out Meeting: Early February, after-school until late bus
Grade Level: 6th, 7th, and 8th grade boys and girls may participate. At meets, athletes compete against
individuals who may be from any of the 3 grade levels.
Try-Outs/Cuts: After the first several weeks of practice, team members who cannot complete the warm-up laps
without walking may be cut from the team. Team members may be cut for behavioral reasons at any time. Team
members must be able to successfully complete warm-ups and work-outs and must demonstrate an adequate
level of fitness in order to participate in meet competitions.
Team Size: No particular limit. All who choose to follow the team rules and do the required training may remain
on the team.
1st Practice: Mid-March
Practices: Usually Monday-Friday, 4:00-6:00 p.m. Pick-up at North doors. Mandatory practices the weeks of
spring break, but students with a written note may be excused if they are going out of town on vacation, etc.
Meet Participation: Coaches try to enter all eligible team members in at least one scoring or exhibition event
each meet. The number of team members participating in away meets may be limited due to bus space and/or
entry limitations.