Announcements
Posted on 09/23/2024
Please read the below information if you have a 7th or 8th grade student participating in a KV Fall sport this year. Each item is important to understand in order to be prepared for the start of fall sports.
Preseason Paperwork
If your child would like to participate in a sport this fall, you should have already turned in a completed PIAA Physical and Code of Conduct through ATS. These were due on Wednesday, August 21st. If you have not yet turned these items in, please work on submitting them asap. Instructions on how to complete this paperwork can be found here: https://keithvalleysports.org/main/otherad/contentID/47290161
Each student’s ATS login credentials were emailed to their school email account on June 24th.
ImPACT Testing
Student-athletes need to complete an ImPACT baseline test online before participating in sports. This is mandatory for all Fall athletes, except those playing Girls Tennis. Instructions on how to complete this test were emailed out to each student’s school email account on Thursday, August 22nd from AtHomeTest@impacttestonline.com . The deadline for these baseline tests was originally Thursday, August 29th, but we’re going to push the deadline back to Monday, September 2nd. If your student-athlete cannot find their invite email from ImPACT, please email Mrs. Michele Green and we will make sure you get one.
Start Dates
Fall Sports will begin on the following dates. Please take note of these dates, as some may have recently changed:
Football: Wed, Sept 4th
- Sept 4th & 5th – At KV from 3:00 - 5:00pm. Parents may pick up from KV at 5pm.
- Sept 6th – Practices begin at Chestnut Creek Park from 2:20 - 4:15pm.
Girls Cheer: Thurs, Sept 5th
Girls Tennis: Mon, Sept 9th
Girls Volleyball: Mon, Sept 10th
Girls Field Hockey: Mon, Sept 10th
Girls Soccer: Mon, Sept 12th
Boys Soccer: Tues, September 24th
Students should bring all necessary sports gear with them to school on their first day of practices and tryouts. Students will store their sports bags and gear in their PACE room. Students can pick these items up during PACE period at the end of the day.
Equipment
Beginning on your student’s first day of sports, they should arrive to school with gym clothes, sneakers (or cleats), plenty of water, and any other athletic equipment they will need for their sport. It’s very important that your student have their own water bottle, as we will not have our usual water jugs off-site. If you have any questions about required equipment for your sport, please email your student’s head coach. All email addresses are below.
Locations
Please note the locations of our practices & home contests this fall:
Fall Sports Sites 2024 |
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View township sites here: https://horshampa.myrec.com/info/facilities/default.aspx |
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Sport |
Event |
Location |
Address |
Girls Tennis |
Practice |
Carpenter Park |
1000 Horsham Road. Horsham, PA 19044 |
Girls Tennis |
Matches |
HH High School |
899 Horsham Road. Horsham, PA 19044 |
Girls Soccer |
Practice/Games |
Kohler Soccer Fields |
1055 Limekiln Pike, Ambler PA 19002 |
Boys Soccer |
Practice/Games |
Kohler Soccer Fields |
1055 Limekiln Pike, Ambler PA 19002 |
Field Hockey |
Practice/Games |
HH High School |
899 Horsham Road. Horsham, PA 19044 |
Cheer |
Practice |
KV |
227 Meetinghouse Rd. Horsham, PA 19044 |
Cheer |
Football Games |
Chestnut Creek Park |
273 Lower State Rd, North Wales, PA 19454 |
Volleyball |
Practice/Games |
KV |
227 Meetinghouse Rd. Horsham, PA 19044 |
Football |
Practice/Games |
Chestnut Creek Park |
273 Lower State Rd, North Wales, PA 19454 |
Times
You can find all fall sports schedules, including times for practices, tryouts, and games by viewing our website: https://keithvalleysports.org/ . Please review our schedule throughout the season, as there will certainly be some changes along the way.
Pickup
Since we are playing at 5 different locations, we are asking all parents/guardians to arrange for their own ride home for their student after all practices, and home games. We understand this may be difficult for many of you and we appreciate your flexibility with this. As we anticipate a greater need for carpooling this fall, we are providing the below link to our Carpooling Form. Please complete this form so that our Coaches are aware of who will be picking up their players after athletic events.
https://forms.office.com/r/8En9RuktNs
Fall Coaches
Please take note of our Fall Coaches below. Feel free to email your student’s fall coach with any question or concern as we approach the start of the season.
Football: Charles Farrell - cfarrell@hatboro-horsham.org
Cheer: Tori Martin - torimarie361@gmail.com
8th Girls Soccer: Joanne Daley - jdaley@hatboro-horsham.org
7th Girls Soccer: Kate Kollar - kathrynkollar616@gmail.com
Girls Tennis: Chris Schmidt – cschmidt@hatboro-horsham.org
8th Volleyball: Erika Richards - erichard@hatboro-horsham.org
7th Volleyball: Jamie Ginsberg - jginsber@hatboro-horsham.org
8th Field Hockey: Heather Elvidge – helvidge@hatboro-horsham.org
7th Field Hockey: Eileen D’Alonzo - edalonzo@hatboro-horsham.org
8th Boys Soccer: Dr. Andy Osborne - aosborne@hatboro-horsham.org
7th Boys Soccer: Shailer Thomas - sthomas@hatboro-horsham.org
Please email me separately if you have any hardship with picking up your student or arranging for a ride home after athletic events.
Tryouts
Please be aware that there are some sports at KV where we will need to have tryouts. Although we would love to give every kid an opportunity to participate on the team of their choice, we simply can’t keep everybody. Judging by the signups thus far, it looks like we will be having tryouts for Cheer, Girls & Boys Soccer, and Girls Volleyball. For those students that do not make the team, we would encourage you to consider joining another KV fall team that did not need to have tryouts. With this is mind, please do not be discouraged from trying out for the sport you really want to play! We simply want to make you aware of the tryout procedure so that you can mentally prepare yourselves ahead of time.
Pickup Locations
Please plan to pick up your student in the following locations after all practices & home games:
Football: Chestnut Creek Park Lot
Girls Soccer: Kohler Soccer Fields Lot
Boys Soccer: Kohler Soccer Fields Lot
Field Hockey: HH High School behind Simmons
Tennis: Carpenter Park lot off of Horsham Rd (practices). HH High School (home matches)
Volleyball: KV – Front of Upper Gym
Cheer: KV – Front of Upper Gym
For Away games, student-athletes will be bused back to KV so parents can pick up in front of the KV upper gym. Parents are free to take students home directly from their away site if they complete and submit the Carpooling Permission form to their Head Coach.
Remind
Last, but not least, please take a moment to sign up for your student-athlete’s Remind group. Remind is the tool we use in the KV athletic office to keep families informed of last-minute changes & updates to the sports schedule. You can find your team’s instructions here: https://keithvalleysports.org/main/otherad/contentID/57423011
Looking forward to a great fall!