High school sports tryouts on the horizon (update)

With students returning to class on the horizon, high school sports will be in full swing in no time.

Preceding that return are tryouts on a number of fronts.

High school football is set to kick off in early-September and all four schools locally have tryouts scheduled.

At Korah, junior and senior football tryouts begin on Thursday.

Korah’s junior football tryout schedule is as follows:

Aug. 25-26 – 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Aug. 29-Sept. 2 – 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.

The Korah senior team tryout schedule is:

Aug. 25 – 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Aug. 26 – 5 p.m. to 7:15 p.m.
Aug. 27 – 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.
Aug. 29-Sept. 1 – 5 p.m. to 7:15 p.m.
Sept. 2 – 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.

Tryouts at White Pines begin on Aug. 25 as well. Tryouts run from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Aug. 26 and 26. After a pair of days off, tryouts resume on Aug. 29 and continue until Sept. 2, also from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. each night.

Junior football tryouts open for St. Mary’s on Aug. 25 at 6 p.m.

The full tryout schedule is as follows:

Aug. 25 – 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. with a returning player meeting to follow at 8:15 p.m.
Aug. 29-30 – 10 a.m. to noon and 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Aug. 31-Sept. 1 – 10 a.m. to noon

The senior football team is set begin tryouts with meetings on Aug. 24. Returning senior players will meet at 4 p.m. and new senior players as well as upcoming grade 11 players will meet at 5 p.m.

On-field practice begins the following day and the remaining schedule is as follows:

Aug. 25 – 4 p.m.
Aug. 26 – 4 p.m.

Superior Heights is holding tryouts at both the junior and senior levels beginning on Aug. 25.

The junior tryout schedule is as follows:

Aug. 25-26 – 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Aug. 29 – 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.

Meanwhile, the Superior Heights senior football tryout schedule is as follows:

Aug. 25-26 – 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Aug. 27 – 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Aug. 29 -Sept. 1 – 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Korah has also announced tryout schedules for the junior and senior girl’s basketball teams and cross-country running.

The junior girls tryouts are Aug. 31 and Sept. 1 from 10 a.m. to noon in the main gym while the senior girls tryouts run from Aug. 31 to Sept. 1 in the main gym from 8:30 a.m. to 10 a.m.

Korah’s cross-country running tryouts, open for students in grades 9-12 are Sept. 12 at 2:30 p.m.

St. Mary's has also announced junior and senior girls basketball tryout times.

The junior tryout schedule is as follows: