Tryouts

Sports are listed by the date of the first meeting, clinic, or tryout. Check back if you don't see your sport or contact Athletic Director John Dempsey.

VARSITY DANCE - Coach Jessami Jacobson

• 3/6/23 Info Meeting, 6:00 to 7:00 p.m., Dining Hall
• 3/28 & 3/29/23 Clinic, 3:45 to 5:00 p.m., Auxiliary Gym [Dancers will learn the tryout dance and review skills required for audition/tryouts on 3/30. The Clinic is required for anyone interested in trying out for the team. Those who are undecided are encouraged to attend the clinic for the first two days to train and then make a decision.]
• 3/30/23 Tryouts, 3:45 p.m., Auxiliary Gym

VARSITY FOOTBALL CHEER - Coach Jessica Woods

• 3/7/23 Info Meeting, 5:45-7:15 p.m., Dining Hall
• 4/3/23 Clinic & Tryouts, 3:30 to 5:30 p.m., Wrestling Gym

BASKETBALL CHEER - Coach Suzanne Calvin

• 4/18/23 Info Meeting, 6:30 p.m., Dining Hall
• 4/24 & 4/25/23 Clinic, 4:00-6:00 p.m., Wrestling Gym
• 4/26/23 Tryouts, 4:00 p.m., Wrestling Gym

VARSITY FOOTBALL - Coach Brian Sneed

• 5/1/23 Parent Only Info Meeting, 6:00 p.m., Dining Hall

HS GOLF - Coach Chris Wantz

• 5/4/23 Tryouts, 3:30 p.m., Twelve Stones Golf Course

WOMEN'S BASKETBALL - Coach Kim deMarigny

• 5/22 & 5/23/23 Tryouts, 3:00 to 5:00 p.m., Main Gym

VOLLEYBALL - Coach Kim Shaver

• 5/24/23 Tryouts for incoming 9th grade ONLY, 4:30 to 6:30 p.m., Main Gym
• 5/24/23 Tryouts for rising 10th, 11th, and 12th grades, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., Main Gym
• 5/25/23 Tryouts for ALL rising 9th-12th grades, 4:30 to 6:30 p.m., Main Gym
• July 2023 Info Meeting [date/time TBA]

SOFTBALL - Coach TBA (updated May 24) 

• POSTPONED 5/25/23 Player/Parent Info Meeting, 4:30 p.m., Courtyard
• POSTPONED 5/30 & 5/31/23 Tryouts, 4:00 to 6:00 p.m., Softball Field

HS BASEBALL - Coach Chris Parker

• 5/30/23 Tryouts , 1:00 p.m. for new players only

MEN'S BASKETBALL - Coach Charles Wade (updated April 28)

• 5/30/23 Open Tryouts for 9th-12th grades, 6:00 to 7:30 p.m., Main Gym
• 6/1/23 Info Meeting, 6:15 to 7:30 p.m. [location TBA]
• 5/22-6/24/23 Summer Schedule
• Mid-June Team Pictures [date/time TBA]

CROSS COUNTRY - Coach Betsy Pierpaoli

• 6/1/23 Meet and Greet Pancake Breakfast, 7:00 to 8:30 a.m., Pavilion, practice calendar with run locations will be provided
• 6/1/23 Practice begins, Moss Wright Park

SOCCER MEN'S & WOMEN'S - Coach Zack Trobaugh (updated April 25)

• 6/5 & 6/6 Tryouts, Registration Form
  • 4:00 to 5:30 p.m. HS Women's
  • 5:30 to 7:00 p.m. HS Men's

WRESTLING - Coach Brian Hock

• 9/13/23m Info Meeting, 5:30 p.m. [location TBA]
• 10/30/23 Tryouts, 3:30 to 5:00 p.m., Wrestling Gym
• Wrestling is open to women and men, regardless of experience

TENNIS - Coach Danny Castro

• 11/14 & 11/15/2023 Tryouts, 3:30 to 5:00 p.m., Tennis Courts

BOWLING - Coach Anna Reding

• No tryouts for this winter season sport.

WOMEN'S LACROSSE - Coach Grace Lascara

• 1/29 - 1/31/24 Tryouts, [time & location TBA]

TRAP & SKEET - Coach Sharon Golden

• Info Meeting, late January or early February 2024 [TBA}
• No tryouts for this 2024 spring season sport.
• Hunter Safety Course must be completed before joining the team.
• Rivalry matches begin in March, and the season ends in June with the state championship

Sports are listed by the date of the first meeting, clinic, or tryout. Check back if you don't see your sport or contact Athletic Director John Dempsey.

MS DANCE  - Coach Caroline Leonard

• 3/22/23 Info Meeting, 6:00-7:00 p.m., Dining Hall
• 4/3 & 4/4/23 Clinic, 3:45-5:00 p.m., Auxiliary Gym
• 4/5/23 Tryouts, 3:45-5:00 p.m., Auxiliary Gym

MS CHEER - Coach Onnessia Head (onnessia.head@popeprep.org) (updated 5/3/23)

• 4/24/23, Info Meeting, 6:30 p.m., Wrestling Gym
• 5/8/23 Tryouts, 3:45 p.m., Wrestling Gym
• Clinics at Cheerville Athletics Hendersonville are highly suggested but not mandatory.

MS GIRLS BASKETBALL - Coach Kayla Murrell (updated 5/2/23)

• 6/5 & 6/6/23, Tryouts, 5:00 to 6:30 p.m., Main Gym
• 5/8 & 5/9/23, Open Gym, 5:00 to 6:30 p.m., Main Gym

MS FOOTBALL - Coach Brian Sneed

• 5/17/23 Parent Only Info Meeting, 6:00 p.m., Dining Hall

MS BOYS BASKETBALL - Coach Nick Schimmel

• 5/21/23 Tryouts, 5:00 to 6:30 p.m., Main Gym
•  5/22/23 Tryouts, 6:00-7:30 p.m., Main Gym

MS BOYS SOCCER - Coach David Uyl

• 8/14/23 Tryouts, 3:30 to 5:00 p.m.

MS TENNIS - Coach Danny Castro

• 5/24/23 Tryouts, 4:00 to 5:15 p.m., Tennis Courts
• 5/24/23 Info Meeting, 5:15 to 5:30 p.m., Tennis Courts
• Tryouts are for incoming 6th and 7th/8th graders who have not played on the team. Returning students who played on the team in the fall of 2022 do not need to attend, but are welcome.  

MS VOLLEYBALL - Coach Casey Raybourne

• 5/30 & 5/31/23 Open Gym, 4:00 to 6:00 p.m., Main Gym
• 6/20 & 6/22/23 Open Gym, 4:00 to 6:00 p.m., Main Gym
• 7/10 & 7/11/23 Tryouts, 6:00 to 8:00 p.m., Main Gym
• 7/23/23 Info Meeting, 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. [location TBA]

MS BASEBALL - Coach Chris Parker

• 5/31/23 Tryouts , 1:00 p.m. for all players and grades, returners and incoming

MS BOYS SOCCER  - Coach Zack Trobaugh (updated April 25)

• 6/5 & 6/6 Tryouts, 5:30 TO 7:00 P.M.
  • Registration Form

MS CROSS COUNTRY - Coach Kim Childress

• March-July/2023, Signups [no tryout necessary] Students interested in running cross country should contact Coach Childress to receive a summer running plan.
• 7/24 Retreat
• 7/31 Info Meeting, 6:00 p.m., Dining Hall

MS GIRLS SOCCER - Coach Kelly Smelcer and Coach Arynn Powers

• August 2023, Tryouts will take place after the start of school (no summer tryouts) 

MS TRACK - Coach Jayne Tuerff

• Dec-Jan/2023, Signups [no tryout necessary]
• February 2023, Practice begins

MS GIRLS LACROSSE - Coach Emily Clavin

• 1/29 or 1/30/2024 Tryouts, 8th period, Turf