Hello all,
We are quickly approaching our Winter Sport Season here at Davidson HS. Here are the sports we offer, along with their OHSAA approved start dates, tryout/practice times, and location.
WRESTLING– OHSAA approved start date = November 15th- Practice times will be 3:30-5:30 PM daily in the Davidson Wrestling room. Wrestlers will need the following in order to wrestle: Final Forms account choosing the sport of wrestling, an OHSAA student-athlete physical uploaded to your Final Forms account, wrestling shoes, and headgear. Also, there will be a mandatory parent meeting in the Davidson Commons on Oct. 23rd starting at 6 PM. We plan on having both a boys and girls team this season.
GIRLS BASKETBALL- OHSAA approved start date = Oct. 25th- Tryouts will start on Sat. Oct. 26th from 9-11 AM and on Monday Oct. 28th from 3-5 PM, both dates will be in the Davidson Wildcat Gymnasium. We are not starting on Friday night due to the last home FB game. Basketball players will need the following in order to tryout: Final Forms account choosing the sport of girls basketball, an OHSAA student-athlete physical uploaded to your Final Forms account, basketball shoes, shorts, and a water bottle. Please do your best to complete all of the forms on Final Forms as well.
BOYS BASKETBALL- OHSAA approved start date = Nov. 1st- Tryouts will start on Nov. 1st from 2:50-5:00. Saturday, Nov. 2nd, tryout time will be 8:00 -10:00 AM in the Davidson Main Gym . Basketball players will need the following in order to tryout: Final Forms account choosing the sport of boys basketball, an OHSAA student-athlete physical uploaded to your Final Forms account, basketball shoes, shorts, and a water bottle. Please do your best to complete all of the forms on Final Forms as well and make sure grades are in good standing before tryouts start.
GYMNASTICS- OHSAA approved start date = Nov. 1st- Gymnastics will hold tryouts on Nov. 1st & 2nd at Fliptastics! Gymnastics Center. Friday’s tryout times will be 5-7:30 PM & Saturday’s tryouts times will be 9-11 AM. Minimum skills are required for each apparatus in order to make the team. Gymnastics will practice at Davidson HS this year, we are on year #2 of our 2 year rotation between the high schools. The first practice day at Davidson HS will be on Monday Nov. 4th. For any other questions, please refer to the following website, www.hilliardgymnastics.com for schedules, etc. In order to be a gymnast, all gymnasts will need the following: Final Forms account choosing the sport of gymnastics, an OHSAA student-athlete physical uploaded to your Final Forms account, a leotard, water bottle, and a good attitude. Gymnastics will split time practicing at Fliptastics! & Davidson HS this season.
SWIM & DIVE- OHSAA approved start date = Oct. 25th- Tryouts requirements for swimming consist of the following: Each swimmer will be required to swim 66 lengths (1650 yards) with stopping. Swimmers can use any combination of freestyle, backstroke, or breaststroke to complete this swim. There is a time limit of 40 minutes or less for this tryout swim. Seniors who swam for HDV their junior year will need to attend tryouts, but are not required to swim at the tryout swim. Any new senior and all underclassmen will need to complete the tryout swim. Tryouts will happen at the Hilliard Ray Patch YMCA starting at 3:00 PM. Swimmers are encouraged to have a swimsuit, goggles, towel, a swim cap, and any emergency medication such as an inhaler or diabetic supplies. In order to swim, all swimmers will need the following: Final Forms account choosing the sport of swimming or diving, an OHSAA student-athlete physical uploaded to your Final Forms account, and the equipment listed above.
BOWLING- BOYS & GIRLS– OHSAA approved start date = Nov. 1st- Tryouts will happen on Wednesday Nov. 6th from 3:15- 5:00 PM at Ten Pin Alley. Before that, there will be multiple open practices starting on Sat. Nov. 2nd from 8AM -10AM, Monday Nov. 4th from 3:15-5:00 PM and Tuesday Nov. 5th from 3:15 -5:00 PM. Tryouts will happen on Nov. 6th. On Thursday Nov. 7th, there will be a Meet the Teams Night at Davidson HS and a parent meeting from 5-6:30 that evening. In order to be on the varsity teams, each player must own their own bowling ball and also bowling shoes. JV players do not need to have have their own balls and shoes in order to bowl. Bowling athletes will need the following in order to bowl: Final Forms account choosing the sport of bowling, an OHSAA student-athlete physical uploaded to your Final Forms account, bowling ball and bowling shoes, if you want to be considered for the varsity team.
Friendly Reminders:
In order to tryout for any of the sports listed above, please make sure you and your parents have created a Final Forms account and that you choose the sport you wish to tryout for. If you do not have a valid OHSAA physical uploaded to your account, you cannot tryout. You can attend tryouts, but you will not be allowed to do any of the physical activities. If you have any questions as to what an athlete needs to have in order to tryout, please refer to the Davidson/Weaver Athletic website and the Parents tab. https://www.hilliardschools.org/davidsonwildcats/parents/ You will see all the information you might need for all of our winter sports. Schedules are already posted there and rosters will eventually be posted there as well. Not to mention, when you need to purchase tickets to our HOME events, this is where you will look as well. This is also a friendly reminder that winter athletic fees will be posted on Nov. 1st. Typically these are posted by the MyPaymentsPlus site, the outside company the district uses to help get fees paid. Look for those fees to start showing up on your account on Nov. 1st. If you look for them before Nov. 1st, you will not see them. After Nov. 1st if you are not seeing them, please give the Athletic Office a quick call and we will help you get those paid. 614-921-7230
We want to wish all of our winter athletes good luck in the winter season as they are getting ready to start their season’s athletic journey. We are looking forward to seeing all of our winter teams in action very soon. Let’s Go CATS!
