Athletic schedules for the next year are usually released in early May after the final Big 11 Conference Athletic Directors meeting. If you need to contact a coach of a specific sport, please check out the Coaches Info tab on the Schmucker Website.
2024-2025 Athletic Schedules
(subject to change)
- All athletic teams can have a maximum of 15 practices before their first game/meet.
- All athletes are required to have a minimum of 8 practices before their first game/meet.
Fall Season
(Typically start the 1st week of Aug and end the 2nd Saturday of Oct.)
- Football - Projected start date is Aug 1st for 8th grade. August 5th for 7th grade. Football is permitted to have 3 additional days of conditioning.
- Volleyball - Projected start date is Aug 5th. Volleyball is permitted to have 5 additional days of tryouts. If this is needed, the start date could be August 1st.
- Cross Country - Projected start date is Aug 12th.
- Fall Cheer - Projected tryouts are held in early May. 1st Practice is August 6th.
Winter Season 1
(Typically starts the 1st or 2nd week of October and ends before winter break.)
- Boys Basketball - tryouts are held as soon as possible when the basketball gym becomes available. Depends on the volleyball tournament results and when cross country has ended. Projected start date is October 14th. Possibly tryouts Oct 9th.
- Boys Basketball - Cheer tryouts are usually held in September.
Winter Season 2
- Girls Basketball -tryouts are held as soon as possible when the boys basketball season has ended. Tryouts are held the week before winter break if possible.
- Girls Basketball – Cheer tryouts are usually held in December.
- Boys/Girls Wrestling begin practices the week before winter break if there’s gym space available. A maximum of 15 practices can be held before the first meet.
Spring Season
- Boys and Girls Track – typically begins in mid-March and ends the 2nd Friday of May. Runners not involved in the Prelims and Finals are done after the final meet, which is usually the first week of May.
- Teams can have a maximum of 15 practices before the first meet.
