Practice Begins for Chatham High Athletics

Fall sports teams began practices on Monday, Aug. 15. Practices are as follows:

Girls varsity tennis practices at the tennis courts at at 8:30 a.m. The JV team practice follows at 9:45 a.m. Afternoon practice resumes for the varsity team at 12:30 p.m. at the Chatham Middle School tennis courts, and at the Colony Tennis Courts for the JV team at 1:30 p.m.

Boys and girls cross country practice at Loantaka Brook County Park at 9 a.m.

Girls varsity, junior varsity and frosh soccer practice at 9 a.m. at at Chatham Middle School.

The girls varsity volleyball team practices in the A/B gym at beginning at 9 a.m. The JV and frosh team practices follows at 11 a.m.

Girls varsity and JV field hockey teams practice at 3 p.m. at on the turf fields.

Varsity, junior varsity and frosh teams practice at 3 p.m. at on the football practice field. The boys varsity, junior varsity and frosh teams practice at 6 p.m. on the turf fields at .

The new athletic calendar is available online at rSchoolToday. On the right side is a column titled "View Schedules." Scroll down until you see the sport you wish to view, highlight it and then click "View" to see practice times and locations. See the attached PDF for a screenshot of rSchoolToday.

Completed physical examinations forms for fall sports must be turned in at the Athletic Office by Aug. 11 at 3 p.m.

Practices for the following schedules have already been posted, with others to follow:

• Field Hockey - Varsity, JV, and Frosh
• Tennis (Girls) - Varsity and JV
• Cross Country - (Boys and Girls)
• Soccer (W) - Varsity and JV
• Soccer (W) - Frosh
• Soccer (M) - for August - Varsity, JV, & Frosh
• Volleyball - Varsity, JV, and Frosh
• Football - Varsity, JV, and Frosh

If winter sports are not your preference, the following winter sports begin practicing on Nov. 15:

• Ice Hockey
• Swimming
• Bowling

These winter sports begin the Monday after Thanksgiving (Nov. 28):

• Basketball
• Wrestling
• Indoor Track
• Fencing

Spring sports begin on the first Friday of March in 2012.

The NJSIAA posted the grouping for the general classification sports. Chatham is once again assigned to North Section 2, Group 3.