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Welcome to the Winter 20-21 Season!
Please take some time to look through our website, including the various pages to the left. Low & moderate risk winter sports scheduled to start on January 18th. High risk sports are scheduled to start on February 1st.
Winter Sports Athlete/Parent Meeting Zoom Presentation
Winter Sports Athlete/Parent Presentation Slides
If you have any questions please contact your sport coach and/or the athletic office.
Athletic Office Phone: 716-362-3021
Athletic Office Hours: 8:30am-4:30pm
Athletic Twitter: @AmherstTigers1
Winter season start dates
JV/Varsity Sports (low & moderate risk sports): January 18th
Sports Include- B/G Bowling, B/G Indoor Track, B Swimming, Unified Bowling- (2/22 start date)
JV/Varsity Sports (high risk): Tentative February 1st
Sports Include- B/G Basketball, Cheerleading, B/G Ice Hockey, Wrestling
Modified Sports (low & moderate risk sports): January 18th
Sports Include- B/G Swimming
Modified Sports (high risk): Tentative February 1st
Sports Include: B/G Basketball, Wrestling
Sport Signups and Parent/Gaurdian Consent
Students interested in playing a winter sport need to complete the following Google form by January 29th:
Parents/Guardians are required to complete athletic consent forms via Aspen. The parent portal will open 30 days prior to the start of the fall season. For instructions on how to complete parent/guardian athletic consent forms in Aspen, click the link below.
Sports Physicals
All student-athletes must have a health/physical examination on file with their school health office (Middle School or High School). Amherst CSD does accept and recommend health/physical examinations to be completed by your child's Primary Care Provider (PCP). Health/physical examinations must be dated January 2020 or later to be valid for the 2020-2021 winter sports season. On December 17, 2020 we received a memo from the NYSED that allows physical exams dated for the 18-19 & 19-20 school year to be accepted for any sport season during the 2020-2021 school year. Note, for physicals that are dated more than 30 days prior to the start of the winter season, an updated Interval Health History form must be submitted to the school nurse prior to participation.
Any student-athlete that has previously tested postive for COVID-19 is required to provide proof from their primary care physician that they are cleared to participate in intershcholstic athletics. This is at the request of our district medical director and recommended by the American Pediatric Association.
Updates
Winter Sports Update Letter from ACSD- 11/13/20
Winter Sports Edition NYSPHSAA Guidance Document Updated 12/11/20
Winter Sports News Announcement- NYSPHSAA
Section VI Delays Low & Moderate Risk Sports to 12/14
Section VI Delays Low & Moderate Risk Sports to 1/4
NYSPHSAA News Release (12/11): Winter Sports Championships & High Risk Sports
Section VI Delays Winter Sports to 1/18 & Cancels Indoor Track (12/16 Press Release)
Section VI Set to Begin Some Winter Sports (1/12 Press Release)
Winter Sports Update Letter from ACSD- 1/27/21
Section VI Moves Wrestling to Spring- 1/28/21
Section VI Updated Spectator Policy- 2/23/21
