Aspen will be open to accept Winter sports registration from November 2 through November 24, 2020. Winter sports offered at North Hunterdon High School are: Boys & Girls Basketball, Boys & Girls Fencing, Boys & Girls Swimming, Boys & Girls Winter Track, Wrestling, Winter Cheerleading and Cheer-Dance Team. As per the most recent update from NJSIAA, all Winter sport practices will begin on December 3, 2020. If we receive any further updates from NJSIAA, we will share them.
Unified Bowling and Unified Basketball will also be offered starting in January; registration window for Unified Sports will be November 2 thru December 11 (Unified sports are an inclusive program that partners students with and without disabilities as a team for training and competition).
Registration Forms:
If your child is interested in participating in Winter sports, please log into your parent Aspen account, click on Page Directory, and click on North Sport. Fill out the Consent for Participation Form (select sport in the form) and Health History Update; both of these forms must be completed for each sports season your child participates. Make sure your annual health forms are also complete under Page Directory then Health Forms section. At the bottom of the North Sport section, you can run a checklist report to see if you are missing any registration requirements.
Physicals:
A valid physical form must be on file in the health office, meaning one that has not expired within 365 days of the sport’s start date (so physicals dated after December 3, 2019 are still valid). Please submit physicals as soon as you can as the school doctor must review physicals before athletes are cleared for practice.
Student Requirement for Registration:
There is one sports registration requirement that student-athletes must complete. Students must go into their student Aspen account, click on Page Directory, click on NH Student, and complete the Sport Wellness Acknowledgement Form. Students will need to watch the NJSIAA Opioid information video and read the Sudden Cardiac Death pamphlet from NJDOE then click Yes for each and submit the form. These two items are in the parent Consent for Participation Form, but students need to also acknowledge that they have read/watched the items before they can participate in sports.
ImPact Baseline Concussion Test:
An ImPact baseline concussion test is also required. The test is valid for two years. If your child is a new student to the district and never had a test or your student’s previous test expired, the athletic trainers will be reaching out to those students who need a new ImPact test for the winter season.
Any questions, please contact the health office at (908) 713-4171 or the athletics office at (908) 713-4152.
NHHS Winter Head Coaches:
Students should email the coach of the sport below if interested in participating so that the coaches can create an updated contact list of athletes. The coaches will be emailing out important information on Winter Sports over the next month.
Boys Basketball: Head Coach Kyle Rehrig: krehrig@nhvweb.net
Girls Basketball: Head Coach Justin Matisak: jmatisak@nhvweb.net
Boys Fencing: Assistant Coach Tim McKinnon: tmckinnon@nhvweb.net
Girls Fencing: Head Coach Matt Maurella: mmaurella@nhvweb.net
Boys Swimming: Head Coach Mike Schuetz mschuetz@nhvweb.net
Girls Swimming: Head Coach Kristin Baratta: kbaratta@nhvweb.net
Boys and Girls Wrestling: Head Coach Chris Hrunka chrunka@nhvweb.net
Boys Winter Track: Head Coach Tom Higgins thiggins@nhvweb.net
Girls Winter Track: Head Coach Sean Walsh swalsh@nhvweb.net
Winter Cheerleading: Noreen Stansberry, nstansberry@nhvweb.net
Cheer-Dance Team: Megan Decker, mdecker@nhvweb.net
