Try Outs
IT IS recommendED to COMPLETE ALL FORMS BY June/July for
participation in the upcoming academic year For all sport seasons.VIEW TRYOUT DATES
Please make every effort to attend tryouts, as we cannot guarantee a spot on the team for students who are absent.
Students who wish to participate in Cannon Athletics at the middle school or high school level must have the following forms completed by parents, athletes, and doctors.
- Physical Form
- Concussion Awareness Form
- Consent to Treat
- Sudden Cardiac Form
- Consent to Participate & Release Form
Once completed, the forms should be uploaded to your student's Magnus Health account.
Contact Cannon's Athletic Trainer
These forms are good for the entire year and all three seasons of athletics.
Please note, you may utilize your family doctor. However, many health plans prevent a physical from being updated until a twelve-month period has elapsed since the most recent physical. For some athletes, this date occurs in the middle of the season, after this date a 30 day grace period is implemented in order for appointments to be made and the new form being turned in. We highly recommend trying to schedule Athletic Pre-Participation Physicals during the summer months but understand that this is not feasible for all.
FALL SPORTS TRYOUT DATES
All Middle School Sports - Monday August 10, 2026
All Upper School Sports - Monday August 3, 2026 (for all non football teams)
Sport |
Program Directors |
|
|---|---|---|
| Volleyball | Geoff Rosser | grosser@cannonschool.org |
| Boys Soccer | Matt Denton | mdenton@cannonschool.org |
| Football | Jamaal Birch | jbirch@cannonschool.org |
| Cheerleading | Emily Nash | enash@cannonschool.org |
| Girls Tennis | Lonnie White | lwhite@cannonschool.org |
| Cross Country | Katie Fisher | kfisher@cannonschool.org |
| Girls Golf | Pat Whisenant | pwhisenant@cannonschool.org |
WINTER SPORTS TRYOUT DATES
All Middle School Sports - Monday October 26, 2026
All Upper School Sports - Monday November 2, 2026
Sport |
Program Directors |
|
|---|---|---|
| Girl's Basketball | Kelvin Drakeford | kdrakeford@cannonschool.org |
| Boy's Basketball | Jim Baker | jbaker@cannonschool.org |
| Wrestling | Marty Paxton | mpaxton@cannonschool.org |
| Swimming | Leigh Northrup | lnorthrup@cannonschool.org |
SPRING SPORTS TRYOUT DATES
All Middle School Sports - Monday February 8, 2027
All Upper School Sports - Tuesday February 16, 2027 (tryouts begin at 3:30 p.m.)
Sport |
Program Directors |
|
|---|---|---|
| Baseball | Casey Harrell | charrell@cannonschool.org |
| Girl's Soccer | Matt Denton | mdenton@cannonschool.org |
| Boys' Lacrosse | Steve Schattner | sschattner@cannonschool.org |
| Girls' Lacrosse | Brittany Pasut | bpasut@cannonschool.org |
| Softball | Chris Evans | cevans@cannonschool.org |
| Tennis | Lonnie White | lwhite@cannonschool.org |
| Track & Field | Nate Fisher | nfisher@cannonschool.org |
|
Golf |
Pat Whisenant | pwhisenant@cannonschool.org |
| Varsity Cheerleading |
ATHLETIC TRAINER NOTES
- ALL Athletic Compliance Paperwork for 2026-2027 school year is to uploaded to your student's Magnus Health account for ALL sports and seasons, and has a deadline of July 29, 2026. If there are any questions please reach out to athletic trainer Hayley Goldman at hgoldman@cannonschool.org.
- Injuries need to be communicated to the Athletic trainers and, if seen by a doctor, a note needs to be provided stating the diagnosis and parameters of what the athletic can and cannot do.
- ImPACT Concussion Tests need to be completed by the 7th graders, and any athlete that has never participated or taken the online concussion test. Instructions will be sent to coaches that can be passed along to parents and athletes. For ALL Fall Athletes this will have a deadline of Aug 15, 2026.
- Please have all athletes bring water bottles to practice/games everyday.