Welcome to Portsmouth High Athletics!                                                                                                                                                                                                                  

                                   2024 PHS FALL SPORTS INFORMATION

All athletes must have a current physical BEFORE tryouts begin and Register with FINAL FORMS …

Please go to the "Final Forms" link below on or after Friday June 14^th 2024 and register and/or

if you have an account, please update your child for Fall Athletics.

This needs to be completed by parents first, then students before the first day of tryouts.

https://portsmouth-nh.finalforms.com/    

Girls Cross Country - Cross Country will begin on Monday August 19th, 9:00 AM on the track at Portsmouth High School. Please be dressed and ready to run on this day.  The Girl's Cross-Country team competes in Division I. For more info, please contact the Girls Head XC Coach Stan Lyford: stanlyford47@gmail.com  /    Website: https://sites.google.com/site/portsmouthhightrack/   

Boys Cross Country - Cross Country will begin on Monday August 19th, 9:00 AM on the track at Portsmouth High School. Please be dressed and ready to run on this day.  The Boy's Cross-Country team competes in Division I. For more info, please contact the Boy's Head XC Coach Mike Lyford: mlyford@sau52.org   / Website: https://sites.google.com/site/portsmouthhightrack/   

Field Hockey - Field Hockey will begin on Monday August 19^th, 8-10 AM and 4-5:30 PM on the PHS Varsity Field Hockey Field. The Field Hockey program consists of a Junior Varsity and Varsity team, and competes in Division II. The coach of the Varsity Girls Field Hockey team is Allison St. Jean. For more info on summer workouts and conditioning please email Coach St. Jean: stjean.allison@gmail.com

Football - First practice and tryouts will start on Friday August 16^th, 3:00-7:00 PM on the Football field. Our Football team competes in Division I. There is a Varsity, JV and Reserve program. Please go to www.portsmouthclipperfootball.com and register for more info and to be added to our email list. The coach of the Varsity Football team is Coach Brian Pafford, email coachpaff@comcast.net for more information on summer conditioning and team workouts.

Golf - Tryouts will start on Monday 8/19 at 7:00 AM, Tuesday 8/20 at 4:45 PM & Wednesday 8/21 at 4:55 PM at Pease Golf Course. All players must be registered in Final Forms by 8/16/24 to get a tee time. Our golf team competes in Division II and has 8 scheduled matches for the season.  The top 7 teams participate in the State Tournament in October. We will have a JV team dependent on participant numbers. The coach of the Varsity Golf team is Kyle Harrison. For more information, please email kharrison@sau52.org

Boys Soccer - Boys Soccer will begin Monday August 19^th, 8:00 AM-10:00 AM & 5:00-7:00 PM on the PHS Varsity Soccer Field.  

Players should bring water, soccer gear, cleats and running shoes to tryouts. The Boys Soccer program consists of a Freshman/Reserve, Junior Varsity and Varsity team, and competes in Division I. The coach of the Varsity Boys Soccer team is Eric Martens, email ericmartens23@gmail.com  for more information about the program and the summer conditioning schedule. 

Girls Soccer - Girls Soccer will begin on Monday August 19th, 10:00 AM-12:30 PM on the PHS Varsity Soccer Field. The Girls Soccer program consists of a Freshmen/Reserve, Junior Varsity and Varsity team, and competes in Division I. For more information on the program and summer conditioning, please email Head Coach, Mickey Smith mmbapt@comcast.net

Girls Volleyball - Volleyball tryouts will begin on Monday August 19^th in the gym at Portsmouth High School. Times:   All Freshman 4:00-5:30 PM /    All Returning players and Upperclassmen, 5:45-8:30 PM. The girls’ volleyball program competes in NH Division I Volleyball. There is a Freshman/Reserve, Junior Varsity and Varsity Volleyball team. For more information and summer conditioning programs, please contact Varsity Coach, Wayne Siejkowski … email: Wayne.Siejkowski@gmail.com

Cheerleading (CO-ED )   Cheerleading tryouts will begin on Wednesday August 28th & Thursday August 29th, 4:30-6:30 PM at Community Campus Gym.  The cheerleading team Head Coach is Sam Freni, email: freni.samantha@gmail.com . The first practice will be Friday August 30^th, 4:30 PM. Please contact Coach Freni for more information on summer conditioning.

Bass Fishing Tryout is Tuesday August 20^th, 4-6 PM on the PHS Baseball field. Athletes should come prepared with the following: at least one bass fishing rod, a tackle box with tackle appropriate for largemouth or smallmouth bass and a copy of their 2023 NH freshwater fishing license. For more information, email Head Coach Jay Krupp: jaykrupp@comcast.net

PHS Cycling Team (Do not need to register on Final Forms for Cycling)

The PHS Cycling Team is all about riding bikes!  We are a club sport, but participate in a fall mountain bike race series as well as a spring road series.  We are open to new and advanced riders who are looking to spin the wheels on their bikes with a good group of people.  Riders are welcome to practice and race or just practice if racing doesn't interest you.  We start riding mountain bikes for our fall season mid-August.  If interested, please contact coach Denise Croteau at denise.a.croteau@outlook.com  

For more information AND ANY NEW UPDATES on Portsmouth High School Athletics, call 436-7100, ext.   2906

Go to www.cityofportsmouth.com and go to the SCHOOL DEPARTMENT, HIGH SCHOOL, and ATHLETICS links.