Category Archives: Athletics

Lions football update

The Lions football team is traveling to Acton Boxboro Saturday afternoon. The game will start at 5:30 PM. Acton TV will broadcast it live.

Acton TV’s YouTube link is youtube.com/actontv1

AB recommends that interested people subscribe and turn on notifications. You will receive a notification the moment AB starts the live broadcast.

Volleyball competition

The volleyball teams will host Acton Boxboro on Saturday, April 3. The JV game starts at 10 AM followed by Varsity at 11:30 AM. The JV team is ready to challenge a strong AB squad and our varsity game promise to be an exciting showing.

You can follow them live by subscribing to the NSHS Athletics YouTube channel or by clicking on the links below.

JV Volleyball vs AB 10:00 AM

https://youtu.be/WqcXv4QbDwg

Varsity Volleyball vs AB- 11:30 AM

https://youtu.be/F7ybblW3mlk

At the conclusion of the Varsity game, the 9th-grade team will have their weekly intra-squad competition.

Tues, March 30 @8PM -NSHS HOSA Hosting Talk on Sports Medicine

NSHS HOSA Hosting Talk on Sports Medicine, Tue, Mar 30 at 8PM
NSHS Chapter of National Health Professional (HOSA) will be sponsoring an informational session on sports conditioning to be held on Tuesday, March 30 at 8 pm with New England Revolution’s starting midfielder, Scott Caldwell – he will be live to talk about his daily routine, staying strong and fit at the highest level and his path to professional soccer. He will also be available to answer your questions. This promises to be an exciting session for all athletes and anyone interested in sports medicine.

If you have an interest, please email Hunter Tsao at [email protected].

Spring Sports Registration on FamilyID starting on April 15th

Spring sports registration on FamilyID will open on April 5th. All students participating are required to have a current physical on file. Please notice that the state requires in-person physicals for sports activities. Telehealth appointments are not acceptable. The Covid coach for the Spring season is Mr. Patrick Jordan Quern. Please see the preliminary protocol that our coaches will follow for Spring 2021:

Pre-Practice;

-NSHS coaches will ask each player to fill out the COVID symptom form by 1 PM.

-Any student answering yes to any question will be kept out of practice. The coach will contact Covid coach immediately and text AD.

-COVID coach talks to the student, contacts their family and sends the student home. He will also contact the AD and school nurse with the findings.

-Sharing food or drink is not allowed at this time (no cakes, cupcakes, pizza, fruits, seeds, etc)

Post Practice

-Equipment that is shared by the team has to be cleaned (use spray bottles and paper towels set for that purpose) before it is put away. That includes cones and extra balls. To be done by the coach that uses it.

-Students have to take their equipment home and clean it before their next practice.

-Please refer to general MIAA guidelines for best practices.

Away Games

Pre-game:

-Each team head coach is responsible for COVID-19 screening of all their team members before 1 PM.

-If students answer yes to any screening question, the student can not travel to the visiting school.

-Covid coach is contacted, the family is contacted, the head coach is contacted.

Newton South HOME games protocol – Spring 2021.

Home Games; Fitted masks required for all participants. NO GAITERS ALLOWED.

Pre-game:

-NSHS staff member or coach greets visiting team – directs them to the appropriate field as needed

-Visiting team head coach is responsible for COVID-19 screening all of their team members and other coaches who will be in attendance.

-NSHS staff member greets refs; asks COVID-19 screening questions by NSHS COVID coach or another staff member.

Due to the nature of the current situation, all protocols and schedules are subject to change.

We look forward to a fun and safe Spring season!

Baseball Spring Season

Students interested in participating in Baseball during the Spring season should attend the informational meeting on Thursday, April 1st at 5:30 PM.

Coach Aiena will conduct a meeting via zoom. He will review the program, coaching staff, and expectations for the season, as well as answer any questions that attendees may have.

If you can not attend the meeting please contact coach Aiena via email at [email protected]

Here are the credentials for the online meeting

Theme: Boys Baseball

Join Zoom Meeting
https://newton-k12-ma-us.zoom.us/j/89920060503
Meeting ID: 899 2006 0503
Passcode: 926530

Update on Boys Tennis Pre-Season

We will be having our first meeting on Zoom on Monday, March 29 at 4:30 pm.  Please email me at [email protected] if you cannot attend.  Make sure your physical is updated and ready to go before April 26 which is our first day of practice.  Looking forward to seeing everyone and getting things started for our season.

Sincerely,

-Mr. Timmins

Topic: Boys Tennis Pre Season
Time: Mar 29, 2021 04:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

Join Zoom Meeting
https://newton-k12-ma-us.zoom.us/j/86310850945

Meeting ID: 863 1085 0945
Passcode: tennis

Unified Basketball Game

The Unified Basketball team will travel to Waltham on Tuesday, March 30 for the first game of the season. The game is scheduled to start at 5:00 PM PM. It is Waltham Senior Day. A link to watch the game will be released on Monday and posted on the athletic page on our website.

Boys and Girls Track Meet

The Boys and Girls Teams will host their first meet of the season on Monday, March 29. The meet will be held virtually due to our opponents not participating in in-person meets. The meet will be scored separately for each school. We will be competing against Concord Carlisle and Westford Academy.

Two members of each family will be able to attend the meet. Please register at the entrance of the stadium. Covid protocols regarding the use of masks and distancing will be followed.

Senior Day Football, Cheer and Dance Teams Celebrated

Senior Day was a success! We celebrated 22 Senior participating on our cheer, dance, and football teams;

Cheer: Kelly Barbosa,

Dance: Michael DiLeo, Annaliese Poley, Ruth Levy, Noga Bros, Jillian Reingold, Isabella Figuereo.

Football: Benjamin Baines, Lucas Boyd, Alex Burns, Tal Eizenberg, Yuval Freilich, Nathan Gelman, Axel Guadalupe, Aidan Holt, Colin Joy, Will LaCamera, Anthony Maregni, Lucas Maregni, Giovanni Rodriguez, Mikael Rotberg, Adam Rotem.

Thank you for your dedication to our athletic teams!

Tues, Mar 30 @8PM – NSHS HOSA Hosting Talk on Sports Medicine

NSHS HOSA Hosting Talk on Sports Medicine, Tue, Mar 30 at 8PM
NSHS Chapter of National Health Professional (HOSA) will be sponsoring an informational session on sports conditioning to be held on Tuesday, March 30 at 8 pm. New England Revolution’s starting midfielder, Scott Caldwell, will be live to talk about his daily routine, staying strong and fit at the highest level and his path to professional soccer. He will also be available to answer your questions. This promises to be an exciting session for all athletes and anyone interested in sports medicine.

If you have an interest, please email Hunter Tsao at [email protected].