Athletics
DHS Fall Sports Start Dates/Times/Locations
To: Current and Incoming Dover High School Parents/Guardians
From: Josh Knight, Dover School District Athletic Director
Date: July 22, 2024
RE: Fall Starting Dates
DOVER HIGH SCHOOL FALL SPORTS STARTING DATES.
Dover High School’s Fall Sports Teams will begin practices and tryouts on and at the following dates and times: Football will begin on Friday, August 16th at 4:00 PM and will end at approximately 8:00 PM. Practice for football will also be held on Saturday, August 17th from 7:30 AM to 10:30 AM.
The remaining sports teams will begin on Monday, August 19th. Golf will have a meeting in the Gymnasium of Dover High School at 8:00 AM and will begin on course tryouts later in the afternoon at Cochecho Country Club. Girls Soccer will begin at 6:00 PM and go until about 8:00 PM on Bellamy Field at the high school. All girls should bring cleats and running shoes. Field Hockey will begin at 4:00 PM and will end around 6:30 PM on Fisk Field at the high school. Boys Soccer will begin at 5:00 PM and last until 7:00 PM on Bellamy Field at the high school. Cheering will begin at 3:00 PM in the DHS auxiliary gymnasium and will end at 6:15 PM. Volleyball will begin at 4:00 PM in the Dover High School gymnasium. Cross Country will begin for all boys and girls at 3:00 PM at the Dover High School Track. Unified Soccer will begin when students return to school. Please listen for announcements at the start of the school year.
All student-athletes and their parent/guardian are required to complete an on-line athletic registration prior to the first practice/tryout through our new registration platform, FinalForms, at https://dover-nh.finalforms.com/. All student-athletes will be charged a $150 service fee after teams have been selected and rosters have been established for the season. Only those student-athletes who qualify for “reduced lunch” will receive a reduced service fee while those student-athletes who qualify for “free lunch” will receive a waiver of the service fee.
All student-athletes must have a physical examination prior to the first practice/tryout. Physicals are valid for a two-year period from date of issuance. Physicals will be offered at Seacoast Orthopedics located on 7 Marsh Brook Drive, Building A Somersworth, NH 03878 starting on Monday, 7/29/24. Please call to set up an appointment.
Every student-athlete should come prepared to workout on the first day. Mouthpieces are required in Football and Field Hockey and must be worn on the first day of practice. All Field Hockey players are strongly encouraged have protective eyewear. Additionally, each athlete should bring their own water bottle for practices and tryouts.
If you have any questions, you may contact the Athletic Department at Dover High School at 516-6950.
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Thank You
Joshua Knight
Director of Athletics
ATHLETIC REGISTRATION INFORMATION AND SERVICE FEES
Dover High School/Middle School Athletic Department
FALL Athletic Registration - FinalForms
We are very excited to announce that the Dover School District Athletic Department will continue using FinalForms, an online forms and data management service. FinalForms allows you to complete and sign athletic participation forms for your student(s). The most exciting news is that FinalForms saves data from season-to-season and year-to-year, meaning that you will never need to enter the same information twice! FinalForms also pre-populates information wherever possible, for each of your students, saving you time. As a result, if you have registered your child(ren) for a sport during previous seasons, your information will still be in FinalForms.
You may review your data at any time to verify it is current. You will be required to sign your forms once per year and after any update.
Because we want to avoid issuing service fee refunds, we will be collecting Service Fees in a “fee collection window” this season. All fees MUST be paid in following collection windows. We will accept service fee payments from August 24 to September 2, 2024, for DHS Soccer, Field Hockey, Cross Country, Football, Spirit, Golf, Volleyball. The DMS Athletic Service Fee payment window is currently September 9 to September 18, 2024 for DMS Soccer, Field Hockey, Cross Country, Volleyball. By collecting service fees in this window, the school district will greatly reduce the need to issue refunds for those programs that make “cuts”.
Physicals should be uploaded electronically on FinalForms during the registration process.
We require that all parents/guardians of student-athletes use FinalForms to register for our athletic programs.
On-line registration will begin on:
- August 1, 2024 for all FALL of 2024-25 Dover High School and Middle School Athletic Programs
Please register at: https://dover-nh.finalforms.com/ and follow the prompts to create your account, create your students, and sign your forms. If you require any support during the process, scroll to the bottom-right of the FinalForms page and click “Get Help”.
DOVER HIGH SCHOOL and MIDDLE SCHOOL – 2024 Fall Service Fee Information:
The Service Fee is $150 for DHS Athletics participation and $80 for DMS Athletic participation.
* Reduced Lunch Student fee is $75 for DHS students and $40 for DMS students.
** Free Lunch Students will not be charged a fee but MUST click on “Fee Waiver” option and type the reason in the box provided (free lunch recipient).
There is a “fee waiver” option if this fee creates a financial hardship. Please communicate with the Athletic Director via email [email protected] to discuss this financial hardship. We STRONGLY prefer that payments are made by Credit Card through your FinalForms account (be aware there is a 4% transaction fee).
If you choose to pay by check. Checks need to be made out to “Dover School District” and mailed/brought to Dover High School – 25 Alumni Drive – Dover, NH. 03820 - ATTN: Athletics Department. **Please list which sport your child is playing in the memo/subject line of check.
WE WILL NOT ACCEPT CASH!
Please be aware that once you have paid for two sports during the 2024-25 school year, per athlete, the third sport is Free.
Please contact the Athletic Department with questions at 603-516-6950 or by email to Josh Knight ([email protected]) or to Jan Boyatsis ([email protected]).
Thank you,
Green Wave Athletics!
ATHLETIC AGREEMENT
FINALFORMS PARENT PLAYBOOK
FALL SPORTS - COACH DIRECTORY
Cross Country | Nicholas Piatti |
Boys Varsity Soccer | Eric Carrier - eric.[email protected] |
Girls Varsity Soccer | Rick Pelletier |
Football Varsity | Eric Cumba |
Field Hockey Varsity | Sarah Michaud |
Golf Varsity | Matthew Fennessy |
Cheer Varsity | Kelsey Daigle |
Unified Soccer | Jason Wisniewski |
Girls Varsity Volleyball | Whitney Carrier |
WINTER SPORTS - COACH DIRECTORY
Boys Varsity Basketball | Matthew Fennessy |
Girls Varsity Basketball | James Flynn |
Boys Varsity Ice Hockey | Mike Young |
Girls Varsity Ice Hockey | Al Oliveira |
Swim Varsity | Matt Carrico |
Girls Varsity Indoor Track | Nicholas Piatti |
Boys Varsity Indoor Track | Christen Wilhelm |
Cheer Varsity | Kelsey Daigle |
Gymnastics Varsity | Halle Studley |
Alpine Ski Varsity | Steve Lent |
Unified Varsity Basketball | John Carver |
Bowling Varsity | Laura Davis |
SPRING SPORTS - COACH DIRECTORY
Girls Varsity Outdoor Track | Nicholas Piatti |
Boys Varsity Outdoor Track | |
Baseball Varsity | Scott Dubben |
Softball Varsity | Melvin Torres |
Boys Varsity Tennis | |
Girls Varsity Tennis | Sue Vitko |
Boys Varsity Lacrosse | Chris Ketcham |
Girls Varsity Lacrosse | Dana Gray |
Unified Volleyball | Mary Jean Hippern |
Boys Varsity Volleyball | Katie Lynch |
LIST OF SPORTS OFFERED BY SEASON
FALL | WINTER | SPRING |
Boys Cross Country | Boys Indoor Track | Boys Outdoor Track |
Girls Cross Country | Girls Indoor Track | Girls Outdoor Track |
Fall Cheer | Winter Cheer | Girls Lacrosse |
Girls Volleyball | Boys Ice Hockey | Boys Lacrosse |
Football | Girls Ice Hockey | Softball |
Girls Field Hockey | Swimming and Diving | Baseball |
Golf | Alpine Ski | Boys Volleyball |
Boys Soccer | Gymnastics | Girls Tennis |
Girls Soccer | Bowling | Boys Tennis |
Unified Soccer | Boys Basketball | Unified Volleyball |
Girls Basketball | ||
Unified Basketball |