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Dear Prospective and Current Cannon Athletes and Families,

Students who want to participate in Cannon Athletics at the middle school or high school level must have updated physical, concussion awarenessconsent to treat, sudden cardiac form, and consent to participate and release forms filled out by parents, athletes, and doctors. These forms, also available on the Back-to-School Center webpage, are good for the entire year and all three seasons of athletics.

Once completed, the forms should be uploaded to your student's Magnus Health account by July 29, 2025. Questions? Contact Cannon's Athletic Trainer.Our recommendation from Cannon Athletics is to get ALL OF these forms filled out in June or July for participation in the upcoming academic year For all sport seasons. Many families like to use their family doctors and that, of course, is fine. 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.    

Thank you for your cooperation in handling your athlete's eligibility well in advance, and we look forward to seeing you on the fields, courts, tracks, and courses soon.


 

Information for 2025-2026

Fall Sports

Fall Sports - Tryouts Start Dates and Contacts

Sport Tryout Start Date Program Director / Coach Email
Varsity Cheer June 1-2 Emily Nash enash@cannonschool.org
Varsity Football (grades 9-12) July 28 Jamaal Birch jbirch@cannonschool.org
JV & Varsity Volleyball July 28 Abby Hooker abbyhooker@cannonschool.org
JV & Varsity Soccer July 28 Matt Denton mdenton@cannonschool.org
Varsity Cross Country August 4 Katie Fisher kfisher@cannonschool.org
JV & Varsity Tennis August 4 Will Sinden wsinden@cannonschool.org
Varsity Girls Golf (location tbd) August TBD Pat Whisenant pwhisenant@cannonschool.org
Middle School Cheer August 11

Kimberly Stiffel

kstiffel@cannonschool.org
Middle School Cross Country August 11 Kelli Waller kwaller@cannonschool.org
Middle School Football (grades 7 & 8) August 11 Kevin Fox kfox@cannonschool.org
Middle School Volleyball August 11 TBD TBD
Middle School Tennis August 11 Russell Marks russmarks@cannonschool.org
Middle School Soccer August 11 Jeremy Mattsson jmattsson@cannonschool.org

Fall Sports - Additional Information

Winter Sports

Winter Sports - Tryout Start Dates

Sport Tryout Start Date
All Middle School Sports Tuesday 10/21/2025
All Upper School Sports Monday 10/27/2025

Winter Sports - Program Director Contact List

Sport Coach Email
Girls' Basketball Kelvin Drakeford kdrakeford@cannonschool.org
Boys' Basketball Jim Baker jbaker@cannonschool.org
Wrestling TBD TBD
Swimming Leigh Northrup lnorthrup@cannonschool.org

Spring Sports

Spring Sports - Tryout Start Dates

Sport Tryout Start Date
All Middle School Sports Tuesday 2/3/2026
All Upper School Sports Monday 2/9/2026

Spring Sports - Program Director Contact List

Sport Coach Email
Baseball Casey Harrell charrell@cannonschool.org
Boys' 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 Will Sinden wsindin@cannonschool.org
Track & Field Nate Fisher nfisher@cannonschool.org
Golf Pat Whisenant pwhisenant@cannonschool.org

 

ATHLETIC TRAINER NOTES:

  • ALL Athletic Compliance Paperwork for 2025-2026 school year is to uploaded to your student's Magnus Health account for ALL sports and seasons, and has a deadline of July 29, 2025. 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, 2025. 
  • Please have all athletes bring water bottles to practice/games everyday.

Continue Exploring Athletics

Cannon's Strength and Conditioning program focuses on four key areas: injury prevention, sports performance, self-confidence, and fitness for life. 

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Athletic trainers specialize in the management, prevention, and recovery of injured athletes.

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Upcoming tryout and practice dates, as well as required athletic forms, may be found here.

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Team schedules, details, rosters, and scores are available on Team Pages.

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Cannon’s athletic facilities include the Randy Marion Field House, the Andrews Strength and Conditioning Center, Hill Grimmett Multipurpose Athletic Center, and more.

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