{"id":67,"date":"2023-02-21T14:00:54","date_gmt":"2023-02-21T14:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.belchertownps.org\/belchertown-high-school\/athletics\/"},"modified":"2026-02-03T13:41:25","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T18:41:25","slug":"athletics","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.belchertownps.org\/belchertown-high-school\/athletics\/","title":{"rendered":"Athletics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 100%; height: 438px;\" cellpadding=\"10\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 438px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 5.46529%;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 438px; width: 87.5923%;\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" style=\"height: 196px; width: 175px;\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/old\/pictures\/bhs_oriole_small.jpg\" alt=\"BHS Oriole\" width=\"150\" height=\"168\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"rtejustify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Home of the Orioles<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Athletic Director:<\/strong>\u00a0 Kevin McNeill<\/p>\n<p><strong>Email:\u00a0<\/strong>kmcneill@belchertownps.org<\/p>\n<p><strong>Athletic Office: <\/strong><a href=\"tel:(413) 323-9419\">(413) 323-9419<\/a>, ext. 5104<\/p>\n<p><strong>Schedules:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/arbiterlive.com\/Teams?entityId=1430\">ArbiterLive<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 438px; width: 5.46529%;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"rtecenter\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #ff9900;\">Welcome to Belchertown High School Athletics<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Spring Athletics Caregiver\/Student-Athlete Meeting: BHS &#8211; Veterans Memorial Auditorium &#8211; Monday March 9th 6:00 PM<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Spring Athletics 2026 &#8211; Practice\/Tryout Start Date: Monday, March 16th<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Georgia,serif;\">Directions for registration: Login to your account or create an account to register for fall athletics &#8211; <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Georgia,serif;\">choose Belchertown and register for &#8220;Spring Athletics 2026&#8221;. <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif;\">Student-athletes who do not have an &#8220;approved&#8221; registration will NOT be allowed to participate in practices!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia,serif;\">Register for Spring Athletics here: <a href=\"https:\/\/students.arbitersports.com\/organizations\/belchertown-high-school\">ArbiterSports<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia,serif;\">Mandatory caregiver and student-athlete spring season meeting with administration and coaches &#8211; March 9th , at 6:00 in the Veterans Memorial Auditorium. Programs will break into classrooms for sport-specific meetings with coaches.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Calendar link: <a href=\"https:\/\/arbiterlive.com\/School\/Calendar\/1430\">ArbiterLive Calendar<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;\">Picture Day for the Spring season is TBD at 2:30 for all spring teams in the gymnasium.\u00a0 Please complete the picture order form and have the student-athlete bring payment with them in the envelope. Coaches will distribute picture forms prior to picture day.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia,serif;\">Google Classroom will be utilized for all communication including but not limited to practice schedules, announcements, assignments, and general information.\u00a0 Google classrooms will be sport and level specific.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia,serif;\">Amelia Phillips, Athletic Trainer &#8211; <a href=\"mailto:aphillips@belchertownps.org\">aphillips@belchertownps.org<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia,serif;\">Concussion Policy Link: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.belchertownps.org\/belchertown-high-school\/concussion-information\/\">BHS Concussion Policy<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong style=\"color: #333333; font-family: sans-serif, Arial, Verdana,;\">Captain&#8217;s practices: <\/strong>Belchertown High School does not approve of or condone any type of out-of-season practice. Captain\u2019s practices are not in any way sanctioned, encouraged, recognized, or condoned in any sport by the MIAA or Belchertown High School.\u00a0 Please see the MIAA handbook, and refer to rule 24 on page 15.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Athletic Fee Payment Information:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Athletic Department athletic fees, approved by the School Committee in the spring of 2024, are listed below.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Make checks payable to &#8220;Town of Belchertown&#8221; and please give your payment to the main office c\/o the Athletic Director, or mail to Belchertown High School c\/o Athletic Director, 142 Springfield Road, Belchertown, MA 01007.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Athletic fee must be received prior to the start of the season or no later than the Friday of the first week of tryouts &#8211; Fall Sports August 22, 2025, Winter Sports December 5, 2025 and Spring Sports March 20, 2026.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>2025-2026 Athletic Offerings and Fees<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>FOOTBALL\u00a0$350<\/p>\n<p>BOYS and GIRLS SOCCER $270<\/p>\n<p>GIRLS and BOYS\u00a0VOLLEYBALL\u00a0$225<\/p>\n<p>FIELD HOCKEY\u00a0$250<\/p>\n<p>BOYS and GIRLS\u00a0CROSS COUNTRY\u00a0$175<\/p>\n<p>GOLF\u00a0$200<\/p>\n<p>FALL CHEER\u00a0$150<\/p>\n<p>GIRLS and\u00a0BOYS BASKETBALL\u00a0$350<\/p>\n<p>ICE HOCKEY $1,500 (co-op with Ludlow and Longmeadow)<\/p>\n<p>BOYS and GIRLS\u00a0SWIMMING\u00a0$225<\/p>\n<p>WRESTLING $250<\/p>\n<p>WINTER CHEER\u00a0$150<\/p>\n<p>BASEBALL\u00a0$275<\/p>\n<p>SOFTBALL\u00a0$275<\/p>\n<p>BOYS and Girls\u00a0TENNIS\u00a0$250<\/p>\n<p>GIRLS and\u00a0BOYS LACROSSE\u00a0$250<\/p>\n<p>BOYS and GIRLS\u00a0TRACK and FIELD\u00a0$175<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">BELCHERTOWN &#8211; Home Of The Orioles<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!--break--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; \u00a0 Home of the Orioles\u00a0 Athletic Director:\u00a0 Kevin McNeill Email:\u00a0kmcneill@belchertownps.org Athletic Office: (413) 323-9419, ext. 5104 Schedules:\u00a0ArbiterLive &nbsp; Welcome to Belchertown High School Athletics Spring Athletics Caregiver\/Student-Athlete Meeting: BHS &#8211; Veterans Memorial Auditorium &#8211; Monday March 9th 6:00 PM Spring Athletics 2026 &#8211; Practice\/Tryout Start Date: Monday, March 16th Directions for registration: Login to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-67","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-05 03:10:39","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.belchertownps.org\/belchertown-high-school\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/67","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.belchertownps.org\/belchertown-high-school\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.belchertownps.org\/belchertown-high-school\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.belchertownps.org\/belchertown-high-school\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.belchertownps.org\/belchertown-high-school\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67"}],"version-history":[{"count":82,"href":"https:\/\/www.belchertownps.org\/belchertown-high-school\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/67\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1250,"href":"https:\/\/www.belchertownps.org\/belchertown-high-school\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/67\/revisions\/1250"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.belchertownps.org\/belchertown-high-school\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}