2014-2015Oakton High School Activities Office Winter Newsletter – updated 11-5-14
Message from Pat Full, Director of Student Activities
I want to wish good luck to our many fall athletes as they go into postseason championship play. Go Cougars! With the winter season just around the corner, I want to welcome all future athletes and their families. We are set for another great season. Please review the information in this newsletter and go to for more information. I encourage everyone to get involved and want to thank you for your support of Oakton Athletics.
PHYSICALS: You must have a physical on file before not only tryouts but alsobefore preseason activity/conditioning/weight training. It must be done on the official 4-page VHSL formand must be dated after May 1, 2014. Go to and click on Files and Links to download the form. The physical is valid for all three seasons of the 2014-15school year. The physical form should be turned in to the Activities Office at least one week prior to tryouts/conditioning – do not hand it in to the coaches. Coaches will receive a list of athletes who have turned in a physical. Make a copy for your records before handing it in. You may mail it to Oakton High School, Activities Office, 2900 Sutton Rd., Vienna, VA 22181.
Concussion Education: Again, this year every athlete and one parent of every athlete must watch a short on-line presentation about concussions before tryouts. Last year’s data base has been cleared out (if you did it for a fall sport, your information is in the current data base). See below for the link.Once there, you will find a link for parents and a link for athletes. Your completion will go into a database that the Athletic Trainer will have access to. The Activities Office and the Athletic Trainer will use that database to confirm that the concussion component has successfully been completed by both the parent and the athlete. They will in turn relay this information to the coaches. The link is . You can also go to click on Announcements and follow the link to Concussion Presentation.
You will still need to turn in an Emergency Care Information form to the winter coaches – they do not have access to the school emergency care information forms or the ones you turned into fall coaches.
Winter Sports Begin Nov. 10 (Registration is Wed., November 5)
The following winter sports are set to begin tryouts on Monday, November 10: basketball, girls gymnastics, wrestling, and swim/dive. Indoor track and field will begin November 17. There will be a MANDATORY winter sports drop-in registration for all athletes trying out for winter sports on Wed., November 5 in the cafeteria, 2:30-3:00. Coaches will verify at this time that all the proper paperwork has been turned in and the concussion education component has been completed by both athletes and parents. Each student needs a doctor’s physical on file in the Activities Office in order to try out. (If you played a fall sport or had a physical done at Oakton in the spring, it is already on file.) The official 4-page VHSL physical form must be used. Each student also needs to give the coach a new FCPS Emergency Care Information Form. (The emergency care form you turned in at the beginning of the year or to another coach cannot be used.) Go to for forms. Call 703-319-2760 for more information. (ALL PHYSICAL FORMS SHOULD BE TURNED IN TO THE ACTIVITIES OFFICE BY October 30. PLEASE MAKE A COPY FOR YOURSELF BEFORE TURNING IT IN. ALL EMERGENCY CARE INFORMATION FORMS MUST BE TURNED IN TO YOUR COACH BEFORE TRYING OUT.)
All times listed below for the first week of tryouts are subject to change. All athletes should check oaktonathletics.org the weekend prior to tryouts for updates. If necessary, this newsletter will be updated at that time.
Boys Basketball: updated 11-5-14
There will be a pre-tryout parents meeting on Wed., Nov. 5th at 7:00 in the cafeteria.
Freshmen Boys: Tryouts and practices for first week in AUX Gym: 11/10-11/12 5:00-7:00; 11/13,14 5:15-7:00; 11/15 12-2:00. Practices will be at Oakton this year usually 2:55-4:20, not Rachel Carson.
JV Boys: Tryouts and practices for first week Main Gym: 11/10,11,12 7:30-9:30; 11/13,147:00-9:00; 11/15 12-2. Regular season practices will vary week to week either 7:00-9:00 or 5:40-7:10.
Varsity boys: Tryouts and regular season practice is 3-5pm. Saturday, 11/15 will be 10-12 and 2-4. Coach Brooks
Girls Basketball : updated 11-5-14
Freshmen Girls: Tryouts and practices for the first week: 11/10,11,12 3:00-5:00; 11/13,143:00-5:15; 11/158:00-10:00; Regular season practices will usually be 4:20-5:40.
JV: Tryouts and practices for the first week: 11/10,11,12 5:00-7:30; 11/13,143:00-5:15; 11/1510-12. Regular season practices will vary week to week either 7:00-9:00 or 5:40-7:10.
Varsity: Tryouts and practices for the first week: 11/10,11,12 5:00-7:30; 11/13,14 5:00-7:00; 11/15 8-10 and 4-6. Regular season practices will usually be 5:00-7:00.
Coach Priester .
Wrestling:The first practice will be on Nov. 10 in the Wrestling Room at 3:30. All are welcome! Contact Coach Eric Gibbons if you are interested in coming out for the team:
Winter Track/Field: Track will begin Monday, Nov. 17th(not the 10th) 3:00-5:30Meet in the cafeteria. Practice on the track will follow. Be prepared to practice in possibly cold and/or inclement weather. Dress appropriately with layers of clothing, rain/wind suit, gloves, hat/hood, and running/training shoes. Go to the indoor track page at for the tryout information packet. Click on Team Files for the try-out information and XC/TF specific Emergency Care Card.
Coach Alisa Byers .
Girls Gymnastics: Tryouts will begin Monday, November 10. Practices will be at Oakton in the AUX Gym. Schedule for the first week: 7:00-9:30. Regular season practices will usually be 7:10-9:30.See the gymnastics page on the oaktonathletics.org website for additional information. Email Coach Frankie Orbaczto get on a distribution list.
Swim/Dive: Swim Practice/tryouts begin November 10 and will be at Oak Marr M, T, W, Th 4:30-5:30. Dive is M,T,Th 4:00-5:30. A bus is provided all season (for tryouts and practices) to take the team over at 3:40. Parents must pick up at Oak Marr at 5:45.
Head Dive Coach: Cheryl Meltz
Head Swim Coach Parker Ramsdell:
WINTER SPORTS PARENTS MEETING – TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 18
The winter sports parents meeting will be Tues., Nov. 18th at 7:00 in the auditorium.Individual team meetings will follow the general session. At least one parent must attend these meetings for a student to participate in the winter season.
ATHLETIC BOOSTER CLUB
Booster Club memberships are still available. Family membership is $250. Single passes are available for $75. To purchase a membership, go to and download the
SPRING SPORTS
Spring sports tryouts are on Monday, February 23, 2015. The official VHSL Sports Physical Form must be used. All forms are available in the Activities Office or at Spring Sports include the following: Baseball, Boys and Girls Lacrosse, Boys and Girls Soccer, Softball, Boys and Girls Tennis, Coed Track/Field, and Crew. Preseason conditioning for spring sports has started. Contact the head varsity coach to get on the email distribution list. Go to click on the sport and then the Coaches tab for contact information.
Activities Office 703-319-2760 Main Office 703-319-2700 Attendance 703-319-2727
Counseling/Student Services 703-319-2800 School Voice Mail 703-319-2950
HOTLINE AND WEBSITE
Please call the Hotline and check the website before calling the Activities Office for game schedules and changes due to weather. A one-page document with all Winter Sports Schedules is available on the website under Files and Links.
Hotline - 703-749-8039