Athletics

2025-2026 Season Start Dates. Online Student Athlete Registration Opens 30 Days prior to the Sports Season Start Date, and closes one day after the start of the season.

Fall V/JV Season Start Date: August 18, 2025. Registration Open 7/18/2025- 8/19/2025.

Fall Modified Season Start Date: Modified 7/8/9 Football Starts August 25, 2025. All Other Fall Modified Sports Start September 2, 2025. Registration Open 8/1/2025 - 9/3/2025.

Winter I Modified Sports Start Date: October 27, 2025 (Modified Girls' Volleyball, Modified Boys' Basketball). Registration Opens 9/27/2025- 10/28/2025.

Winter V/JV Sports Start Date: November 17, 2025. Registration Open 10/17/2025- 11/18/2025.

Winter II Modified Sports Start Date: January 7, 2026 (Modified Girls' Basketball, Modified Wrestling). Registration Opens 12/7/2025- 1/8/2026.
Spring V/JV Season Start Date: March 9, 2026. Registration Open 2/9/2026 - 3/10/2026.

Spring Modified Season Start Date: April 6, 2026. Registration Open 3/6/2026- 4/7/2026.

Football​​​​​

• Varsity Football
• 7/8/9 Modified Football

Cross Country

• Varsity Boys' Cross Country
• Varsity Girls' Cross Country
• 7/8 Modified Boys' Cross Country
• 7/8 Modified Girls Cross Country

Girls' Soccer

• Varsity Girls' Soccer
• JV Girls Soccer
• 7/8 Modified Girls' Soccer

Boys' Soccer

• Varsity Boys' Soccer
• JV Boys' Soccer
• 7/8 Modified Boys' Soccer

Boys' Golf

• Varsity Boys' Golf

Girls' Tennis

• Varsity Girls' Tennis
• 7/8/9 Girls Modified Tennis

Girls' Volleyball

• Varsity Girls Volleyball
• JV Girls' Volleyball

Girls' Swimming (Independent with Skaneateles)

• Varsity Girls' Swimming

Girls' Basketball

• Varsity Girls' Basketball 
• JV Girls' Basketball
• 7/8 Modified Girls' Basketball (Winter II)
  • All Start Times are listed for the Seventh Grade Game, The Eighth Grade Game will start after the Seventh Grade Game

Boys' Basketball

• Varsity Boys' Basketball 
• JV Boys' Basketball    
• 7/8 Modified Boys' Basketball (Winter I)    
  • All Start Times are listed for the Seventh Grade Game, The Eighth Grade Game will start after the Seventh Grade Game

Wrestling

• Varsity Wrestling
• Modified Wrestling (Winter II)

Indoor Track and Field

• Girls' Varsity Indoor Track and Field 
• Boys' Varsity Indoor Track and Field 

Girls Volleyball

• Modified Girls' Volleyball (Winter I)

Boys' Ice Hockey

• Varsity Boys' Ice Hockey

Baseball

• Varsity Baseball
• JV Baseball
• 7/8 Modified Baseball

Softball

• Varsity Softball
• JV Softball
• 7/8 Modified Softball

Girls' Lacrosse

• Varsity Girls' Lacrosse
• 7/8/9 Modified Girls Lacrosse

Boys' Lacrosse

• Varsity Boys' Lacrosse
• 7/8/9 Modified Boys' Lacrosse

Boys' Tennis

• Varsity Boys' Tennis

Girls' Golf

• Varsity Girls' Golf

Outdoor Track and Field

• Varsity Boys' Outdoor Track and Field
• 7/8 Modified Boys' Outdoor Track and Field
• Varsity Girls' Outdoor Track and Field
• 7/8 Modified Girls' Outdoor Track and Field

To sign your student athletes up for sports go to the Student Athlete Registration button on the left of this page. Please read the information on this page. The Marcellus Athletic Registration/Eligibility Health Form and the Concussion Permission Form and the Student/Athlete Handbook Agreement Form must be completed online at Arbiter Sports Online Registration for each season in which a student-athlete competes.  Please Read Each Form. 

Arbiter Sports Online Registration. Online Student Athlete Registration Opens 30 Days prior to the Sports Season Start Date, and closes one day prior to the start of the season.

Marcellus Central School District Athletics will continue to offer the convenience of online registration for Athletics through Arbiter Sports Online Registration.  The registration process needs to be completed within thirty days of the start of each season that your athlete participates in.

Arbiter Sports Online Registration is a secure registration platform that provides you with an easy, user-friendly way to register for Marcellus Central School District athletic programs, and helps us to be more administratively efficient and environmentally responsible. When you register the system keeps track of your information in your account profile.

BEFORE YOU REGISTER:

Your child needs to have a valid sports physical.  Sports physicals are valid for a period of 1 year plus the remaining days through the end of the month of its expiration. Physicals that expire during the season are valid through the end of the sports season.  Please be sure to send a copy to the school nurse.  Student Athlete Registrations cannot be signed off by the school nurse without a valid sports physical.

REGISTRATION PROCESS:

A parent/guardian should register by clicking on the link found at the bottom of this page.

Follow these steps:

1.   To find your program, click on the link found at the bottom of the Student Athlete Registration page on the Athletics page and select the registration form under the word Programs.

2.   Next click on the green Register Now button and scroll, if necessary, to the Sign Up/Log In green buttons. If this is your first time using Arbiter Sports Online Registration, click Sign Up. Click Log In, if you already have a Arbiter Sports Registration account.

3.   Sign Up for your secure account by entering the account owner First and Last names (parent/guardian), E-mail address and password. Select the agreement to the Terms of Service. Click Sign Up.

4.   You will receive an email with a link to activate your new account. (If you don’t see the email, check your E-mail filters (spam, junk, etc.).

5.   Click on the link in your activation E-mail

6.   Once in the registration form, complete the information requested. All fields with a red* are required to have an answer.

7.   Click the Save & Continue button when your form is complete.

8.   Review your registration summary.

9.   Click the Submit button. After selecting ‘Submit’, the registration will be complete. You will receive an confirming your registration.

SUPPORT:

If you need assistance with registration, contact Arbiter Sports Registration at:1-800-311-4060 or support@arbitersports.com or visit the following link for support. 

If you plan to attend any Sectional Semi Final or Championship Games tickets must be purchased online for these events at Hometown tickets.  Click on the link below:

https://section3.org/sports/2021/4/29/hometown-ticketing.aspx

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, “A concussion is a type of traumatic brain injury—or TBI—caused by a bump, blow, or jolt to the head or by a hit to the body that causes the head and brain to move rapidly back and forth. This sudden movement can cause the brain to bounce around or twist in the skull, creating chemical changes in the brain and sometimes stretching and damaging brain cells.”

While we understand the student’s desire to get back to school as soon as possible, recent research has supported that an early return to cognitive stress while the brain is still healing is not in the child’s best interest and may hinder the student in his or her recovery. Cognitive rest is the best treatment for concussions.  We are asking parents to keep students home if they are still experiencing symptoms of a concussion such as fatigue, headaches, or difficulty concentrating. All student athletes identified as having a concussion during their athletic season; must be cleared by the school Medical Director, Dr. Mark Pisik, M.D., prior to beginning the return to play protocol. Any other students identified as having a concussion as a result of an injury occurring both during the school day, after school, or on weekends; must be cleared by their personal physician, prior to their beginning the return to play protocol. The return to play protocol is a routine designed to slowly increase the amount of physical activity a student participates in.  If you would like a copy of the Return to Play Progression, click on the link at the bottom of this page.

If the student’s personal physician or the school Medical Director, Dr. Mark Pisik, M.D. has cleared your child to return to school and they still need frequent breaks and rest time, we will be sending them home until they can make it through the time approved by the doctor (partial or full day).

If you have any questions on our procedures, please contact Jean Sharlow at 315-673-6000 or jsharlow@marcellusschools.org.

The Marcellus Central School District Board of Education encourages community use of school facilities when such use is in the public interest, and does not conflict with school activities.  Staff and community groups can make facility use requests on our online application ML Schedules by following the steps below.

 Step 1

 All facilities use requests are to be completed online.  The first step is to create a user account in ML Schedules.  You can do this by clicking on the link to ML Schedules located after Step 2.  Be sure to complete all information fields and then click the submit button.  When you will receive an e-mail confirmation that your account has been approved, you may log into ML Schedules and begin to submit facilities use requests.

 Step 2

Once your account has been created and registered, you can click on the link under Step 2 which will bring you to the Login screen for ML Schedules.  Log in using your account information, choose the request by one of the four categories, complete all information fields and submit. 

Click on this link, Help Sheet for Facilities Use Request, if you have questions with the completion of the online request form.

Login to ML Schedules 

•  School functions take precedence over non-school approved functions. 
•  All requests for Use of Facilities must be made online using ML Schedules at least two weeks prior to the intended date of use.  If space is not available, or the requested date is within 14 days of event, ML Schedules will not allow request to be completed.
• The hours for the use of facilities are limited; please take a moment to check that the hours you are requesting correspond with the hours listed below:
  • Saturday:       8:00 am until 2:00 pm during the school year; No July or August requests
  • Sunday:         11:00 am until 4:00 pm (available from the week after Veteran's Day until the Sunday before Easter)
  • Sunday:         Closed:  April - First Sunday in November
  • Week Days:       4 pm until 9 pm, except for district holidays and break weeks
•  If hours requested are outside of the hours listed above, your organization/group may be responsible for paying a fee.
•  Non-School related/sponsored organizations require proof of insurance.
•  Please do not consider your event approved until you receive an automated e-mail from ML Schedules indicating that your request was approved.

The Marcellus Athletic Hall of Fame committee is seeking nominations for induction into the Marcellus Central School Athletic Hall of Fame.  Nominations may be made by any member of the school community and must be submitted by April 1, 2024 for induction consideration in the Fall 2024 Class.
 
The purpose of this program is to honor graduates, coaches or community members of the Marcellus Central School district, living or deceased, who have distinguished in the athletic program.
 
The Hall of Fame committee is composed of school administration, community residents, former coaches and athletes.  The inductees will be selected from this committee using the nominations made by the public. 
 
A formal induction ceremony into the Hall of Fame will be held in the fall at Alumni weekend.  Honorees will receive a pin and a plaque for their accomplishments.  A duplicate plaque will be displayed in the Hall of Fame area outside of the Gymnasium.
 
To submit a nomination online, scroll to the bottom of this page and click on the link "Hall of Fame Nomination Form".  You can also submit a hard copy of the nomination form.  Hard copies of the Hall of Fame nomination form can be obtained from the Senior High School Main Office during school hours.
 
Completed hard copy nomination forms should be returned to:
 
Marcellus Booster Club
Hall of Fame Committee
One Mustang Hill
Marcellus, NY  13108

The DMS new gymnasium is primarily a physical education facility during the day.  The raised three-lane walking/running trackover the basketball court was included to enhance our children’s physical education experience.  In an effort to promote wellness, the district  offers the indoor track facility for community use during part of the school year.  

The track will be open to the community from Columbus Day through the end of April from 6:30-8:00 P.M., Monday and Wednesday evenings.

Those wishing to take advantge of using the indoor track should enter from the east side lobby door, proceed to the gym and up the stairs to the track.  There will be a school district supervisor on duty to greet and sign in community members.  The district uses this “sign-in” procedure to determine if the hours of community use should be expanded or reduced based on the interest level.  It is asked that only sneakers be used to walk or run on the track. Children/students are encouraged to accompany their parents with the understanding that their supervision is the responsibility of the parents. Unaccompanied students/children may not use the track. Strollers are not permitted on the track surface.  Be advised that those using the track will be responsible for the safety and security of their own belongings and valuables while utiliozing the facility. 

The site you are about to visit is outside the MCS domain and is solely maintained by the Marcellus Athletic Booster Club. 

Click here to access the Marcellus Booster Club website. 

Click here to access the Marcellus Coaching Handbook.

• NYSPHSAA Handbook
• Section 3 Website
• OHSL Handbook
• NYSPHSAA Thunder and Lightning Policy
• NYSPHSAA Heat Index Procedure
• NYSPHSAA  Windchill Procedure

The Athletic Placement Process was designed for mature and exceptionally skilled student athletes to advance to an upper level and less developed student athletes to participate at an appropriate lower level that is suited to their development and ability. The APP is not to be used to fill positions on teams, provide additional experience, provide an opportunity for middle school or junior high students when no modified program is offered, or to reward a student. It is aimed at a few select student athletes who can benefit from such placement because of their level of readiness.  The Athletic Placement Process is designed to create a more equitable and fair competitive and learning environment for modified level student athletes.

Eighth grade students who demonstrate mental and physical maturity as well as exceptional skill may be advanced to the junior varsity or varsity level through this process. In certain specific circumstances and with permission from the Superintendent of Schools, seventh grade students who also demonstrate the mental and physical maturity as well as exceptional skill may be advanced to the junior varsity or varsity level through this process. 

Read the entire Marcellus Athletic Placement Process at the link below.  There are deadlines and requirements that must be met for coaches and any athletes that they want to move through this process.

Athletic Placement Process (APP)           

Coach's Sport Skill Evaluation for APP

• End of Season Report and Equipment Inventory
• Coaches Self Evaluation Form

To help provide a safe environment and successful experience for our student athletes who participate on interscholastic athletic teams, Section 135.4 (c) (7) (i) (c) of the Regulations of the Commissioner of Education pertaining to physical education include certain minimum requirements for a person to be appointed as a coach of an interscholastic athletic team. This includes all head coaches and assistants for varsity, junior varsity, middle school (modified) teams of public schools.

Potential secondary school coaches may possess three different backgrounds:

(1) a certified physical education teacher;

(2) a teacher certified in an area other than physical education, e.g. Science, Mathematics, Social Studies;

(3) holds no teaching certificate and must have a sport specific NYS Professional Coaching License or qualify for a sport specific NYS Temporary Coaching License.

Volunteer coaches are subject to the same coaching requirements as a paid coach. 

Read all of the specific guidelines at the link posted below.

Guidelines for the Coaching Requirements in NYS

If you are interested in becoming an athletic coach, please contact the Athletic Director at 315-673-6303, or email mfree@marcellusschools.org