2020 Spring Sports Information

Wed, 01/29/2020 - 10:13am

The spring sports season begins on Saturday, February 29th. All 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th graders planning on trying out for a Spring Sport must have a 2.0 GPA with no more than one failing grade for the 2nd marking period.

All 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th graders will need the following:

  • Athletic Participation form.
  • Proof of residency. This may be a BGE bill, water bill, etc.
  • Sudden Cardiac Arrest form.
  • Concussion Information Sheet
  • Concussion Release Form
  • Current physical: Howard County policy requires every athlete to have a physical exam dated after April 1, 2019 in order to try out for any high school sport for the school year 2019-2020. River Hill High School Boosters are offering Sports Physicals. Click this link for information and registration: http://www.riverhill.org

**A Birth Certificate is no longer needed to be turned in for Athletic Participation**

  • You can download all forms on the RHHS website: www.rhhs.hcpss.org/athletics
  • ALL FORMS MUST BE SUBMITTED VIA www.hcpss.org/connect 
  • All student athletes must be insured.
  • All outstanding student obligations must be rectified prior to February 29th tryouts for all perspective student-athletes.

Spring Sports Information Night will be on Tuesday, February 25th @ 7:00 pm in the Cafeteria. Prospective student athletes can ensure that their participation forms are completed correctly and will have an opportunity to chat with individual coaches about tryouts and the season. It is strongly encouraged that one parent or guardian of each spring student-athlete is in attendance. Try-outs will begin on February 29th. Times and locations for each sport are listed below.

The following is a list of all spring head coaches and their email addresses. Please refer all questions to the coaches, and do not mail information to the school. It may get misplaced.

Sport/Coach/Email/Start Time/Location

  • Baseball / Wes McCoy / john_mccoy@hcpss.org / February 29th
  • Boys Lacrosse / Keith Gonsouland / keith_gonsouland@hcpss.org / February 29th
  • Girls Lacrosse / Amy Weinberg / amy_weinberg@hcpss.org / February 29th 
  • Outdoor Track / Donnie Richmond / sprinterace1984@gmail.com / February 29th
  • Allied Softball / Brian Van Deusen / brian_vandeusen@hcpss.org / TBD
  • Softball / Marni Rosenbaum / marni_rosenbaum@hcpss.org / February 29th 
  • Tennis / Kelley Pfefferkorn / kelley_pfefferkorn@hcpss.org / February 29th / Girls (8am-10am), Boys (10am-12pm) on the Tennis Courts

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