Schools within the Warren County School District will have enough players to field a team.
Gary Weber, director of district administrative support services, said enough students chose to participate in winter sports to continue the program this year. With the initial number of teams established, the school has reopened registration for additional students who wish to participate.
However, some of those numbers were close.
A post on Youngsville Middle School’s website says there will be some hurdles for this season’s program due to low participation. Numbers provided by the district show similarly sized teams participating in a variety of sports at other district schools.
“As of now, we are meeting the requirements, but based on the low numbers, we will be on probation for almost all winter sports this season.” YMHS Principal Paul Crider said in a post. “Maintaining sports programs is an important part of a student’s schooling, and I don’t want to see YMHS lose any more sports.”
This year, Beatty Warren Middle School will have boys basketball, wrestling and cheer teams in action. Eisenhower Middle School fields junior varsity/varsity boys and girls basketball, junior varsity boys basketball, junior varsity/varsity wrestling, middle school wrestling, and middle school and varsity cheer teams. Sheffield Area Middle School will field Junior High and Varsity/Junior Varsity Basketball, Junior High and Junior Varsity/Varsity Wrestling, and Junior High and Varsity Cheer Teams. Warren Area High School will field boys and girls junior varsity/varsity basketball teams, girls and boys junior varsity/varsity wrestling teams, and varsity cheer teams. Youngsville Middle School will form boys’ junior varsity/varsity basketball, girls’ junior varsity/varsity basketball, middle school and junior varsity/varsity wrestling, and varsity cheer squad.
Here are the numbers by school as of November 7:
– Beatty Warren Middle School – Boys Basketball, 34 years old.Wrestling, 11; Cheer, 36 years old
– Eisenhower Middle School: Girls V/JV Basketball, 12 years old. Boys V/JV Basketball, 18 years old. MS Boys Basketball, 9; V/JV Wrestling, 16 years old. MS Wrestling, 16 years old. MS Chia, 11 years old. Representative cheering team, 14
– Sheffield Regional Middle School: Boys V/JV Basketball, 15 years old. MS Boys Basketball, 10; V/JV Wrestling, 17; MS Wrestling, 11 years old. National team cheerleader, 19 years old. MS Chia, 13 years old
– Warren Area High School: Girls V/JV Basketball = 15; Boys V/JV Basketball, 22; Girls/Boys Swimming/Diving, 18 years old. Boys V/JV wrestling, 22 years old. Girls V/JV Wrestling, 5; Varsity Cheer, 34
– Youngsville Middle School: Girls V/JV Basketball, 11 years old. Boys V/JV Basketball, 11; MS Boys Basketball, 13 years old. V/JV wrestling, 18 years old. MS Wrestling, 11 years old. National team support, 7