SFHS 2021 COVID Sports Programing.  Note:  Tryouts for sports must take place in the same color tier for that sport. 

SFHS 2021 Tryout Info will have the latest tryout dates for each sport

Head coaches will be communicating directly with student-athletes who have played or signed up for their program.  If you have questions or concerns about which sport to play this spring, please contact our coaches and communicate with them directly. 

If you are thinking of playing one sport but also have questions about another sport when that sport opens up, please communicate directly with our coaching staff.  Coaches should be aware before a season begins what sports you are interested in playing this spring if others open up according to county guidelines. 

The latest information we have from all of these groups is located on our Athletics Return To Play page.  

Here are the CIF guidelines for all sports and the colored tier associated with them. 

With the new guidance from the county, students are now able to participate in multiple cohorts at the same time.  Students should contact their coaches directly to discuss their participation.  Add, between the two sentences the following " The county is still strongly recommending that students compete in only cohort at at time.  

Here is a link to the school COVID page. 

Here is the link to the public facing COVID reporting page as well as the school COVID decision tree.

The school has put in numerous safety measures in order to ensure everyone's safety and well being:

1. Daily health screening questions must be answered by both the coaches and student athletes.  
2. Masks must be worn at all times by students-athletes and coaches with the exception of when they are in the pool or when they are in competition.  Note:  the school will be providing a mask for all student-athletes as part of the team role fee.  These masks should be worn for athletic contests.  Daily masks must fall in line with school guidelines of having only “Saint Francis” or a college name as writing on the mask.
3. Physical distancing practiced at all times.
4. Reminder for all student-athletes and coaches to stay home when they are sick. 
5. The sanitizing of all equipment at the end of cohorts use.  
6. The professional clearing daily of all athletic facilities. 
7. Hand sanitizer stations placed throughout the athletic facilities. 

The locker rooms will be available for student-athletes to change but monitored by our coaches.  Each locker room will have a max number of student-athletes that can access it at one time.  Student-athletes cannot leave items in the locker room overnight - everything must be brought in and out on a daily basis.

Face masks must be worn by coaches, staff, officials and student-athletes at all times, outside of actual game competition. The school will purchase one mask for all student-athletes that should be worn on competition days. Here is some guidance when looking at choosing a mask. Student-athletes are advised to bring multiple masks each to practice each day in case one breaks or is lost.

Due to the current situation, the school will be very limited in any transportation it can provide.  Our current numbers on a bus are 13-15 and 2-3 on a school van.  In light of this, transportation will have to be provided by families for this school year.  More information will come from our coaching staff. 

Currently, we will only be allowed to play schools in our league and potentially schools in neighboring counties with a very limited schedule.  We are doing all we can do to get as many contests as possible under the circumstances.  Due to numbers, we may not be able to field a team at every level.  Once we get numbers back from our coaches, we will have a better idea of how many teams we can form.

Currently, the CIF and the CCS are looking at the SOP dates and will publish them soon with our new sport schedules. 

Student-athletes can report to their designated section of the quad after school to wait until practices begin.

Change the whole thing to "The county is now allowing spectators from a player's own immediate household to come and watch contests this year.  Depending on the facility, there will be limitations on the numbers and the athletic office will notify families before the first contest."

There is no quarantine period for student-athletes moving from one cohort to another.

Flexibility is the key word for this 2021 athletic year.  We will do our best to provide as much time for each of our sports teams but with the potential for many teams overlapping at facilities, teams will have to be patient and flexible. 

The athletic office and our coaches have been in constant communication this year with schools in other states learning from their mistakes and success.  Many of the policies we have in place are from these conversations. 

Visiting schools and officials are under the same health guidelines as our school.

All persons arriving in or returning to California from other states or countries, should self-quarantine for 10 days [ii] after arrival, except as necessary to meet urgent critical healthcare staffing needs or to otherwise engage in emergency response. 

According to Santa Clara county guidelines, the weight room will be allowed to reopen with very limited capacity in the red tier and then gradual increases in capacity in other tiers.

Freshmen are allowed to try out for 2 cut sports in one season and should communicate directly with our coaches if they are interested in doing that.

Yes.  We are hoping student-athletes can make it to practice everyday. We know it is different with half the student body at home and half on campus.  We understand that transportation can be an issue and request that student-athletes communicate directly with coaches when issues of practice attendance arise. 

When students are arriving on campus for daily practice from home, they must still fill out the daily screening questions and be scanned by their coach.  Student-athletes should come dressed for practice when coming from home.

Students should bring multiple masks (in case one breaks or gets wet) as well as their own water bottle.  Locker Rooms will be open to change in but will not be able to leave equipment overnight. 

The athletic office will open the bag storage room in Alumni Gym for storing bags during the school day. This storage room is only for large equipment type bags. If student-athletes are carrying an extra backpack or athletic bag with their clothes and shoes for a workout we are asking that they carry these bags with them throughout their day.