Spring 2025 PSAL Tryout Information

The Spring 2025 athletics season is here! We want to provide you with essential information regarding PSAL paperwork submission and tryouts. Please carefully read the following details to ensure a make sure your experience is smooth.

Tryout Information

If you have specific questions about tryouts for a particular sport, please reach out to the respective coach directly.

Required Forms

To participate in Spring 2025 team tryouts, you must submit a Medical and Parental consent form to the coach of the team you are trying out for.

Form Instructions and Printing

Instructions on how to fill out the forms and where to print them can be found on the left-hand side, labeled "PSAL Medical" and "PSAL Parent Consent."

Submission Times and Location

Forms will be collected by the coach. Information on collections dates, location and times will be provided by your coach, please email the coach for details.

Submission Deadline

See the coach for your respective sport for information on the submission deadline. Absolutely no forms will be accepted past the determined deadline.

PSAL Eligibility

Eligibilty to play and compete in PSAL-sanctioned events, a student-athlete must meet attendance and academics requirements. Failure to comply will ultimately result in the student-athlete to become ineligible to participate. Please note, you can become ineligible even after initially becoming eligible if you cease to meet the requirements at some point during the year.

Attendance

• Student-athletes must have an attendance record of at least 90% in the most recent marking period.
• Thus, a maximum of 4 absences. Any absences above 4 must be officially excused in the DOE’s attendance system (ATS) in order to remain eligible.
• Absences are excused with an official absence note, signed by all of the student-athlete’s teachers, with supporting documentation if necessary. Your guidance counselor can be especially helpful in this case. If the notes are not handed in within the term, the notes will not be accepted.
• Special Note Fall athletes must hand in their note(s) before the last day of school.
• As per DOE attendance policy, WE CANNOT ACCEPT ANY ABSENCE NOTES IN AUGUST/SEPTEMBER OF THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR.
• The PSAL is only accepting excused absences in the official ATS system.

Academics

A student-athlete must earn 5 credits plus 1 physical education credit, and must have an overall average of 65 or higher, in the most recent report card.

• For the start of the fall season, the most recent report card is the final report card of the previous school year, distributed in June.
• For the start of the winter season, the most recent report card is the 1st marking period report card, usually distributed in early November.
• For the start of the spring season, the most recent report card is the 2nd marking period report card, distributed at the end of the fall term in January.

Over the previous two terms (the most recent January and June report cards relative to the PSAL season), a student-athlete must have earned 10 credits plus 2 physical education credits.

• This rule only applies to current 10th, 11th, and 12th graders, as current freshmen do not have two terms of high school grades to apply.
• Freshmen are only held to the 5+1 standard during their freshman year.

An ineligible student-athlete will appear on the Inactive Roster on PSAL.org, and is not allowed to compete in any games/matches, however, they are still allowed to participate in practices.

PSAL Medical Form

Please ensure that your medical form has been completed properly. Make sure to do the following:

• The medical form is filled out in pen and is 100% original. No copies or other replicas of the original will be accepted under any circumstances.
• The doctor has checked one of the boxes at the top of the page clearing you for participation.
• The bottom of the form is signed, dated, and stamped by the doctor.
• Special Note Fall athletes must hand in their note(s) before the last day of school.

Special Notes

• A medical form is valid for one calendar year from the date the doctor puts on medical form.
• You may try out for as many sports as wish using the same medical form. However, a new parent consent form is required for each sport you try out for.

PSAL Parental Conset Form

You must submit a new parent consent form for each sport that you would like to try out for.

To ensure you have properly filled out the form, please review this checklist before submitting the form to your coach:

• When printing the form, make sure you set your printer's settings to fit the document to the printable area. Make sure no part of the document is cut off.
• The form must be filled out in blue or black pen only, and must be original - no copies, prints, etc.will be accepted under any circumstances.
• Complete the top section with your name, high school, date of birth, OSIS, and the name of one sport you would like to try out for. If you do not know your official class, leave it blank.
• A parent/guardian must initial 13 times - once next to each of the 13 statements in the body of the document. Be sure to count 13 initials before you try to turn it in. If even one initial is missing, the form cannot be accepted.
• Provide 2 emergency telephone numbers at the bottom, where indicated.
• The parent/guardian should print their name, sign their name, and date the form at the bottom, where indicated. Leave the section where it asks for the "Teacher/Coach Signature" blank. The coach will sign and date the bottom upon receiving both the parent consent and valid medical form.
• In the TOP LEFT CORNER, please put your NYCSTUDENTS Email, so coaches can reach out to you.

PSAL Spectator Policy

AS SPECTATORS WE MUST AT ALL TIMES BE HELD TO A HIGHEST STANDARD OF RESPECT & SPORTSMANSHIP FOR ALL INVOLVED IN THE CONTESTS. INCLUDING SECURITY, FACULTY, STUDENT ATHLETES & COACHES.

1. Only Coaches, Student-Athletes, And Managers Listed On The PSAL Website Will Be Granted Access To The Building And Be Allowed On The Sidelines
2. All Players, Coaches, Managers, And Officials must enter GWHS via the main entrance located at 105 Tech Place. All visitors must undergo scanning as per DOE policy.
3. Parents/Guardians of both home & visiting teams are to complete the spectator entry form below. IF THE FORM IS NOT COMPLETED YOU WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO ENTER THE SCHOOL CAMPUS.
4. Westinghouse Campus students will be allowed to enter sporting events as spectators in order to cheer and support their fellow classmates. However, students with disciplinary demerits during the marking period will be subject to review by faculty.
5. All spectators are to remain in the bleachers during the game and intermission(s). Spectators may not stand on the sidelines, in the corners of the gymnasium/field, or encroach on the court/field in any way. If spectators refuse to leave non-viewing areas, they will be asked to leave the facility altogether.
6. Upon the conclusion of the game, spectators will be asked to vacate in an orderly fashion. If you need to wait for student-athletes, kindly wait outside of the building.
7. Entrance is subject to safety limits. If the Gymnasium is at capacity, you may be denied entry at the door. There will be no entrance to any event after halftime.
8. WE SUPPORT FRIENDLY COMPETITION. THERE IS TO BE NO TAUNTING, PROFANITY, DISRESPECTFUL OR VIOLENT BEHAVIOR WHILE ON SCHOOL CAMPUS. IF THERE IS ANY SUCH BEHAVIOR YOU WILL BE SUBJECT TO REMOVAL FROM THE FACILITY AND POSSIBLE SUSPENSION FOR FUTURE CONTESTS.
9. Please contact the Athletic Director at the email listed on the school's PSAL page if you have any questions regarding the spectator policy.

Thank you for supporting G-Hose Warriors and making sports at our school an integral part of the high school experience.