THANKSGIVING DAY BATTLE NEXT ON TAP FOR VIKING FOOTBALL TEAM

The annual Thanksgiving Day battle between your football Vikings and the Black Knights of Stamford High School will take place this Thursday (11/23).  Kick off is set for 10:00 a.m. at Boyle Stadium.  Tickets are only available through the Stamford High TicketSpicket site.  The link is below.  The game will also be available by livestream on the Westhill's LocalLive livestream site.  That link is also below.  The weather forecast for Thursday looks like it is going to be a great day to come out and cheer your Vikings on to a big win over their crosstown rivals.  

WESTHILL VIKINGS ATHLETICS

WINTER SPORTS REGISTRATION NOW OPEN

The registration window for winter 2023-24 sports is now OPEN.  It will remain open until December 16.  In order to participate in interscholastic athletics at Westhill, all student-athletes must be registered by a parent in our online registration process.  PLEASE NOTE- we are no longer using the SportsEngine registration site.  We are now doing all sports registrations through FinalForms, an online forms and data management service. FinalForms allows you to complete and sign athletic participation forms for your students. The most exciting news is that FinalForms saves data from season-to-season and year-to-year, meaning that you will never need to enter the same information twice! FinalForms also pre-populates information wherever possible, for each of your students, saving you time. You may review your data at any time to verify it is current. You will be required to sign your forms once per year and after any update. Click on the Parent Playbook (links to both English and Spanish versions are below) to get started in FinalForms. If you require any support during the process, scroll to the bottom of the page and click “Get Help” at the bottom right.

Here is the link to our FinalForms registration site:  

Immediately below are links to a quick guide (both English and Spanish) to help in setting up your FinalForms account. 

Link to Required Athletics Physical Form HAR-3

STAMFORD ACADEMIC ELIGIBILITY STANDARDS FOR PARTICIPATION IN INTERSCHOLASTIC ATHLETICS

Below is the link to a document summarizing the academic eligibility standards required to participate in athletics at Westhill in both English and Spanish.  Please contact Athletic Director Dick Cerone if you have any questions concerning academic eligibility.

WINTER SPORTS START DATES

Below are the start dates/times/locations for each of our winter teams.  The weekly team schedules are also available through the link below.

WEEKLY TEAM SCHEDULES AVAILABLE BELOW

Need a weekly schedule for our teams?  Click on the link below to access a printable weekly schedule.  Please know days/times are subject to change.  Any changes will be communicated to the team by the coach.  Game changes will be listed above.

Need a master winter season schedule?  Click on the second link to access the entire winter schedule on the CIAC website.  Again, please remember all dates/times are subject to change.

2023-24 CITY CUP BATTLE IN FULL SWING

After a Westhill Three-Peat in 2022-23, the annual Battle for the City Cup is underway.  The final fall battle will be Thanksgiving morning, when the Vikings football team travels across town to battle with the Black Knights.  Kick off is scheduled for 10:00 a.m.

2018-19 RESULTS:   STAMFORD 12-WESTHILL 11

2019-20 RESULTS: STAMFORD LEADS 9-5/SPRING SEASON SUSPENDED

2020-21 RESULTS: WESTHILL 12.5-STAMFORD 7.5

2021-22 RESULTS: WESTHILL 12.5-STAMFORD 9.5

2022-23 RESULTS: WESTHILL 12-STAMFORD 12

Westhill Athletic Policy requires that all student-athletes ride to and from away games with their teams.  However, we also realize that on occasion circumstances may arise that would necessitate a waiver to this policy.  When such unusual circumstances do arise student-athletes or their parents may request a waiver from this policy by completing a Bus Release Form and submitting it to Mr. Cerone.  Emailed forms MUST be sent to rcerone@stamfordct.gov. Forms must be submitted at least 24 hours in advance of the the trip.  To access the Bus Release Form, click on the link below.  You can submit the form either electronically or with a hard copy.  Electronic forms can be emailed directly to Mr. Cerone.  Hard copies can be given to him directly or be placed in his mailbox in the Main Office.  He will notify you directly to let you know whether or not the appeal was granted.

Message Regarding Captain’s Practices

As a reminder, Stamford Public Schools and the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference (CIAC) do not permit or support captain’s practices. Per the CIAC 2020-2021 Handbook, a captain’s practice is defined as below:

4.5.D. CAPTAIN’S PRACTICE (DEFINITION) The term “Captain’s Practice” usually means the team’s captain organizing and conducting practice sessions for that sport without adult supervision. The CIAC does not in any way sanction, encourage or condone “Captain’s Practice” in any sport. “Captain’s Practice,” depending on the member school’s involvement, may be a clear violation of eligibility rule II.D. (seasons limitations) or certainly a violation of the spirit of Rule II.D.

Also No. Rule 2.1.c. states: Member schools may not organize or permit coaches to organize, supervise or operate athletic practice which includes captain’s practices.

If you have questions, regarding this information, please contact your Athletic Director.

UPCOMING GAME SCHEDULE

OLIVIA COGNETTI AND SPENCER CAMPBELL NAMED CAS-CIAC SCHOLAR-ATHLETES FOR 2022-23

The Westhill Athletic Department is proud to announce that seniors Olivia Cognetti and Spencer Campbell have been named Westhill's 2022-23 CAS-CIAC Scholar-Athlete honorees.  They, along with all of the state-wide honorees, will be honored at the Annual Connecticut High School Scholar-Athlete Awards Program and Banquet on Sunday May 7.  The event is held at the Aqua-Turf Club in Southington. 

The CAS-CIAC Scholar-Athlete Program annually recognizes two high school seniors from each member school whose academic and athletic careers have been exemplary, whose personal standards and achievements are a model to others, and who possess high levels of integrity, self-discipline and courage.

Olivia is a 4-year member of the girls soccer team and served as team captain in 2022.  She also ran two seasons of outdoor track.  She will be attending the University of Southern California in the fall, where she plans on studying electrical and computer engineering.

Spencer plays both football and boys lacrosse for the Vikings, and also ran one season of outdoor track.  A National Honor Society, Spencer plans on attending the University of Virginia, where he will major in Mechanical Engineering.

Congratulations to both of our honorees.