It is an incredibly busy time of year here at the Den! Winter sports are wrapping up with State Wrestling this weekend, followed by the start of basketball playoffs, which of course overlap with the start of Spring Sports!

Please continue reading to make sure you are ready for High School tryouts for Spring Sports which start on March 3. We will also have more information about impact testing for 8th grade students who wish to try out for cheer or dance for next school year. These tryouts are coming up soon as well!

Did you participate in a winter sport or activity? Please take a few minutes to answer a couple of questions to let us know about your experience. You can find the survey here, survey responses are anonymous.

Congratulations to North Point students who recently qualified to compete at State in FBLA or DECA. The number of student participants in these organizations have grown each year and so has the number of students who've excelled and qualified for State Competitions.

Great job everyone!

If you are planning on participating in a high school spring sport you'll need to be sure you register ASAP! Even if you've participated in a fall or winter sport, you'll still need to log in for your spring sport clearance!

Spring Registration will close on February 24, so be sure to complete it and ensure you are ready for tryouts.

Remember you will need to upload your current physical and have a valid impact test in order to be cleared for the first day of tryouts on March 3.

Impact Testing Dates

We will have impact testing available for those without a current valid test, after school, 2:30pm, in the library on:

Tuesday 2/25

You'll need to make sure you bring a charged chromebook to be able to take the test.

All students (students currently at NPHS, and 8th graders who attend NPMS) wanting to tryout for high school cheerleading for the 2025-2026 school year must complete the online registration, complete an impact test (current HS students impact test is good for two years), and have a valid physical that is uploaded when registering.

Tryout Registration

Must be completed using our online registration site.

You'll need your student's 10 digit student number from Focus to create an account for registration.

Impact Testing Dates for 8th Grade (Cheer & Dance Only)

**Bring a charged chromebook or personal laptop to complete test**

March 5 - 2:45pm in the NPHS Library

March 12 - 2:45pm in the NPHS Library

Please contact Head Coach Abi Moyer with any questions.

abimoyer@wsdr4.org

All students (students currently at NPHS, and 8th graders who attend NPMS) wanting to tryout for high school dance for the 2025-2026 school year must complete the online registration, complete an impact test (current HS students impact test is good for two years), and have a valid physical that is uploaded when registering.

Tryout Registration

Must be completed using our online registration site.

You'll need your student's 10 digit student number from Focus to create an account for registration.

Impact Testing Dates for 8th Grade (Cheer & Dance Only)

**Bring a charged chromebook or personal laptop to complete test**

March 5 - 2:45pm in the NPHS Library

March 12 - 2:45pm in the NPHS Library

Tryouts - Aux Gym at NPHS

April 4-5:30/7:30

April 7-5:30/7:30

April 9 -5:30/7:30

April 10-5:30/8:30

Please contact Head Coach Kristin Evans with any questions.

kristinevans@wsdr4.org

North Point HS hosted the Class 2 District 2 Girls wrestling tournament recently, and had a great tournament finishing 5th in a very deep 22 school district. The Grizzlies qualified 4 individual wrestlers for the State Tournament in Columbia this weekend.

Congratulations to Lucy Ullery, Faith Abunaw (Now a 2x Qualfier), Katharine Tyson, and Faith Hall for qualifying, and good luck at State ladies!

Faith Abunaw takes down her opponent from FZW during the district tournament at North Point High School. This is the second year in a row she has qualified for state with a 2nd place finish at the district tournament.

Faith Hall picked up a great win against Battle to punch her ticket to the State Tournament in Columbia this weekend.

Lucy Ullery battled through adversity in the later rounds of the district tournament to ensure she qualified to compete in Columbia this weekend. Great work Lucy!

Katharine Tyson took control early in this match vs. FZS to help her qualify for the State Tournament this weekend. Katharine is an incredibly hard working student athlete that has been a consistent performer for the Grizzlies this year!

The boys set a new program record by qualifying 9 wrestlers for the State Tournament this weekend and finishing 2nd as a team to a very talented and deep Hickman team.

The Boys Team qualified:

106 Jameson Young

113 Brody Apenbrinck (2 time State Qualifier)

132 Evan Berkbuegler

138 Brody Kell (2 time State Qualifier)

144 Leo Buchheit (4 time State Qualifier)

150 Kaden Purler (4 time State Qualifier)

157 Logan Redel (2 time State Qualifier)

175 Lucas Sapp (2 time State Qualifier)

HWT Ben Barfield

Brody Apenbrinck and Leo Buchheit had great tournaments, and were individual district champions at their respective weights. Good luck this weekend gentlemen!

The Grizzly Girls Basketball team will wrap up their regular season with games this week v. SCW and Ft. Zumwalt West. The most recently defeated conference foe Ft. Zumwalt North in a big road win last week.

Good luck ladies!

The Boys Basketball team will wrap up their regular season this weeks with games v. Parkway South and FZW. They'll start district play in early March to try to make a post season run! Good luck gentlemen!

The activities office has two different styles of fitted, New Era "NP" hats available in the Activities Office 618. We do have limited sizes, so you'll need to hurry if you want one, we won't be able to hold any hats.

They are $35 per hat, swing by the office and get yours today!

Prom will be on Saturday, April 5 at The Barn at Woods Fort in Troy, Missouri from 7 pm - 10 pm. Tickets are $50 each and include soda, water, and light appetizers. Tickets can be purchased online starting March 14. Don't forget all fines need to be paid before you can purchase a ticket. More information to come about online ticket sales, but please mark your calendars now.

Having great attendance is a must for athletes and activities participants. Not only does being in class regularly help with your grades, but it is required to be able to participate on a day when your sport or activity has a contest or game!

Our North Point parents have been great so far about keeping my office up to date, thank you for your efforts! Here are a few quick reminders:

- If your student will miss all or a portion of a school day that falls on the same date as a game/contest, this absence will need to be pre-approved by Dr. Adams.

- Parents should email Dr. Adams at least 24 hours in advance of the absence on a contest day, including partial absences for doctors appointments. He will respond back approving or denying the ability to play/participate.

- Students should bring a doctor's note back with them to give to the attendance office upon their return.

- Remember, any absence that isn't pre-approved (including leaving school for lunch or for forgotten items at home) on the day of a contest will make the student ineligible to compete that day.

- Be careful with Fridays or days prior to breaks, if the contest is on a Saturday and the absence occurs on a Friday, a student will not be eligible to compete on Saturday.

- All absences should be called in or emailed to the attendance office, and absences from a practice should be communicated directly with coaches and sponsors.

Thank you for your continued help!

You can access winter sports schedules now on the webpage linked below. There is also an "Activity Scheduler" app available for your mobile device that will alert you of schedule changes. It is a great idea to go ahead and save that link to your browser for future reference.

Spring schedules will be public soon, please remember that there is a good chance for early season schedule changes due to other school's participation numbers or unanticipated scheduling conflicts. We thank you for your patience as we iron those out with other schools.

Please remember that participating in sports and activities here at North Point is a privilege, not a right. Student participants are expected to maintain their eligibility and citizenship by following our district and MSHSAA Guidelines. Please click on the pictures below to review the attached resources to help ensure your eligibility for the entirety of the school year.

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