Athletics

C-Team Football

New 6th Grade Sports Participation Policy

In May 2023, the Clarke County Board of Education approved a revision to Board Policy IDE(2) that allows sixth-grade students to compete on their middle schools' athletics teams alongside seventh- and eighth-graders. Schools will provide additional information about fall sports and academic eligibility as well as physical evaluation forms. Grade-level eligibility for competitive teams may vary from sport to sport, depending on the school. Please see on this page a listing of sports offered at Hilsman and the grade levels allowed to participate.

Panther Athletics

Athletics Contacts:

Athletic Director: Daniel Culliver: Email Daniel Culliver

Assistant Athletic Director: Kimberly Willingham: Email Kimberly Willingham 

Fall sports include:

  • Volleyball (Grades 6-8)

  • C-Team Football (Grades 6-8, practices at Cedar Shoals)

  • Cross Country (Grades 6-8)

  • Running Club (6th grade, non-competitive)

  • Cheer for Football (Grades 6-8)

Winter sports include:

  • Cheer for Basketball (Grades 6-8)

  • Swim & Dive (Grades 6-8, practices with Cedar Shoals)

  • Basketball (Grades 6-8)

  • Wrestling (8th grade, practices with Cedar Shoals)

Spring sports include:

  • Soccer (Grades 6-8)

  • Track & Field (Grades 6-8) (practices at Cedar Shoals)

  • Softball (8th grade, practices at Cedar Shoals)

  • Baseball (8th grade, practices at Cedar Shoals)

To compete in any sport, student-athletes need to be academically eligible, which means that they passed at least six out of 7 classes on their most recent report card.

All student-athletes also need to turn in a physical form (English) / physical form (Espanol) signed by a doctor. These expire after one (1) year. Physicals can be obtained at the following: 

  • primary care doctor

  • Hilsman Health Center — call 706-546-7463 to make an appointment.

  • Little Clinic at Kroger Marketplace, 700 U.S. Hwy. 29, Athens (takes insurance) — call 706-715-3746 to make an appointment.