Fall Sports for High School start this Week!

This year, all eligibility forms will need to be filled out on Arbiter, MHSA's new eligibility portal. Parents will need to go to this website: https://students.arbitersports.com/columbus-middle-and-high-school-mt/columbus-high-school-and-middle-school-2026-2027-athletics-registration, create an Arbiter account, and fill out the registration form for each student that you have who will participate in a sport this year in the high school or middle school. Parents must upload their student's completed physical as part of the registration process. MHSA has gone to this platform to ensure that student health and personal data is stored securely and access is only available to the proper school personnel. Coaches and administration can no longer see this information without using a two-factor authentication method. Please have your information input before the first day of practice.

The other nice thing about this platform is that the coach will have all pertinent information to contact the parent/guardian and provide important medical information to first-responders or medical personnel should an accident occur without carrying the student's personal information around with them in a binder or folder to each game.

High School sports, including football, volleyball, cross country, and fall cheer will start on Friday, 8/14. Middle School sports will start on the first day of school, Wednesday, 8/26. Below is the schedule of practices for each high school sport.

Football:

• Thursday, 8/13 @ 6:30 PM - Parent/Player Meeting

• Friday, 8/14, Saturday, 8/15, and Monday, 8/17 through Friday, 8/21 - Practices will be held from 6:30 AM - 8:00 AM and from 6:30 PM - 9:00 PM each day.

• Practices will be held from 4:30 PM - 6:30 PM beginning Monday, 8/24.

Cross Country:

• Friday, 8/14 - Practice starts at 7 AM on the high school track

• Saturday 8/15 - Practice starts at 9:30 AM on the high school track

• Monday, 8/17 - Friday, 7/21 - Practice starts at 7 AM on the high school track

• Saturday, 8/22 - XC Glow Run and Scavenger Hunt beginning at 9 PM.

• Monday, 8/24, and Tuesday, 8/25 - Practice starts at 6 AM on the high school track

• Wednesday, 8/26 - Practice starts at 4 PM on the high school track

• Wednesday, 8/12 - Parent/Player Meeting at 6 PM.

• Friday, 8/14 - Practices will be held from 7 - 8:30 AM and 5:30 PM

• Saturday, 8/15 - 9-11 AM

• Monday, 8/17 through Friday, 8/21 -Practices will be held from 7 - 8:30 AM and 5:30 PM

• Saturday, 8/22 - Practice will be held from 10-11 AM and the Green and White Scrimmage from 12 PM - 1 PM

• Monday, 8/24 - C will practice in the HS gym from 4:15 - 5:45 PM. JV and Varsity will practice from 6 PM - 8 PM.