Lightning Sports
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2023 -2024
Winter Sports Season
Boys & Girls Basketball, Swimming, Wrestling & Cheer
Tryouts Begin Monday - November 13th 2023
Cheer Tryouts September 25 to 27th
Tryouts start on Monday 11/13 for Boys & Girls Basketball, Swimming,Wrestling. Cheer tryouts are on 9/25. Tryouts typically last three days (Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday). Cut sports will finalize their programs on Thursday of the first week.
Stack Team App
Franklin High School is seeking to streamline all communication across 20 programs in the Athletic Department. Please take a moment for both athletes and parents to download Team App on your Smart Phone App store. Create a username and password and search for “Franklin - HS (insert sport).” www.teamapp.com.
Register on FamilyID
Login into your FamilyID account and look for registration, “2023-24 Winter Sports Registration”. If you registered in a previous season in the 2022 - 2023 school year, please use that username and password to register for the upcoming seasons. SIGN UP HERE.
Clearance/physical
The athletic department will begin clearing students for participation now. Please make sure all documents (updated physicals) are attached to your account before the tryout date. Sports Physicals are good for two years. Make sure you have either uploaded a physical or emailed the Athletic Director or Athletic Secretary. You cannot participate in tryouts if you have not registered in Family ID and submitted an updated current physical. If you cannot upload a physical in Family ID, please contact the athletic office.
Franklin Student Health Center - Physical Days - By Appointment ONLY (Ph: 503.988.3909)
Eligibility
In order to be eligible, students must be enrolled in 2.5 credits (typically 5 classes) and have passed at least 2.5 credits the previous semester or 1.5 credits the previous quarter. Students must also be on track to graduate, which means they have to have completed a certain number of credits prior to the start of the year.
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Freshman - Do not have HS Transcripts yet
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Sophomores - 4.5 credits completed
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Juniors - 10 credits completed
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Seniors - 17 credits completed
Winter Sports Tryout Information
Cheer:
Head Coach: Savannah Williams sawilliams@pps.net
Tryouts
Practices
Location
FHS Upper Gym
Dates
September 25 - 27th
TBD Time
6:30 - 8:30 pm TBD
Notes
Contact Coach for more details
Must be cleared with FamilyID to participate
Boys Basketball:
Head Coach: Marc Grassman mgrassman@pps.net
Tryouts Practices
Location
FHS Gyms
Dates
November 13th - 15th 2023
TBD
Time
TBD
TBD Notes
Contact Coach for additional questions
Must be cleared with FamilyID to participate
Girls Basketball:
Head Coach: Erin Brunton ebrunton@pps.net
Tryouts Practices
Location
FHS Gyms
Dates
November 13th - 15th 2023 TBD Time
TBD
TBD
Notes
Contact Coach for additional questions
Must be cleared with FamilyID to participate
Swimming:
Head Coach: Erin Morris emorris@pps.net
Tryouts (No Cut)
Practices
Location
East Portland Community Center
East Portland Community Center
Dates
November 13th - 15th 2023
TBD
Time
8:15 pm to 9:15 pm
8:15pm to 9:15 pm
Notes
Please Email Coach for updates
Must be cleared with FamilyID to participate
Wrestling:
Head Coach: Steve O’Neill soneill@pps.net
Tryouts (No Cuts)
Practices
Location
Wrestling Room
Dates
November 13th -15th 2023 Time
TBD
TBD
Notes
Contact Coach for Additional Questions
Must be cleared with FamilyID to participate
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Contact
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Alan Boschma
Athletic Director
503-916-5140 X84343
Athletic Secretary
503-916-5140 X84417
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PIL Athletic Mission
The mission of our High School Athletics is to promote participation and sportsmanship through a competitive interscholastic athletic program.
Every athlete is provided with opportunities, positive recognition, and learning experiences that support and maximize the academic goals of our High School.
Athletics utilizes experiences that are inherently educational to foster lifelong lessons such as teamwork and self-discipline, while facilitating the physical and emotional development of our student athletes.
More information regarding our sports programs can be found at www.pilathletics.com. Click on the Maroon “F”.
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Go to the Oregon School Activities Association (OSAA) for Scores, Rosters, Games and other information. (www.osaa.org)
Athletic Fee
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The cost is $200 per sport per student. There is a $800 cap per family.
For students on the Federal Free/Reduced Lunch program, the athletic fee is $35 per sport.
Franklin Athletic Boosters (FAB)
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The mission of the Franklin Athletic Boosters is to provide positive support to the sanctioned FHS and Franklin cluster youth athletic teams through community building, fundraising support, engaging alumni participation and raising the profile of all Franklin HS and youth athletic teams. www.franklinathleticboosters.com/