Deer Valley Unified School District (DVUSD) provides its middle school student athletes with multiple opportunities to compete throughout the school year.

In 2022-23, we changed the order of our seasons so that we could align with our neighboring districts to offer more athletic opportunities for our students. Not only do we have the opportunity for post-season regional championships, but we now are opening up in season tournaments hosted by high schools throughout all three districts (Dysart, Peoria and DVUSD).

We also needed to make a change to the order of our seasons due to the fact that we were experiencing a shortage of game officials in previous years when the sports seasons coincided with the high school seasons. By making this change, we had one of our best years in regard to official coverage!

Both the high school athletic directors and the district athletic directors believe that the current seasonal format is best for the long term development of our athletic programs.

The continuation of our current season schedule will allow us to continue and grow our partnership with the Peoria and Dysart Districts, as well as allow us to continue to build our connections between the middle schools and high schools within our own district. As our middle schools compete outside of the high school seasons, this will allow for high school coaches and assistant coaches to become more involved with our middle school programs.

As we continue to move forward in partnership with our high schools and neighboring districts, our goal is to provide as many athletic opportunities for our students within DVUSD. We look forward to a great 2024-25 school year!

Fall Season	Winter Season	Spring Season
Baseball	Cross Country	Spiritline
Softball	Boys Volleyball	Boys Basketball
	Girls Volleyball	Girls Basketball

·   Track (ran through BCHS)

Sunset Ridge School will be participating in Deer Valley’s 7-8 athletic conference.  In this conference, Deer Valley has adopted the code of conduct, “Pursuing Victory With Honor.”   Deer Valley athletic programs are committed to providing an enjoyable experience in a safe environment where students pursue “Victory With Honor” through the “Six Pillars of Character:” Trustworthiness, Respect, Responsibility, Fairness, Caring and Citizenship

• REGISTER MY ATHLETE

  Register my athlete is a site that we will be using to clear students for participation in after school athletics. (We will no longer be accepting paper packets)

  In order for an athlete to be eligible for after school athletics, prior to tryouts they must register and complete all forms at http://registermyathlete.com

  Below we have provided you with some links to help you with the Register My Athlete process.

  Log-In for Register My Athlete

  Step-By-Step Directions on how to get started with Register My Athlete.

  Here are the directions to follow when completing the Register My Athlete process: 

  Register My Athlete:

  Sports packet completed/downloaded 100% on-line

  1. Go to www.registermyathlete.com 

  2. Click: create account

  3. Click: parent

  4. Click: start/complete registration (red boxes)

  5. Select: School

  6. Select: Athlete - add

  7. Select: year/sport

  8. Confirm and complete all forms (red boxes)

  1. Select school, select athlete, guardian info., insurance, medical info

  9. School Requirements

  10. Parent and athlete e-sign

  11. Upload physical (PDF or JPEG).  If you take a picture you MUST use the 

       Google Chrome app on a mobile device - and add the documents.

  12. You will get message: “Pending School Approval”  - AD will check and approve.

   

Eligibility

In accordance with the State of Arizona’s regulations and Deer Valley’s Governing Board Policy, only those students deemed academically eligible may participate in extra or co-curricular activities. Athletic Eligibility will be determined every week starting the first Monday after the week of tryouts.  If a student-athlete is failing a class (Minimum of 1 D or F), the student-athlete will be put on an ineligible list for one week. During this ineligible period the student-athlete will still be considered on the team, allowed to practice, but not allowed to participate in games or travel with the team to away contests. If the student-athlete has a combination of three occurrences during a season (Pending or Ineligible), then they will be dismissed from the team. This will be considered the three strike rule.

Grade checks will be run every Thursday afternoon and the pending/ineligible time period will be Monday- Saturday. Grades are considered for all classes with no exceptions, and it is not looked at on a class to class basis. In the case of a teacher error, then that situation will be dealt with on an individual basis.

Students who are suspended from school may not participate in any team practices/games from the time of their suspension until the day following their last day of suspension.  Students and parents should be aware that if the student is medically excused from participating in regular physical education classes, they could be ineligible for participation in school athletic programs as stated on the medical excuse from the parent or doctor.

Attendance

Students participating in extracurricular events must be in attendance at school on the day of the events. Students who are excused for a part of the day, not to exceed one-half day, for dental appoints and/or medical appointments may be allowed to participate.

Tryouts

There is a process and specific requirements in order to try out for any school sport. All students must have a sports physical exam and all forms completed prior to trying out for any team. Physical Exams are good for one year from the time of completion. Please see the "Register My Athlete" tab to get started.

Closed Tryouts/Practices

It is Sunset Ridge’s desire to create a safe and unbiased atmosphere during tryouts and practices.  Therefore, it is our policy that all tryouts and practices are closed to everyone; excluding student athletes, coaches and SSR staff.  This helps decrease any additional liability in the gym during these activities.

ATHLETIC FEES FOR 2024-2025

In 2016-2017 the Deer Valley Unified School District faced another year of reduced funding by the State Legislature. As a result, and in an effort to balance the district’s budget, the DVUSD Governing Board has approved an athletic fee for the 2016-2017 school year. This fee will continue to be applied towards the 2018-2019 school year. The approved fee is in compliance with legislation passed in 1995, A.R.S. 15-342.24, enabling schools to assess reasonable fees for optional extra-curricular activities and programs. The purpose of the athletic fee is to provide revenue to maintain and operate athletic programs, which exceeds $2,000,000 per year, for 7th-8th grade and high school students. These fees collected will help defray the expenses of operating the DVUSD athletic programs. 

2024-2025 Approved Athletic Fees
7th/8th grade athlete	$60 per sport ($120 maximum per athlete)
9th-12th grade athlete	$100 per sport ($200 maximum per athlete)
Family	$300 maximum per family/household*
* A family or family household is defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes as “a householder and one or more other people related to the householder by birth, marriage, or adoption.”

 

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