Athletic update:
The varsity volleyball Quad at Onsted for today has been canceled due to water/sewer issues in Onsted.
Both of the Jonesville Cross Country teams qualified for the State Finals!. The last time this happened was in 1997! Coach Jake Snyder was fresh out of college, and was the assistant coach to Dennis Peacock. Fast forward to 2024- Coach Snyder and assistant coach Chad Copp guided BOTH teams to the State Finals!
The Comet ladies had the lowest pack time (1-5 runners) by over a minute to key their 3rd place finish. The top 3 teams advance from the Regional to the State Finals. Freshman Brynleigh Griffiths ran 21:00, placing 9th out of the 12 teams and 82 runners competing. She was All-Region and medaled. Sophomore Kiera Knight was 20th, running 21:40. Sophomore Kendahl Drake ran 21:43, good for 22nd. Sophomore Joleane Gulledge ran 22:14, placing 29th. Mia Langhann, also a sophomore, continued with another big PR to place 39th with a 22:51 time, completing the scoring.
The Comet boys also placed 3rd, advancing to the State Finals. Led by sophomore Caleb Blonde and Junior Nick Fowler’s 4th and 5th place finish, both earning All-Region. Caleb ran 16:09, and Nick ran 16:23. Sophomore Collin Fucile and freshman Ashton Potwin also finished together, placing 24th (17:35), and 25th (17:40). Senior Zachary Childress ran 18:05, placing 36th. At the end of the meet Jonesville was tied with Brooklyn Colombia Central. The scoring then went to the 6th man. Freshman Jacob Gray placed 43rd (18:51), 4 places ahead of Colombia Central’s 6th man to lock the Comets in at 3rd place. Columbia Central will also advance to the Finals, as they had 4 runners in the top 20, and placed 4th.
The Comets will run this Saturday at MIS for the State Finals. More details to follow.
Winter Sports Pre-season meeting for all High School and Middle School students interested in playing a winter sport:
On October 23 at 7:00pm in the high school gym there will be a meeting for all athletes and their parents/guardians. The meeting will take less than an hour. The meeting will start out with new updates to the athletic handbook and certain points of emphasis. The athletic trainer will also be there as he discusses the protocols and procedures that need to be followed. We will finish up with each athlete attending a sport specific meeting with the coaching staff of that sport to go over program expectations.
FIRST DAY OF MIDDLE SCHOOL PRACTICE FOR COMPETITIVE CHEER IS OCTOBER 21.
FIRST DAY OF MIDDLE SCHOOL PRACTICE FOR BOYS BASKETBALL IS OCTOBER 28.
FIRST DAY OF PRACTICE FOR HIGH SCHOOL WINTER SPORTS IS NOVEMBER 11.
FIRST DAY OF PRACTICE FOR HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS BASKETBALL IS NOVEMBER 18.
FIRST DAY OF MIDDLE SCHOOL PRACTICE FOR GIRLS BASKETBALL AND WRESTLING IS JANUARY 6.
High school sports offered in the winter season: boy basketball, girls basketball, boys bowling, girls bowling, competitive cheer, wrestling
Middle school sports offered in the winter season: boys basketball, girls basketball, competitive cheer, wrestling
Here's the article the Hillsdale Daily News did on the "Think Pink" tournament: Great cause, great community event! Thank you to Kathy Bondsteel for starting this great tradition! Go Comets!
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/wH6U2CzCbdrtaLPw/
Winter Sports Pre-season meeting for all High School and Middle School students interested in playing a winter sport:
On October 23 at 7:00pm in the high school gym there will be a meeting for all athletes and their parents/guardians. The meeting will take less than an hour. The meeting will start out with new updates to the athletic handbook and certain points of emphasis. The athletic trainer will also be there as he discusses the protocols and procedures that need to be followed. We will finish up with each athlete attending a sport specific meeting with the coaching staff of that sport to go over program expectations.
FIRST DAY OF MIDDLE SCHOOL PRACTICE FOR COMPETITIVE CHEER IS OCTOBER 21.
FIRST DAY OF MIDDLE SCHOOL PRACTICE FOR BOYS BASKETBALL IS OCTOBER 28.
FIRST DAY OF PRACTICE FOR HIGH SCHOOL WINTER SPORTS IS NOVEMBER 11.
FIRST DAY OF PRACTICE FOR HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS BASKETBALL IS NOVEMBER 18.
FIRST DAY OF MIDDLE SCHOOL PRACTICE FOR GIRLS BASKETBALL AND WRESTLING IS JANUARY 6.
High school sports offered in the winter season: boy basketball, girls basketball, boys bowling, girls bowling, competitive cheer, wrestling
Middle school sports offered in the winter season: boys basketball, girls basketball, competitive cheer, wrestling
Congrats to the Boys Soccer team on their win last night in the first round of the MHSAA district tournament! The team earned a 7-0 victory over Will Carleton to advance to the semifinals on October 16. They will play at Hillsdale Academy against the winner of the Battle Creek Calhoun Christian - Bellevue match-up. Game time will be 7:00. Per MHSAA guidelines, tickets will need to be purchased through GoFan.
Go Comets!
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Winter Sports Pre-season meeting for all High School and Middle School students interested in playing a winter sport:
On October 23 at 7:00pm in the high school gym there will be a meeting for all athletes and their parents/guardians. The meeting will take less than an hour. The meeting will start out with new updates to the athletic handbook and certain points of emphasis. The athletic trainer will be next as he discusses the protocols and procedures that need to be followed. We will finish up with each athlete attending a sport specific meeting with the coaching staff of that sport to go over program expectations.
FIRST DAY OF MIDDLE SCHOOL PRACTICE FOR COMPETITIVE CHEER IS OCTOBER 21.
FIRST DAY OF MIDDLE SCHOOL PRACTICE FOR BOYS BASKETBALL IS OCTOBER 28.
FIRST DAY OF PRACTICE FOR HIGH SCHOOL WINTER SPORTS IS NOVEMBER 11 .
FIRST DAY OF PRACTICE FOR HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS BASKETBALL IS NOVEMBER 18.
FIRST DAY OF MIDDLE SCHOOL PRACTICE FOR GIRLS BASKETBALL AND WRESTLING IS JANUARY 6.
High school sports offered in the winter season: boy basketball, girls basketball, boys bowling, girls bowling, competitive cheer, wrestling
Middle school sports offered in the winter season: boys basketball, girls basketball, competitive cheer, wrestling
Winter Sports Pre-season meeting for all High School and Middle School students interested in playing a winter sport:
On October 23 at 7:00pm in the high school gym there will be a meeting for all athletes and their parents/guardians. The meeting will take less than an hour. The meeting will start out with new updates to the athletic handbook and certain points of emphasis. The athletic trainer will be next as he discusses the protocols and procedures that need to be followed. We will finish up with each athlete attending a sport specific meeting with the coaching staff of that sport to go over program expectations.
FIRST DAY OF MIDDLE SCHOOL PRACTICE FOR BOYS BASKETBALL AND COMPETITIVE CHEER IS OCTOBER 28.
FIRST DAY OF PRACTICE FOR HIGH SCHOOL WINTER SPORTS IS NOVEMBER 11 .
FIRST DAY OF MIDDLE SCHOOL PRACTICE FOR GIRLS BASKETBALL AND WRESTLING IS JANUARY 6.
High school sports offered in the winter: boy basketball, girls basketball, boys bowling, girls bowling, competitive cheer, wrestling
Middle school sports offered in the winter: boys basketball, girls basketball, competitive cheer, wrestling
Jonesville High School has been selected as one of the high school sports programs to receive funds from the 2024 McDonald’s High School Sports Digital Fundraiser!
On October 3rd, local area McDonald’s restaurants will be raising money for local high school sports programs. Restaurants will be donating 20% of all Mobile Order & Pay sales made in the McDonald’s App on Thursday, October 3rd, 2024 to your school’s athletic department.
See attachment for details.
Go Comets!
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Athletic update for live streaming of athletic events:
Jonesville Community Schools will continue to use NFHS for the streaming of various athletic contests. The link for this service is https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/schools/jonesville-high-school-jonesville-mi
There is a subscription fee associated with NFHS. We have cameras that allow us to record events at the football field, in the high school gym, and the middle school gym.
Jonesville Community Schools also now offers Hudl for the streaming of various athletic contests because of the Jonesville Athletic Boosters Association's generous help! The link to the service is
https://fan.hudl.com/usa/mi/jonesville/organization/16917/jonesville-high-school
There is NO fee to use Hudl for Jonesville athletic events at home. We have cameras that allow us to record events at the football field and in the high school gym.
Go Comets!
Athletic update:
The varsity volleyball contest scheduled for Friday, August 30, at Bronson has been canceled.
Fall sport competitions kicked off this week at JHS for boys soccer, JV volleyball, varsity volleyball, and boys and girls cross country.
Boys soccer went 2-1 for the week with wins over Onsted and Will Carleton Academy. Their loss was to Leslie.
JV volleyball traveled to Tecumseh for a tournament and showed improvement in each match.
Varsity volleyball played in the St. Philip - Carrie Adams tournament on Saturday and came home with the Silver Bracket Championship.
Boys and girls cross country traveled to Webbervillle for the Happy Acres Invitational. The ladies placed 2nd out of six teams behind the number one ranked school in division three, Pewamo-Westphalia. Six girls medaled in the top 25. Leading the way was Brynleigh Griffiths, placing 10th, Kierra Knight was 11th. Joeleane Gulledge placed 13th, Kendahl Drake placed 18th, Julia Mandrell placed 20th and Danica Bradley was 24th. The boys placed second behind the second rank team in division three, Pewamo-Westphalia in a field of 8 teams. Caleb Blonde plays 2nd with the time of 17:06. Nick Fowler was 7th, Collin Fucile was 9th, Ashton Potwin was 11th, Jacob Gray was 16th, and Zach Childress placed 17th.
It is always great day to be a Comet!
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Jonesville Fall Sports Opening day practice/try out times:
Varsity and JV Football 5:00 - 8:00 at football practice field
Sideline Cheer 5:00 - 8:00 at Oak St gym
Soccer 6:30 - 8:30 at soccer field
Cross Country 4:00 - 5:00 at high school gym entrance
Varsity and JV volleyball 3:00 - 6:30 in high school gym
All participants need a physical in hand or on file with athletic office before practicing/trying out.
Please bring appropriate shoes, water bottle.
Please show up 15 minutes early so coaches can start on time.
Go Comets!
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The date of the Middle School Fall Sports Pre-season meeting is changed to Tuesday, August 13 at 7:00 pm. The reason for the change is to accommodate families with students in our other buildings to be able to attend the high school and/or elementary open houses. The athletic department apologizes for the multiple changes. The information for the meeting is as follows:
Fall Sports Pre-season meeting for all Middle School school students interested in playing a fall sport: On Tuesday, August 13 at 7:00pm in the Middle school gym there will be a meeting for all athletes and their parents/guardians. The meeting will take less than an hour. The meeting will start out with new updates to the athletic handbook and certain points of emphasis. The athletic trainer will be next as he discusses the protocols and procedures that need to be followed. The photographer will be on hand to go over the picture day information. We will finish up with each athlete attending a sport specific meeting with the coaching staff of that sport to go over program expectations. FIRST DAY OF PRACTICE FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL FALL SPORTS IS AUGUST 26.
Thank you and Go Comets!
Jeff Turner
Jonesville High School
Athletic Director
jturner@jonesvilleschools.org
517-826-7024
Fall Sports Pre-season meeting for all Middle School school students interested in playing a fall sport:
On August 14 at 6:30pm in the MIDDLE school gym there will be a meeting for all athletes and their parents/guardians. The meeting will take less than an hour. The meeting will start out with new updates to the athletic handbook and certain points of emphasis. The athletic trainer will be next as he discusses the protocols and procedures that need to be followed. The photographer will be on hand to go over the picture day information. We will finish up with each athlete attending a sport specific meeting with the coaching staff of that sport to go over program expectations. FIRST DAY OF PRACTICE FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL FALL SPORTS IS AUGUST 26.
Fall Sports Pre-season meeting for all High School students interested in playing a fall sport:
On August 7 at 7:00pm in the high school gym there will be a meeting for all athletes and their parents/guardians. The meeting will take less than an hour. The meeting will start out with new updates to the athletic handbook and certain points of emphasis. The athletic trainer will be next as he discusses the protocols and procedures that need to be followed. The photographer will be on hand to go over the picture day information. We will finish up with each athlete attending a sport specific meeting with the coaching staff of that sport to go over program expectations. FIRST DAY OF PRACTICE FOR HIGH SCHOOL FALL SPORTS IS AUGUST 12.
Fall Sports Pre-season meeting for all Middle School school students interested in playing a fall sport:
ANOTHER CHANGE IN TIME: On August 14 at 6:30pm in the MIDDLE school gym there will be a meeting for all athletes and their parents/guardians. The meeting will take less than an hour. The meeting will start out with new updates to the athletic handbook and certain points of emphasis. The athletic trainer will be next as he discusses the protocols and procedures that need to be followed. The photographer will be on hand to go over the picture day information. We will finish up with each athlete attending a sport specific meeting with the coaching staff of that sport to go over program expectations. FIRST DAY OF PRACTICE FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL FALL SPORTS IS AUGUST 26.
Fall Sports Pre-season meeting for all High School students interested in playing a fall sport:
On August 7 at 7:00pm in the high school gym there will be a meeting for all athletes and their parents/guardians. The meeting will take less than an hour. The meeting will start out with new updates to the athletic handbook and certain points of emphasis. The athletic trainer will be next as he discusses the protocols and procedures that need to be followed. The photographer will be on hand to go over the picture day information. We will finish up with each athlete attending a sport specific meeting with the coaching staff of that sport to go over program expectations. FIRST DAY OF PRACTICE FOR HIGH SCHOOL FALL SPORTS IS AUGUST 12.
Athletic Department information:
Physicals: Per MHSAA guidelines, any student entering grades 6-12 this fall that are interested in playing a school sport in the fall, winter, or spring must have a physical on file in the athletic office before any conditioning, try out, or practice can occur. The physical must be dated on or after April 15, 2024. The Jonesville Walk-In Clinic can do the physicals for $20. The Hillsdale Health & Wellness Clinic can do physicals for $26. Both locations will have the physical examination forms on site. The physical examination form must be completely filled out on both sides before the athletic department can accept it as official. The physical examination form must be signed by the M.D., D.O., Physician’s Assistant, or Nurse Practitioner. You can drop off your completed physicals to the High School office or give it to your coach.
Youth football camp opportunity for our kids grades 1-6. This camp is coached by the Hillsdale College Football Staff and current players. They focus on teaching general agility and position specific skills. Their goal is to teach kids the game of football, while also allowing them to fall in love with the game.
Link: https://hillsdalecollegefootballcamps.totalcamps.com/shop/EVENT