Athletic Dates for 2026-27 Announced for Planning

To assist Huntington parents and Blue Devil student-athletes with planning for 2026/27, the athletic department is announcing important dates for next year’s fall, winter and spring seasons.

The starting dates for high school level sports are as follows:

Monday, August 17: Football

Monday, August 24: All other fall high school sports

Monday: November 16: All winter sports

Monday, March 8: All spring sports

The starting dates for middle school level sports are as follows:

Wednesday, September 9: All Finley fall sports

Monday, November 9: All Finley Winter Season No. 1 sports

Monday, January 25: All Finley Winter Season No. 2 sports

Monday, March 29: All Finley spring sports

The school doctor is tentatively scheduled to perform physical exams for athletes at Huntington High School on Thursday, August 13 at 8 a.m. for football players and 9 a.m. for all other athletes.

Other significant dates:

Homecoming 2026: The date will be announced shortly.

Lou Giani Invitational Wrestling Tournament: Saturday, December 5

Alan Kuver Memorial Fencing Relay: Saturday, January 16

Senior Athletic Awards Ceremony: Thursday, June 10

Overview of District Athletic Program

In the 2026/27 school year, Huntington UFSD offers students an athletic program that includes 36 varsity level teams; 16 JV teams and 24 middle school teams for a total of 76 Blue Devil athletic teams.

Fall Season:

Varsity: Football, boys’ soccer, girls’ soccer, field hockey, boys’ golf, girls’ tennis, boys’ cross country, girls’ cross country, girls’ swimming and diving, girls’ volleyball, boys’ volleyball, girls’ gymnastics

Junior Varsity: Football, boys’ soccer, girls’ soccer, field hockey, girls’ volleyball, girls’ tennis, boys’ golf

Finley: Football, boys’ soccer (two teams), girls’ soccer (two teams), field hockey, girls’ tennis, boys’ cross country, girls’ cross country

Winter Season:

Varsity: Boys’ basketball, girls’ basketball, boys’ indoor track and field, girls’ indoor track and field, boys’ fencing, girls’ fencing, boys’ wrestling, co-ed bowling, boys’ swimming and diving, girls’ wrestling, co-ed Unified bowling

Junior Varsity: Boys’ basketball, girls’ basketball, boys’ wrestling

Finley: Winter Season No. 1: Boys’ basketball (two teams), girls’ volleyball (two teams)

Finley: Winter Season No. 2: Girls’ basketball (two teams), wrestling; boys’ volleyball

Spring Season:

Varsity: Boys’ lacrosse, girls’ lacrosse, baseball, softball, boys’ tennis, boys’ outdoor track and field, girls’ outdoor track and field, girls’ golf, boys’ badminton, girls’ badminton, girls’ flag football, co-ed Unified basketball

Junior Varsity: boys’ lacrosse, girls’ lacrosse, baseball, softball, boys’ tennis, girls’ flag football

Finley: boys’ lacrosse, girls’ lacrosse, baseball, softball, boys’ tennis, boys’ outdoor track and field, girls’ outdoor track and field, girls’ gymnastics

Fluid Season:

Varsity: Co-ed Unified Bocce

The coaching staff totals 115, including 66 on the varsity level; 19 on the junior varsity level and 30 on the middle school level.