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DPS Prep League

See our Athletics Overview and more information about our Club Sports + Intramurals and athletics policies and forms.

Any questions regarding McAuliffe Prep Sports, please contact Natalie Barrios Marquez, n_barrios-marquez@dpsk12.net.

All student athletes will need to have a current physical on file and complete registration before they can participate in tryouts, practices, or games. Link to – Physical Form (Eng) Physical Form – (Esp)

DPS Prep League Seasons

Early Fall – 9/3/202 – 10/19/2024 – Baseball, Cross Country, and Girls Soccer

Fall – 10/21/2024 – 12/14/2024 – Girls Flag Football and Boys Flag Football (7th and 8th Grade Only)

Winter – 1/7/2025 – 2/22/2025 – Girls Volleyball (7th and 8th Grade Only) and Boys Volleyball

Early Spring – 2/18/2025 – 4/12/2025 – Girls Basketball and Boys Basketball

Spring – 4/7/2025 – 5/17/2025 – Boys Soccer and Softball

Prep Game Schedules – Will be posted here when they become available.

Early Fall Prep Sports

Sign-ups for our early fall prep league sports season will open in late July or early August. The season will run from September 9, 2024 through October 19, 2024. We will offer girls soccer, baseball, and cross country. Tryout dates for baseball and girls soccer will be released at a later date. We will cap cross country at 200 runners (this will be first come first serve), and will announce when practice starts also at a later date. Please be sure to start getting physicals completed and the paperwork needed to participate in early fall sports. Link to – Physical Form (Eng) Physical Form – (Esp)

Physicals can be emailed to n_barrios-marquez@dpsk12.net or turned into the Community Office. Due to the mass influx of emails, I don’t send confirmation emails on physicals or registration. I apologize for the inconvenience, I just don’t have the time. If I am missing something, I will contact you.

DPS Prep League Information and Requirement

The Prep League Sports, in cooperation with Kroenke Sports Charities, have partnered to create programs in DPS that encourage academic success and school pride. Prep League consists of over 30 schools and 6,000 students having the opportunity to play against other schools in their division, in organized after-school educationally based athletics.

DPS Prep Requirements:

  1. Must be a current 6th, 7th or 8th Grade student.
  2. Student must be academically eligible.
  3. The participation fee of $35.00 per sport, must be paid submitted to complete the registration.
    • My Spark Denver has been launched through a partnership with the City and County of Denver, Mile High United Way, and Gary Community Ventures to increase access to after school and extracurricular activities that can have positive benefits for youth. The program does that by providing $1,000 debit cards directly to students and families so that they can choose the youth activities that they’re most interested in.  Denver Public Schools Middle School Athletics (DPS-MSA) is an approved partner and the MySpark card can be used for the DPS-MSA participation fee.  To apply for the MySpark card, please click here.
    • Fees will be uploaded into MySchool Bucks once final rosters are determined
  4. Physical Exam and Medical Clearance to Participate
    • A completed Physical Examination and Consent must be current and on file with the Director of Athletics for your students school.  The form above is highly recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP).
    • Link to – Physical Form (Eng) Physical Form – (Esp)
    • Physicals can be emailed to Natalie Barrios Marquez at n_barrios-marquez@dpsk12.net, or turned into the Community Office
    • Denver Health’s School-based Health Centers (SBHC) form a large network of 19 health centers located inside Denver Public School (DPS) campuses that provide medical, mental health, dental and behavioral health care to any DPS student and sibling(s), including children enrolled in DPS-affiliated Early Childhood Education programs at no charge to families. We also offer health education and family planning, as well as insurance enrollment and advising services.
    • Student athletes will not participate in tryouts, practice, or games until we have a current physical on file.

DPS Prep league is funded and run by DPS Athletics. We are only allowed to have one prep league team per sport per school. Because of this, we have tryouts for most sports with the exception of cross country (due to staffing restraints cross country is capped at 200 runners).

Tryouts for prep sports are competitive. Coaches will be selecting players based on their skill level. Cuts will be made at the discretion of the coaching staff. I will also be reviewing all students academic standings prior to tryouts. If your student has seven or more missing assignments, they are ineligible to play. We will let them try out, but that information will be provided to the coaches, and will be an automatic cut. Your player must attend each day of their scheduled day of tryouts to be considered for the team. The exception to this is if your player got approval from the coach in advance of the tryouts. A no show on the scheduled tryout day is an automatic cut. 

Transportation: There will be NO transportation to any away competitions again this year. Due to a shortage of bus drivers, DPS is not able to provide transportation to away games. Coaches will touch on this in their communications to you once your athlete is on the team.