At High Tech High, we believe that athletics should be a program where students can practice collaboration, show their character, and develop transformative skills that they will use in life.
(Communication, leadership, interdependence, resilience, humility and focus). Our athletes are students first and do not subscribe to one single story. They are not confined by labels but by their integrity on and off the courts and fields.
High Tech High strives to provide an equitable experience for all athletes and works to ensure that we are building community and honoring each other and ourselves. Our athletics teams support this mission in three ways:
Here is a look back at an amazing year of STORM sports! Thank you to all of our wonderful coaches, athletes and families!
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STORM Girls Waterpolo going to CIF for the first time in its history! The win over Mira Mesa High School guaranteed the team a spot in the CIF tournament. STORM plays Tuesday at 7:30pm at Southwestern College against Olympian. Come out and support the team!
Yesterday, the team celebrated their one senior! The Senior Celebration started with a players vs parents waterpolo match and then a lunch. HTH Senior Jojo Collins was honored as a wonderful part of the team.
The STORM Boys Soccer team said goodbye to 8 seniors this week with a celebration. We wish them all the best. #gostorm
STORM JV Boys Basketball played hard against the Colts in an end of the season game. #gostorm
Great turnout for the first STORM Swim and Dive tryout session yesterday. There is still space available if you want to join the team! Check the tryout schedule for times/dates. The team’s home pool is in Coronado.
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ALL 3 high schools on campus play as one team! ALL HTH students in the Point Loma Village are invited and encouraged to play sports! We have lots of sports to choose from, and everyone gets to play. HTH sports are a great way to make friends, stay active, and develop athletic skills.
The HTH Director of Athletics and Wellness is Coach Michal Lynn O’Kelley, Coach O’Kelley was a member of the HTH Explorer Founding faculty! She believes in building character through athletics and hopes to inspire athletes to push beyond their limits and release themselves to the game of life. Contact Coach O’Kelley here.
All HTH coaches are volunteers. Most coaches are parents or teachers. None of them get paid directly from the school. If you’d like to coach, we’d love to have you. If not, please keep in mind that our coaches are doing this because they love our kids and support them in whatever way they can.
Founded by a parent in 2019, the mission of the HTH Athletics Booster Club is to create a growing and sustainable athletics program at the HTH Point Loma Village. The Booster Club supports all sports, as well as the Athletic Director, and is helping plan for the future.
2022-2023 Booster Club had its first meeting to plan for next school year. HTH Booster Club is a group of parents who have come together to create an organization that will provide needed funding for all HTH sports. All HTH Parents are welcome! WE NEED YOU! Please join us and help us plan an amazing 2022-2023 year for our Athletes, Coaches and Community!
Meeting 5/17 RECAP: We had a very productive first meeting. The meeting was attended by 20 passionate and motivated parents, coaches and athletes from 3 of our HTH campuses. We started with introductions and insights. Many fun events and fundraising ideas were shared, parents stepped up to volunteer as team parents for next year, and the main concern for many was coach pay and coach retention. Several stories involved coaches getting their experience at HTH then moving to SDUSD to get a $1,500-$2,500 stipend to coach. There were also a lot of big questions such as “how much money do we need to raise for sports to pay coaches? “How does the Foundation work/where does the money go?” “How is the booster going to be organized under the foundation?” We will be diving deeper into the answers of all these questions as we form sub-committees and begin structuring the booster club. The remainder of the meeting was spent brainstorming committee ideas. Thank you Victoria Rhee for being our time keeper and white board note taker!
If you have any questions about Booster Club or would like to actively participate, please let me know, audreygans6@gmail.com.
Our coaches can’t do it alone! Team parents can help facilitate communication about practices and games, run concessions and admissions, coordinate carpools, and support our coaches in lots of different ways. We are always looking for volunteers – this is a great way to give back to the HTH community!
How do I sign up for HTH Athletics?
Feel free to reach out to mokelley@hightechhigh.org if you have any questions or concerns.
Athletes will also need to communicate with their teachers/advisory/deans about early dismissals and make up all required work. It is the athlete’s responsibility to communicate with teachers. Teacher Acknowledgement Form
If students are interested in participating in more than one sport during a season, they must first ask/get permission from each of the team coaches of the teams they want to be on. It is the player’s responsibility to have clear communication with each coach regarding their 2 team schedule. Players who choose to do this must demonstrate extra respect and communication to our volunteer coaches who are willing to work around their multi-sports season schedule as well as keep their eligibility in our education based athletics program.
Please be on time to practice. Communicate with your coach if you will be late or absent from practice. There is NO early release for practices.
Playing on a team teaches our students important life skills, like how to respectfully communicate with adults. We like to empower our athletes to initiate conversations about playing time and roles on the team with a coach prior to a parent stepping in. We ask that parents encourage their students to do this, and to schedule a meeting with coaches or the Athletic Director on the rare occasion that issues cannot be resolved between the students and their coaches.
All parents and other family members (ask a grandma or uncle!) are encouraged to become active participants in athletics. Join the booster club, consider being a team parent, or volunteer to coach! Students who aren’t interested in playing on a team but who want to be a part of this exciting community, should contact Michal Lynn and talk about ways to get involved – become a team manager, run the scoreboard, help the teams fundraise, write sports articles or take pictures for the Storm newsletter, create school spirit in your advisory or ASB. (all adults looking to volunteer in the program will need to go thru the fingerprinting process thru HTH)
Because we have students from all three schools participating on our teams, communication is really important – and can be a challenge. Each team may choose a different way to communicate. Often this is through an app like Team Up or Spond. Some coaches may choose to have team parents facilitate team communication. The Booster Club and the Athletic Director are available to support all volunteer parents to help teams get organized.
All athletes are responsible for finding their own rides to practices and away games. Carpools are very important and we rely on them. All students driving need to fill out the appropriate paperwork. You can get all of them at your Site Manager’s desk. Please make sure to fill this out for insurance purposes.
All players will be issued a school uniform for games. Uniforms must be returned at the end of the season prior to the awards ceremony in order to receive your sports letter and certificate. For practices, all athletes are to come properly dressed to work out and practice. No tank tops or non-athletic shoes. Coaches will provide you with a list of any additional equipment you might need. Please contact the Athletic Director if you are not able to wear any of the listed equipment for practice (and games).
The Athletic Director informs school Site Managers (front desk) on Athletics who will be dismissed early from school for games. Coach, captain or a team parent will also notify players of their school release time. Please do not try to leave earlier as it may jeopardize the whole program’s ability to have an early release. Attendance for the day is required to play in a game. If you do need to leave early or miss school for some reason, please make sure to communicate with the appropriate staff, including your coach and AD. You must be in 3 class periods to play in a game. Please remember game schedules are subject to change. Last minute communication may happen on game day.
HTH Athletics programs are funded by donations and fundraisers. Each team costs $3,000-$7,000 a season to run. The Athletic Director is able to share exact costs for each sport with the team parents, who will communicate and develop a fundraising plan with team’s families to support the costs of the sport. It is very important that we work as a team to try to offset our costs so we can continue to have STORM TEAMS year after year.
Storm Booster Club does a Fall and Spring fundraising campaign to help with these costs. The booster club also supports our baseball and basketball concession sales, which goes into the athletic budget and towards the sports the program.
Please support the online campaign, by donating whatever you can.
Our estimated cost for each player is $175 per sport. However, No donation is too small!!
In addition to raising funds for the sports cost, many parents choose to do additional team fundraisers to raise money for an end of the season party and/or coaches’ gifts. All fundraising plans must be approved by the Athletic Director.
We have several events each season for our teams. At the end of each season, an awards ceremony is held to recognize all students who participated. In addition, each team has a senior night, where we celebrate our Seniors during a game of choice. HTH will bring flowers and balloons. It is tradition that the Juniors families put on the event for the Seniors. This could be a bbq, taco truck, team gifts, team pictures, candy leis, the list goes on and varies from team to team.
*If you are interested in playing a sport for the Village please contact the Athletic Director.
Monday, June 16th at 8:30am at HTHMA bottom of the stairs
Remember, Uniforms are the property of HTHAthletics. If uniforms are not turned in, each player will be charged the cost of the uniform.
Please prepare your uniform before drop off:
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High Tech High Cross Country tryouts will be held at HTHSD. We will meet at the grass in front of the school next to the HTH main parking lot. Tryouts will be held between 10:00 to 11:00 am August 7th. We will continue practice on weekdays at 9 am unless otherwise decided.
We will have a parent meeting the first week of school, time TBD.
Please make sure all of your paperwork is up to date by the time of tryouts. Update your profiles on athleticclearance.com
Have your sports physical signed by a physician and posted on your profile. All student-athletes need to update and sign up for the 21-22 season.
You can view the HTH SD XC calendar here. You can subscribe to the calendar by clicking the Electronic Calendar Options icon.
Looking forward to seeing new athletes!!!
Adam, Amiee, Erik, and Mike
Varsity & Jv, Division III
Coach:Â Mike Strong, Adam Ewenstein, Jim McCue
Practice Location:Â Fishbowl 4pm every day
CIF CHAMPS
CIF Ind Title DII Girls Sienna Santiago 2015
Varsity & Jv Div III
Coach:Â Alexis Ainhorn
Practice Location: Barnes Tennis Center 4490 W. Point Loma Blvd
Schedule:Â
FRONTIER LEAGUE CHAMPS– 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2018
Varsity, Jv & Novice Div IV
Varsity Coach:Â Law Ortiguerra
JV Coach: TBD
Practice Location: HTHSD Gymnasium 2150 Cushing Road
DIV CIF CHAMPIONS 2018
DIV III State Regional Finalist 2018
FRONTIER LEAGUE CHAMPS
Varsity & Jv Div III At Large
Coaches:Â Annie Quinn, Paul Rooney
Practice Location:Â BBMAC Coronado
Coach: Harry Simmons
If you are interested in playing Flag Football for the Village please contact the Athletic Director,
Michal-Lynn O’Kelley
619-243-5000 ext 52222
mokelley@hightechhigh.org
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Varsity Coaches:Â Robert Butterfield, Alec Brooks
Schedule:Â MaxPreps
If you are interested in playing Girls Basketball for the Village please contact the Athletic Director,
Michal-Lynn O’Kelley
619-243-5000 ext 52222
mokelley@hightechhigh.org
If you are interested in playing Soccer for the Village please contact the Athletic Director,
Michal-Lynn O’Kelley
619-243-5000 ext 52222
mokelley@hightechhigh.org
Varsity Coach: Lance Beesley
JV Coach: Anthony Ferebee
Schedule:Â MaxPreps
If you are interested in playing Boys Basketball for the Village please contact the Athletic Director,
Michal-Lynn O’Kelley
619-243-5000 ext 52222
mokelley@hightechhigh.org
If you are interested in playing Boys Soccer for the Village please contact the Athletic Director,
Michal-Lynn O’Kelley
619-243-5000 ext 52222
mokelley@hightechhigh.org
Varsity & Jv, Division III
Tryouts TBD
Coaches:Â Mike Strong & Amiee Turnier
Practice Location:Â Liberty Station/NTCÂ Point Loma, Ca
Gather at the tree outside HTH fishbowl everyday at 4pm for practice
Meet Schedule:Â Athletic.net
CIF CHAMPS
CIF Ind Title DII Boys Jaden Rosenthal 2018
CIF Ind Title DII Girls Sienna Santiago 2017
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Varsity Div V
Field Address:Â East Clairemont Athletic Fields-Â 3451 Mt Acadia Blvd, San Diego, CA 92111
If you are interested in playing Baseball for the Village please contact the Athletic Director,
Michal-Lynn O’Kelley
619-243-5000 ext 52222
mokelley@hightechhigh.org
Varsity & JV Div III
Coach:Â Maureen Ruchhoeft, Joe Mella
Home Course:Â Balboa Golf Course
If you are interested in playing Boys Golf for the Village please contact the Athletic Director,
Michal-Lynn O’Kelley
619-243-5000 ext 52222
mokelley@hightechhigh.org
Swim starts on Tuesday, February 11th. Please be there at 4:30pm for team meeting and stretching. We will be in the water from 5-7pm every Tuesday. We will swim Tuesday 5-7pm,  Wednesdays and Thursdays from 6-8pm at the BBMAC in Coronado at Coronado High School. Please know we also have dryland practice Wednesdays 4pm at the HTHGym.
Please follow us on Instagram and Facebook FaceBook.com/High-Tech-High-Swimming.
Calendar and photos are on Shutterfly, please join us at hthstormswimteam.shutterfly.com
Varsity & JV Div III
Home Field:Â Robb Field 2525 Bacon Street
If you are interested in playing Softball for the Village please contact the Athletic Director,
Michal-Lynn O’Kelley
619-243-5000 ext 52222
mokelley@hightechhigh.org
DIV CIF CHAMPS 2015
DIII CIF RUNNER UP 2017
FRONTIER LEAGUE CHAMPS
2006-2007-2008-2009-2010-2011-2012-2013-2014-2015-2016-2017-2018
Varsity & Jv Div III
Coach:Â Chris Barrera
Home Court: Barnes Tennis Center 4490 W. Point Loma Blvd
Tryouts will begin Saturday Feb 2nd 10am-12pm
Varsity, Jv & Novice Div IV
Varsity Coach:Â Law Ortiguerra
JV Coach: Noah Ortiguerra
Practice Location: HTHSD Gymnasium 2150 Cushing Road
