Off-Season News

Added 4/4/25:

2026 Schenectady Flag Off-Season Outline is here!

 📢 Team Announcement 

Hello current athletes,

We’re excited to share the Year-Round Strength & Conditioning and Practice Schedule. Please review carefully and mark your calendars. Consistent attendance and commitment will help us build strength, skills, and unity as a team.

💪 Weight Room Training – 3+ Days/Week

• Start Date: Monday, December 1, 2025

• Time: 3:30 – 4:30 PM

• Recurrence: Weekly on Monday, Wednesday, Friday until March 2, 2026

• Notes: Off-season strength training will follow a 3-day split program posted in the weight room.

📅 Weekly Night Practices

• Thursday Nights, 6–8 PM at Onieda Middle School

• Open to all students / Closed to non-participants

• Start Date: TBA

• Focus: Skill development, conditioning, and team building

• ⚠️ Possible Tuesday night practice is being worked on.

📅 December

• ⚠️ Athletes must check if their physicals expire before March 1, 2026. Contact your doctor or Hometown Health at the High School now to avoid last-minute issues.

• Proper footwear required: No CROCS in practice or the weight room.

• Effort in workouts now will pay off at tryouts and practices.

📅 January

• Weight room sessions

• Night practice

• Jan 26–30: AST (Athlete Support Time) → Position interests, goal setting, college recruitment planning, academic/community involvement, and Q&A.

• Chalk Talk Sessions (Film review, strategy, playbook walkthroughs)

📅 February

• Weight room sessions

• Night practice

• Feb 3–7: AST

• Feb 10–14: AST

• Feb 24–28: Potential Flag Football Winter Camp Days (staffing dependent)

• Chalk Talk Sessions

📅 March

• Mar 2–4: Tryouts (TBD)

• Mar 5–8: NYSHSFCA Clinic

• Mar 9 (Monday): First Day of Practice

• Mar 9–29:

• Practices (No Sundays)

• Parent Meeting (Exact day/time TBD)

• AST

• Chalk Talk Sessions

Mar 30 (Sunday): First Day of Regular Season Games

📅 April

• Easter/Spring Break: Practices will continue, but days of worship will be respected (TBD).

• April 8 & 10: Games (attendance required).

• Special home events to be scheduled:

• Senior Night

• Heroes Night

• Youth Leagues

• Powder Puff

• Thanksgiving Alumni Game?

• Other ideas welcome

📅 May

• May 12: Last Day of Regular Season Games

• May 14: Seeding Meeting

• May 16:

• Class A Quarterfinals

• Class B & C Play-In Games (Higher seed hosts)

May 19: Class A, B, C Semifinals @ Higher Seed May 23: Sectional Finals @ Troy High School May 27 or 28: NYS Sub-Regionals (Class C travels to Section 7)May 31: NYS Regional Finals (A, B & C if qualified) @ Section 3

☀️ June

• June 6–7: Championship Game @ Homer HS

• June ? (Thursday): Team Dinner – Celebrate the season together!

June ???: Youth Flag Football Camp (Summer Session – Week 2) 

Added 4/4/25:

Schenectady Flag Merch Store is still open!! Click Here!

We are using Mercury Printing for our Team Store. Please take a look. This is also one of our fundraisers.