2026-27 Nanticoke Area Athletic Registration
The Athletic Department at Greater Nanticoke Area School District hosts their PIAA-required Pre-Participation Athletic Forms online with Arbiter Registration (formerly FamilyID). The BigTeams Student Central platform that had been used previously has been discontinued. This digital platform allows parents/guardians and students in grades 7-12 to complete and access athletic forms via computer, tablet, or mobile phone to participate in fall, winter and spring sports. It also allows the school district to confirm that all required steps have been completed in order for a student-athlete to participate in those sports. Paper copies of the required forms will not be accepted, as we need all information on Arbiter Registration which allows easier access to emergency contact information and also allows our staff to send important messages to students and parents throughout the school year. In order to help you with the online registration, please take the time to read the following instructions as the format is different than what we had been using.
If you had a student-athlete participating at GNA prior to Fall, 2024 and had a FamilyID account, your information will still be available to use for registering current student-athletes.
Once a parent/guardian creates an account, they should continue to use that same account for their entire time participating in athletics at GNA. Multiple students may be added to the same account. There is no need to create multiple accounts.
SPORTS REGISTRATION
Parents/guardians and students are required to sign or initial all sections of the forms as required by the PIAA. Athletes cannot participate in sports until digital forms are complete and approved unless otherwise specified by the school. Forms will be valid for the entire school year for which they are filled out, including the physical exam form signed by a physician. Once an athlete’s forms are completed for their initial sport of the year, subsequent registrations will follow the re-certification process which will become available for the winter and spring seasons.
Completing and having your Pre-Participation Registration Forms accepted by the school does NOT guarantee you have made the team.
Click here to access the Arbiter Registration landing page.
Click here to access Arbiter's Guide to creating an account and registering for the first time.
SPORTS PHYSICALS
PIAA regulations require that all student-athletes of the Greater Nanticoke Area SD receive a physical examination prior to their participation in interscholastic athletics. This physical must be performed and dated no earlier than May 1, 2026, and shall be effective, regardless of when performed during a school year, until the latter of April 30, 2027, or the conclusion of the 2027 spring sports season. Failure to turn in paperwork prior to the start of tryouts for your sport will result in a loss of participation for the upcoming season (until all necessary paperwork is received, and at the discretion of the athletic department).
Prior to each season, our sports medicine partner, Geisinger Orthopedics, will provide an opportunity to obtain a free physical exam for athletes who would like one. It will take place at Geisinger Orthopedics Clinic (1175 East Mountain Boulevard, Wilkes-Barre) on a date and time to be announced. More information on that exam and its requirements will be released on the homepage and our social media pages when it is finalized. Athletes wishing to take advantage of this opportunity must be registered for their sport through Arbiter Registration prior to the exam.
Click here information on the Fall, 2026 physical exams at Geisinger.
This exam may also be obtained from a doctor of your choice or as an alternative, some urgent care facilities perform athletic physical exams. Section 6 (blank physical form) must be printed out in order to have a physician complete and sign it. The Section 6 form can be downloaded at the bottom of this page, or it can be picked up at the high school athletic office. Following the exam, the completed Section 6 form must be submitted to the Athletic Department, which can be done by uploading it directly within this registration or dropping it off at the athletic office.
Anyone attending physical exams at the Geisinger Orthopedics site must bring their health history (Section 5) with them or they will not receive an exam.
REMINDER: ATHLETIC PHYSICAL EXAMS FOR THE 2026-27 SCHOOL YEAR MUST BE COMPLETED ON OR AFTER MAY 1, 2026. THESE EXAMS ARE THEN VALID FOR THE ENTIRE SCHOOL YEAR.
OTHER LINKS OF INTEREST
PIAA Section 6 – CIPPE Physicians Certification Form (Physical Form)
PIAA Section 8 - CIPPE Re-Certification by Physician Form
Sports offered at Nanticoke Area for the 2026-27 school year, their official start dates and grades they are offered include:
FALL SPORTS
(Season begins on August 10 for football and golf, August 17 for all other sports)
Football – Grades 7-12
Field Hockey – Grades 7-12
Girls Volleyball – Grades 9-12
Junior High Volleyball (boys and girls) – Grades 7 & 8
Boys Soccer – Grades 9-12
Girls Soccer – Grades 9-12
Junior High Soccer (boys and girls) – Grades 7 & 8
Boys Cross Country – Grades 7-12
Girls Cross Country – Grades 7-12
Golf (boys and girls) – Grades 9-12
Girls Tennis (co-op at Hanover Area) – Grades 7-12
You can also register for Cheer and Band here.
WINTER SPORTS
(Season begins on November 20)
Boys Basketball – Grades 7-12
Girls Basketball – Grades 7-12
Boys Wrestling – Grades 7-12
Girls Wrestling – Grades 7-12
Boys Swimming – Grades 9-12
Girls Swimming – Grades 9-12
SPRING SPORTS
(Season begins on March 8, 2027)
Baseball – Grades 7-12
Softball – Grades 7-12
Boys Track & Field – Grades 7-12
Girls Track & Field – Grades 7-12
Boys Volleyball – Grades 9-12