The HMS baseball and softball games scheduled for tonight at Herrin have been canceled due to excessive heat. We are working on rescheduling those games and will provide more information once a new date is set. Tomorrow's home baseball and softball games with Benton will start at 6:00 pm.
Reminder: Soccer tryouts are tomorrow at HMS.
HMS cross country will begin practicing on Monday, August 18. Practice is from 4:00 - 5:00 pm at HMS Monday through Friday except on days where there are meets. To participate, athletes must have a current physical on file as well as a signed insurance packet. Coach Herren will have the forms at practice if students didn't get them during signups.
Harrisburg Middle School 25-26 yearbooks are on sale now for the back-to-school sale price of $28. Order online now to lock in this deal. You won't want to miss out on this opportunity! jostens.com/btsyrbk
Baseball and softball pictures are scheduled for August 25. Individual pictures will be taken at the school starting at approximately 1:00. The team pictures will be taken at the fields after school.
Congratulations to Alicyn Dowdy on winning her 100th game as the head softball coach at HMS!
We would like to thank the following individuals for their help with getting the H on our Bulldog at Taylor Field:
Micheal Baldwin for laser cutting the H, Chris Barter for painting the H, and Russell Hunt for attaching the H to the base.
Soccer tryout information!
There will be an HMS Baseball parent meeting on Tuesday, August 5th at 6:00 pm in the commons area at HMS.
HMS softball open fields are canceled for today, July 29, due to the heat. Reminder: Baseball and softball tryouts are Thursday, July 31 and Friday, August 1. Any student trying out must have an updated physical and a signed insurance packet.
HMS cheerleaders loved being able to participate in Harrisburg Library’s Summer Reading Program Finale Party!
Check out our new conference banners hanging in the HMS gym! Thank you to our custodians for working to get them installed.
HMS would like to wish 8th grader, Jaxon Mott, good luck as he will be competing in discus this weekend at the USATF National Junior Olympic Championship in Savannah, Georgia!
HMS softball open fields are canceled for today, July 24, due to the heat. Open fields will resume on Tuesday, July 29 from 5:00-6:30 pm.
Important information regarding HMS baseball and softball tryouts:
Baseball tryouts will be Thursday, July 31 and Friday, August 1 at 9:00 am at Jay Thompson Field (Dorris Heights).
Softball tryouts will be Thursday, July 31 and Friday, August 1 from 4:00-6:00 pm at the park field (Centerfield diamond). Softball open fields will be held on July 22nd, 24th and 29th from 5:00-7:00 pm. Open fields are optional.
Any student trying out must have an updated physical prior to tryouts as well as a signed insurance packet. Incoming 6th grade students are required by Illinois law to have a school physical. Incoming 7th and 8th grade students trying out will need a sports physical. All required forms can be found on the school website (click on HMS Athletics).
https://www.harrisburg3.org/o/hms/documents
Congratulations to the 2025-2026 HMS Cheerleaders! 📣🐾
The HMS Girls' Soccer team defeated the Carterville Lions 1-0 to win the Southern Illinois Middle School Soccer Championship!
Honors Day for 6th and 7th grade students will be held tomorrow, May 23 at 9:00 am at HMS. All students who are on Honor Roll or have a 4.0 will also receive an award. Families are welcome to attend this event.
8th grade parents/guardians, in case you missed the letter sent out in April and the message sent out yesterday regarding the promotion ceremony and promotion ceremony practice, 8th grade students need to be in the cafeteria at Harrisburg High School at 4:45 tonight. They will wear their class t-shirts. They need to leave their cell phones with a parent/guardian. The ceremony will begin at 5:30 pm in Davenport Gym at HHS.
8th Grade students will have mandatory practice for their promotion ceremony on Monday, May 19 from 8:45 - 10:30 in Davenport Gym at Harrisburg High School. Students will be transported to HHS by bus. Students will be dismissed for the day at 10:30 am from Davenport Gym to allow them time to prepare for the ceremony. Parents/guardians may park outside the gym and wait for them to be dismissed. As students are being dismissed early, they will be allowed to leave as they would at the end of a day at HMS. There will be no need to sign them out so let your child know the plan for pickup as they will not be returning to HMS.