Winter sports team websites: a guide for every sport

Winter is the busiest stretch of the high school sports year. Hockey, basketball, wrestling, swim and dive, cheer, bowling, gymnastics and skiing all start within a few weeks of each other, and families with kids in more than one sport are trying to follow several schedules at once.

Every one of those teams needs the same thing from its website: one link that answers where the team plays, when to be there, and who is on the roster. The details change by sport, so we wrote a setup guide for each one.

What every winter team site needs

Whatever the sport, put these on the first screen before the first event:

• the team's full name and level, and every school it draws from if it is a co-op
• the season, for example 2026–27
• the home venue's name and street address, with a link for directions
• one team email address that someone reads

Then keep the schedule right. Winter weather moves games, meets and races more than any other season. Post every change on the site the same day, before or with the group text. A schedule that is wrong once teaches parents to check somewhere else.

Most high school athletes are minors. On every roster, keep to name, class year and jersey number where the sport uses one, and check your school's policy on student names and photos before posting either.

Finally, give each part of the site an owner who can edit it without a developer, and have someone check the whole site once a week in season.

Guides by sport

Ice hockey

Rinks in different towns, ice times that move, and co-op programs. See How to set up a high school hockey team website.

Basketball

Varsity, JV and freshman games on the same night, and boys' and girls' schedules side by side. See How to set up a high school basketball team website.

Wrestling

Weeknight duals, all-day tournaments and weigh-in times. See How to set up a high school wrestling team website.

Swimming and diving

Warm-up times, off-campus pools and diving sessions. See How to set up a high school swim and dive team website.

Competitive cheer

Competitions and sideline games on one calendar. See How to set up a high school cheer team website.

Bowling

Home matches at a bowling center, and boys' and girls' teams on the same day. See How to set up a high school bowling team website.

Gymnastics

Club gyms, rotations and scores by event. See How to set up a high school gymnastics team website.

Skiing

Race days at distant hills and weather calls on race morning. See How to set up a high school ski team website.

Sponsors and preseason

Every winter program has costs that local businesses can help with. For what to offer and how to ask, see How to ask local businesses to sponsor your team. For the forms, schedule and volunteer side of getting ready, see A preseason checklist for coaches.

A site you can keep current

OurTeamSports gives a team a website in its colors with schedule, roster, sponsor and event sections that coaches and parents update without a developer. To see a live team site, look at the H.H. Dow High Chargers hockey site, where it started.