During the Sept. 8 Great Falls Public Schools board meeting, Superintendent Heather Hoyer detailed student participation in fall sports and activities as the data for the day.
Total participation this year is 1,017, up from 962 during the 2025-2026 school year and 977 during the 2024-2025 school year.
Extracurricular math: GFPS winter athletes dedicate 175.5 hours for season
High school fall sport and activity numbers are:
- football: 242, up from 228 last year and 229 the previous year
- volleyball: 101, up from 100 last year and 99 the previous year
- cross country: 90, up from 85 last year and 88 the previous year
- boys soccer: 58, down from 61 last year and 66 the previous year
- girls soccer: 58, the same as last year, and down from 64 the previous year
- golf: 40, down from 53 last year and 44 the previous year
- flag football (new this year): 44
- pep band: 125, only including active participants, down from 167 last year
- cheerleaders: 68, up from 65 last year and down from 74 the previous year
- spirit/dance: 25, down from 54 last year and 24 the previous year
- JROTC: 105, up from 91 last year and 19 the previous year with just color guard participants; Hoyer said the goal is 100 students in the program
- marching band: 61 for the first year of the combined band
*Photo by Matt Ehnes of Jared’s Detours
