ADAMS TWP — The minimum and maximum number of players for each sports team in the Mars School District has been released.

If the minimum numbers are not met, the team would not be formed for that season, said Superintendent Wesley Shipley.

A pair of assistant varsity football coaches earlier this month told the school board that many coaches are concerned they are taking a risk preparing for a season when the minimum number of students may not sign up.

Shipley said if a team is not formed, then the coaches for that team would not be paid their stipends.

Shipley said the numbers, which were determined by athletic director Scott Heinauer, were set low to allow students the best opportunity to join a team.

Shipley said the ninth-grade football team was canceled this past school year, and the players who signed up were moved to the junior varsity team.

He said the ninth-grade coaches were moved to junior varsity and varsity positions

“It isn’t our intent to keep our students from competing,” he said. “However, some sports, like golf, require a certain number of scores to field a complete team.”

He said the district also would help students in individual sports whose team was canceled because of insufficient numbers.

“If we fall below the minimum in individual sports such as golf, and we do cancel a team for a given year, students can still compete as independents and the district can help facilitate that as well,” Shipley said.

Here are the numbers that the district set for each team:

Varsity football: 18 minimum and unlimited maximum

Junior varsity football: 15 minimum and no maximum determined

Ninth-grade football: 18 minimum and unlimited maximum

Seventh- and eighth-grade football: 18 minimum and unlimited maximum

Varsity boys or girls soccer: 18 minimum and 24 maximum

Junior varsity boys or girls soccer: 15 minimum and 21 maximum

Seventh- and eighth-grade boys or girls soccer: 18 minimum and 24 maximum

Varsity boys or girls cross country: seven minimum and unlimited maximum

Seventh- and eighth-grade cross country: seven minimum based on the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association scoring

Varsity boys or girls volleyball: 10 minimum and 18 maximum, and a maximum of four junior varsity players added and six maximum

Seventh- or eighth-grade girls volleyball: nine minimum and 12 maximum

Varsity girls or boys tennis: seven minimum and 16 maximum

Varsity boys golf: six minimum and no maximum determined, based on PIAA scoring

Junior varsity boys golf: six minimum and 12 maximum, based on PIAA scoring

Varsity boys or girls basketball: eight minimum and 15 maximum

Junior varsity boys or girls basketball: seven minimum and 15 maximum

Ninth-grade boys basketball: eight minimum and 15 maximum

Seventh- and eighth-grade boys basketball: eight minimum and 15 maximum

Seventh- or eighth -grade girls fall basketball: eight minimum and 15 maximum

Varsity baseball: 13 minimum and 16 maximum

Junior varsity baseball: 10 minimum and 16 maximum

Ninth-grade baseball: 13 minimum and 20 maximum

Varsity softball: 13 minimum and 16 maximum

Junior varsity softball: 10 minimum and 16 maximum

Seventh- and eighth-grade softball: 12 minimum and 20 maximum

Varsity boys or girls lacrosse: 18 minimum and 22 maximum

Junior varsity boys or girls lacrosse: 12 minimum and 22 maximum

Varsity boys and girls track and field: two minimum and unlimited maximum

Varsity wrestling: two minimum and 12 maximum

Varsity swimming: two minimum and 18 maximum

Varsity diving: two minimum and unlimited maximum.