Registration for 2022 Fall NICA Teams is now open. To get started, click on the Red button in the navigation bar.
Our Programs & Teams
Red fury (Grades 3-12)
Red Fury is our Spring mountain bike team focused on youth development. Read more below to learn more.
Spring – Early Summer
Red fury
Red Fury is our mountain bike youth development team. Red Fury begins practice in April or May and runs to July. An optional part of Red Fury is cross country (XC) racing in the Wisconsin Off-Road Racing Series (WORS) during the summer months. Red Fury is open to girls and boys in grades 3-12.
Head Coach: Dennis Law
Communications: Jean Alt
* Red Fury is full for the 2022 Season. Be sure to sign-up for our newsletter to stat-up-to-date future registration details.
nica race teams (Grades 6-12)
We are a combined organization with teams from Madison East HS, Deforest HS, and Sun Prairie East & West High Schools. Together, we operate together as one, sharing coaches & resources to serve 6th—12th grade student-athletes on Madison’s Eastside and eastern Dane County. The teams a part of the Wisconsin Interscholastic Cycling League and the National Interscholastic Cycling Association (NICA) and usually start practices in July with optional races, 5 in all throughout WI in September-October.
Registration for the 2022 season is underway.
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summer – fall
deforest MTB
The Deforest Mountain Bike Team formed as an off-shoot of the Sun Prairie Composite Team. Through strong recruiting efforts, the team has grown quickly over the past few years.
Students in grades 6-12 that attend school in the Deforest School district can join this team. The team is open to home school students within the district as well.
Head Coach: Matt Hayden
SUMMER – FALL
madison east MTB
The Madison East Mountain Bike team became an official high school club in 2018 with five members.
Practices are held on the east side of Madison and in Sun Prairie along with the Sun Prairie teams, and Deforest.
Any student-athlete in grades 6-12 attending the Madison East school district including feeder schools Black Hawk, O’Keeffe, and Sherman as well as homeschooled kids can join. The team is looking forward to growing with strong support from students, parents, and the community.
Head Coach: Mike McGarry
HS Club Advisor: Emily Sonneman
summer – fall
Sun prairie East & West MTB
Originally formed as the original Composite team in 2014, these two teams serve all the High School and Middle School student-athletes in Sun Prairie.
New, in 2022 we are moving from one high school team to two teams: East & West
Middle school & Prairie Phoenix Academy athletes should choose a team based on their high school. Home school students in the district can select a team based on the SPASD school boundaries.
School/Team:
Cardinal Heights MS → SP West HS
Prairie View MS → SP West HS
Cardinal Heights MS → SP East HS
Patrick Marsh MS → SP East HS
summer – fall
Sun prairie composite MTB
The Sun Prairie Composite Mountain Bike teams is for student-athletes in grade 6-12 from private & public schools in the area that don’t have a high school team. We have athletes on the Composite team from La Follete HS, Edgewood HS, Madison Country Day School and from surround communities like Columbus & Fall River.
Head Coach/Team Director: Phillip McKeown