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C Y O Sports Board 2008-2009
| President |
Mark Teahan |
| Athletic Director |
Martin Radosevic, Sr. |
| Football Coordinator |
Rich Graham |
| Volleyball Coordinator |
Maureen Mitchell |
| Basketball Coordinator |
Ted Koppen |
| Track Coordinator |
Jennifer Waldenmeyer |
CYO SPORTS
Any child in the 4th-8th grade who attends Curé of Ars school or is a registered member of the parish may participate in CYO sports. "The mission of the CYO is to offer all, who are eligible, the opportunity to participate in all the CYO sponsored programs. Participation, in the athletic events, is to be considered primary. 'Competition and winning' are by-products of participating and are of lesser importance. Participation, complete honesty and fair play, demonstrated by coaches of unquestionable Christian and Moral Character provide youth with direction to grow in the image of Christ."
ONLINE CYO PARENT RELEASE FORMS
All CYO participants will have to complete a mandatory online parent release form. This replaces the mandatory paper Parent Release Form from year's past. There will be a $20 fee associated with this registration, payable by credit card only. This online registration will only need to be completed one time, per participant, for the entire current calendar school year regardless of the number of CYO sports participated in this year. Please complete this online registration as soon as possible if your student plans to participate in football, volleyball, basketball or track. Your child cannot be placed on a roster until this Online Registration is completed. Students will still need to attend Curé sport registration sign-ups outside the gym at designated times. To complete this mandatory form online, please go to www.cyojwa.org and click CYO Online Registration and follow the prompts.
COACHES & VOLUNTEERS:
The CYO program is successful because of the many volunteers that give up their time for the players. If you would like to help with coaching, scorekeeping, registration and uniform distribution, please call the specific coordinator or the athletic director or e-mail cureofarscyo@hotmail.com. Coaching assignments are not finalized until after the Player Evaluations and are up to the specific sport coordinator and athletic director. Coaching two CYO teams simultaneously is not allowed. Prior to becoming a head coach, one year of assistant coaching is preferred.
All CYO coaches must be at least 21 years of age and meet 4 requirements to be eligible to coach in the program.
1. NYSCA certified in the specific sport they have volunteered to coach. This is achieved by attending a CYO certification meeting or clinic for that sport. Please see the specific sport for the dates and locations. Once a coach is certified in that sport, he/she does not have to renew certification unless they are not a head coach for 3 consecutive years.
2. Attend the CYO coaches meeting. Every HEAD coach must attend a meeting each season they coach. Please see the specific sport for the dates and locations.
3. Attend a Curé of Ars coaches meeting. Each sports coordinator will hold a meeting to distribute equipment, practice times and rosters as well as answer any questions about the Curé of Ars program. Please see specific sport for the date and time.
4. Complete the VIRTUS program prior to coaching. Contact Maureen Mancina for more information at 913-642-9522 or visit www.virtus.org.
GAME CANCELLATIONS: Call 913-981-2200 after 6:00 a.m. Sat., or 10:30 a.m. Sun.
CYO Game Schedules, Results, Maps and the Handbook can be found on their website: www.cyojwa.org
GYM USE: The gym is a parish facility and made available to the CYO after all other parish activities are scheduled. If there is any time available after that, parishioners may request time by calling Joe Peterson.
Practice Field: To schedule time, please call Carol Pidcoe 649-3039.
Curé of Ars CYO Registration Form
Football - Fall 2008
Grades 4 - 8
UNIFORMS: Final Equipment Fitting - Registration in May
Sunday, August 10, 2008
CYO provides helmets, pads, game jerseys and game pants. This equipment must be fitted properly, so please have the player come prepared to try on equipment.
Players must provide their own practice pants, mouth guard and athletic cup. Optional equipment includes spikes (no metal cleats) and practice jerseys.
UNIFORM RETURN/BANQUET: Sunday, November 2nd (details will be sent in flyer). Equipment must be returned at the football banquet:
Players that do not return the equipment will be billed for the replacement cost.
PRACTICES
Practice without pads begin the week of August 11th. Full equipment practices begin the week of August 18th. Coaches will distribute a team practice schedule. Do not wear game jerseys or game pants to practice.
GAMES
Games begin the weekend of September 6, 2008. The Championship is scheduled for Saturday, October 25, 2008. Schedules can be found on the CYO website.
WEIGH-IN: All players must be weighed on Sat., August 23rd at Bishop Miege H.S. Curé of Ars designated time: TBA.
COACHES CERTIFICATION DATES AND MEETINGS:
NYSCA Certification & Clinic (attend one date if not currently certified in football)
*Sat., August 9th 7:30 a.m. Certification followed by clinic 9:00 a.m. at Rockhurst
*Sun., August 24th 6:00 p.m. Certification at Miege
CYO Coaches Meeting (every head coach must attend one session)
*Sun., August 10th 7:30 p.m. Bishop Miege H.S.
*Wed., August 20th 7:30 p.m. Bishop Miege H.S.
* Dates, times and location are subject to change, please verify with coordinator or check www.cyojwa.org
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Volleyball - Fall 2008
Grades 5-8
REGISTRATION & UNIFORMS
Monday, August 18th REGISTRATION 6:00-6:30 p.m.
Tuesday, August 19th REGISTRATION 6:00-6:30 p.m.
The player fee is $40. A parent must attend the registration for information. An optional free "skills clinic" will be offered both nights during these times for the girls to practice (see above).
All players must wear a numbered uniform shirt sold by Curé CYO. If you have your shirt from last year, there is no need to purchase a new one. If you do not have a shirt or would like a new one, the fee is $10 for 5th & 6th and $20 for 7th & 8th grade. Shorts: Players will wear their own black shorts. They must be solid black, loose fitting, no stripes or logos larger than 2", of appropriate length (no bike style permitted). Kneepads are recommended, but not required.
EVALUATIONS
We want the CYO Volleyball program to be fun and fair. The fun is for the coaches and players. Our job is to facilitate a fair process for evaluating players. The purpose of the Player Evaluation Process is to separate players into teams with 8 to 10 players. Consistent with the CYO League, we have elected to separate teams based on skill level (A, B, C). We are sensitive to the fact that there are social concerns with dividing up the teams up this way, but the other alternatives have issues as well. We think the key to reducing parents' concerns is to have a fair process to dividing the teams. We feel that we have that, but we are always open to suggestions.
We use 3-4 evaluators per session, so each player is evaluated by at least 3-4 different people that have no association to that particular group. They are asked to score the players on a variety of drills and skills. After the evaluators finish scoring the players, the rest is just a matter of adding up the numbers and deciding how many players are on each team. The cut-off's are done based on the evaluators' numbers. We want all of the Players, Parents and Coaches to be confident in the integrity of the evaluation process. Players that miss the evaluations are generally placed on the lowest level team. However, every year a few players miss one or two of the evaluation sessions due to serious excused illnesses, injuries or significant conflicts. We handle these on a case-by-case basis, but our goal is to place the player on the correct team based on skill level, as long as it is fair to all players. You must call us if your child will miss any part of the evaluation.
In our effort to help the players relax and have fun during the evaluation process, we do not allow any one in the gym during the sessions. This allows the players to focus on the floor leader without the additional distraction of spectators.
During registration, we do ask the players if they are participating in any other activity during the season that might conflict with their attendance at a CYO game. Our organization is assessed a forfeit fine if we do not have enough players for a game. Participation in another sport has no determination on player placement, but does assist us in deciding how many players to roster on a team. By avoiding forfeit fines, we are able to keep our player fees as low as possible.
Every player who goes through the evaluation process has an equal opportunity, each and every year, to make an "A" team. Coaching assignments have no impact on a player's score. Under no circumstances will players be placed on a higher or lower level team, just because their parents volunteer to coach. We think the integrity of the Player Evaluations rest on this premise and most people volunteer for the right reasons, anyway.
Evaluation Sessions are scheduled for:
| Wednesday, August 20th | 4:00-6:00 p.m. | 5th grade * 1st session |
| | 6:30-8:30 p.m. | 6th grade |
| Thursday, August 21st | 4:00-6:00 p.m. | 7th grade |
| | 6:30-8:30 p.m. | 8th grade |
| Friday, August 22nd | 4:00-6:00 p.m. | 5th grade * 2nd session |
PRACTICES
Practices will begin August 25th. Coaches will call players and tell them their practice times and days after teams have been formed.
GAMES
Games begin the weekend of September 6, 2008. Games are played on Saturday and Sundays in any of the CYO school gyms. There is an optional tournament at the end of the season - Saturday October 25th. Schedules can be found on the CYO website. www.cyojwa.org
COACHES CERTIFICATION DATES AND MEETINGS:
NYSCA Certification & Clinic (attend one date if not currently certified in volleyball)
*Sun., August 17th 1:30 p.m. Aquinas H.S.
*Sun., August 24th 6:00 p.m. Miege H.S.
CYO Coaches Meeting (every head coach must attend one session)
*Wednesday, August 19th 7:30 p.m. at Bishop Miege H.S.
*Tuesday, September 2nd 7:30 p.m. at Bishop Miege H.S.
Curé of Ars Coaches Meeting (distribution of rosters, practice times, equipment)
*Sunday, August 24rd 4:00 p.m. in the gym
* Dates, times and location are subject to change, please verify with coordinator or check www.cyojwa.org
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BASKETBALL - Winter 2008/2009
Grades 4 - 8
REGISTRATION & UNIFORMS
Monday, Oct. 29th 7:00-8:30 p.m. in the gym hallway.
Tuesday, Oct. 30th 7:00-8:30 p.m. in the gym hallway
A parent must attend the registration. Participant must be registered online prior to Curé registration. Only register online one time for the entire school year. www.cyojwa.org
4th, 5th & 6th Grade: A Curé of Ars jersey and shorts are provided. Girls wear a plain (no logos or printing of any kind) white t-shirt under the jersey. Boys may choose to wear a t-shirt under the jersey, but it must also be plain white (no logos or printing of any kind). Compression shorts may be worn under the uniform shorts, but they must be red.
7th & 8th Grade: Their number will be reserved as long as they remain in the CYO program.
UNIFORM RETURN DATES (4th thru 6th Grade ONLY):
Monday, March 9th 7:00-8:00 p.m. at track registration
Tuesday, March 10th 7:00-8:00 p.m. at track registration
Thursday, March 12th 3:00-3:30 p.m. in the gym
All uniforms must be checked in clean and returned on these dates or parents will be billed for replacement costs. DO NOT turn them in to the office.
EVALUATIONS
We want the CYO Basketball program to be fun and fair. The fun is for the coaches and players. Our job is to facilitate a fair process for evaluating players. The purpose of the Player Evaluation Process is to separate players into teams with 8 to 10 players. Consistent with the CYO League, we have elected to separate teams based on skill level (A, B, C with the exception of 4th grade where the skill level will be intermixed). We are sensitive to the fact that there are social concerns with dividing the teams up this way, but the other alternatives have issues as well. We think the key to reducing parents' concerns is to have a fair process to dividing the teams. We feel that we have that, but we are always open to suggestions.
We use 3-4 evaluators per session, so each player is evaluated by at least 6 different people that have no association to that particular group. They are asked to score the players on a variety of drills and skills. After the evaluators get done scoring the players, the rest is just a matter of adding up the numbers and deciding how many players are on each team. Names are not associated with the players, evaluators only use their penny numbers. The cut-off's are done based on the evaluators' numbers. We want all of the Players, Parents and Coaches to be confident in the integrity of the evaluation process. Players that miss the evaluations are generally placed on the lowest level team. However, every year a few players miss one or two of the evaluation sessions due to serious excused illnesses, injuries or significant conflicts. We handle these on a case-by-case basis, but our goal is to place the player on the correct team based on skill level, as long as it is fair to all players. You must call us if your child will miss any part of the evaluation.
In our effort to help the players relax and have fun during the evaluation process, we do not allow any one in the gym during the sessions. This allows the players to focus on the floor leader without the additional distraction of spectators.
During registration, we do ask the players if they are participating in any other activity during the season that might conflict with their attendance at a CYO game. Our organization is assessed a forfeit fine if we do not have enough players for a game. Participation in another sport has no determination on player placement, but does assist us in deciding how many players to roster on a team. By avoiding forfeit fines, we are able to keep our player fees as low as possible.
Every player who goes through the evaluation process has an equal opportunity, each and every year, to make an "A" team. Coaching assignments are determined after evaluations and team formation and have no impact on a player's score. Under no circumstances will players be placed on a higher or lower level team, just because their parents volunteer to coach. We think he integrity of the Player Evaluations rest on this premise and most people volunteer for the right reasons, anyway.
Evaluations are scheduled for:
| 4th Grade Girls | Mon., Nov. 5th & Wed., Nov. 7th | 4:00 p.m. |
| 5th Grade Girls | Mon., Nov. 5th & Wed., Nov. 7th | 5:00 p.m. |
| 6th Grade Girls | Mon., Nov. 5th & Wed., Nov. 7th | 6:00 p.m. |
| 7th Grade Girls | Mon., Nov. 5th & Wed., Nov. 7th | 7:00 p.m. |
| 8th Grade Girls | Mon., Nov. 5th & Wed., Nov. 7th | 8:00 p.m. |
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| 4th Grade Boys | Tues., Nov. 6th & Thur., Nov. 8th | 4:00 p.m. |
| 5th Grade Boys | Tues., Nov. 6th & Thur., Nov. 8th | 5:00 p.m. |
| 6th Grade Boys | Tues., Nov. 6th & Thur., Nov. 8th | 6:00 p.m. |
| 7th Grade Boys | Tues., Nov. 6th & Thur., Nov. 8th | 7:00 p.m. |
| 8th Grade Boys | Tues., Nov. 6th & Thur., Nov. 8th | 8:00 p.m. |
PRACTICES
Practices will begin the week of November 12th. Coaches will call their players and tell them their practice times and days after they receive their roster Sunday, Nov. 11th.
GAMES
Pre-season games begin the weekend of Dec. 1st, 2007. Games are played on Saturday and Sunday in any of the CYO school gyms. Regular season games begin Jan. 5th and end with an optional tournament Feb. 27th/28th and March 6st/7th. Schedules can be found on the CYO website. www.cyojwa.org
COACHES CERTIFICATION DATES AND MEETINGS:
NYSCA Certification & Clinic (Head coaches have to attend one date if not currently certified in basketball)
*Sun., Nov. 16th 6:00 p.m. certification at Holy Spirit
*Sat., Nov. 22nd 9:00 a.m. certification (St. Joseph)
CYO Coaches Meeting (every head coach must attend one of these)
*Tues., Nov. 18th 7:30 p.m. at Bishop Meige HS
*Sun., Nov. 23rd 1:00 p.m. at Bishop Meige HS
Curé of Ars Coaches Meeting (distribution of rosters, practice times, equipment)
*Sun., Nov. 11th 5:00 p.m. in the Curé gym
* Dates, times and location are subject to change, please verify with coordinator or check www.cyojwa.org
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TRACK - Spring 2009
Grades 5 - 8
REGISTRATION & UNIFORMS
Monday, March 9th 7:00-8:30 p.m. in the gym hallway.
Tuesday, March 10th 7:00-8:30 p.m. in the gym hallway
The player fee is $40. A parent/guardian must attend the registration. Participant must be registered online prior to Curé registration. Only register one time for the entire school year. www.cyojwa.org
A Curé of Ars track shirt (Red-2008 color) must be worn with any solid black shorts (no stripes or logos) to the meets. Track uniform t-shirts will be available for purchase for $10.00 at registration. A new track shirt must be purchased each year.
PRACTICES
Practices will begin Monday, March 23, 2009 from 6:30pm to 8:00pm. This year we will be running at Shawnee Mission East High School. Girls practices will be Monday and Wednesday and boys will practice Tuesday and Thursday. Practice and meet schedules will be available at registration.
MEETS
In order to participate in the City Meet where we compete as a school, a student must compete in at least one event in any of the regular season meets.
April 14th 9:00 Girls/1:00 Boys Week 1
April 18th 9:00 Boys/1:00 Girls Week 2
April 25th 9:00 Girls/1:00 Boys Week 3 - (First Communion)
May 2nd City Finals - All Day Week 4
COACHES CERTIFICATION DATES AND MEETINGS:
NYSCA Certification & Clinic (attend one date if not currently certified in track)
*Sun., March 22nd 1:00 p.m. at Miege
*Sun., March 29th 1:00 p.m. at Miege
CYO Coaches Rules Meeting (every head coach must attend one session)
*Mon. March 22nd 7:30 p.m. at Bishop Meige HS
*Mon. April 7th 7:30 p.m. at Bishop Meige HS
Curé of Ars Coaches Meeting - March 6th at 7:00pm in the gym hallway.
* All coaches and assistants must be Virtus trained. - No exceptions.
TRACK PICNIC: Monday, May 4th 5:30-7:00 p.m. (Details will be sent in a flyer.)
OTHER DATES
March 28 7th and 8th grade Mo-Kan Meet at Rockhurst High School
May 3 8th grade Pentathlon at Bishop Miege
* Dates, times and location are subject to change, Please verify with coordinator or check. www.cyojwa.org
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