Football – Morgan Cotter
Cheerleading – Karol Parks
Volleyball – Randy Cline
Girls Soccer – Nate Andrews
Boys Soccer – Terry Smith
Cross Country – Luke Sundermeier
Girls Tennis – Bill Romine
Girls Golf – Juliet Litzel
Boys Golf – Jon Wing
• Why Interscholastic Athletics & OHSAA Beliefs •
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Participation in interscholastic athletics
programs:
• Helps prepare you for the next level of
your life as a responsible adult and
productive citizen. Interscholastic
athletics programs are not designed to
prepare you for the next level of
sports.
• Why Interscholastic Athletics & OHSAA Beliefs •
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The educational components of participation in
interscholastic athletics programs make it
unique.
This is unlike many other non-school
organizations that promote free player
movement, the athletic development of the
individual and provide a showcase for those
individuals.
While “winning” is nice, it is not our primary goal
and should not be valued above teaching our
students the skills necessary for becoming a
positive productive citizen.
Children of parents who talk to
their teens about alcohol and drugs
are 50% less likely to use.
Dr. Justin Kreuger
Marysville Family Practice
• Your Health & Safety
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Before the season’s first practice, you must have
had a physical examination within the past year
AND an OHSAA form must be on file at the school.
A complete physical packet includes the following
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- OHSAA Physical form – pgs 1-4, signed and dated
- OHSAA Physical form – pgs 5 & 6, signed and dated
- Code of Conduct, signed and dated
- Harassment & Hazing Policy form, signed and dated
- Dept of Health Concussion sheet, signed and dated
- Emergency Medical Form, must be completed each new
school year, regardless of when physical was given
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Darren Clancy, MS, AT
Brittany Urbania, MS, AT
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AT Room Hours: Fall
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Physicians
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◦ Practices: After School starting 2:30ppm until approx.
7pm
◦ Coverage for all home scrimmages or games
◦ Travel with varsity football
◦ Dr. Tim Lynch: Sports Medicine Orthopedic, Memorial
Orthopedics
 Ability to see athletes sooner, fast track plan of care
◦ Dr. Dave Applegate: Football
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Injury Clinic
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Physical Therapy
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ImPACT Testing
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Concussion Protocol
◦ At the Memorial City Gate Medical Center Building
◦ Currently still 2:00pm – 4:00pm, check http://memorialohio.com/
for updates
◦ We partner with Memorial Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine to
complete rehab at the school in conjunction with sessions at the
PT Clinic
◦ Neurocognitive Baseline Concussion testing
◦ Used to determine if athlete is back to baseline brain function post
concussion
◦ Will be completed around practice schedule & coordinated with
coaches
 Outlined in Parent Packet
 Follow ODE suggested 5 day Return to Participation
(RTP) protocol
 Must be seen by a physician prior to beginning the
RTP protocol
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Injuries
◦ Maintain open communication between parents & AT
◦ Let AT know of any injury occurring while on the road
◦ Coaches & AT will have communication daily
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Contacting Us
◦ Contact info is in the parent packet
◦ Business Cards available
◦ Athletic Training Room Number (will be checked daily starting at
2:00pm)
 Office: 937-578-6338
◦ Darren Clancy, MS, AT
 Cell: 614-806-4906
◦ Brittany Urbania, MS, AT
 Cell: 440-781-8733
• Concussions
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It is EXTREMELY important for everyone involved in
school sports to recognize the potential dangers
associated with concussions and review their
responsibilities in protecting student-athletes.
Concussions are NOT just a problem in football . . .
concussions can happen in just about any sport!
A concussion is a traumatic brain injury that
interferes with normal function of the brain.
“Dings” and “bell ringers” are SERIOUS brain injuries
and you do NOT have to have loss of consciousness
for it to be considered serious. Young athletes are
at increased risk for serious problems.
MONARCH ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION
President: Tim Merrick
Goal: To promote interscholastic sports in the MEVSD
through supplemental financial support to benefit all
who participate in interscholastic sports.
Upcoming Meeting Dates
September 6
October 4
November 8
December 6
Meetings are at 6:30pm in the Commons
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General OHSAA Eligibility Standards
Eligibility rules exist to help maintain competitive
balance in school sports and to promote the purpose
of education-based athletics.
As a student-athlete, YOU are responsible for your
compliance.
Besides OHSAA regulations, your school also has the
authority to establish additional academic standards
and codes of conduct.
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General OHSAA Eligibility Standards
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In order to maintain eligibility, you must be officially
enrolled in an OHSAA member school, or participating
in accordance with state law, AND you must have both
parents living in Ohio (or the parent with custody, due to
divorce or having never been married, lives in Ohio).
You will not be eligible if you are competing under a
false name or have provided your school with an
incorrect home address.
You will not be eligible if you have been recruited to
attend this school.
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OHSAA Scholarship Standards •
All incoming ninth graders must have received
passing grades in a minimum of five of the
subjects in which they received grades in the
immediately preceding grading period.
To maintain eligibility, high school students
must have received passing grades in a
minimum of five one-credit courses, or the
equivalent, in the immediately preceding
grading period.
OHSAA Scholarship Standards •
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Students taking College Credit Plus must comply with
OHSAA scholarship standards.
All students participating via state law that permits
home educated, non-public, community and STEM
school students to participate at public schools must
also comply with OHSAA scholarship standards.
Semester and yearly grades have no effect on OHSAA
eligibility.
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Block Scheduling
Report Card/Final grades issued using
proficiency grading.
Grades for determining athletic eligibility &
scholar athlete status will be given by teachers
at the end of each marking period.
Grades issued/revised after the final day of the
marking period can not be used to change
academic eligibility.
With only having four classes, you cannot
receive an F in any class.
• OHSAA Scholarship Standards
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To attempt to regain OHSAA eligibility, summer school
grades may NOT be used to substitute for failing grades
received in the final grading period of the regular school year
or for lack of enough courses taken the preceding grading
period.
If you drop a course or change your schedule, it is critically
important that you contact your principal or athletic
administrator to see if this affects your eligibility.
The OHSAA has no minimum grade point (GPA) requirement,
thus issues regarding eligibility when only the statemandated GPA is of concern are strictly a local school district
matter and not an OHSAA matter.
MEVSD School Board policy
Additional Academic Requirement
Student-Athletes must maintain at least a 1.50
GPA each marking period.
Please reference the new Student-Athlete Code
of Conduct packet for information regarding
appeals process for this policy.
• OHSAA Semester Standards •
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No high school student will be eligible if he or
she has been enrolled in high school for more
than eight semesters.
No 7th-8th grade student will be eligible if he or
she has been enrolled in 7th-8th grade for more
than four semesters.
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OHSAA Age Standards •
High school students will be ineligible
whenever they turn 20 years old.
Seventh- and eighth-grade students who turn
15 before August 1st are also ineligible for 7th
and 8th grade sports but MAY BE eligible to
participate in high school athletics.
OHSAA Non-School Team & Out-ofSeason Standards •
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You will be ineligible if you are competing on a
non-school team in the same sport during
your school team’s season (example: club
soccer team during school’s soccer season).
Coaches and schools cannot require that you
participate in an open gym/open facility OR in
a conditioning or instructional program.
Violations of this regulation will result in
penalties.
• OHSAA Non-School Team & Out-ofSeason Standards •
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There are certain restrictions regarding tryouts,
practices and competitions with non-school teams
before, during and after the school season.
There are also restrictions for instruction you can
receive from school coaches outside of your season.
Before participating with a non-school team or
receiving instruction outside the season from your
school coaches, visit the OHSAA website
(www.OHSAA.org) to ensure all regulations are being
followed.
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OHSAA Amateur Standards
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You could lose your amateur status and forfeit
your eligibility if you compete for money or
other monetary compensation OR capitalize on
your athletic fame by receiving money,
merchandise or services or by entering into an
agreement with a professional team or agent.
• OHSAA Transfer Standards
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Once eligibility has been established at a
member high school and you transfer to
another school, you will be ineligible for all
contests until the first 50 percent of the
maximum allowable regular season contests
have been competed in any sport in which you
participated during the previous 12 months.
There are some exceptions.
• OHSAA Transfer Standards
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Should you have transferred to this school, you
must ensure all required paperwork has been
submitted to the OHSAA AND the state office
has granted approval for eligibility.
Immediate eligibility will be granted only if one
of the exceptions to the OHSAA transfer
regulation has been met.
If you have transferred into this school after
beginning 9th grade in another district, please
contact the athletic office.
• Respect The Game
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That means you are expected to accept the
responsibility and privilege of representing your
school and community while participating in
school sports. You are expected to:
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Treat opponents, coaches and officials with
respect.
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Ensure that your actions do not incite fans or
other participants or attempt to embarrass,
ridicule or demean others.
We would kindly ask that all parents and spectators be the model of
sportsmanship for our student-athletes.
Our expectation is that no one involved with the game is derogatory towards
our opponents, officials, coaches, student-athletes, or other spectators.
Please remember that all involved in competition are/is someone’s child,
parent, spouse or sibling. How would you want to be treated or have your
family member treated?
Please allow your student to address concerns with a
coach first. This is a learning opportunity for your
child. Participation on an athletic team is your
child’s experience.
If a concern persists after the student has talked with
a coach, the parent should address the concern with
the coach before addressing a concern with athletic
department or administration.
If you have a concern to discuss with a coach, please
schedule a meeting time. Before and after practices
and games, coaches have duties to attend to and are
not usually available for one on one conversations.
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$200.00 per child per sport
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Payable prior to first regular season competition
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Pays for transportation & coaches salaries
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Does not guarantee Playing Time or Playing Position
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Caps for families - $600.00
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Please let us know if you have multiple children
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Free Lunch cap = $100.00/$300.00 per family
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Website
◦ Weekly Announcement Posts
◦ Team Pages
◦ Links on front page of Athletics page
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Twitter - @MEVSDAthletics
Schoology
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Booster Club parent representative email
distribution lists
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Team Remind and Twitter accounts
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Entrance to Stadium
at bottom of hill
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$125.00/paver
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First cut off date –
November 1
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Ability to pay online
with credit card so
those not in the area
can still purchase
Capital Projects
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$4.00 Students
$6.00 Adults
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Season Passes available after August 15.
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Student-Athletes will receive a season pass
upon payment of Pay to Participate fee.
Handout with pass prices located in the
back.
Prior reserve seat letters have been sent out.
• Organization Helping StudentAthletes Achieve •
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The OHSAA has had a tradition of excellence for over
100 years, with our ultimate purpose to promote lifetime
values, good citizenship, academic success, ethics and
fair play in safe and sporting environments.
For more information and additional resources, visit the
OHSAA website (www.OHSAA.org) and follow us on
Twitter (twitter.com/OHSAASports) and Facebook
(facebook.com/OHSAA).
Have a great season!