Season IV – Boys Soccer and
Girls Basketball
Season Dates –
March 21 – May 12, 2017
 Athletic Director and Admin leadership
 Athletic Director –
Scott Jones [email protected] and 480-472-1526
 Team Leader –
Aaron Rogers [email protected] and 480-472-1502
If you have ANY questions…
start with your coach then move to athletic director. 
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 Coaches
 8th Basketball – Coach Lamm – 3rd season with Taylor
sports, 2nd with girls basketball and coached boys bball
 7th Basketball – Coach Claire – 3rd season coaching girls
basketball
 8th Soccer – Coach Muggy – 6th season coaching both
boys and girls soccer for Taylor
 7th Soccer – Coach Reyes – 2nd season coaching boys
soccer at Taylor
1. Before your son or daughter may tryout a parent
permission sheet must be completed - you should
have received this when you walked in.
2. If that paper is not filled out, they may not
participate in tryouts – TONIGHT.
3. Your son or daughter must also give the coach a
copy of their third quarter report card.
4. If a player does not turn in their report card the
coach may not consider them for the team.
Wednesday, March 22nd at field or gym
Tryouts will be three days - ending on
Friday(this may be adjusted, if needed)
Tryouts are closed to parents - per district
policy
Each team will consist of 12-18 players
(coaches choice)
There will be separate 7th and 8th grade
teams
 Most participants will have played before - some at a
high level (club or tackle)
 Could be a difference in skills and knowledge of the
game per player
 NO GUARENTEED PLAYING TIME
 If selected to team fees must be paid by Wednesday,
March 29th – unless speak with Coach Jones or Mr.
Rogers. If fee is not paid - player will be dropped
from the team.
 Practices: will be a minimum of three times a week,
intense, with goals and drills to execute at a high level
 Weekly grade checks will begin April 3rd.
 Will begin Monday, March 27th
 Practices will end each day between 530-630 PM
 Players must have a ride home
 The objective of these teams is to give ALL players
opportunities to improve their skills and
knowledge in the sport so Taylor may be
competitive in games and so the player may be
better prepared for high school
 Pictures are scheduled for April 7th - after school
 Registration
 If your son or daughter is chosen for a team they
will stop by the bookstore and pick up a packet.
The packet will include the following …
1. Registration and payment form
2. Emergency contact sheet
3. Ride home with parents sheet and
4. The Taylor Sports Contract
 All of these papers must be submitted to the
bookstore to complete the process
ALL PAPERWORK IS DUE - Wednesday,
March 29th.
Although a packet must be turned in you
may pay two different ways:
on-line or through the bookstore
On-line – 2 links: you may access the site
through the Taylor home page
http://www.mpsaz.org/taylor OR
https://mpswebpay.mpsaz.org/signin.aspx
OR turn money in to Bookstore: pay with
check or cash
 Players will be at school a minimum of 6 out of 8 classes and
have few behavior issues (less time at school may result in
missed practices or games)
 Players will have all fees due, to MPS, paid in full
 Players will attend every practice and game
 Players will have a ride home from every practice and game
 Players will ride the bus to and from away games unless a
“Ride Home” permission slip is turned in to bookstore
 Players will represent both their family and Taylor Jr. High
with their best effort, behavior, attitude and sportsmanship both at practice and at games (home or away)
 Players will maintain a ‘C’ or above in every class to
remain eligible to practice and play
 If a player is not able to meet the expectations
there will be follow through.
Follow through could include, but is not limited to:
 Suspension from practice
 Suspension from games
 Suspension from travel with the team
 Removal from the team for current season and
maybe the following season
 All of these circumstances will not lead to money
being refunded
 At the junior high level we are preparing
students for the rigors of high school and high
school sports.
 Most high schools have weekly grade checks so
that the coaches are aware of the player’s
academic standing.
 Since many of these players desire to play at the
next level, it only makes sense for them to learn
the responsibilities that come with the desire to
play at the next level.
 After teams are chosen- Players will present their portal grade print out
every Monday to their coach. This will determine
if the player is eligible to participate in the
practices and/or games that week
 Any player that is at school and does not turn in a
print out of their grades from the portal, will be
classified as ‘ineligible’ to practice or play that
week
 If a student is absent on Monday they will be able
to turn in the grade check Tuesday, before school,
to the athletic director. If they don’t - they are
ineligible for the week.
At this time are there any general questions
I may address?
If you have individual questions, feel free to
see me after the meeting.
Players MUST turn in permission slip to their
coach BEFORE they leave…
If there are no more questions…
Basketball – stay right here
Soccer – move over to my right