Monday, January 26– at Andale – meet begins at 4:30. Probably home by 6:30
Thursday, January 29 – at Belle Plaine – meet starts at 4:30. Return time around 6:30
Monday, February 2 - at Medicine Lodge– starts at 4:30. Back around 7:30.
Thursday, February 6 – at home – meet begins at 4:30. Should be over around 5:30 – TBD concessions?
Monday, February 9 – at Wichita Trinity – meet begins at 4:30, should be over around 5:30. Probably will go eat somewhere – maybe McDonald’s or Cici’s *Please Note – our school is not in session this day. We will need to meet at CSMS at 3:00 to leave for Wichita. Please let us know if you are bringing your student and meeting us there, so we are not waiting for you here.*
If you have any questions about any of this, please contact us at school, 456-2965, or kitch@usd356.org or home (Mrs. Kitch at 456-2076) or martin@usd356.org.
Our Middle School competition season starts right after basketball finishes. The League season is quite short. We will compete in five meets, in the span of 2 weeks, instead of spread out over a month like it was in the past. So, hopefully everyone stays healthy and the weather cooperates, and not a lot of rescheduling happens.
Practices will be in the library during AR/Seminar time probably once a week for each group. Some of that will depend on what time I have to leave for HS meets on various days, as I am the assistant coach for that group as well. I may schedule an after school one here and there, if needed. We have eight players on both the 7th and 8th grade teams this year. At meets, five team members play at a time, with the others rotating in between the matches. Rank on the team right now is based on their try-out test, but may change during the season, as we see how well each player does in answering questions at the tournaments.
Schools also may or may not be providing refreshments. If you want to send a snack for your student to have before we leave for the tournament, that is fine, and we might be stopping at a Casey’s on the way back, if they want to bring some money. No food is allowed in the school suburbans. Each student may bring his/her own water bottle. We might go out to eat after the last meet on Monday, February 9, since it is in Wichita. We may be having a concession stand at our home meet.
Schedule:
I am estimating the return times. The tournaments are smaller, double round-robin, 4 team meets and not everyone plays each team, to keep stats lined up through the season, so the whole tournament will probably only last about an hour. Return time also varies with distance. We will use the middle school “Parent Square” system to let you know when we are leaving each tournament, or just have your student call you.