Mandatory meeting for all 2016-17 athletes August 11 in New Richland
The start of the school year and the fall sports season is right around the corner.
The start dates are as follows:
• Cross Country grades 7-12 - Monday, August 15 at 7:30 in New Richland
• Soccer grades 7-12 - Monday August 15 in Waseca. A mandatory rules meeting for anyone interested in participating in soccer with the Waseca school must attend their annual rules meeting on Monday, August 8 at 5:30 p.m. at Waseca High School.
• Volleyball grades 9-12 - Monday, August 15 at 7:30 a.m. in New Richland
• Football grades 9-12 - Monday, August 15 at 7:30 a.m. in New Richland
• JH Volleyball - Monday, August 29 at 3:30 p.m. in Ellendale
• JH Football - Monday, August 29 at 3:30 p.m. in Ellendale
SHUTTLE BUS
A shuttle bus will leave Ellendale at 6:45 a.m. beginning Monday, August 15 and return to Ellendale at the conclusion of practice. The coaches will share those exact times with you at the pre-season rules meeting on Thursday, August 11 (see below). Starting Monday, August 29 all practices will run from 3:30-5:30 p.m. and the shuttle bus will leave Ellendale at 2:45 p.m., come to NR and bring the JH VB and FB players back to Ellendale at roughly 3:15. The same shuttle bus will then leave at Ellendale at 5:30 and return the JH VB and FB players to NR and then take any HS athletes back to Ellendale at roughly 6. On Wednesdays the shuttle bus will return 15 minutes earlier.
There is also a mandatory rules meeting for any students in grades 9-12 planning on participating in athletics during the 2016-2017 school year that will be held on Thursday, August 11 at 6:30 p.m. in the high school commons. All fees and forms can be taken care of at this meeting. Reminder, all fees and forms must be turned in before anyone is allowed to participate.
All athletes are required to have a Sports Qualifying Physical every three years. If you have not already done so, please be sure to take care of this before the start of the season.