Schedule, Practice Guidelines and Pods

First, word has come down from the DCL Athletic Directors regarding the schedule of meets for this fall; this schedule can be seen in the sidebar to the right. October will be a busy month with meets on all five Saturdays. There's the possibility of a DCL Championship meet as well but the specifics of that remain hazy. Stay tuned for further details, we hope to know more within a week or two. Know that the start of this season has been like figuring out how to fly a plane while it's taxiing down the runway. 

Tomorrow's first day of practice will start at 3:30; this is the typical start time for practice during the week for now. We're looking into possibly adjusting the start time on Wednesdays but a decision hasn't been made yet. Tomorrow we'll meet briefly in the same area where we met last year, near the corner of the upper parking lot, and then quickly move over to the bleachers for announcements. 

 With the first day of practice fast approaching it's necessary to share important details about how practice will be conducted. To that end I've written a list of guidelines that needs to be read by every athlete and parent in advance of the start of the season. This document serves as a complement to a similar document that will be shared by Mr. Rollins, the WHS Athletic Director. The version I'm sharing here has some information specific to our sport.

One of the items addressed in the guidelines is the fact that the teams will broken into pods. There are two pods for each team. The pods will be as follows:

Girls:

One pod will be Calder, Han, Javed, Kim, Korzeniowski and Tobe

the other pod will be Ciasullo, Grieco, Liu, G. Marto, E. Mente, J. Mente, O'Donnell, and Snyder

Boys:

One pod will be Bonanno, Billy Caddoo, Duffy, Goode, Li, Z. Marto, Morris, Mui and Schilp

the other pod will be Blackburn, Ben Caddoo, Creavin, Frank, Grossman, Jay, Lieb, Morrison, and Narvaez

The pods currently don't have names; there will of course be a naming contest. 

Finally, the practice on Friday will be streamlined such that we're done no later than 5:30, some will be done earlier than that. Attendance at this practice is not mandatory, particularly if you're observing Rosh Hashanah and the timing of the practice conflicts with your plans. There are no consequences for not being at Friday's practice.