• Practices are typically every Mon – Thur from 3:10 to 4:45 (except for game days of course).COa
    • Coach Harder (softball) is planning on having softball tryouts on Mon, the 31st & Tuesday, the 1st.
    • Coach Hall (baseball) will be deciding soon whether he will want to do the same, or instead hold baseball tryouts on the
    • 7th and 8th (like some of the other 2A schools are doing).
    • Games will usually start around 4:30.
    • All games will be parent drop-off, since bus transportation creates situations where games have to be called too early due to darkness.
    • As opposed to volleyball and basketball, baseball and softball games are played separately, since the 2 fields cannot be shared for games. Whenever the girls play at home, the boys will be on the road playing the same school, but at that school's home field.
    • Your athlete can bring an individual post-school snack, but the cafeteria is probably planning on providing post-school snacks for baseball and softball (as they have been doing with volleyball and basketball.
    • Most schools do not charge admission to baseball and softball games.
    • Grades are checked weekly by the Athletic Office to ensure academic eligibility.
    • Student-Athletes who do not meet eligibility requirements by the end of the week (Friday @ 3pm) are disqualified from all inter-school competition for the following week
    • Parents are encouraged to track their child’s academic progress
    • If a physical and/or athletic fee is still missing once the season officially starts, the student will have to forego game participation.
       Some rules for speaking with coaches…
    • Coaches have 24 hours to process the results of a game and then initiate communication with their players (DVUSD policy)
    • Please consider how you interact with a coach outside of the campus footprint (common courtesy).
    • As with any sport, students need to have a current physical on file in order to tryout.