 Admin Leadership and Athletic Director
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Team Leader –
Aaron Rogers alrogers@mpsaz.org
and 480-472-1502
Athletic Director –
Scott Jones smjones@mpsaz.org
and 480-472-1526
If you have ANY questions… start with your coach then move to athletic director. 

 Competitive Coaches
 8 th Football – Coach Silva lsilva083072@gmail.com
 7 th Football – Coach Platt mjplatt@mpsaz.org
 8 th Volleyball – Coach Strawn amstrawn@mpsaz.org
 7 th Volleyball – Coach Hansen mahansen@mpsaz.org
 Cross Country – Coach Husbands jrhusban@mpsaz.org

 Skill Camp Coaches ( begins Jan 18 th )
 Volleyball – Coach Cummard harhar8999@gmail.com
 Football – Coach Rodriguez fbrodriguez@mpsaz.org

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Before your son or daughter may tryout a parent must fill out the “Permission to Participate” paper you received when you walked in.
If that paper is not filled out, they may not participate in tryouts.
Your son or daughter must also give the coach a copy of their first semester report card.
If a player does not turn in their report card the coach will not consider them for the competitive team.

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Begin, Wednesday, Jan 6 th at field, gym, and track
Tryouts will be three days - ending on Friday (this may be adjusted due to weather)
Tryouts are closed to parents - per new district policy
Each team will consist of 12-15 players (coaches choice)
There will be separate 7 th and 8 th grade teams
If your son or daughter does not make the competitive team they will have the opportunity to play in the Skills Camp

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Most participants will have played before - some at a high level (club or travel team)
Definitive difference in skills and knowledge of the game
NO GUARENTEED PLAYING TIME
If selected to team and do not pay on time (Friday
Jan 15 th , they will be dropped from the team
Practices will be more frequent and more intense with goals and drills to execute at a high level
Weekly grade checks

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Participants may or may not have played at higher level
Skills and knowledge demonstrated during tryouts are typically lower than others
Camp will begin January 18 th
ALL PLAYERS GET TO PLAY IN END OF THE
SEASON GAMES
The first 12 payers to pay are part of camp
Practices will be a minimum of 2 times per week
Games will be scheduled at the end of the season and will most likely be a two day event.
There are no grade checks

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Will begin Monday, January 11 th
Practices will end each day by 7 PM
Players must have a ride home
Practices will challenge the player to improve their skills, strategy, and knowledge of the activity/sport
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 the player may be better prepared for high school
Pictures are scheduled for February 5 th after school

 Registration
 When 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 …
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Registration and payment form
Emergency contact paper
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Ride home with parents paper and
The Taylor Sports Contract
All of these papers must be submitted to the bookstore to complete the process
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Players will be at school at least 6 out of 8 classes and have very few behavior issues (less time at school results in missed practices or games)
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
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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

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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.

 If your son or daughter is not chosen for the competitive football or volleyball team they may still participate in the Skill Camp. The registration for this will begin January 18 th .
 They will pick up a packet from the bookstore and it will be due the
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 If a minimum of 12 players do not sign up for the football or volleyball camp there will be no camp for that sport.
 Camps will consist of skills and drills to get those players not chosen for competitive teams better prepared to play for Taylor next year, if they are 7 th graders, or in high school.
 Games will be played at the completion of three or four weeks for the
Camps. In addition to this, there will be no weekly grade checks.
Games will not be exactly like the competitive games they will be adjusted to meet the needs of the players in the skill camps.

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 Volleyball – stay right here
 Football – to my right
 Cross Country – back right corner