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Player pack designed items and use of any and all school logos should be approved by the athletic office and the marketing and communications office. The athletic office will work with the marketing and communications office to ensure logo approval. Any produc...

Head coaches are responsible for storing all equipment used in practices and games. Having players responsible for these items is beneficial in building responsibility and accountability. At the end of each season, all equipment must be inventoried and put int...

MPC coaches will dress appropriately for their sport in practices and games. T-shirts and athletic shorts are appropriate for practice but not on game days. Varsity coaches should include proper practice gear and game-wear in their budgeting and planning for a...

The athletic department will assist all head coaches in creating practice schedules that allow for teams to share facilities and receive all necessary time and preparation. In order to continue striving for excellence, our teams are expected to practice freque...

Parameters and Points to Consider All teams playing in leagues with a master schedule must work in advance with their athletic director to determine available days/times to be turned into the league. Varsity head coaches are responsible for creating their ...

Our varsity program will use their off-season time and the summer months to improve. While coaches are not allowed to require out-of-season workouts or conditioning for student-athletes (GHSA White Book p 39-40, By-law 2.69), all varsity coaches will schedule ...

Similar to our tutoring policy, MPC coaches are prohibited from receiving pay when working with athletes they are currently coaching. This also includes students who intend to try out for a team in the future. These arrangements may create a perception of favo...

Good StandingAll students in good standing are eligible to try out for a place on any of our athletic teams. Good standing is determined by the division heads of school. Medical ClearanceStudents in good standing must also have all of their medical paperwork ...

Student-athletes must familiarize themselves with their school divisions academic participation requirements and probation policies, which may be found in the division handbooks. High School Handbook Middle School Handbook

Coaches should constantly monitor the progress of their student-athletes throughout the school year. Our efforts to help a student-athlete must always focus on the total person, not just helping them maintain or regain eligibility for the season. student-athle...

Behavioral Issues, Disciplinary Consequences, and Poor SportsmanshipMPC student-athletes are expected to set the standard for behavior and to honor Christ in all that they do. Conduct that falls short of this expectation will not be tolerated. Coaches who anti...

Eligibility regarding transfer students in grades nine through twelve (attending MPCS high school less than one calendar year) involves several factors including, but not limited to, previous school(s) attended, guardianship, current home address, previous hom...

Due to our tremendous growth in athletics over the last three years, MPCS has many sport offerings for both genders. Teams that are gender specific will not allow members of the opposite gender to try out or participate.

Dates must be announced in advance of tryouts (minimum two weeks) via the Weekly Word, morning announcements, and the MPCS website. Contact the marketing and communications office to have these announcements included in all correspondence.  

Varsity: A varsity team is a highly-competitive environment, where the best players will garner most of the playing time. Playing time is NOT guaranteed.  Junior Varsity: The junior varsity team is a high school team that will compete at the highest level...

All skills to be evaluated must be clearly communicated to the students. The tryout period should last two to three days. Written evaluations must be kept for each session. Any absences from tryouts must be cleared by the head coach in advance.  

Players currently in season on another MPC team and/or players who are injured will be allowed to try out at an appropriate later date.

“Cuts” are not an easy part of selecting teams, but they are a fact of life. Without competition, we cannot get better as a program. The majority of sports on campus have two levels of involvement (varsity/JV or middle school A/B). In addition, a no-cut sport ...

Only the players making the team will be posted online. A “cut” list is not to be made public, and all documentation pertaining to student evaluations in tryouts will be shredded within one week of the last day of tryouts. 

Coaches in no-cut sports should substitute an evaluation period for the tryout period, and all of the guidelines in sections 6.2 and 6.21 should still be followed. The cut-off date for joining any team in a no-cut sport will be 14 days after the first practice...