NA Middle School Cross Country - 2016

Tryouts and Summer Practice Information

Thank you for your interest in the NA middle school cross country team. Here are some important items for the remainder of the summer and some basic procedures for daily practice.

Tryouts: We do not make cuts on the cross country team. Therefore, there are no official tryouts. Nevertheless, once the official season begins (Aug. 15), attendance and effort are expected of each athlete on a daily basis as long as they and their family are in town.

Official Summer Practices: Our first official practice is on Monday, August 15. Summer practices will be held weekdays from 8:00 to 9:30 AM Monday, Aug. 15 through Thursday, Aug. 25 at Marshall Middle School. We practice rain or shine.

Practice during in-service days: Friday, August 26 – Wednesday, August 31 (M-F) practice is 3:30 to 5:15 PM at MMS.

Practice during the school year: During the school year, practice will be Monday through Friday from 3:30 to 5:15 PM at MMS. Students at the two other middle schools will change clothes at their respective schools and take a bus to MMS for practice. There will be no return bus after practice. We will make every effort to conclude practice at 5:15; in return we request parents to please be prompt in picking up their children at that time. A coach will wait until all athletes have been picked up.

General Information: All cross country athletes are invited to explore the information and statistics concerning middle school NAXC online on Coach Winschel’s webpage: http://www.northallegheny.org/Page/7307.

An Appeal to Parents: We have had the great fortune of having very capable parents volunteer to run a food table at our invitational at the end of the season. If you would like to help with this project we would be grateful. Please just send Coach Winschel () an email indicating if you would like to lead or assist. We will get in touch in a few weeks. Thank you in advance.

/ Date / Time / Opponent /
Friday / 9/2/2016 / 4:00 / Away / @Mars w/ Shaler
Wednesday / 9/7/2016 / 4:00 / Away / @Knoch w/ Fox Chapel
Wednesday / 9/14/2016 / 3:30 / Away / @North Hills w/ Hampton (at Hartwood Acres)
Tuesday / 9/20/2016 / 4:00 / Away / @ Seneca Valley
Friday / 9/23/2016 / 3:00 / Away / @ Fox Chapel Invitational (at Hartwood Acres)
Tuesday / 9/27/2016 / 4:00 / Home / Pine-Richland
Saturday / 10/1/2016 / 10:00 / Away / Slippery Rock Invitational (at Cooper’s Lake)
Tuesday / 10/4/2016 / 4:00 / Home / Butler
Tuesday / 10/11/2016 / 3:45 / Home / NA Invitational

* 2016 NAXC MIDDLE SCHOOL SCHEDULE *

ALL HOME MEETS AT MARSHALL MIDDLE SCHOOL

(A Calendar-view of the schedule is on back)

Aug
2016 / 15 Monday
Practice 8:00-9:30
at MMS / 16 Tuesday
Practice 8:00-9:30
at MMS / 17 Wednesday
Practice 8:00-9:30
at MMS / 18 Thursday
Practice 8:00-9:30
at MMS / 19 Friday
Practice 8:00-9:30
at MMS
22
Practice 8:00-9:30
at MMS / 23
Practice 8:00-9:30
at MMS / 24
Practice 8:00-9:30
at MMS / 25
Practice 8:00-9:30
at MMS / 26
Practice 3:30-5:15
at MMS
29
Practice 3:30-5:15
at MMS / 30
Practice 3:30-5:15
at MMS / 31
Practice 3:30-5:15
at MMS / 1
Practice 3:30-5:15
at MMS
(continues throughout the school year) / 2
At Mars
(with Shaler)
4:00
Sep
2016 / 5
No School
Labor Day
No Practice / 6 / 7
At Knoch
(with FC)
4:00 / 8 / 9
12 / 13
Team
Picture
Day
(Bring Uniforms) / 14 At
North Hills
w/ Hampton
3:30
(at Hartwood Acres –
Middle Road) / 15 / 16
19 / 20
At
Seneca Valley
4:00 / 21 / 22 / 23
At
Fox Chapel Invite
3:00
(at Hartwood Acres – Middle Road)
26 / 27
Home
Pine-Richland
4:00 / 28 / 29 / 30
At (Sat. 10/1)
Slippery Rock Invite
10:00 AM
(at Cooper’s Lake)

Oct
2016 / 3 / 4
Home
Butler
4:00 / 5 / 6 / 7
10 / 11
Home
NA Invite
3:45 / 12
No Practice –
Fine time to launder uniforms / 13
Last Practice (3:30-5:15)
Athletes turn in uniforms… and lose to coaches in Razzle Dazzle Football / 14
No Practice
17
No Practice / 18
No Practice / 19 Pizza Party
(Tentative) / 20 Begin looking forward to next season… / 21
Aug
2016 / 15 Monday / 16 Tuesday / 17 Wednesday / 18 Thursday / 19 Friday
22 / 23 / 24 / 25 / 26
29 / 30 / 31 / 1 / 2
At Mars
(with Shaler)
4:00
Sep
2016 / 5
No School
Labor Day
No Practice / 6 / 7
At Knoch
(with FC)
4:00 / 8 / 9
12 / 13 / 14 At
North Hills
w/ Hampton
3:30
(at Hartwood Acres –
Middle Road) / 15 / 16
19 / 20
At
Seneca Valley
4:00 / 21 / 22 / 23
At
Fox Chapel Invite
3:00
(at Hartwood Acres – Middle Road)
26 / 27
Home
Pine-Richland
4:00 / 28 / 29 / 30
At (Sat. 10/1)
Slippery Rock Invite
10:00 AM
(at Cooper’s Lake)

Oct
2016 / 3 / 4
Home
Butler
4:00 / 5 / 6 / 7
10 / 11
Home
NA Invite
3:45 / 12
No Practice –
Fine time to launder uniforms / 13
Last Practice (3:30-5:15)
Athletes turn in uniforms… and lose to coaches in Razzle Dazzle Football / 14
No Practice
17
No Practice / 18
No Practice / 19 Pizza Party
(Tentative) / 20 Begin looking forward to next season… / 21