Monday, February 12, 2018

Weekly Announcements - February 12, 2018

Games this Week
Tuesday, February 13:
5:30pm - Varsity Women's Basketball vs. Forsyth Country Day, NCISAA Tournament (HOME) 
Saturday, February 17:
TBA - Varsity Women's Basketball, NCISAA Tournament 2nd Round (TBA)


NCISAA Tournament
The Varsity Women's Basketball team received the #8 seed in the NCISAA Tournament and will be hosting a first round game for the state playoffs on Tuesday, February 13th at 5:30pm against Forsyth Country Day. Admission for the game is $7 for adults, $5 for students, and free for kids 8 & under. Booster Club passes cannot be accepted at state tournament games.

Spring Sports Tryouts
Below is the schedule for spring sports tryouts for the 2018 season. Athletes must attend all tryout dates for a team in order to be considered for that team. All students must turn in all athletic forms (Athletic Physical Form, Athletic Participation Agreement, Athletic Medical Forms Packet) prior to the start of tryouts in order to participate. The players fee for those who make a team is due before the first game/meet/match ($105 for Varsity, $95 for MS, 50% off for those who also played a fall or winter sport).
Varsity Baseball: Monday, February 19th and Tuesday, February 20th, 2:45-5:00pm, Baseball Field (on campus)
MS Baseball: Monday, February 19th and Tuesday, February 20th, 2:45-5:00pm, Baseball Field (on campus)
Varsity Softball: Mandatory practice begins Monday, February 19th, 3:00-5:15pm, Softball Field (on campus)
MS Softball: Monday, February 19th and Tuesday, February 20th, 3:00-5:00pm, HGBC Field #2 (HGBC Mint Hill Recreation Complex) - Bus transportation will be provided from the school to the complex (leave from FLC parking lot by 2:40), but parents must pick up their children at the complex after practice (no return transportation to campus).
Varsity Women's Soccer: Monday, February 19th and Tuesday, February 20th, 3:00-4:30pm, Soccer Field (on campus)
MS Girl's Soccer: Monday, February 19th and Tuesday, February 20th, 2:50-4:00pm, Soccer Field (on campus) 
Varsity Men's Golf: Tuesday, February 20th and Thursday, February 22nd, 3:30-6:15pm, Pine Lake Country Club - Bus transportation will be provided from the school to Pine Lake (leave from FLC parking lot by 2:40).
Varsity Men's Tennis: Monday, February 19th and Tuesday, February 20th, 2:45-4:45pm, Practice Courts (LA Campus parking lot - on campus) 
Varsity Track: Monday, February 19th and Tuesday, February 20th, 3:00-4:00pm, Outdoor Track (on campus)

Winter Sports Banquet
The Winter Sports Banquet will be held on Tuesday, February 20th at 6:30pm in Gyms A/B. All varsity winter athletes and their immediate families are invited to attend. Dinner will be served, followed by the presentation of team awards. Attendees should wear "chapel/honor dress" to the banquet.

Varsity Women's Soccer Workouts
Varsity Women's Soccer will have pre-season workouts Tuesday, February 13th and Thursday, February 15th from 3;00 to 4:30 on the soccer field.

Varsity Track Team Store
If you are planning to join the Varsity Track team (9th-12th grades) for the spring 2018 season, please be sure to order the necessary gear from the BSN online team store. The deadline to order is Monday, February 12th.
To access the track team store, go to www.bsnteamsports.com and use access code MCf5Gm48mE.
Please see the following note from Coach Stover regarding the items on the team store:
*TEAM STORE is open now and will close Monday Feb. 12th*
We are opening/closing the team store early this season so that you can get the items you ordered sooner in the season.

  • If you do not have the navy polo shirts (p. 2) from a previous season, you will need to order that because you will need that to wear it to school on meet days.
  • If you do not have compression shorts from a previous season, you will probably want to order those as well (the shorts are short!). The whole team needs to match, so if you want to wear them, you will need to order them from the store.
  • Anything else in the store is optional.

MS Softball Workouts
MS Softball preseason workouts will be held on Wednesdays starting January 17th until the season begins after school from 2:45pm to 4:00pm on the Varsity Softball field on campus. Please contact Coach Rhonda Williams with any questions regarding MS Softball (rhondawilliams@hgchristian.org).

Track Workouts
If you are interested in running track this season, please email Coach Stover at andrewstover@hgchristian.org so that he can send you some important information about the season.
Varsity Track workouts will begin on January 16th and will be held on Tuesdays and Thursdays at the football field from 3:00 to 4:15pm through February 15th. Athletes are also encouraged to attend off-season workouts with Coach Pondo on Mondays and Wednesdays until the start of the spring season.

Volleyball Workouts
Varsity Volleyball workouts will be held in Gym B on Mondays and Thursdays from 2:45 to 4:15 beginning March 12th through the month of April. Please contact Coach Brittany Blackmon at brittanyblackmon@hgchristian.org if you plan to attend workouts.

Off-Season Workouts for All Male Athletes
The HGCS Athletic Department is offering off-season conditioning workouts with Coach Pondo for ALL athletes grades 6th-12th not involved in a sport in the current season.
Coach Pondo has been doing these workouts for the last ten years and is BFS certified. Workouts will start Wednesday, January 3, 2018 and will be held Monday through Thursday each week in the field house after school until 5:00pm. The program Coach Pondo follows is the nationally recognized "Bigger, Faster, Strong (BFS)" program, which is used by most high schools and small colleges/universities in the country. It is a great program for ALL athletes in all sports. Athletes must have a current physical on file with the Athletic Trainer in order to participate.
The off-season is the time for you to improve as an individual. It is our hope that all will take advantage of this program. This program is free of charge, convenient, and it works! Please contact Coach Pondo (mikepondo@hgchristian.org) with any concerns or questions. Also, please review Google Doc in the following link for additional information and instructions: 
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZgpzQuYM69qUt7j7IsI1fZ_DCiHkagjWyzrrulhwK2k/edit?usp=sharing

Volunteers Needed for Winter Season
The HGCS Athletic Department and AAA Booster Club need the help of volunteers to assist with admissions and concessions at athletic events throughout the winter season. Please sign up for a volunteer time slot on our Sign Up Genius page.

Golf Tournament 2018
Register now for the 19th Annual HGCS Golf Tournament sponsored by the AAA Booster Club! The golf tournament will be held on April 30, 2018 at Pine Lake Country Club!
If you would like to be a sponsor for this year's golf tournament, please fill out the Sponsorship Form and return it to Jeanette Riesenberg at jeanetteriesenberg@hgchristian.org.

Join AAA Booster Club
Don't forget to join the AAA Booster Club for the 2017-2018 school year! Visit http://hgchristian.org/aaa/ to register now! Booster Club Membership will give you free admission to all home athletic events excluding any MAC (Conference) tournament and NCISAA (state) tournament games.

Sign Up for Remind Notifications
Notifications about athletic event cancellations, changes, and reminders are sent out via text through Remind. You must sign up with Remind to receive these text notifications on your phone. To sign up with Remind, text @hgcslions to the number 81010. 



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