Wrestling – JCMS

We are extremely excited to begin the 2022 Wildcat wrestling season. We hope you are excited to get back in the gyms and on the mat for what will hopefully be a great season for your athletes. The following letter will let you know some of the expectations we coaches have from you as parents and your athletes. After reading this entire letter, please sign and return it to Coach Laughlin. Once again, thank you for your great support and thank your athletes for taking on this exciting and tough sport.

Coaches

Carl Laughlin Lead coach 785-375-3396 [email protected]

Ralph Coy

Michael Bexley

Jourdan Trevino

Mason Dusseault

GRADES

Your athletes must remember that they are students first. Wrestling at JCMS comes second to classroom work. There will be periodic grade checks done with all athletes. Here is our grade policy for the upcoming season. Please remind your student that we have to excel in the classrooms before we can excel on the mat.

1^st week with an F: 1 week probation. This means that they can practice and they can play, but they are on a “watch/warning list”. Make sure this is communicated to them.
2^nd week with an F: They can practice but they cannot travel/play. They are only on the practice team only. Warn them of step 3.
3^rd week with an F: They are no longer on the team. They have two options at this point: walk away from the team or you require them to attend the wrestling practice and work on all missing work the entire practice and/or get tutoring instead of practicing and if they get grades up they can return to level 2.

PRACTICES

Practices will run from 3:00-4:45. We would like parents to pick up their athletes by 5:00. If you cannot pick up your wrestler at that time please make other arrangements. Failure by the parent/guardian to pick up their athlete by this time will result in the following procedures:

1^st Time…………………………………………..Warning

2^nd Time…………………………………………..Call from Coach Laughlin

3^rd Time……………………………………………Miss match

4 or More…………………………………………Possible dismissal from team

All athletes are expected at practice every day. Unexcused absence from practice will be dealt with using the following procedures:

1^st Time……………………………………………………Practice Make up with Coach Laughlin

2^nd Time…………………………………………………..Miss the next match/meet

3^rd Time……………………………………………………Dismissal from team

If your athlete is at school they are expected at practice, if they are excused from practice they need to present a letter from the parent/guardian to Coach Laughlin the next day.

Meet Procedures

Home Meets

We do have home meets scheduled this year and expect the students help both setting up and tearing down. We will meet early and set mats up and ALL wrestlers are expected to stay after the meet and help roll up mats and clean up gyms. This can be done rather quickly if we get 100% help and the athletes are not messing around.

Away Meets

Parents who wish to take their wrestlers with them after an away meet must have a letter to JCMS office 24 hours prior to the event. As coaches we will not be allowed to let you take your athletes without this letter.

Behavior Expectations

This is the part I do not want to deal with. As a wrestler on the JCMS team expectations are high. As a coaching staff we do not want to deal with behavior referrals during the season. If you are an athlete who has a problem with classes and doing what you are supposed to do here are the consequences.

1^st Offense—Extra reminders after practice with Coach Laughlin

2^nd Offense—Parent contact from Coach and extra work as a reminder of school procedures

3^rd Offense—Miss next meet. Last meeting with Coach Laughlin

MORE THAN THAT….HANG UP THE HAT—Dismissal from team.

Any referral on Match/Meet day could result in the athlete missing that day of competition.

Thank you for allowing your student to participate on this year’s wrestling team. As a coaching staff we will do our best to assist your students in the classroom and on the mat. We are expecting great things from the athletes.

October

2022

November

2022

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
31	1	2	3	4	5	6
Practice 3-4:45	Practice 3-4:45	Practice 3-4:45	Practice 3-4:45	Practice 3-4:45	MANHATTAN TOURNAMENT 9AM MHS
7	8	9	10	11	12	13
Practice 3-4:45	MAN DUALS 3:30 EIS MIDDLE	Practice 3-4:45	EMPORIA DUAL GIRLS ONLY 3:30 PM EMS	NO SCHOOL NO PRACTICE
14	15	16	17	18	19	20
WASHBURN DUALS 3:330 WMS	Practice 3-4:45	Practice 3-4:45	Practice 3-4:45	TOPEKA SEAMAN TOURN. 2 PM SMS	CLAY CENTER TOURN 9AM CMS
21	22	23	24	25	26	27
NO SCHOOL NO PRACTICE	NO SCHOOL NO PRACTICE	NO SCHOOL NO PRACTICE	NO SCHOOL NO PRACTICE	NO SCHOOL NO PRACTICE
28	29	30	1	2	3	4
Practice 3-4:45	HOME DUALS 3:30 JCMS	Practice 3-4:45	Practice 3-4:45	FORT RILEY TOURN 3 PM FMS
5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Practice 3-4:45	Practice 3-4:45	JCMS HOME DUALS 3:30 JCMS	Practice 3-4:45	Practice 3-4:45	LEAGUE TOURN 9 AM EMS

December

2022