HANOVER PARK HIGH SCHOOL August 2014 Fall Athletic Newsletter I N S I D E T H I S I S S U E : Fall Athletic News 1 Start Dates for Fall Athletics 1 Impact Testing 2 Fall Coaching Contacts 2 Fall Athletic News Mr. John Manning Principa Our fall sports program is right around the corner. To keep up with all of the Hornet s sports schedules, we are using rschool Today Activity Scheduler. To access the Athletics calendar, go to www.hanoverpark.org and click on Today s Athletic Events located in the right hand column. There you will be able to access all of the fall schedules and come out to support your Hornets. Athletic Award Guidelines 3-4 Athletic Trainers Corner 4 Mr. Thomas J. Callanan Principal Mr. Christopher Kelly Assistant Principal Mr. Michael Menditto Assistant Principal/Athletic Director. Care Station Medical Group will serve as the Hanover Park Regional High School District Physicians for the 2014-2015 school year. Care Station Medical Group is located at: 456 Prospect Avenue West Orange, NJ 07052 Phone: 973-731-67670 District Athletic Mission Statement The Hanover Park Regional High School District reinforces that athletics are an essential extension of the educational program where student-athletes develop both basic and life skills, learn morals and values, develop character, selfdiscipline, self-esteem and practice positive sportsmanship. Participation in the athletic program encourages the athlete to use his/her ability to think as an individual and to act as a member of a team. The athletic program fosters the district s six pillars of character: Citizenship, Caring, Fairness, Trustworthiness, Respect, Responsibility 2013 National District of Character Caring Citizenship Fairness Respect Responsibility - Trustworthiness
Page 2 Fall Athletic Newsletter Impact Testing The Hanover Park High School District will continue to implement the Impact Program for our student athletes. This program will assist our team physicians/athletic trainers in evaluating and treating head injuries. It is a computerized exam used to successfully diagnose and manage concussions. If an athlete is believed to have suffered head injury during competition, Impact is used to determine the severity of a head injury and determine when the injury has fully healed. This non-invasive test is set up in a video-game type format and takes 25-35 minutes to complete. It tracks information such as memory, reaction time, speed and concentration. It is not an IQ test and this test will not be placed in a student s academic file. This test will be given once every other year for the following sports: Fall Winter Spring Football Wrestling Boys/Girls Lacrosse Boys/Girls Soccer Boys/Girls Basketball Baseball Ice Hockey Softball Pole Vault Cheerleading Cheerleading High Jump Volleyball The continuation of this program is important to the Hanover Park Regional High School District. We are striving to keep our student athlete s health and safety at the forefront of his/her athletic experience. If you have any questions regarding this program, please feel free to contact Heather Peterson, Athletic Trainer, at 973-887-0330 x2274. HP Fall Coaches HEAD COACH ASSISTANT COACH Cross Country Joe Cuff Ryan Thomas Boys Soccer Brian Evans Brian Propfe Girls Soccer Erin Shane Michelle Clark, Denise Enderle Football Gerry Moore Doug Wear, Tom Capra. Thomas Reynolds, Greg Arakelian, Matt Myerkopf, Brian O Connor Girls Tennis Colleen Harvan Volleyball Megan Wilson Tara Kelly Cheerleading Sue Jackson Lisa Black, Tara Geisser
Fall Athletic Newsletter Page 3 Athletic Award Guidelines It is important that student-athletes be recognized for their hard work and efforts when participating in the Hanover Park Regional High School District athletic programs. At the conclusion of every season, coaches will conduct end of the season ceremonies/banquets for the purpose of recognizing these student-athletes in the presence of their teammates, families and friends. The athletic department has established awards that are distributed to qualifying athletes. The criteria for the disbursement of these awards are different from sport to sport and are listed in the Specific Sport Requirements section. Our purpose is to recognize as many athletes as possible, with the highest accolades that can be given to them. Awards Procedure In the opinion of the awarding coach, if the student-athlete s performance has met the established criteria and merits recognition, he/she may receive an award. A copy of the criteria will be kept on file in the athletic office. Awards Freshmen: Certificate of Participation Junior Varsity: Certificate of Participation Varsity: First year Certificate of Participation & * Letter Second year Certificate of Participation, Pin Third year Certificate of Participation, Pin Fourth year Certificate of Participation, Silver Bowl/Plaque, Pin *Only one letter is issued per athlete. For example, if an athlete receives a varsity letter in a fall sport and achieves varsity status in a winter sport, he/she will not receive another letter. Student-athletes must complete the entire season to be considered for an award. Special Considerations Seniors who have not met award requirement will receive a varsity letter at the discretion of the head coach and discussion with the Athletic Director. Award list(s) must be approved by the Athletic Director. An athlete who has participated on a varsity level for three years, and who has not met the individual criteria may be awarded a varsity letter at the discretion of the coach and after consultation with the Athletic Director. Meritorious Service and/or Accomplishment Awards Team Mangers and Statisticians shall each receive service awards in the form of Certificate of Participation at the end of their respective athletic seasons. Specific Sport Requirements for Awards Baseball Basketball Cross Country Field Hockey Football Golf Ice Hockey Lacrosse Soccer Softball Tennis Volleyball Wrestling Players other than pitchers; play in ½ the total number of innings played by the team. Pitchers: Pitch to at least one batter in 1/3 of the total number of games played by the team. Compete in ½ the total number of quarters played by the team. Be a member of the scoring team in at least ½ of the meets in which the school competes. Complete in ½ total numbers of halves played by the team. Compete in ½ of the total number of quarters played by the team. Compete in ½ the total number of matches played by the team. Compete in ½ the total number of periods played by the team. Compete in ½ of the total number of quarters played by the team. Compete in ½ of the total number of games played by the team. Compete in ½ of the total number of innings played by the team. Complete in ½ the total number of matches played by the team. Compete in ½ the total number of matches. Compete in 5 matches (including tournaments) during the season.
Fall Athletic Newsletter Page 4 WELCOME We Letters would will like be awarded to welcome in the our following new District sports based School upon Physicians, a point system. Care Points Station will Medical be awarded Group. based They upon will finishing serve as in a specific contest. the Hanover Park Regional High School District Physicians beginning with the start of the 2013 2014 school When competing as an individual: When competing in a Relay Event every member of the relay will earn: year. 1 st place finish 6 points 1 st place finish 2 points 2 nd place finish 4 points 2 nd place finish 1 point WELCOME 3 rd place finish 3 points 3 rd place finish ½ point 4 th place finish 2 points We 5 th place would finish like to welcome 1 point our new District School Physicians, Care Station Medical Group. They will serve as the Spring Hanover Track Park Regional Earn a point High total School equal to District twice the number Physicians of dual beginning meets the with season the minus start one. of the 2013 2014 school year. -Points scored in the County Freshman/Sophomore Championship Meet shall count towards a varsity letter. -Any student finishing first, second or third in an individual or team event in a Conference, County or State Championship Varsity Meet will earn an automatic varsity letter. Winter Track Earn at least one point in any invitational meet. -Points earned in the County Freshman/Sophomore Championship meet shall NOT count towards a varsity letter. Swimming Earn at least 20 points for season. Athletic Trainer s Corner Ms. Peterson is available Monday through Friday 12pm 6pm during the fall season, as well as Saturday and most practices and contests. Evening hours may vary in accordance with our fall athletic schedule. Any aches, pains and injuries should be checked out by the athletic trainer to prevent those aches and pains from getting worse and/or to determine the severity of injury. If Ms. Peterson is unavailable and your child is seen by a doctor, please remember to have a doctor s note stating the diagnosis and return-to-play status. The heat-acclimatization period is defined as the initial 14 consecutive days of preseason practice for all studentathletes. The goal of the acclimatization period is to enhance exercise heat tolerance and the ability to exercise safely and effectively in warm to hot conditions. This period should begin on the first day of practice or conditioning before the regular season. Any practices or conditioning conducted before this time should not be considered a part of the heatacclimatization period. Regardless of the conditioning program and conditioning status leading up to the first formal practice, all student-athletes (including those who arrive at preseason practice after the first day of practice) should follow the 14-day heat-acclimatization plan. During the preseason heat acclimatization period, if practice occurs on 6 consecutive days, student athletes should have 1 day of complete rest (no conditioning, walk-throughs, practices, etc). Days on which athletes do not practice due to a scheduled rest day, injury, or illness do not count toward the heat-acclimatization period. For example, an athlete who sits out the third and fourth days of practice during this time (eg, Wednesday and Thursday) will resume practice as if on day 3 of the heat-acclimatization period when returning to play on Friday.
Page 5 Fall Athletic Newsletter SPRING 2014 NJAC/TEAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS LACROSSE NJILL KLANK Division 1 st Team Liam Salus 2 nd Team Seth Wadleigh Honorable Mention Patrick Brennan NJAC Freedom Division 1 st Team Liam Salus 2 nd Team Seth Wadleigh Honorable Mention Patrick Brennan & Kevin Goellich GOLF NJAC Liberty Division 1 st Team Nick Kim 2 nd Team Eric Jones Honorable Mention Austin Reilly & Ben Merberg Rianna Quiogue 4 th Place Individual County Tournament, 8 th Place NJAC Tournament GIRLS SPRING TRACK LIBERTY DIVISION Team Accomplishments Morris County Champions Small School Division INDIVIDUAL & TEAM AWARDS Anna Lazur (Sophomore) 2 nd Place State Groups (400H) State Sectional Champion (400H) State Sectional Champion (4 x 100) Morris County Champion (400H) NJAC Conference Champion (400H) NJAC Conference Champion (400) School Record Holder in the 400H 1:02.88 School Record Holder in the 400 57.69 1 st Team All Conference, All County Team Chino Anukwuem (Sophomore) State Group Champion (Long Jump) State Sectional Champion (Long Jump) State Sectional Champion (4 x 100) NJAC Conference Champion (Long Jump) ** MEET RECORD Sophomore County Champion (Long Jump) All County Team 1 st Team All-Conference State Meet of Champions 9 th Place 4 x 100 Relay Team (Anna Lazur, Chino Anukwuem, Gianna Parlavecchio, Katie Lazur, Riley Hegan) State Sectional Champion School Record Holders 49.98
Fall Athletic Newsletter Page 6 GIRLS SPRING TRACK LIBERTY DIVISION (Cont) 1 st Team Anna Lazur, Danielle Monahan, Chino Anukwuen, Allison Ross 2 nd Team Kaleigh Hinton, Jacqueline McHale, Katherine Wong Honorable Mention Katie Lazur, Alexandra Stvropoulos BOYS SPRING TRACK LIBERTY DIVISION 1 st Team Jittwan Yoon, Eric Boccard, Steve Guida, Devon McGriff 2 nd Team Martin Battle, Brian Hsieh, Nick Celli Honorable Mention Matt Pitts, Mhamed Alyhayek BASEBALL LIBERTY DIVISION 1 ST Team Justin Jeannette, Chris Keenan, Mike Kiray 2 nd Team John Moran, Jon Tobias Honorable Mention Mike Cerniglia, Emmett Simmons SOFTBALL LIBERTY DIVISION 1 ST Team Alex Cosenzo, Nicole Rothenberger 2 nd Team Raquel Mogavero Senior All-Star Game Honorable Mention Taylor Behre, Sam Melillo TENNIS - LIBERTY DIVISION Honorable Mention Greg Katz