Cicero Athletics Newsletter

"Leading the Hundred Toward Competitive Greatness"

Athletics Newsletter | Winter Issue No. 3

January 4th, 2017

With heavy hearts we send the athletics newsletter tonight. A return to school brought tragic news of the deaths of two of our scholar-athletes. Victoria and Skylar Falbe were involved in a plane crash earlier this week with their father and step-mother and lost their lives.

Our deepest condolences go out to their mother and extended families. During this time of grief our small community will need to bear one another's burdens to get through this difficulty. Skylar and Victoria will always be remembered for the joy they carried with them.

Victoria was a fun-loving and selfless girl. She was a vocal leader on the Middle School Volleyball team and a dear friend to many scholars in other sports. She was always looking to serve and help however she could.

Skylar brought a competitive fire to go along with her friendly smile. She always pushed herself and those around her to be their best. She was a thoughtful and happy girl that enjoyed softball so much this year.

As we try to continue the seasons of sports ahead of us, we will do all we can to honor these girls and their contributions to building the sports programs at Cicero Prep.

Thank you Victoria and Skylar for showing us how to Lead the Hundred.

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Spring Sports Registration

Register for Spring Sports Today!

Starting January 2nd you will be able to begin registering your scholar-athlete for the Spring sport of their choice.

Here are the sports that will be offered this Spring at Cicero Prep:

High School - Track and Field, Tennis, and Golf

Middle School - Track and Field, Tennis, and Basketball

Remember, in some cases 7th and 8th graders can participate on High School teams. And 5th graders can participate on the Middle School teams.

Tryout information will be coming soon. Payments are not needed until after tryouts are completed.

On the athletics website you can click on "Register My Athlete" to begin the registration process. A completed registration and AIA Physical (also found on the athletics website) must be done BEFORE tryouts.

Spring Parent Info Night

Mark your calendars now for January 30th, 2017 at 6:30 PM to join us for Parent Info Night for Spring Sports.

This is the opportunity you have to meet the coaches and AD, learn more about what it means to be on a Cicero Prep team, and get specific information regarding each sport.

We will start promptly at 6:30 PM and spend the first 30 minutes going over general athletics information. At 7:00 we will split into different rooms where the coaches can give you more sport specific information.

Picture of the Week Contest

Submit your picture for a chance to win!

We are excited about the successes our athletes see each week. Being able to get them the recognition they deserve means we need some help from parents!

Submit your best photo to our DROPBOX and it could win you an extra $25 off your next athletic fee! This week's contest will run from Jan. 8th - Jan. 14th. Photos must be submitted by midnight Sunday January 15th.

An article will be posted Monday morning January 16th for everyone to vote for their favorite. The voting will last 24 hours and a winner will be announced Tuesday January 17th.

Check our Facebook page for future Picture of the Week details.

JV Basketball Road Game - Join Us!

This Saturday our Boys JV Basketball is traveling to White River, AZ to face East Fork Lutheran.

There is only one thing our boys love more than playing basketball and that is playing basketball with a big fan section!

If you want to join the team and travel on the team bus to root them on, you can reserve a seat on the bus today!

RESERVE HERE (password Centurions)

Reserving a seat is free, but payment must be made by the day of the trip. Single seats are $25 and buying 2 or more seats is $20/each.

You can bring payment the day of or stop by the front office Thursday or Friday to drop off payment.

Cicero Prep Winter Sports Highlights


JV Boys Basketball A great way to start the New Year for the Centurions was announced yesterday by the CAA. Our Centurions Boys Basketball team is ranked #1 in the initial State JV Basketball Rankings! Congratulations to Coach Stinson and the whole team on an amazing start. They look to keep it going this Saturday on the road at East Fork Lutheran. JV Boys Basketball Schedule	Agility Skills Camp The Agility Skills Camp will resume on January 9th after school. Coach Gibson handed out some personal improvement sheets that the athletes have been working on over the break. He and Coach Strong are excited to see how hard the scholars have worked to keep up the program. The remaining camp dates will be sent out by Coach Gibson next week.


MS Boys Soccer The boys soccer match scheduled for this Friday has been canceled. We will announce a rescheduled date ASAP. The team is looking to build on their good start and improve across the rest of the season. MS Boys Soccer Schedule	MS Girls Soccer The girls soccer match scheduled for Friday has been canceled. We will announce a rescheduled date ASAP. The girls hope to continue improving and finish the season strong the rest of the way. MS Girls Soccer Schedule


MS Softball As the team copes with the loss of Tori and Skylar, we will keep parents informed of changes to the softball schedule. Coach Meyers will be in touch with parents and Mr. Thomas will be working tirelessly to make sure softball has all they need in this time of grief. MS Softball Schedule	MS Baseball The baseball game scheduled for this Saturday has been canceled. The rescheduled time will be announced later in the season. As we look to continue to build our baseball program, we thank the efforts by so many parents to be flexible and to show Coach Kenny so much support. MS Baseball Schedule

News of Tori and Skylar brought extra time for reflection. Life is such a precious and fragile thing. What we do with our life can have ripples beyond our wildest dreams. I had the opportunity to reflect on Tori and Skylar's impact in my life, and I am so grateful for the chance I had to get to know them. Though it was far too short.

May we all find solace to our grief and the strength to continue on. This time in our young scholars' lives can be one for them to impact the world around them for good. I hope our teams become stronger, closer, and more family-like through this tragedy. I hope we administrators, parents, and teachers can do the same as a community.

Sincerely,

Jake Thomas

Athletic Director

Cicero Preparatory Academy

ARTICLES

Spring Sports Registration

Parent Info Night

Picture of the Week Contest

Travel with the Team

Winter Sports

JV Boys Basketball

MS Girls Soccer