St. Louise Gym and CYO Athletics Basketball Playoffs

Just a reminder that efforts have been and are continuing to be made to keep the gym at St. Louise sanitized since the school was closed on Friday.

At this point, and at any time during the flu season, it is important to follow the good health habits as described in the previous blog post of Friday, February 4 and outlined on the Washington State Department of Health website.

In addition, to make some of those precautions more sports specific, athletes:

1. Should hydrate regularly but not share water bottles;
2. Should keep themselves dry and clean but not share towels or other items;
3. Should not handle food without first washing or sanitizing their hands;
4. Should not wear their uniforms for extended periods of time after playing;
5. Should not play immediately after recovering from illness;

Blessings during playoffs and championships!

Coaches Need to Bring the Following to Playoff Games

Basketball Coaches - please remember to bring the following to EVERY playoff game:

1) Pregame Prayer - bring enough copies for all your players to share and read.

2) Roster - bring a copy of your roster, ideally showing all your jersey numbers and listing the players in numerical order.

3) Playoff Roster Eligibility Verification Form - this form should also list the players, with jersey numbers included, in numerical order. Please list every eligible player on your official roster, and inform the CYO Commissioner or Staff on site if any of the players listed are not at the game so we know to expect them in the next game or not.

All three of these can be found on the "Coaches" page on our website.

Please also be reminded, our commissioners and staff are at games to see that the pre-game prayer is being said, and that every child is receiving the proper playing time. They are not there to officiate the game, and should certainly not be confronted in an effort to overturn a call made on the court.

Also we ask that since the commissioners/staff are monitoring the playing time of each child, teams should expect to provide an official score keeper, and scoreboard operator. They can be an assistant coach, a parent, or if these people are already provided in each gym then that works great too. This, once again, is very much appreciated and makes jobs a lot easier for everyone.