🥏 Week 3 (week of 3/9) — Game 2 this Saturday!
Hi all,
👀 Game 1 Recap
There was great effort this Saturday. Madison lost 5-8 but competed well. It was great to see some of the things we’ve been working on the last couple of seasons already in place. We’ll keep building.
🏃 Practice This Week
Practices continue Monday and Friday after school, 3:55–5:30 at the Madison field. We've loaded upcoming practices into the Player Portal so you can see what's ahead — we may make weekly adjustments but it gives you a good view of the schedule.
🏟️ Game 2 — This Saturday, 3/14
Activation status for this Saturday will be announced later this week. As always, players can check the Player Portal for their status once it's set.
📅 Upcoming Practices
Starting next week (week of 3/16), we'll be adding Wednesday practices to the schedule alongside Mondays and Fridays. We know this conflicts for some players in March due to the school play and ski bus — no worries, just mark your availability in the Player Portal so we know what to expect. The team calendar has also been updated with upcoming practices.
🍊 Snacks
We have a snack signup for the season — please sign up here.
Note that you aren't expected to bring snack if your player isn't active for a given game. If you need to swap a week, the WhatsApp group (see below) is a great place to coordinate that.
💬 WhatsApp Community
We have a WhatsApp community for questions, photos, parent-to-parent communication like carpools, and more. Some great photos from Friday's practice were already shared! To keep the link more private, it's not posted here — you can find it when you log into the Player Portal.
🌷 Spring Reign Lodging — Start Looking Now
Spring Reign is April 25–26 in Burlington, WA. We'll determine activated players in early April so families can plan, but if you want to make a weekend of it, lodging in the area will fill up fast — teams travel in from other states and rooms go quickly. Lillie, who has been coordinating WSHS logistics, mentioned that some hotels may be releasing rooms from room blocks around 3/24. Feel free to share tips and coordinate in the WhatsApp group!
💻 Player Portal Tip
Once you've logged in, you can bookmark your unique URL so you don't need to re-enter your player's name and birthday each time. You can also add it to your home screen for quick access. See a short demo here.
🧠 Resilience
We talked about our team values at practice this week, and when it came to resilience, we described this incredible clip of Ikuma Hirashima — recent silver medalist in men's dual mogul skiing — as a visual of what it means to stick with it and bounce back. Worth a watch 🎿: https://youtu.be/CcEqXIxoJ8Y
🗣️ Players — We're Here to Talk
Reminder for players: if they have questions, something on their mind, or something bothering them, please don't hesitate to say "hey coach, I have something I'd like to talk about." If we can't engage right in that moment, we'll make sure to find time. We don't want anyone suffering silently through the season.
As always, reach out to [email protected] with any questions.
Good times!