THE MUSTANG ATHLETIC NEWS
Spring Sports Tryout Detailed Information
Winter Sports Update & Spring Sports Registration
Good Evening Everyone,
Please see the following information below for spring sports.
**If you did not sign up for sports but are still interested in attending tryouts and being on the team, please attend tryouts. **
Middle School Girls & Boys Tennis: Our Middle School tennis team is open to any FSA student in 5th-8th grade. The tryouts for tennis will be 2/15 at Wills Park from 5-6:30pm. If you are not familiar with Wills Park, please use the address 300 Wills Road, Alpharetta, Ga 3000. Coach Wang returns for this 3rd year with our tennis program, where he was our Head Coach of the 2019 State Championship team and undefeated 2020 team. The team will normally practice and play matches on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 5:00-6:30pm. The Athletic fee is $250, this fee pays for rental fees, team apparel, athletic league fees, and equipment. We look forward to seeing everyone at tryouts on February 15th from 5:00pm-6:30pm. Please make sure to bring your own water bottle and tennis racket with you every day.
Varsity Tennis: Our Varsity tennis team is open to any FSA student in 8th-12th grade. The tryouts will be 2/9 at Wills Park from 5:00-6:30pm. If you are not familiar with Wills Park, please use the address 300 Wills Road, Alpharetta, Ga 3000. Coach Davis Hagen has been promoted to our Varsity Head Coach and looks forward to working with our varsity program as we will compete in the GISA this upcoming season. The team will normally practice and play matches different days of the week after school starting at 5:00-6:30pm 1-3 days a week. The Athletic fee is $250, this fee pays for rental fees, team apparel, athletic league fees, and equipment. We look forward to seeing everyone at tryouts on February 9th from 5:00pm-6:30pm. Please make sure to bring your own water bottle and tennis racket with you every day.
Middle School & Varsity Golf: Our golf program is open to any FSA student in grades 5th-12th grade. The tryouts for golf will be starting 2/11 4:30-Dark (6:00pm) at River Pine’s Driving Range, then continuing onto the Par-3 course. River Pines will be our home course for all home matches as well as practices. The address for River Pines is 4775 Old Alabama Rd, Johns Creek, GA 30022. The team will normally practice and play matches mostly on Tuesdays & Thursdays. Coach Lockett returns for his second year as our Head Coach and looks forward to the upcoming season while competing in GAPPS and GISA with goal of bringing home another State Championship. The Athletic fee is $250, this fee pays for rental fees, team apparel, athletic league fees, and equipment. We look forward to seeing everyone at tryouts on February 11th from 4:30-Dark (6:00pm) Please make sure to bring your own water bottle and golf clubs/bag with you every day.
Middle School & Varsity Track & Field: Our Track & Field team is open to any FSA student in 5th-12th grade. The tryouts will be 2/15 on our FSA campus from 5:00-6:30pm. Please meet in the gym, using the hallway gym entrance. Coach Uduk has been promoted to our Head Track & Field Coach and looks forward to working with our student athletes while competing in GAPPS & GISA this upcoming season. The team will normally practice and attend meets on Mondays and Wednesdays, along with a couple of meets on Saturdays. The Athletic fee is $150, this fee pays for rental fees, team apparel, athletic league fees, and equipment. We look forward to seeing everyone at tryouts on February 15 from 5:00pm-6:30pm on our beautiful campus. Please make sure to bring your own water bottle with you every day.
Middle School Girls & Boys Soccer: Our middle school soccer team is open to any FSA student in 5th-8th grade. The tryouts will be 2/2 at Cox Road Athletic Complex (formerly known as UFA Milton) 4:30-6:00pm. Coach Oueslati returns for his third year as our Director of Soccer and Head Middle School boys’ coach, Coach Bahija (Coach B) returns for her third year as Middle school girls’ coach. Our program returns majority of our players from the last three years and look forward to making a deep run in the GAPPS playoffs this season. The team will normally practice and have matches on Tuesdays and Thursdays 4:30-6:00pm. The Athletic fee is $250, this fee pays for rental fees, team apparel, athletic league fees, and equipment. We look forward to seeing everyone at tryouts on February 2nd from 4:30-6:00pm. Please make sure to bring your own water bottle, shine guards, and cleats with you every day.
I will be hosting a Question & Answer session on Zoom Monday, February 1st 6:00pm-6:30pm to answer any questions you might have. Please make plans to attend this virtual meeting if you have any questions about the upcoming season. Use this link to join the meeting: Join Zoom Meeting
https://fultonscienceacademy.zoom.us/j/5108697303 Meeting ID: 510 869 7303
Due to the lack of students registering for following teams. We will not be fielding these teams this upcoming spring sports season.
- Middle School Baseball
- Varsity Boys Soccer
- Varsity Girls Soccer
Safety Protocols:
· Temperature checks before all practices/games, must be under 100.4 in order to be able to participate that day
· Masks will be worn at all times when in close contact with others. Please always have your mask with you regardless, it’s recommended to extra masks on hand as well.
· Coaches and staff will wear masks at all times.
· Social Distancing must be followed at all times.
· Student athletes must bring their own water bottle to activities, it is very important to stay hydrated throughout the season as the weather temperatures are expected to change during the season.
It is our goal to start and finish the spring sports season safely as possible. The safety of our student athletes, coaches, staff, parents and fans are our top priority at all times.
Things to remember:
· Please always show up ready/dressed 15 minutes before practice, and 30 minutes before matches.
· Must attend tryouts to be able to considered for the teams, if you have any questions on this, please email our Athletic Director Alex Ayres at aayres@fultonscienceacademy.org
· Once rosters are made, please committed to showing up for practices/games and follow all safety protocols in place.
· We are all in this together! These are unique times for our country, school, and athletic department. We must all work together to make this a successful but safe season.
Please start scheduling sports physicals for the spring today by making an appointment at your local Pediatrician. This will be required in for all sports. ** Reminder, Sports physicals are only valid for one year.** The form can be found here: https://www.ghsa.net/sites/default/files/documents/forms/Preparticipation_Physical_History_and_Evaluation_-_2019_Fillable.pdf
Please let me know if you have any questions, I look forward to a wonderful season
Alex Ayres
Athletic Director
Interested in Year Around Tennis or Volleyball training with our FSA Coaches?
- Our Middle school tennis coach Hu Wang practices every Sunday afternoon for any FSA students wanting extra tennis training. This is a wonderful partnership our school is offering to increase our athletic abilities. This training session is open to anyone in the beginning to advance stages of tennis. Please reach out to Hu Wang at wang_hu@icloud.comThis is wonderful way to get a head starts on the upcoming season.
- Our Middle school girls volleyball coach Jayla French, offers Saturday morning volleyball practices/clinics. This is also a wonderful partnership to allow for our students to be able to train year around. This is a new program this year and already our students athletes are taking advantage of this and have really benefited. Please reach out to Coach French at jfrench@fultonscienceacademy.org This is a wonderful way to get a jump start on tryouts in August.
- Elementary & Middle School Soccer clinics coming soon!
We look forward to adding to these options in the future with soccer clinics, summer basketball leagues/camps, and year around fitness training.