Author: Timothy Ross

Welcome to Lucas athletics! We believe middle school athletics play an important role in a student’s overall development. Academics will come first; participation in athletics is a privilege. We look forward to working with these student athletes while stressing the importance of responsibility, cooperation, citizenship, and hard work. We expect our student athletes to show these qualities not only while participating in athletics but in the classroom and community as well.
Updated — November 17, 2014

Lucas Middle School Athletic Staff
Principal Athletic Director Tom Seckler Tim Ross thomas.seckler@dpsnc.net tim.ross@dpsnc.net
Assistant Principal Assistant Principal Sarah Sanchez Sheliah Burnette sarah.sanchez@dpsnc.net sheliah.burnette@dpsnc.net
School Resource Office Gary Smith gary.smith@dpsnc.net
Fall Sports Winter Sports
Spring Sports

Boys Soccer	Coach Martin	Brian.Martin@dpsnc.net
Girls Volleyball	Coach Pieringer	Madlyne.Pieringer@dpsnc.net
Cross Country	Coach Romance	Rachel.Romance@dpsnc.net
Football	C. Brewington	Christpher.Brewingt@dpsnc.net
Cheerleading	Coach Longee	Amber.Longee@dpsnc.net

Boys Basketball	Tim Ross	Timothy.Ross@dpsnc.net
Girls Basketball	Rachel Romance	Rachel.Romance@dpsnc.net
Wrestling	Demajio Lawson	Dlaw012@eagles.nccu.edu
Cheerleading	Nicole Wilson	Nicole.Wilson@dpsnc.net

Softball	Mike Ellis	Mike.ellisrealty1@gmail.com
Baseball	Jim Johnson	James.Johnson@dpsnc.net
Girls Soccer	Tim Ross	Timothy.Ross@dpsnc.net
Track and Field	Chris Brewington / Rachel Romance	Christopher.Brewington@dpsnc.net Rachel.Romance@dpsnc.net

NC Middle School Athletic Eligibility

Only students in grades seven through nine may participate in middle school (7th and 8th grades) or junior high school (7th, 8th and 9th grades) interscholastic athletic competition, provided ninth grade is housed in the same building with seventh and eighth grades. In order to qualify for public school participation, a student must meet the following requirements:
Academics
In grades seven and eight, the student must pass at least one less course than the number of required core courses each semester and meet promotion standards established by the LEA. At Lucas, students must pass 5 out of 7 classes to be academically eligible.
Age
The principal must have evidence of the legal birth date of the student. A student shall not participate on a seventh or eighth grade team if the student becomes 15 years of age on or before August 31st of that school year.
Attendance
A player must have attended school at least 85% of the previous semester. (Students must miss less than approximately 13 days from the previous semester to be eligible.)
Promotion
Promotion is defined as progressing to the next grade. In grades seven and eight, the student must meet state and local promotion standards each semester. A student who is promoted from the sixth grade to the seventh grade automatically meets the “courses passed” requirement for the first semester of the seventh grade.
Residence
The student may participate only at the school to which the student is assigned by the LEA Semester Rule. No student may be eligible to participate at the middle school level for a period lasting longer than four (4) consecutive semesters, beginning with the student’s entry into seventh grade
Sports Pre-Participation and Medical Examination Form
In order to be eligible for practice or participation in interscholastic athletic contests, the student must receive a medical examination once every 365 days by a licensed physician, nurse practitioner, or physician assistant. At Lucas we require the physical be dated after May 1st of the preceding school year. This physical, along with the Lucas Student Medical Packet, must be turned in and completed in its entirety before being allowed to participate, which includes both tryouts and practice.

Lucas Student Athlete Academic Requirements
Each eligible student must be in good standing academically and behaviorally. Coaches will work with teachers to ensure students maintain this requirement.
Each teams’ coach will monitor students’ progress. Student athletes with one “F” will be on placed on probation. Student athletes on probation will have a week to achieve a passing grade. Student athletes will be able to practice/play during this initial probationary period.
Second time probationary offenders will not practice/play until a passing grade is achieved.
Third time probationary offenders will be removed from the team.
Student athletes with two “F’s” will be removed from the team.

Lucas Student Athlete Behavior Requirements
For the previous or present semester, students who received three or more (3+) ISS assignments or two or more (2+) OSS assignments are ineligible to participate in Lucas athletics.
Behavior Expectations during an Athletic Season:
ISD or classroom issues to be handled by the coach daily
In School Suspension: First ISS offense: Student athlete is suspended from team for length of the ISS specified time (no practice/play).
Second ISS offense: Student athlete suspended for double the ISS time. (ex. ISS 2 days = 4 days team suspension).
Third ISS offense: Student athlete is removed from the team.
Out of School Suspension: First OSS: Student athlete is suspended for double the time of the OSS.
Second OSS: Student athlete removed from the team.
10 day OSS: Student athlete is automatically removed from team.
Any student assigned ISS or OSS is not to attend practice/games for the period according to the consequences stated above.

Lucas Middle School Student Athlete Guidelines
If a player is not going to be at practice or a game, notify the coach via phone, email, or note.
If a student athlete is not present in school, he/she will not participate in practice or game for that school day absent.
Your playing time is not guaranteed, but practice time is.
Chronic attitude and behavior problems will not be tolerated. Students may be dismissed from the team.
If problems arise, communicate with the coach.
The use of social media to undermine the program or chastise a teammate, player, or coach will not be tolerated.
Lucas will not tolerate any ejections. The NC State Ejection Policy is: • football – ejection from the contest, miss the next contest at that level and all contests in the interim (miss the next two contests for fighting)
• all other sports – ejection from the contest, miss the next two contests at that level and all contests in the interim (miss the next four contests for fighting)
Strive to be the classiest middle school athletic program in Durham.
You are representing Lucas Middle School!
Have fun!

Lucas Parent Guidelines Parents must attend a mandatory pre-season parent meeting. If parents cannot attend, they must contact the coach to schedule an alternative date to discuss the Lucas Middle School Athletic Guidelines. Failure to do so will compromise a student’s participation.
Pick up from practice or games promptly . Contact coach if a transportation problem arises. 1st Late Pick Up: Warning to student and parent. 2nd Late Pick Up: Student athlete suspended from one game. Parent must contact coach. 3rd Late Pick Up: Student athlete dismissed from the team.
Use bus/athletic entrance for athletics events.
Parents are encouraged to take athletes with them after an away match (excluding football players). If your child is riding home with another student, they must provide the coach with a note.

Lucas Parent Guidelines
In case of injury, personal insurance will be the primary coverage. DPS has a secondary insurance policy.
Cheering from stands is welcome, let coaches coach, and the referees ref!
If problems arise, have your athlete communicate with the coach. Please follow chain of command when issues do arise. (Coach, AD, Principal)
Please do not plan to discuss issues with the coach after a game or match.
Parents will be required to pay $3 a ticket (middle school aged and above) at the door for athletic events. This money goes towards supporting the middle school athletics. The ticket price for DAC playoff games is $5.
Get involved in PTO and Boosters to support to our
students and athletes.
Visit www.lucas.dpsnc.net to view this document electronically and access other important athletic links.