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Parents and Students,

A mandatory practice and tryouts will take place Saturday, September 10, from 1-5 p.m. in the Blue Room.

There will be a parent meeting following tryouts at 5 p.m. Please plan to get your IHSAA Physical and Cardiac Arrest and Concussion forms completed and back to the Athletic Office as soon as possible. These can be found via the links above and/or on the Athletics page of the CAI website.

Please don’t forget to register for cheerleading in RenWeb once you have made the team. Please contact Cheryl Pitcher in the Athletic Office with any questions at (502) 400-5412 or cpitcher@caschools.us.

If you have a conflict with this date and you need to contact Coach Pamela Armstrong directly, her email address is PArmstrong@gracelandbaptist.org.

We have arranged picture days for all of our fall teams this year. Lifetouch will be taking our team and individual photos this year. Below is a schedule of those times, and we will also be sending home order forms this week through our coaches. You may also order photos online at www.lifetouchsports.com with Parent Code: EL016252X0. All photo orders will be returned to school and handed out by each team's coach.

Picture Day Schedules (Girls Golf TBD): 

Friday, August 12
Girls Soccer | 3:30 p.m.
Boys Soccer | 3:50 p.m.
MS Soccer | 4:10 p.m.
HS V-Ball | 4:40 p.m.
MS V-Ball | 5 p.m.

Monday, August 15
HS Cross Country | 3:30 p.m.
MS Cross Country | 3:50 p.m.
HS Tennis | 4:10 p.m.
MS Tennis | 4:40 p.m.

Welcome to summer!  I hope your children are enjoying the start of their summer.  I want to draw your attention to a couple of things for the athletics department this summer and as we head toward the start of school.

Summer Practice Opportunities

If you haven’t heard from your coach already, there are a number of great opportunities for you to get some work in this summer for your sport!  Details as we have them right now are included in the attachment.  Be sure to take a look!  If you have a question on a sport not listed or have questions for the coach, please let me know and we can get you in contact with our coach.  All of our summer workouts are optional.

Physicals and Concussion/Cardiac Arrest Forms

These must be turned in to the athletic office prior to the start of official practices in your child’s sport for all 5-12th grade student-athletes (which is August 1).  Current forms and information can be found on the CAI Athletics website.  *Please Note – The IHSAA has changed their physical form and details on these changes are included in the attachment.

Fall Sports Registration

Now open through RenWeb!  The earlier you sign up, the better, as it will give our coaches a point of contact to make sure your child can get plugged in to summer practice opportunities and the start of the official season, which is August 1.  Be sure to check out the attachment for more information!

Athletic Fees

As we look ahead to the new year and opportunities within athletics, I do want to let you know there will be a change in athletic fees beginning with the 2016-2017 school year for both the high school and middle school programs.  Upon further discussion and due to preparations for the upcoming budgetary needs, we have decided to raise the athletic fee to $225 for high school sports and $175 for middle school sports.  We hope having this information will help you begin planning your expenses for your children’s participation in various activities.  We will continue to honor a free third season for any one athlete.  In other words, each athlete who pays for a fall and winter sport will be able to participate in a spring sport with no fee charged.  We understand the attention paid to your finances, especially during economic times that can fluctuate, and your desire to be good stewards of your finances is important.  Athletic fees were developed to help offset the cost of officials, uniforms, coach stipends, event fees, team equipment, transportation, game operations, security, medical expenses, awards, coach education and post-season events, though it does not cover these costs in full for CAI.  The increase of costs in these areas have risen in recent years and the additional increase in fees will help us come closer to meeting the additional costs.

We wish you all have a summer filled with fun, relaxation and family time!

Attachment: 2016 Summer Practice Opportunities and Fall Sports Registration Information

Christian Academy of Indiana is pleased to announce the hiring of Paul Deary as the Head Boys Soccer Coach. Paul comes to Christian Academy with a wealth of experience as a player and a coach with over 11 years of experience as a player (four of those years in South Africa) and four years as a high school assistant coach in Florida. Paul looks forward to developing a program for CAI, a school he has grown to love over the years. Currently, Paul serves as the pastor of Hillside Church in New Albany, IN.

Coach Deary says, “I am most excited to coach at CAI to see the young men reach their potential in Christ, as well as on the soccer pitch. One thing I’ve seen about this generation is that they believe they can accomplish anything. I hope to bring that mentality to the soccer field. That, as a team, we can accomplish great things – especially as we seek God in the process.”

As the program approaches their season this fall, Coach Deary is excited to begin working with the team in developing their skills and love for the game. “I am looking forward to this upcoming season for a couple reasons. My hope is to build upon the past created by past teams and coaches, and help move the team and individual players forward in their skill and knowledge of the game. The second reason I’m excited is to help create a culture where players give it their all to accomplish great things,” says Coach Deary.

CAI Director of Athletics, Stephanie Gillett says, “Paul is going to be a great addition to our coaching staff here at CAI! His strength in leadership and passion for soccer is a great combination to help the young men in our program develop as athletes and Christian men. What he can do with our program is exciting and we look forward to the growth of our program as a result of his leadership.”

Last season, Warrior Boys Soccer competed in the Sectional finals and they look to grow on that performance and bring home a Sectional title!

On Tuesday night, in the midst of continuous rainfall and cold weather, the Lady Warriors continued to show their strength on the track. In the 100M Dash, senior, Brittany Albert showed her speed, finishing 2nd and qualifying for Regionals. Later in the evening, freshman McKenna Cavanaugh found herself a tight race in the 1600M. She was running side-by-side with a runner from Floyd Central. In the final stretch, McKenna put on the afterburners and passed by the FC runner to finish first and be named the Sectional Champion! A little while later, McKenna found herself in another side-by-side race with the same Floyd Central runner, this time in the 3200M. Again, McKenna showed her speed in the final stretch and earned another Sectional Championship! McKenna and Brittany will both continue on to race in Regionals.

This past Friday and Saturday the track team continued its assault on the record books. Skylar Stidam and McKenna Cavanaugh, apparently not happy with their recently set records, went ahead and broke them again. Skylar ran the 1600m in 4:28.46, after stopping on the course to help a fallen competitor, and then on Saturday ran the 3200m, beating Borden’s U of L signee Julian Manganelles, in 9:38. McKenna Cavanaugh again broke the 1600m record by running a 5:12.03.

While the track team has been strong in the distance events this year they now have a record setter in the sprints. Senior Brittany Albert added her name to the record books by breaking the 100m and 200m records.

After a win Tuesday against CAL, Christian Academy of Indiana continued its winning ways Thursday against Jeffersonville. The close match, CAI 4-3, is the second in row where the match was decided by the play of extra sets. Under pressure so far, the girls have really been able to step up and finish. Lauren Winchell won at #1 singles, Julia Lostutter won at #3 singles, Brittany Moffett and Danielle Summitt won at #1 doubles, and Lindsey Bilkey and Maddie Brown won at #2 doubles. CAI travels to Borden on Monday.

This young track season has already seen a number of CAI runners set personal records and a number of school records fall. This past Saturday, in less than ideal conditions, this trend continued. Freshman Devin Mielke set personal records in the 200m and the 400m, freshman Levi Doty set a PR in the shot put, and freshmen Grant Kalkenbrenner and Graham Gregory both set PR’s in the long jump. McKenna Cavanaugh continued having her way with decisive wins in the 1600m and the 3200m and sophomore Skylar Stidam broke the 3200m school record which he set by running a 9:51.57. With a number of other records expected to fall this year due to the most talented team CAI has ever fielded, a new Record Board is definitely going to be needed.