• Boys Basketball Evals (registered players)

  Tuesday, 10/24

  Cadet: 6 - 7pm

  56: 5 - 6pm

  Thurs, 10/26

  4th: 5 - 6pm

  
  
• CYO High School Boys & Girls Basketball (9-12) Registration Closes 10/12.
  
  
• CYO & In-House Wrestling Registration Open Now!
  
  
• In-House Flag Football Playoff Games on Wednesday @ SMG.
  
  
• CYO Cross Country Championship Meet @ Blue River this weekend was a great day for SMG runners!
  
  
• Available Winter Sports Registrations can be found on the attached flyer.

Make sure your Safe & Sacred training is completed and up to date!

This training needs to be completed to continue to volunteer and coach with any youth in our parish and diocese. The training takes about 1-2 hours online. Go to http://www.dol-in.org/online-safe-environment-training to complete the training. Please let me know once you have finished and please don't forget to click the background link in the side tab after you complete the training slides.

SMG CATECHIST FORMATION EXPERIENCE

Are you an SMG Youth Sports Coach, a PRE Teacher or Teacher’s Aide, a Confirmation Mentor, Youth Minister, or lead an SMG Adult Faith Formation Ministry? If so, you are a Catechist!

To prepare our hearts for the year ahead, every SMG Catechist is strongly encouraged to attend any one (1) of two remaining presentation dates below of the Diocese of Lafayette-in-Indiana’s Ablaze Catechist Formation experience, titled, “Encounter & Invitation.” Each presentation will be given in the SMG Youth Room:

Thursday, Nov. 9; 6:30-8:30 p.m.

Sunday, Jan. 7; 9:30-11:30 a.m.

Join your fellow SMG Catechists and enjoy this time away to quiet our minds, still our hearts, and open ourselves to Jesus so that we can share Him better with those we coach and instruct. Snacks and drinks will be provided. For more, contact Steve Alic, s.alic@smgonline.org.

The goal of SMG coaches is to not only teach the nature of the game being played, but to instill a greater love and relationship with Christ for our kids.

The SMG Sports Ministry will highlight a new devotional each newsletter for our coaches to use before, during, & after practices. These team devotionals are there to act as a guide for the team to learn and grow from much like a playbook does. Below you can find more devotionals to use as you progress through the season. Please use these along with a prayer at your practices and games.

Scripture Focus: “Let us know, let us pursue the knowledge of the Lord.” Hosea 6:3

Theme: Knowing Your Head Coach

Just like basketball needs a great head coach, so does life. God is truly life’s best Head Coach. We want to encourage you to take time these coming weeks to know and better understand God, your Head Coach in life. Just as your coach during this league will help you to be the best player you can be, and help you better understand the sport you are participating in, God wants to help you be the best person you can be and help you better understand the game of life.

Time Out (reflection/discussion):

· Who is the best /favorite coach you’ve ever had, prior to this season? Why?

· What are some things your coach has taught you about your sport, or life?

· How can we learn to know God better and love Him more ((i.e. Bible reading, attending church and learning God’s Word, fellowship with other believers, prayer, etc.)?

Today’s Drill (application/prayer):

Coaches – Pray for a “successful” season, for safety, and that we can know God, our life’s Head Coach, better during this season.

• The CYO Cross Country City Championship Meet was a windy day that did not yield many best times, but the SMG Cadet Girls got the job done and won the team CYO Championship! The Championship team consisted of Taylor Tragesser, Chloe Tragesser, Sylvia O'Neil, Bailey Grider, Vivi Lyon, Nora Milbee, Penelope Green, & Meredith Mears.
  

  This is the first CYO Cadet Girls Championship in SMG history!

• Taylor Tragesser finished the race 1st, winning the race!
• Chloe Tragesser took 2nd place!
• Ella Eveslage was 2nd place in the 5th/6th grade girls race!
• Andrew Cantos ran 11:17 to become the 6th fastest boy in school history!

• Congratulations to Taylor Tragesser! Taylor just earned the title of Champion in the statewide middle school cross country championships against nearly 500 runners!
• Congratulations to Chloe Tragesser! Chloe earned runner-up in the statewide middle school cross country championships against nearly 500 runners!

Please come and join us for a fun filled night! The Daddy Daughter Dance is the Sports Ministry's only fundraiser each year. All proceeds will go towards the updating and improving of equipment, jerseys, and facilities. Each year we will highlight the use for the DDD proceeds. Thank you for your generosity!

October Home Games

Volunteering to coach our youth is an amazing way to give back to our parish and its future.

The time given by each of you is invaluable and the lasting marks you leave on each of those you coach is pivotal to their spiritual growth.

Run Admissions Table

Run Concessions Table

Run Scoreboard

Line Judges

This is SMG’s volunteer hub for the Sports Ministry. Aside from reaching out to me directly, Mobile Serve is the best place to find volunteer opportunities. This is also where you will log your volunteer hours which will be turned into FISH hours. Don’t forget to put down the Sports Ministry or Sean Bird as your supervisor.