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Presented and filmed on June 14, 2023
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A
Good
evening,
thank
you
for
being
here
today.
So,
first
and
foremost,
my
name
is
Rob
castania
I'm,
the
director
of
health,
physical
education
and
Athletics
here
for
the
school
district.
So
here
in
this
room
myself
and
the
assistant
directors
with,
and
some
student
speakers
will
give
you
some
information,
hopefully
that
you
can
hold
on
to
when
you
leave
here,
and
that
information
will
be
useful
for
you
here.
We'll
have
breakout
rooms
already
assembled
and
and
ready
for
you
to
join
us
for
certain
Sports.
A
The
last
slide
that
we
have
tonight
will
indicate
where
that
room
is
and
which
sport,
which,
which
coaches
will
be
in
certain
room
numbers.
Okay
and
other
Seasons.
As
I
mentioned,
we
have
a
spring
table
and
a
winter
table
for
it
with
information
on
there.
So
you
can
know
in
advance
what
the
start
dates
are,
who
the
contact?
You
can
email
the
coaches
directly
and
get
that
information.
Okay,
so.
B
A
Your
why?
What
is
your?
Why
that
you're
here
there's
a
lot
of
different
lies,
I'm
sure,
maybe
you're
here,
because
one
of
your
friends
encouraged
you
come
out
and
try
for
this
sport.
That's
cool,
maybe
maybe
you're
here,
because
you
know
the
sport
that
you're
after
and
you're,
trying
to
perfect
that
Sport
and
you're
going
for
it
for,
for
a
personal
reason,
and
it's
inside
of
you
and
you're
driven
for
that
sport-
maybe
you're
here,
to
make
new
friends
and
to
just
try
something
new,
maybe
you're
here,
to
stay
in
shape
for
your
other
sport.
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
How
are
we
going
to
address
that
now
and
they
figure
it
out,
and
that
leads
me
into
being
a
self-advocate
right,
so
we
want
the
student
athletes
to
steer
the
ship.
We
want
the
student
athletes
to
drive
it
to
so
that
it
comes
from
within
and
if
there's
a
concern
with
a
coach
address
the
coach.
We
have
many
of
the
coaches
here
today.
Maybe
the
coaches
work
in
our
school
district
right,
so
student
athletes,
if
you're
here,
if.
A
Up
and
address
adjust
the
coach
ask
for
ask
for
the
appropriate
time
to
talk
to
your
coach,
I'm
sure,
good
things
will
come
of
it,
because
our
coaches,
here
that
our
coaches,
that
we
have
they
want
to
support
you
they
want
to
watch
you
grow.
They
want
you
to
learn,
they
want
you
to
develop,
and
sometimes
things
will
go
well.
Sometimes
they
won't,
as
I
mentioned
out
of
your
comfort
zone.
Sometimes
we
fail
and
we
learn
from
that.
Okay.
A
Have
22
different
sports?
We
range
between
57
and
60
athletic
teams
to
give
it
our
given
depends
on
the
given
school
year.
We
hover
right
around
57.
We
have
90
plus
coaches
once
again
giving
up
given
the
year
and
and
what
we're
offering
offering
in
that
particular
year,
this
particular
school
year
school
year.
A
That
number
went
up
right,
so
we
offered
flag
football
in
the
spring.
For
the
very
first
time
we
offered
a
more
Unified
sports
that
we
offered
last
year
and-
and
this
does
not
indicate
the
intramural
sports
that
we're
offer.
Sometimes
we
offer
intramural
sports
at
the
at
the
high
school,
sometimes
they're
at
the
middle
school,
and
sometimes
they
will
cover
grades
three
through
seven,
and
that
will
be
an
additional
posting
that
we
do,
but.
A
A
A
A
C
C
A
Procedures
we
are
extremely
proud
of
the
safety
procedures
that
we
have
in
place
from
our
concussion
management
team.
Here
at
the
high
school,
our
our
full-time
athletic
trainer
that
we
have
Dan
Santoro.
He
is
absolutely
probably
one
of
the
best
trainers
in
the
country.
I,
don't
know
if
you
made
it
up
here
tonight.
I
know
he
was
downstairs
working
with
some
of
the
athletes.
He
probably
didn't
make
it
up
here
yet,
but.
A
A
A
The
next
priority
is
sportsmanship
Paramount
in
a
program.
If,
if
we
don't
have
a
good
foundation
for
sportsmanship,
we
don't
have
a
program.
We
are
so
proud
of
the
recognition
that
we
received
over
the
years,
especially
this
year
with
our
baseball
team
and
our
lacrosse
team
being
recognized
with
sportsmanship
Awards
listening
to
the
officials
listening
to
the
state
representatives,
talk
about
Byron,
Hills
and
and
what
sportsmanship
means
when
they
come
to
Byron
Hills.
We
want
the
officials
to
come
to
Byron,
Hills
and
I'll.
Tell
you
what
I
mean
by
that
in
a
moment.
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
Right,
what
did
we
decide
to
do
to
try
to
help
the
situation
for
us?
We
were
told
Mr,
Ripa
and
I
went
to
a
meeting
about
a
month
ago,
and
they
told
us
straight
out.
We
don't
have
enough
officials
for
Middle
School
soccer.
This
fall
wow.
We
didn't
have
that
problem
four
years
ago,
five
years
ago,
but
we
have
it
now.
Last
year
we
had
officials
for
two
two
Middle
School
soccer
games.
Those
are
the
last
two
games
of
the
season,
so.
A
Coach
marinara
and
Coach
Allen
they'll
tell
you
about
the
plan
and
how
we're
going
to
do
our
best
to
have
an
intramural
program
developed
with
internal
leads,
so
the
athletes
can
compete
against
each
other.
So
we
don't
travel
45
minutes,
there's
no
official
and
then
we
have
to
play
a
scrimmage
if
the
coach
is
willing
to
officiate
if
the
coach
is
willing
to
also
officiate
and
coach
at
the
same
time,
that's
a
tall
order
to
do
weekend
and
three
times
a
week,
two
or
three
times
a
week.
B
A
What
I'm
talking
about
there
with
the
officials,
our
mission
statement,
part
of
our
mission
statement-
is
that
we
operate
in
an
environment
of
mutual
respect.
We
don't
agree,
we
don't
agree
with
everything,
but
we,
we
may
not
all
agree
on
things,
but
we
have
to
respect
each
other
and
have
a
professional
dialogue
and
a
respectful
dialogue
right.
So
we
tell
every
one
of
the
biggest
parts
of
our
program
are:
respecting
your
opponents,
respecting
the
officials
respecting
the
coaches.
A
I
talked
enough,
I
think
about
the
officials,
calls
and
and
coaching
decisions,
I
think
I
I
think
I
delivered
that.
So
what
were
we
going
to
do?
We
I
came
back
from
the
National
Conference
I
called
the
staff
meeting,
and
we
said:
what
can
we
do
to
help
this
officiating
shortage?
How
can
we?
What
can
we
do
to
make
sure
the
officials
that
they
want
to
come
to
Bible
bills?
So.
A
F
B
A
C
A
This
short
video
clip
that
was
about
one
minute
long,
where
we
sent
it
out
the
section
section:
administrators
grabbed
a
hold
of
it
and
we're
retweeting
and
retweeting
it,
and
it
made
its
way
up
to
Albany
to
the
New
York
State
Public
High,
School,
Athletic
Association
executive
director,
and
he
retweeted
him.
He
wanted
everybody
in
the
state
to
see
you
and.
A
Federation
of
high
schools
and
they
retweeted
out
Nationwide,
and
we
received
the
certificate
for
taking
a
stance
and
on
sportsmanship
that
meant
something
right.
So
sorry,
if
I
put
too
much
pressure
on
on
you
right
now,
but
but
you
already
crushed
it
in
this
video,
so
I
think
you
have
nothing
else
to
worry
about,
and
you
crushed
it
in
the
last
four
years
here
at
the
high
school,
so
I'm
going
to
put
you
on
the
spot,
Sean's
going
to
go
first
and
I,
invited
Sean
and
Kelsey
in
here
to
talk
to
you.
A
F
Hi
everyone
for
those
of
you
don't
know
me.
I'm
a
senior
here,
graduating
senior
Sean
Siegel
I'm,
going
to
play
divisional
lacrosse
next
year
at
the
University
of
Richmond
in
my
years
here
at
bottom.
I
think
the
best
thing
that
has
ever
happened
to
me
is
being
a
part
of
a
team
and
not
one
team,
though
multiple
I've
played
basketball,
football
I'm
lacrosse
every
season,
since
I
was
a
little
kid.
The
different
bonds
I've
created
with
teammates
are
ones
that
I
truly
believe
will
last
my
entire
lifetime.
F
Even
if
your
kid
wants
to
focus
on
one
sport,
maybe
even
playing
college
I
understand
that
there's
this
big
stigma
about
oh
I,
need
to
focus
on
one
sport
getting
hurt,
but
I
can
assure
you
that
all
of
that
is
false.
I've
been
able
to
play
every
season
here
every
year
and
I'm
going
on
to
play
at
the
next
level
and
through
my
experience,
I've
found
coaches
and
even
college
coaches,
love,
multi-sport
athletes.
F
One
of
the
most
important
things
that
I've
learned
from
Athletics
is
that
I
think
is
a
little
overlooked.
Is
that
being
well
respected
by
coaches,
teammates
and
anyone
that
you
ever
encounter
will
get
you
a
lot
further
than
you
could
ever
imagine,
especially
refs
as
Mr
Christina
repeated
for
me
personally.
I
definitely
want
to
get
on
their
good
side
because,
as
he
said,
you
complaining
about
a
call.
It's
you're
never
going
to
get
it
you're,
never
going
to
get
that
next
call.
F
F
To
be
on
the
good
side,
maybe
crack
a
joke
or
two
of
them
in
the
game,
depending
on
what
kind
of
mood
they're
in.
But
it's
you
don't
want
to
get
on
their
bad
side,
because
it'll
never
you'll,
never
get
that
next
call
in
terms
of
being
respected
by
your
coaches
and
teammates,
not
to
mention
that
some
of
these
things
don't
take
any
skill.
You
don't
have
to
be
the
best
in
your
respective
sport
to
be
well
respected.
F
The
little
things
like
showing
up
on
time,
eye
contact
when
a
coach
is
talking
listening
and
learning
from
your
mistakes
and
working
hard
to
be
better
will
not
only
satisfy
their
coach
but
also
make
everyone
else
around
you
better
I
hope
you
guys
and
for
the
parents
here
I
hope
your
children
get
to
experience
the
bonds
and
memories
I
did
in
high
school,
alongside
my
teammates
every
sport
that
they
play
Because.
As
I
said,
those
were
some
of
the
best
memories
I
had
here
at
biome.
Thank
you.
E
Thank
you,
hello.
Everyone
with
my
senior
year
coming
to
a
close
in
graduation
with
me
around
the
corner.
Next
Tuesday
I've
been
spending
a
lot
of
time,
reflecting
on
my
high
school
experience
and
a
big
part
of
what
made
high
school
so
cherishable
and
enjoyable
for
me
was
Athletics
and
my
participation
in
them
I
actually
started
my
bio
Mills
athletic
career
in
eighth
grade.
C
E
C
E
Particularly
applicable
for
virus
Athletics,
I've
learned
so
much
from
my
coaches
and
teammates.
It
have
been
challenged
to
improve
at
each
step
of
the
way.
The
most
memorable
parts
of
my
athletic
Seasons
at
the
high
school
were
never
how
many
wins
or
losses
we
had
the
highlights
always
surrounded
the
friendships
and
relationships
that
I
was
able
to
Foster
through
Sports
and
as
someone
who
was
able
to
gain
a
leadership
position
on
a
few
teams,
this
year,
I
advocated
that
everyone
should
take
advantage
of
the
surplus
of
opportunities
of
the
school.
E
This
includes
trying
as
many
sports
as
you
can,
while
you're
still
in
school
I
can
test
the
fact
that
time
does
go
by
very
quickly
and
it's
never
too
late
to
join
in
and
participate
in
a
new
sport
as
I
discovered
this
year
when
I
started
a
brand
new
sport,
the
spring
of
my
senior
year
that
I
had
no
previous
experience.
With
this
being
flag,
football
I
went
to
the
first
day,
not
even
knowing
the
fundamentals
of
the
game
or
how
to
throw
a
spiral.
A
Thank
you,
Sean.
Thank
you.
Kelsey
I
hope
you
grab
something
from
that.
The
importance
of
what
we
do
and
what
they're
involved
in
the
students
are
involved
in.
It's
not
the
scoreboard.
It's
definitely
not
the
scoreboard
because
they
you're
not
going
to
remember.
They
know
you're
not
going
to
they're
not
going
to
remember
those
scores
30
years
from
now,
but
they
can
remember
each
other
at
this
time.
I
will
take
a
seat
because
I'm
way
over
my
time,
limit.
G
H
H
H
H
H
H
C
H
C
C
C
H
C
H
H
H
Our
JV
teams
up
here
at
the
high
school
all
right,
it's
a
much
bigger
commitment
again,
typically
a
five
to
six
day
week,
commitment,
there's
practices
and
games
on
the
weekends.
There
could
be
some
practices
and
games
scheduled
over
a
holiday
vacation.
There
could
be
some
holidays
where
we're
off
from
school,
where
they
do
have
practices
right.
The
coaches
do
a
great
job
of
communicating
all
those
things
in
advance.
Our
JV
teams
typically
made.
C
H
Down
the
road-
or
there
might
be
some
middle
school
athletes
based
on
how
they
do
in
the
Epp
testing
and
their
placement
with
it,
and
if
they're
going
to
see
significant
time,
most
people
will
be
speaking
more
about
that
seniors
can't
participate
on
the
JV
programs.
That's
one
grade
level
that
that
cannot
participate
there.
H
H
Based
on
position
needed
focus
at
the
JV
level,
still
on
development,
we're
still
there
trying
to
prepare
for
the
varsity
level
in
the
future.
But
at
this
point
in
time,
winning
games
does
start
to
become
important.
It
does
start
to
become
a
consideration
at
that
level,
but
development
is
still
first
and
foremost
playing
time's.
H
Equal
coaches
do
a
great
job
of
trying
to
give
meaningful
time
time
and
meaningful
opportunities
that
each
of
the
members
but
specified
playing
times,
not
necessarily
guaranteed
over
the
course
of
the
season
again
six
day
week,
commitment-
certainly
a
big
one
there,
and
now
for
our
Varsity
right,
our
Varsity
programs.
That
should
be
the
culmination
of
all
their
years
of
interscholastic
sports.
What
we
really
want
at
that
Varsity
level
is
we
want
it
to
be
the
Showcase
program.
H
We
want
to
be
the
Showcase
team,
it's
something
that
they've
strived
for
for
a
number
of
years,
like
Kelsey
and
Sean
had
alluded
to
in
their
speeches
and
what
we're
really
looking
for
at
that
Varsity
level.
We're
looking
for
the
best
of
the
best.
Okay,
doesn't
matter
what
grade
level
it
is
all
grade
levels
have
the
opportunity
to
get
out
there
and
compete
and
the
best
make
it
so.
H
H
Go
and
they
waive
the
seven
day
rule
there
could
be
things
on
Sundays.
This
is
vocal
nose.
From
years
past,
we've
had
games
on
Mother's
Day,
and
everything
in
between
so
Varsity
is
a
big
big
commitment.
Level
practices
throughout
those
holidays
is
something
that
I
want
to
stress
that
making
it
is
a
big
deal,
but
then
being
committed
throughout
the
process.
For
the
two
and
a
half
three
months
you're,
there
is
certainly
important
roster
sponsored
limited.
Certain
sports
do
have
to
cut,
because
again
it
becomes
a
numbers
game.
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The
best
players
make
it,
and
it's
based
on
positional
team
needs.
Coaches
have
to
think
about
the
program
numbers.
Now
they
have
to
think
about
long-term
effects.
They
have
to
think
about
the
future
numbers
they
have
to
think
about.
What's
best
for
a
player's
development
and
what's
best
for
the
team
development
seniors
are
not
guaranteed
a
spot
on
a
varsity
team
and
participation
on
those
varsity
programs.
One
year
doesn't
necessarily
guarantee
a
spot
in
the
following
year.
Again,
it's
a
numbers
game.
It's
based
on.
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What's
coming
back,
it's
possible
but
rare
for
a
middle
school
athlete
to
be
included
on
a
varsity
roster.
They
have
to
be
truly
exceptional.
In
my
16
years
as
the
varsity
baseball
coach
and
13
years,
coaching
football
here
we
had
two
eighth
graders
make
the
varsity
teams
one's
currently
pitching
for
Boston.
College
was
just
the
regional
final
last
weekend
and
one's
currently
pitching
for
West
Point.
Both
of
them
were
really
really
special.
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H
Athletic
department
agrees
with
all
that
these
truly
are
the
most
important
reasons
for
High
School
athletics,
but
they're.
Not
the
only
reasons
right.
It's
the
sole
purpose
of
High
School
athletics
is
to
give
everyone
an
equal
opportunity
to
play
and
we
should
tear
down
the
scoreboard's
quick
evening
score
Athletics
at
the
high
school
level
is
meant
to
be
competitive.
It's
why
we
have
championships.
Winning
is
not
the
most
important
aspect
of
preparing
athletes
to
compete
really
is
important.
It's
extremely
important.
We
would
be
doing
a
great
disservice
to
our
players
and
programs.
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For
answers
for
your
child
if
they're
cut
from
a
team
I'm
experiencing
it
now,
my
kids
are
going
into
the
high
school
and
the
middle
school
I
get
it,
but
a
more
appropriate
course
of
action.
I
guess
card
from
the
team
have
them
have
an
honest
and
open
discussion
with
their
coach.
They
can
have
a
detailed
discussion.
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And
diversity
level
is
never
guaranteed.
It's
important
to
understand
your
role
and
embrace
it,
and
it
just
made
me
think
about
what
Sean
talked
about
what
Kelsey
talked
about
Monday
night
we
had
our
senior
sports
award
banquet
here
and
coach
Allen,
and
a
number
of
the
other
coaches
got
one
of
the
former
standout
athletes
that
we
had
here.
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2017
graduate
Jack
Pierre
former
soccer
player,
an
absolute
Superstar
when
he
was
in
high
school,
never
came
off
the
field
when
every
possible
award
imaginable
went
to
Georgetown
University
and
he
found
his
playing
time
was
scarce.
He
founded
that
he
was
now
rotating
in
for
minutes.
He
was
accustomed
to
playing
the
entire
game,
and
now
he
was
getting
five
minutes.
15
minutes,
30
minutes
it
really
depended
on
the
day
and
what
role
they
needed
from
him.
Jack
went
on
and
talked
about
it
and
talked
about
his
career.
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There
at
Georgetown
talked
about
the
exhilaration
of
winning
a
national
title.
It
was
Division
One,
National
Champion,
which
certainly
doesn't
come
along
all
that
often
the
only
athlete
I
think
we've
ever
had
here
at
Byram
Hills
and
a
team
sport
to
go
win
a
National
Title,
but
Jack
didn't
talk
about
any
of
that.
He
talked
about
the
greatest
times
that
he
had
was
the
connections
that
he
built
and
relationships
that
he
fostered
and
the
experience
that
he
had
with
his
teammates.
He
talked
about
embracing
Your
Role.
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He
talked
about
being
a
part
of
something
bigger
than
yourself,
I.
Think
that's
what
our
program
really
Nails
I!
Think
that's
where
our
coaches
do
a
great
job
with
I.
Think
that's
really
the
number
one
goal
anybody
who's
ever
played
for
the
programs.
I
was
involved
with
you
know
we
list
our
goals
and
we
put
them
out
there
and
the
number
one
thing
every
year
is
to
build
that
family
is
to
build
that
that
sense
of
of
community
and
overwhelmingly
the
number
one
goal
every
year.
I
think
we
nail
it.
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Who
might
make
more
sense
to
to
try
out
and
play
for
JV
or
Varsity,
8th
graders
can
attempt
it
or
any
sport
seventh
grade
can
only
do
non-contact
Sports.
This
is
a
New
York
state
program.
So
basically,
what
it
is
is
if
you're
a
middle
school
athlete
and
want
to
play
at
the
high
school
level,
while
still
in
middle
school.
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You
have
to
pass
a
bunch
of
rigorous
Fitness
tests
that
are
kind
of
dictated
by
New
York
State
get
cleared
by
our
school
physician,
and
if
you
pass
those,
then
you
get
to
try
out
for
the
team
now.
Another
hurdle
here
in
Byron
Hill,
specifically,
is.
If
you
look
at
the
bottom,
there's
a
board
policy
that
a
middle
school
athlete
cannot
take
the
roster
spot
of
a
high
school
athlete
set
if
they're
good
enough
to
make
Varsity
so
translate.
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D
A
C
B
B
B
Your
call
tomorrow
to
see,
if
your
child's
up
to
date
and
if
you're
not
sure
you
can
call
their
doctor
and
I,
would
just
really
stress
making
sure
you
get
it
done
in
time
or
it'll.
Postpone
your
child
being
able
to
try
out
also
medication
orders,
some
students,
self-care
epipens
and
inhalers,
and
so
we
need
orders
for
them
to
self-care.
All
the
coaches
are
trained
to
help
administer
the
epipens
if
needed,
but
we
do
need
orders.
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B
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G
What
Scott
just
went
over
about
the
different
levels
of
philosophy,
the
app
process,
all
that
information
is
here
we're
going
to
fast
forward.
It's
now
August
7th,
it's
time
to
register
your
child.
You
go
to
all
forms
and
we'll
be
right
here.
It'll
bring
you
to
this
webpage
and
the
good
thing
about
this
web
page
is
that
it
will
save
a
lot
of
your
information.
So
if
we
rolled
it
out
in
winter,
if
your
child
played
a
sport
in
the
winter
or
spring,
all
that
information
is
safe.
G
H
G
G
G
Let's
just
say
I
have
my.
My
son
was
already
signed
up
so
I'm,
going
to
click
the
appropriate
form.
If
they're
approved
or
they're
in
the
high
school,
they
would
go
to
the
high
school
form.
If
they're
going
for
a
middle
school
sport,
they
would
go
to
the
HC
Crittenden
sport
form
right
from
there.
It'll
give
you
all
the
information
and
we'll
have
all
this
information.
C
G
Be
saved
if
they
already
registered
and
if
not
you'll
have
to
enter
this
in
one
time
and
it'll
be
remembered
for
the
next
time.
You'll
have
to
fill
out
all
that
information
make
sure
to
hit,
save
and
it
will
be
sent
to
the
nurse,
and
then
she
will
send
you
a
confirmation
once
your
child
is
approved.