Registration for fall sports is now closed. If you have not paid, please do so on-line. An $10 late registration penalty now applies for each sport for each child. So, the registration fee is now $50.

Fall registration is now open for fall soccer, cross country and girls volleyball. Fall soccer and cross country are open to boys and girls grades 3rd- 8th. Volleyball is open to girls grades 5th-8th. Registration ends June 11th. Late registrations will not be acccepted. Please fill out the following forms: registration form, parent release form, & emergency contact form. Each child must also have a physician release form signed by their doctor. These forms will be due prior to the start of the season. For cross country physician forms are due July 20th and mid August for volleyball and soccer.

Payment may be made through PayPal either using your PayPal account or a major credit card. If you prefer to send in a check, make it payable to SAAA and send to the office no later than June 11th in an envelope marked SAAA Secretary. Late payments will be assessed a $10 late fee. The cost for sports is as follows: $40 registration fee per sport plus a $40 activity fee (capped at $80 per family). Soccer players must also pay a $10 field fee per season. On June 3rd at 7pm in the Ryan Center, there will be a mandatory parents meeting for girls wishing to play volleyball this year.

Remember to set up appointments for your children’s physicals now. Registration questions may be directed to Debbie Farrell djfarr94@zoominternet.net. Have a great summer!

For those St Alphonsus students currently in grades 2nd – 7th (rising 3rd-8th graders), Mrs. Etherson, our cross country coach, will be holding a cross country practice for any interested runners on Monday, May 17th from 3:30 -4:30 pm at Pine Community Park. Come and join us to see if you might like to run on our cross country team in the fall. We welcome runners of all abilities. There will be a short information session for parents and a mini work out for interested runners. Runners should wear a t-shirt, shorts, and athletic shoes. Also, bring a water bottle. Meet at 3:30 pm at Pine Community Park by the sand volleyball courts (near the entrance off Pearce Mill Road). Rain date will be Wednesday, May 19th.

Cross country season begins on July 20th and ends with the Championships in October. You must register for cross country during fall sports registration which will begin May 17th and end June 11th. This is a great opportunity to see if you would like to run cross country this fall. If you can’t make it and would like more details, contact Linda Etherson at 724-538-3462.

Welcome to St. Alphonsus Athletics!

Home of the Flames!

For information regarding our sports programs, please review our New Family Information Page.

The St. Alphonsus JV girls basketball team won the 2010 Class “A” Diocesan Championship with a victory over St. Mary’s of Glenshaw at Oakland Catholic High School in Pittsburgh.

The Flames took control from the start and by half-time led 17 to  6.

During the second half, the Flames packed the defense and worked on killing the clock. The lead narrowed in the fourth quarter when St. Mary’s hit two three-point shots to bring the game within four, but that was as close as they would get.

Major contributions from the free throw line from various players, contributed to the first diocesan championship since 2003. 

The final score was St. Alphonsus, 22, and St. Mary’s, 18.

John Duken, the head coach of the Flames said afterwards, “I could not be any prouder of anyone than I am of these girls. Each played a critical role in achieving this goal. The commitment they made all season long to develop the skills necessary to win the championship was outstanding. I am both lucky and blessed to coach such talented young women”.

Congratulations to the St. Alphonsus JV Girls Red Team and their coaches for a job well done!

Assistant Coaches: Kent Beck and Mike Monberg

Head Coach: John Duken

The registration period for spring sports is over. However, you may still pay on-line by visiting our transaction center. Note that per SAAA policies, a $10 late fee is included in each registration fee.

Spring registration will close on Weds, Feb 24th. Your child must be registered in order to particpate in Soccer or Track & Field. Late registrations will not be accepted. Thank you for registering on line. Payment may be made on line or by sending in a check to school. Payments also must be made duing the registration period or will be subject to a $10 late fee. Thanks for your cooperation. Debbie Farrell, SAAA Secretary

Our new registration and payment forms are now available.

Spring sports are soccer and track & field. Both sports are available to students in grades three – eight.

The SAAA strongly encourages you to use our on-line forms to register and pay. If you have any questions or problems, please contact Debbie Farrell or Andy Spero. We’ve made verification simpler–no captcha–but if you just can’t get it to work, Debbie will be happy to take your information over the phone.

Spring registration closes on February 15, 2010.

Any bills that remain unpaid after that date will incur a late fee of $10 per child per sport.

Also, please remember that if your emergency contact, insurance, or medical information has changed, please complete this form, too.

No player may tryout without submitting a completed physician’s release form prior to tryouts or to the coach on the day of tryouts.

Players must attend at least one tryout session but are encouraged to attend both.

JV Boys Tryouts – Dennis Mrdjenovich:

• Saturday, October 10th, 4:30 – 6:15 PM; arrive between 4:00 – 4:30
• Sunday, October 11th, 6:00 to 7:30 PM; arrive between 5:45 – 6:00

JV Girls Tryouts – John Duken:

• Saturday, October 3rd, 3:00 – 5:00 PM; arrive between 2:30 – 3:00
• Sunday, October 4th, 6:00 – 8:00 PM; arrive between 5:45 – 6:00

Varsity Boys Tryouts – Jeff Haus:

• Monday October 5th, 6:00 – 8:00 PM; arrive between 5:30 – 6:00
• Saturday October 10th, 6:30 – 8:30 PM; arrive between 6:15 – 6:30

Varsity Girls Tryouts – Diane Sullivan:

• Tuesday, October 6th, 8:00 – 9:30 PM; arrive between 7:30 – 8:00
• Sunday, October 11th, 7:30-9:00 PM; arrive between 7:15 – 7:30

4th Grade Teams

Parents will be notified of open gym dates around October 15th.

As the month of August starts, so to does the official start of St. Alphonsus Fall Sports. If your child is registered for participation in a fall sport remember that all the appropriate paperwork must be completed and turned into either the coach or a member of the Athletic Association board prior to tryouts. These forms include the Physician’s Release, Emergency Contact and Parent’s Release. This is to ensure the safety of all of our athletes and to ensure that our coaches are aware of any necessary medical conditions. We look forward to an enjoyable year for all of our athletes filled with growth and achievement both on and off the playing fields.

Look for registration for winter sports (basketball and cheerleading) to occur in September.

Any questions or concerns, please contact a member of the Board.

If you are a parent or a member of the St. Alphonsus community and are interested in coaching one of our sports teams during the next academic year, please complete an on-line application.

You can read about our sports teams on this page.

Our basketball coaches have individually decided to cancel all remaining games for this Saturday, January 10.

Unless there is a massive snow or ice storm, the SAAA permits coaches–in concert with the visiting coaches–to determine whether to play or not.

Please click the registration link above the Flames logo on the top, right of the page for Spring sports.

The registration link in the column to the left is for a different purpose. You will not be able to register your child for Spring sports if you click that link or try to fill-in the password in that box.

Per yesterday’s message, a weekend server upgrade destroyed links to our pdf files.  Those links have been repaired.

The on-line registration form for Spring sports is now available.  The page is password-protected, and the password will be distributed by the school.

The registration form is also available as a pdf.

We upgraded to a new version of our server software over the weekend and recently noticed that our download links aren’t working.

Those links and the Spring Registration form will be available later today.  Thanks for your patience.

Even our cool “Flames” graphic is missing if you’re not logged-in.

We still have a bit of work to do, but our new site is functional.  Parents can get announcements through RSS feeds for both the web site and the calendar.

We have a new registration module available for Spring Sports, and plan to make further registration improvements in the future.

The site is best viewed with Internet Explorer, FireFox, or Google’s Chrome browser.  For some reason, the Opera browser does an extremely poor job rendering our submenu links.

If you have any suggestions for improvements, please let us know.

Eventually, the school’s web site will look like the SAAA’s and the Church’s.