Athletics

Participation Form Links

Student athletes must have a current sport physical, concussion form, and insurance form on file before participating in practice or tryouts. Physical forms are available in the main office or on the District Athletics page (scroll to the bottom and click on Forms (Physicals, etc.).

All athletes need to complete online registration on the Bound website in order to upload the completed physical. New users must create a new account for the school year.

Athlete Expectations

Preseason Eligibility

To be eligible to tryout or practice with a Mead sport team the student must:

Have passed a minimum of 5 classes in previous semester (KSHAA rule)
Have a sports physical dated after May 1 of the previous school year - uploaded to Bound before tryouts or practices start

In Season Eligibility and Behavior Expectations

Academics First Policy
Weekly grade checks to determine weekly eligibility. Any student who has one failing (F) grade and an additional D or F will be placed on academic probation.

The process is two fold:

The first grade check is run and if any athlete has at least one failing grade and one additional D or F they will have a week of probation to improve their grades. SOAR (after school tutoring) is available and will be coordinated with coaches and athletes to help the student improve their grades.
A week later, another grade check will take place and if the student still has one failing grade and one additional D or F, he or she will be ineligible from competitions the following week (i.e. Friday to Friday). Practice participation is up to each individual coach.

3 Strike Policy
Student athletes are not only expected to be in good academic standing but behavior standing as well. Student athletes are expected to follow all the school rules and expectations just like the rest of the student body. Not following the school rules and expectations will result in the student athlete starting the 3-strike policy.

Strike 1 – Conference with athlete, parent/guardian notified.
Strike 2 – Conference with athlete, parent/guardian notified, school administration notified.
Strike 3 – Athlete is removed from the team.

Out of School Suspension – 2 Strikes
In school Suspension – 1 Strike

(Students may not participate in games or practices on which days they are serving OSS or ISS)

School administration reserves the right to make exceptions as deemed necessary.

How to Use Bound

Mead Sports

Cross Country

Open to any 7th and 8th grade student. This is a “no cut” sport.

Coaches: Zac Clark, zclark@usd259.net

Season: October

Schedule:

September 30, 2025 | 3:30pm | Practice begins
Thursday, October 9, 2025 | 4:00pm | Robinson Eastside Classic @ College Hill
Wednesday, October 15, 2025 |3:30pm | Southeast Invitational @ Cessna Activity Center
Tuesday, October 21, 2025 | 3:30pm | North Classic @ Brown Thrush
Tuesday, October 28, 2025 | 4:00pm | Heights Invitational @ Heights HS
Tuesday, November 4, 2025 | 3:30pm | All City Meet @ Cessna Activity Center

Volleyball

Open to any 7th and 8th grade student.

Coach: Brooke Eberhardt, beberhardt@usd259.net

Season: September

Tryouts: August 19th & 20th, 3:30-4:45

Schedule:

Tuesday, August 26, 2025 | Practice begins | 3:30-3:45pm
Tuesday, August 26, 2025 | Parent Meeting | 4:45pm
Thursday, September 4, 2025 | 3:45 @ Northeast Magnet | Mead, Stucky, CMA & Pleasant Valley
Monday, September 8, 2025 | 3:30 @ Horace Mann
Wednesday, September 10, 2025 | 3:45 @ South HS | Mead, Mayberry, Wilbur, & Truesdell
Monday, September 15, 2025 | 3:45 @ Robinson | Mead Robinson, Mayberry & Truesdell
Wednesday, September 17, 2025 | 3:30 @ Pleasant Valley
Monday, September 22, 2025 | 3:30 @ Curtis
Monday, September 24, 2025 | 3:30 @ Mead
Monday, September 29, 2025 | 3:30 @ Mead

Basketball

Open to 7th and 8th grade students to try out for the basketball team.

Coaches:

Boys Basketball: Drakeese Tow, dtow@usd259.net
Girls Basketball: Heather Seidl, hseidl@usd259.net

Season: January - March

Tryouts: The week of December 8-12

Schedule:

Monday, January 5, 2026 | Practice Begins | 3:30-5:00pm
Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026 | Horace Mann @ Mead | Boys 3:30 | Girls 4:30
~~Monday, Jan. 26, 2026 | Mead @ Coleman | Boys 3:00 | Girls 4:30~~ RESCHEDULED TO 3/4
Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2026 | Allison @ Mead | Boys 3:00 | Girls 4:00
Monday, Feb. 2, 2026 | Pleasant Valley @ Mead | Boys 3:30 | Girls 4:30
Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026 | Mead @ Wilbur | Boys 3:30 | Girls 4:30
Monday, Feb. 9, 2026 | Truesdell @ Mead | Girls 3:30 | Boys 4:30
Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026 | Curtis @ Mead | Girls 3:30 | Boys 4:30
Monday, Feb. 23, 2026 | Mead @ Brooks | Girls 3:00 | Boys 4:00
Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026 | Mead @ Robinson| Girls 3:00 | Boys 4:00
Monday, March 2, 2026 | Mead @ Mayberry | Girls 3:00 | Boys 4:00
Wednesday, March 4, 2026 | Mead @ Coleman | Boys 3:00 | Girls 4:00

Track & Field

Coach: Zac Clark, zclark@usd259.net
Coach: Yamillette Bernier-Martinez, ymartinez@usd259.net

Only 7th and 8th grade students can try out for track.

Season: March - May

Schedule:

Monday, March 23, 2026 | Practice Begins
Wednesday, April 15, 2026 | Brooks v Mayberry v Mead v Curtis @ Brooks
Thursday, April 23, 2026 | Truesdell v Mead v Wilbur v Mayberry @ Truesdell
Wednesday, April 29, 2026 | Mayberry v Mead v Robinson v Pleasant Valley @ Mayberry
Tuesday, May 5, 2026 | Division I @ TBD
Tuesday, May 12, 2026 | All City @ Northwest HS

Field events begin at 3:45pm.
Track events begin at 4:00pm

Division I - Brooks, Curtis, Mayverry, Mead, Pleasant Valley, Robinson, Truesdell, Wilbur