9) Athletics: 5.0 Eligibility and Sports Participation

5.1 General

• 5.1-1 Participation in any CYM Athletic program is not based solely on Religious affiliation. (2223.9.0)
  • 5.1-1.1 CYM Sports participants may include parishioners, school students, religious education students and community members, along with administrators, coaches, and families.
  • 5.1-1.2 Affiliated parishes and schools may restrict eligibility of their participants included in affiliations.

5.2 Eligibility Standards

• 5.2-1 Athletic Programs offered by CYM are required to meet age and grade standards for competition.

Division	Grade(s)	Competition Level	Age Limit	Sport Exceptions
High School (Senior)	9th-12th	Recreational	May not have turned 19 before July 1st of current program year	n/a
High School (Intermediate)	9th-10th	Recreational	May not have turned 17 before July 1st of current program year	n/a
Varsity	6th-8th	Competitive Hybrid-Competitive Instructional	May not have turned 15 before July 1st of current program year	Cross Country, Soccer, Volleyball (G/B), Basketball, Track
Junior Varsity	4th-6th	Hybrid-Competitive Instructional Mandatory Play	May not have turned 13 before July 1st of current program year	Cross Country, Soccer, Volleyball (G/B), Basketball, Track
Pre-Junior Varsity	3rd-4th	Instructional Mandatory Play	May not have turned 11 before July 1st of current program year	n/a

5.3 Eligibility Restrictions

• 5.3-1 The CYM Sports Office respects and cooperates with local level eligibility requirements, as directed and communicated over by Pastors and principals.

Affiliated Programs	Parish	School	Religious Education	Community
Christ the Teacher	N/A	✅	N/A	❌
Immaculate Heart of Mary	✅	✅	✅	⚠
Holy Angels	✅	✅	✅	✅
Mount Aviat	N/A	✅	N/A	❌
Nativity Preparatory	N/A	✅	N/A	❌
Serviam	N/A	✅	N/A	❌
St. Ann’s	✅	✅	✅	✅
St. Anthony of Padua	✅	✅	✅	✅
St. Edmonds Academy	N/A	✅	N/A	❌
St. Elizabeth	✅	✅	✅	✅
St. John the Beloved	⚠	✅	⚠	❌
St. Mary of the Assumption	✅	N/A	✅	✅
St. Mary Magdalen	✅	✅	✅	✅
St. Margaret of Scotland	✅	N/A	N/A	✅
St. Peters Cathedral	N/A	✅	N/A	❌
Ursuline	N/A	✅	N/A	❌
	✅=Full Eligibility	⚠=Restrictions	❌=Not Eligible	N/A=Not Applicable Program

5.4 Sports Standards

• 5.4-1 The CYM Sports Programming will offer a wide variety of opportunities for competition, through a standard platform.
  • 5.4-1.1 In the event a program’s participant would like to play up a division level, it is the decision of the athletic association representative to communicate a need to the office. The AAR must receive notice from the parent(s) and/or guardian(s).

Sport	3rd Grade	4th Grade	5th Grade	6th Grade	7th Grade	8th Grade
Fall: Football	❌	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
Fall: Soccer	⚠	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
Fall: Volleyball (G)	⚠	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
Fall: Cross Country	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
Winter: Basketball	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
Spring: Baseball	❌	❌	❌	✅	✅	✅
Spring: Softball	❌	❌	❌	✅	✅	✅
Spring: Volleyball (B)	❌	⚠	✅	✅	✅	✅
Spring: Track & Field	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅

• 5.4-2 The CYM Sports program offers a wide variety of opportunities for competition, through commonly-established divisions, that balance competition from experienced to beginner.

5.4 Sports Restrictions

• 5.4-1 No individual may play on a CYM team and a team involved in a league sponsored by a CDOW parish/school simultaneously.
  • 5.4-1.1 Violation will result in the CYM team forfeiting all games in which the individual played and the individual will be removed from the CYM roster.
• 5.4-2

5.5 Miscellanious Restrictions

• 5.5-1 An individual CYM athlete becomes ineligible for a CYM team when he/she attends a contest with a high school team, and is wearing the high school team uniform.
  • Individual athletes in 8th through 12th grade are prohibited from playing the same sport on a CYM team and a high school team, during the same sports season.