Student,

We are glad you have expressed interest in joining the Creekside Dux Football team. Welcome and we look forward to helping you have a great experience as a student athlete in our Zeeland West Football program.

Here are some important pieces of information that you and your parents need to know.

Football Practice- Creekside will start practice on Wednesday, August 15th.  Before you show up for practice, you will need to be registered and "all green" on FinalForms, which includes having a current physical form on file.  Physical forms can be dropped off in the Zeeland West Athletic office, or slid under that door if nobody is in.  (Current means dated on or after April 15th of 2018 and the only icon allowed to be red is the $ symbol. Your FinalForms fee of $7 must be paid before the first game.)  FinalForms Registration Link

Practice will be on the Zeeland West High School practice field. Time will be from 5-7pm. No pads; helmets only for the first 3 days for conditioning. Every athlete must complete 3 days of conditioning before he can play in pads. We will practice on Labor Day from 5-7pm as we need to get in our State required number of practices. We will have a scrimmage on August 30.

Games- are played on Wednesday afternoon and evenings. Our first game will be September 5, 2018.

Equipment- Parents you need to provide the following football equipment. Approved helmet, pads, mouth guard, cleats and black football pants with pads. Colored socks are not needed, most kids wear no shows or ankle highs. Creekside will provide a practice jersey and game jerseys. Athletes must wear the practice jersey to practice; color of pants for practice is either white or black.

Please keep in mind as well that our practices are closed to spectators for the first 3 weeks. This is a very important time in your child’s development in the program. If after 3 weeks you would like to watch your son practice please do so from the North end of the practice field.

Finally. all schedules and any announcements can be found on our website located at www.zeelandwestathletics.com .The coaches and school will keep this updated regularly.

Please let us know if you have any additional questions.

Coach Meppelink                              Coach Kloosterman

616-836-1277                                    616-836-0529

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