Due to lack of enrollment, FC has been unable to have junior varsity teams for several sports since there are not enough players. Next school year, FC will be in partnership with Tower Christian School, a home schooling organization, to help bring more players to the athletic department through the California Interscholastic Federation’s Multi-School Agreement. Ann Raber, who is in charge of Tower Christian’s athletic program, and FC faculty will be signing agreements on the May 20, solidifying the Multi-School arrangement.

The sport guidelines that apply to FC students will also be required of Tower Christian athletes. These guidelines are as followed: must maintain a minimum Grade Point Average (GPA) of 2.0 and follow all FCS rules. Tower Christian athletes will be able to join all sports teams without enrolling or attending classes at FC.

According to Assistant Athletic Director Mick Fuller, the new policy will be beneficial for both FC sports teams and Tower Christian students.

“The new program will benefit both their high school and members of our sports teams as well,” Fuller said. “Tower Christian students will be able to participate in sports while being home schooled and our teams can have more players on the team.”

Sophomore Illeana See says that the program will help increase the number of athletes and accomplish a leading athletic department.

“I think the program will be good for the sports teams, because sometimes there aren?t enough students to make a team.” See said. “By inviting home school students to play for our teams, we will have more players and we can possibly win more games.”

Boys’ varsity tennis coach Robert Foshee says that the Multi-School Agreement will provide a chance for home schooled athletes to interact with FC students and faculty.

“The program will introduce more people to our school,” Foshee said. “The students from Tower Christian School will have an opportunity to meet our faculty and our students. They will also have a chance to be coached by Christian coaches who will discipline them spiritually and teach them to be Christian athletes.”

Freshman basketball player John Dooman says that he is looking forward to playing with athletes outside of school. Dooman believes that the players will be energized and perform at a higher level if there were more substitutes.

“I am excited about the new program,” Dooman said. “Because last season in JV basketball, we only had 2 substitutes so it was kind of hard to get breaks during games. If we have more players next year, we can be energized throughout the entire game.”

Junior soccer player Brianna Walker says that although it may be difficult to adjust to the new players, it would benefit the sports teams tremendously.

“I am glad we are going to have more players,” Walker said. “But it would be a little hard to adjust to new players since we’ve always had small number of players. Although it may be hard at first, I am sure our coaches will work it out and guide us to the right direction.”

For more information, please contact at Mick Fuller.

For more briefs, read the May 10 article, BRIEF: Spring sports banquet to honor teams.