MSAD Athletics

Though the football team didn't take the win today, this is just the beginning—each game brings them closer to becoming better! We are proud of you, let's go, Trojans!

Images #1 to 20 a group of football players in maroon and yellow "Trojans" uniforms huddled together, catching the ball, playing football, tackling, drinking water, close-up headshots, coaches using sign language, and the team huddling together to discuss their next plays.

Image #3 a volleyball team, standing together behind a chain-link fence

Get ready, MSAD/MDS fans! Don't miss out on our first home game tomorrow, August 29th, at 4:00 PM, as MSAD/MDS Trojans & Cheetahs play against Siren High School. Show your school spirit! See you all there! Metro Deaf School

Image #1 Flyer for a football game scheduled 2024- details are as follows:
• Event: Football 2024 Game Day
• Teams: MSAD (Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf)/MDS (Metro Deaf School) vs. Siren High School
• Date and Time: October 29th at 4:00 PM
• Location: MSAD Football Field
• Admission Prices:
• Adults: $5.00
• Students & Senior Citizens: $3.00
• Ages 5 & below: Free

SAVE THE DATE: MSAD Homecoming 2024

Image #1 flyer for MSAD Homecoming, which is scheduled for September 21st, 2024. The flyer has a red background with the MSAD Trojan mascot at the top. It includes the following details:
* Title: MSAD Homecoming
* Save the Date: September 21st, 2024
* Volleyball Teams:
* Metro Deaf School
* Oklahoma School for the Deaf
* Colorado School for the Deaf & Blind
* Football Game:
* MSAD and Metro Deaf School vs. Oklahoma School for the Deaf

Image #2 schedule of events listed:
* 7:30 AM: Campus Opens to Public
* 8:00 AM: Volleyball Matches Begin
* 10:00 AM: MSADAA Meeting - Location: Basement of Gym
* 11:00 AM: Campus Tour (Starts after MSADAA Meeting)
* 3:00 PM: Football Game
* 4:00 PM: Homecoming Royalty
* 5:30 PM: Social Event (Sponsored by MSADAA and HABC - this event will be held off-campus)
* 10:00 PM: Event Ends

Image #3 document of titled "HomecomingBooth 2024," is a form for organizations or businesses interested in setting up a booth during the MSAD Homecoming on September 21, 2024 and Athletic Director, Ryan Smith-Hastings, via email

The JV / Varsity team has completed week one of practices, came together to make a dessert as a team, and is now preparing for the final week of Volleyball Camp.

Image #1 a young girl is holding a volleyball and appears focused, with her arm positioned as if she’s preparing to serve or throw the ball

Image #2 a group of girls participating in a volleyball practice session inside a gym

Image #3 A head coach is standing behind a volleyball net, engaged in what appears to be communication with her team

Image #4 a team is cooking their dessert in the kitchen

During the day at football camp, the coaches gave instructions, guiding the players through each move with precision and focus. Rain or shine, the commitment to improvement never stopped.

Image #1 three young football players standing together on a field during what appears to be a light rain

Image #2 a close-up of two young football players wearing maroon helmets and white mesh practice jerseys

Image #3 the coach, wearing a yellow t-shirt, is raising his arm, possibly giving directions to a young player

Image #4/5 a football player in the act of kicking a football while a coach holding the ball in place on the field

Image #6 a group of young football players practicing a snap play on a grassy field

Image #7 a young football player’s expression is focused, and deep in thought

Image #8 a coach kneeling on the field, is giving instructions or demonstrating something to a group of players

Afternoon of Day 2: Eat, Sleep, Play Football, Repeat. Metro Deaf School

Image #1 one player in the foreground is preparing to throw a football

Image #2 a group of young football players are taking a break under the shade of a large tree. Some players are seated on the grass, resting, while others are standing

Image #3 a girl is standing on a grassy field, focused as she catches a football

Image #4 the team is working together to review plays

Image #5 the boy catches the football

Varsity crew well-deserved a cool down after a tough morning practice! A great way to prepare for the second round this afternoon!

Image #1 a group of nine girls standing on a grassy field, the girls are dressed in wet t-shirts and shorts, been playing with water. Some of them are playfully flexing their arms and smiling widely at the camera. Behind them, water from sprinklers

Video #2 a team of girls playing with water on a grassy field

Image #3 a group of girls standing on a grassy field, engaging in a playful water activity

Day 1 of sports camp (volleyball and football) and our first youth volleyball camp was a hit! Watching these young athletes learn and grow is what it’s all about. Can’t wait to see their progress throughout the week. Metro Deaf School

Image #1 a group of young athletes is engaged in a football training drill on a grassy field. In the foreground, a player is pushing a heavy sled

Image #2 a young athlete is engaged in a football training exercise, wearing a maroon football helmet and a white practice jersey, and flipping a large black tire on a grassy field

Image #3 a group of young athletes participating in a football training session on a grassy field

Image #4 a group of three female athletes is in a gymnasium, setting up for what appears to be an interview or video recording

Image #5/6 a group female athletes and coach in a gymnasium, preparing for a training session

Image #7 A group of young girls is gathered in a gymnasium around a coach, reviewing the rules of volleyball

Image #8 a young girl is positioned with her arms outstretched and her knees bent, preparing to bump a volleyball that is mid-air

Image #9 a coach, who is kneeling beside her, is helping the girl with the correct way to hold or pass the ball during drills

SAVE THE DATE!

Homecoming will be on September 21st. We have an action-packed day of fun games!

More information to follow. Hope to see you all here at MSAD on Septmeber 21st!

Image Description:

The flyer has a maroon background with white text. At the top of the flyer, there is the MSAD logo featuring a Trojan. In the middle of the flyer, there are logos for volleyball and football. At the bottom, there are three different deaf school logos: Colorado School for the Deaf and Blind Bulldogs, Metro Deaf School Cheetahs, and Oklahoma School for the Deaf Bisons.

Text on the flyer:

MSAD Homecoming
Save the date!! September 21st, 2024

Volleyball Teams:

Metro Deaf School
Oklahoma School for the Deaf
Colorado School for the Deaf & Blind

Football Game:
MSAD and MDS VS Oklahoma School for the Deaf

More details to follow!

Metro Deaf School

Meet our amazing Fall 2024 coaching team!

We’re excited for a fantastic season ahead! Let’s go Trojans!

#1/2/3 image features the names and photos of different coaches for various sports for the Fall 2024 season. At the top, it says Meet Our Team! Fall Season 2024

Get ready to bump, set, spike at the MSAD Youth Volleyball Camp! Happening August 12-16 in Faribault, MN. Open to K-5th graders for a week of fun and skill-building. Deadline August 1st, 2024.

Image #1 image is a colorful and vibrant flyer for a youth volleyball camp presented by MSAD.
• Event Name: Youth Volleyball Camp
• Dates: August 12-16
• Location: 615 Olof Hanson Dr, Faribault, MN 55021
• Target Audience: K-5th grade students
• Registration Information: Email [email protected] for more information and registration

Meet Our Team for the MSAD Youth Volleyball Camp Event

Team Members:

Aimee Sever-Hall: Camp Coordinator
Janelle Schliep: Coach

Event: Youth Volleyball Camp 2024
Date: August 12-16
Location: 615 Olof Hanson Dr, Faribault, MN 55021
Activities: Practices, Outdoor/Indoor Activities, Hiking, Adventure, Water Park
Registration Deadline: July 15 at 12:00 pm
Contact: Aimee Sever-Hall, the volleyball camp coordinator, at [email protected]

If you can't make it to the event today, no worries! We will provide the YouTube live stream link for the Academic and Athletic Awards:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5JU97nOorw

Schedule for this evening:

Academic Awards: 5:45 PM
Athletic Awards: 6:45 PM

Thank you all for supporting our MSAD Athletic program!

Academic and Athletic Awards 2024

We are hiring! Come join the MSAD Athletics Program!

Apply now for positions including Head Cheerleading Coach, Assistant Cheerleading Coach, Football Assistant Coach, and Volleyball FCC Coach at the Faribault Community Center.

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Send your resume to

Athletic Director:
Ryan Smith-Hastings at [email protected] Assistant Athletic Director:
Auna Ortiz at [email protected]

We have a fun-filled weekend coming up! MSAD will be hosting our annual Leo Bond track meet on Saturday, April 27th!

It will be held at Ted Nelson Track at Alexander Park in Faribault. Events will start at 9 AM.

See the flyer for participating teams, admission costs and more!

See you all there!

PD: Maroon background with 4 school logos on each corner of the flyer. Gold words "Leo Bond Invitational" on the left side shows information:
April 27th @ 9 AM- Ted Nelson Track at Alexander Park
Participating Teams:
MSAD Athletics
Metro Deaf School
Michigan School for the Deaf
Illinois School for the Deaf

On the right side is the admission costs-
$5.00- adults
$3.00- students & senior citizens
MSAD students & Ages 5 & Below- Free

Lower middle text-
Concession will be sold (Cash or Card)
Pizza will be sold by our Senior Class (Cash only)

I am VERY thrilled to share some exciting news with you!

Our girls captured the GPSD track team championship! They beat out Oklahoma S/D, winning by ONE POINT! This is a very wonderful accomplishment and we all should be proud of our girls team for their hard work!

Our boys team did a wonderful job as well, each of our 3 players earned points for the team and they did a great job!

Congratulations to our Trojans!

Our academic bowl team is traveling to Gallaudet University for the Nationals! Matches will start tomorrow afternoon. Here is the link to keep track of how our team is doing- https://gallaudet.edu/youth-programs/academic-bowl/2024-national-competition/

Best of luck to our players & coaches!

2024 National Competition - Academic Bowl | Gallaudet University Teams Weekend Schedule Thursday, April 18th  2:00 pm - 3:30 pm Registration @ Welcome Center  4:00 pm Kick-Off Activities @ LLRH6 Co-Lab Coaches

Here is a recap of our BOTB National competition at Gallaudet University over the weekend-

The team made it into the quarterfinals against Texas S/D, but ended up losing on a tiebreaker by 2 points! Texas S/D eventually made it into the championship game so it was a really great match!!

Nathan Schwartz was named to the all-star team!

Here are some pictures of the weekend.

Check out our track meet schedule on our website and catch one of our meets this season!

If you plan on attending a meet at Ted Nelson Track at Alexander Park (Any of the Faribault Invitationals) make sure you purchase tickets online at- https://faribault.hometownticketing.com/embed/all

https://athletics.msa.state.mn.us/schedule/track-and-field

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I'm pleased to share that our Math Competition team did an outstanding job at the Nationals this weekend!

We placed 7th out of 16 teams overall in the team competition! Remember, this is the top 16 Deaf teams in the nation! We are proud of how our team did!!

Nathan Schwartz took part in the individual competition, he placed 3rd place in the preliminary matches and advanced to the playoffs. Nathan advanced two rounds before being eliminated in the 3rd round, but we are still proud of his efforts!

Here are some pictures of the weekend at Rochester Institute of Technology!

UPDATE:

Staff/Alumni vs. Students basketball games tonight has a minor change in game times!

Girls vs. Staff/Alumni- 5 PM (Previously 4:30 PM)
Boys vs. Staff/Alumni- 6 PM (Previously 5:30 PM)

If you're an alumni, come on out and play! The email address to contact is on our pinned post.

See you all tonight, FREE ADMISSION!

Here's the final update on our Drone team:

Our 2 drone teams participated in 2 different competitions-
Skills (44 teams):
Nathan and Miranda- 4th place
Marissa and Neveah: 15th place

Alliance (31 teams):
Nathan and Miranda: 22nd place
Marissa and Neveah: 31st place

Nathan and Miranda were chosen to be alliances with a team from Texas School for the Deaf and ended up finishing 5th place in the alliance competition!

Nathan and Miranda also won 3rd place for the Driving Award!

Congratulations to our teams! They did a great job for the first year participating in this competition!

Photo ID: Nathan and Miranda posing with their certification for 3rd place in driving.

ANNOUNCEMENT:
Are you an alumni of MSAD? Interested in showing our current players what you got in the game of basketball? Come on out and play against our current players!

Staff/Alumni vs. Players basketball game on March 7th!
Girls at 4:30 PM
Boys at 5:30 PM

Please email [email protected] if you're interested in playing so we can get an estimated number of players!

Not interested in playing? Come on out and root for the teams! FREE ADMISSION!

See you all on March 7th!

Flyer Description:
Red Background
Logo of Trojans on top middle
Gold words: End of Season Scrimmage
White words:
March 7th
Girls Team vs. Staff/Alumni
Boys Team vs. Staff/Alumni
Girls- 4:30 PM
Boys- 5:30 PM
Free Admission
Picture of a basketball ball on lower left corner

Update on our students' ROV Underwater competition-

Out of 30 teams:

Mission Course- The Mission Course incorporates a mission that teams must complete with their SeaPerch ROV related to Deep-Sea Exploration.
* Nathan/Miranda - 6th place
* Marissa/Nevaeh - 17th place

Obstacles Course- The Obstacle Course tests high-speed maneuverability and requires the SeaPerch ROV to navigate the course as quickly as possible.
* Nathan/Miranda - 6th place
* Marissa/Nevaeh - 22nd place

With this being our first year participating, our students did an awesome job!! We should be proud of them!

Drone competition will start tomorrow. Here is the live-streaming link-

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4 of our students are currently at Texas School for the Deaf taking part in the Underwater ROV and Drone competitions!

Underwater ROV competition runs today and tomorrow then Drone will run Thursday-Saturday.

There are no websites with live results, however, both events are being live-streamed here- https://www.youtube.com//streams

Best of luck to Nate, Miranda, Neveah and Marissa!

Here's the final update on academic bowl yesterday-

They went 1-1 in their last 2 pool play games and finished as number 3 seed in their pool with a 5-2 record and faced Tennessee School for the Deaf in the first round of the playoffs, the winners of the first round games automatically advance to Nationals.

Our team pulled out a WONDERFUL win and punched their tickets to the nationals at Gallaudet University in April!!

We lost to MSSD in the semi-finals and lost to Florida School for the Deaf and Blind in the 3rd/4th place game by 1 POINT!

Regardless of how the last couple games went, we all are proud that the team worked hard to advance to the Nationals and now can focus on working and improving for the Nationals!

We also won the team sportsmanship award! Jameson was named to the All-Star team!

Here is an update on our Math competition and Academic Bowl teams at their regional competitions this weekend!
Please share a HUGE congratulations to our Math competition team, they won the Mid-West regional championship! They will be going to Rochester Institute of Technology to take part in the National championship competition in March! Nathan placed 2nd in the individual competition and Maresa placed 11th place. Kudos to the team for their hard work!! We are excited to see them represent us at the Nationals!

Our academic bowl team is 4-1 after today's pool play, their only loss came to Model Secondary School for the Deaf (MSSD), the defending National champion from last year. We have two more pool play matches tomorrow morning before that determines our playoff seeding. One of those remaining pool play matches is against Florida School for the Deaf and Blind who is 4-1 as well!

Another update to follow tomorrow for our academic bowl team.

Again, congratulations to our math competition team & best of luck tomorrow to our academic bow team!

You can follow this link for updates on our academic bowl team tomorrow- https://gallaudet.edu/youth-programs/academic-bowl/2024-south-regional/

Some pictures from today!

We have a busy weekend! Our academic bowl team is taking part in the South Regional competition hosted by Atlanta Area School for the Deaf and our middle school Math Competition team is at Indiana School for the Deaf taking part in the regional competition!

Updates will be shared as they become available throughout the weekend! Here are some pictures!

Our boys basketball team will have their last game tonight at MSAD! Game starts at 5:30 PM, FREE admission! Come on out and cheer them on!

The boys basketball game scheduled for tonight (2/14) has been postponed due to weather. Make up date has not been decided yet. Keep an eye out for an update!