Athletics

Teurlings Catholic High School is a member of the Louisiana High School Athletic Association and is classified as a 4-A school for athletic competition.  The school follows the rules and regulations of the LHSAA.  To be eligible for participation in the school's vast athletic program, the student must pass at least six subjects which count toward graduation and must earn at least a “C” average in all subjects pursued.  Students who do not meet this minimum requirement cannot participate in Teurlings Catholic athletic competition. 

In addition to LHSAA rules and regulation, the school follows its own sportsmanship code that incorporates Catholic values into the athletic program. 

• To immerse each student athlete in Catholic values
• To live the mission of TCHS by practicing the core values of TCHS through communion, truth, virtue, and mercy
  • Communion - building lifelong friendships rooted in Christ and His Church
  • Truth - ready to think critically in college and through life
  • Virtue - striving for excellence with passion and integrity
  • Mercy - quick to serve others with empathy and kindness
• To encourage student athletes to achieve academic success and to keep athletics in proper perspective
• To stress the importance of servant leadership for the betterment of the team
• To stress the importance of hard work and self-sacrifice to improve on a daily basis to develop good citizenship and respect for rules and authority
• To provide opportunities to exemplify and observe good sportsmanship
• To increase knowledge of various sports
• To teach and emphasize the fundamental skills of various sports as a necessary ingredient in achieving individual and team success
• To stress the importance of physical fitness, conditioning, healthy habits, and safety in athletics

Eligibility is the privilege of participating in interscholastic athletics that is attained by complying with all minimum standards established for student-athletes that are cooperatively determined by member schools through the LHSAA By-Laws. A student-athlete’s participation in interscholastic athletics is a privilege and not a right that is obtained by adhering to the uniform minimum standards adopted by the membership. Uniform standards are limitations governing eligibility that are a necessary prerequisite in interscholastic athletics because they protect the integrity of the interscholastic program; they protect the opportunity of qualified student-athletes to participate; they help to ensure competitive equity among member schools; they encourage academic achievement by student-athletes; and they promote the health and well-being of the student-athlete.

Section 1 – Eligibility – LHSAA Handbook updated 10/01/18

Please read the LHSAA Guidelines and Fact Sheet below before filling out the TCHS Athletic Participation Packet and keep for your records:

LHSAA Suggested Guidelines for Management of Concussion in Sports and Fact Sheet

Forms:

• Medical History-Medical Exam Form
• LHSAA Athletic Participation Parental Permission Form
• LHSAA Substance Abuse-Misuse Contract

In order to practice and/or participate in TCHS athletics, students are mandated to provide an LHSAA required physical.

Ochsner Sports Medicine Forms:

• Serious Sports Injury Law of 2011- Louisiana ACT 352
• Authorization for Release of Medical Information and Consent for Treatment
• Concussion Preseason Student & Parent Education