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25/26 MAST UPDATE #6

10/13/2025

 
MAST UPDATE #6
Sunday, October 12, 2025

Hello MAST Athletes, Parents, and Friends:

The last two weeks have been very busy and we have a lot of administrative tasks to accomplish before the start of the season.  Stay with us! (and please read through to the end). Most importantly, registration with MPS Athletics opens this week for most schools!  Details below!  We hope our athletes enjoy a few days off this week and wish you safe travels if you’re headed out of town over MEA!


Action items this week:
  • Registration (Both MAST & Mpls Public Schools Athletics)
  • Purchase Hyland Season Passes 
  • Acquire Equipment and Gear
  • Concussion Baseline Testing



REGISTRATION INSTRUCTIONS

1. Register with Minneapolis Alpine Ski Team 2025-26 Registration.
2. Register with MPS Athletics through your designated High School Athletic link. (Some schools are open. See below). 
3. Pay the MPS Athletic Fee through student quickpay. (Not open yet)

Have you registered through MAST yet?
Thank you and WELCOME to those who have registered with MAST!  REGISTER NOW  by clicking on Minneapolis Alpine Ski Team 2025-26 Registration.  Once registered you'll get access on the TeamSnap app to your team roster and emerging calendar of events.
 
*A note for registering returning athletes.  Please manually select your athlete’s current grade and school.  Autopopulating will pull from last year.

**Attached are Condensed MAST Registration Instructions that apply only to the MAST registration.  


MPS Winter Athletics Registration
Registration for MPS Winter Sports opens for most schools on October 13. This is an online registration. You will need to pay the $75 MPS Athletics Activity Fee and complete all the forms before your high school athletic director will clear you to participate.  


WE ASK ALL ATHLETES TO REGISTER FOR ALPINE SKIING BEFORE NOVEMBER 1ST SO THAT YOUR ATHLETIC DIRECTOR HAS AMPLE TIME TO CLEAR YOU TO PARTICIPATE BY THE OPENING DAY OF THE ALPINE SKI SEASON. 


MPS is now using arbiter.io for Athletic Registration.  This is A NEW PLATFORM FOR 2025-2026.  If you/your athlete did NOT play a fall sport this year, you will need to create a NEW ACCOUNT with the new platform arbiter.io.   Each high school will have their own link, found on the respective high schools’ websites, or MSP Winter Athletics Registration!  Most of these are OPEN ON MONDAY, OCTOBER 13.
Southwest High School Registration is open
Roosevelt High School Registration 
Washburn High School Registration
South High School Registration


We will keep you updated as registration links change or open.  Thank you for your patience as this is a new process for MPS and MAST. 


Quick Tips:
When registering with arbiter for MPS athletics, you will be required to create a new account unless you/your athlete played a 2025 fall sport.  Once you’ve created your account, you will find your high school or follow the link above.  You will scroll down to where you check the box for Alpine Skiing.  From there you will continue to scroll down and complete the forms.  Once you get to the CONTINUE button you will be directed to a confirmation page.  YOU MUST HIT SUBMIT on the right hand side of your screen.  You will be directed to a “quickpay” page for MPS.  That is currently NOT open.  When that is open you will have to go there to pay the $75 MPS fee.  WE WILL NOTIFY YOU WHEN THIS IS OPEN! 


TO REGISTER FOR MPS ATHLETICS YOU WILL NEED:  Physician Info, Medical Insurance Info, Qualifying Sports Physical Form (see below - under Forms), Student ID

**Reminder that both registrations are required and both carry separate fees: MAST $300 and MPS Winter Athletics $75.  See the respective registration sites/instructions for scholarship requests. More detailed info regarding registration and fees.


Questions regarding Registration with MAST or MPS, please contact your Core Parent or our Registration and TeamSnap Lead, Coryn Petersen [email protected] or 612.910.2560



FORMS

MAST requires a guardian signature on the Assumption of Risk and Release of Liability form.  This form has to be printed, signed and uploaded into the TeamSnap registration.  It is included in the registration form, but we’ve attached it below as well so you can have it ready to upload into registration. This form is required to register with MAST. 


MPS Transportation Waiver.  Here is the MPS Transportation Waiver which we will collect at 11/10 Hyland Pass pickup night.


MPS requires all athletes to have a Sports Qualifying Physical Examination Form on record.  This is required for participation. Please see more about sport’s physicals in the link to Fees and Registration. 


MPS registration will also require the MPS Emergency Contact & Eligibility Form.  This will be collected at pass pickup night.


 
Reminder: HYLAND SEASON PASSES - Now on Sale!

MAST practices are held at Hyland Hills Ski Area.  If you haven’t already, save the sales tax (which is about $45) on your Hyland Season Pass by sending or dropping a check for $499 made out to “Mpls Alpine” to Brenda Hunter-Hanson to arrive before Oct 29, 2025 at the address below.  Season passes will be available for pickup at Hyland Hills Nov. 10 at the Season Pass Pick Up night.  Alternatively, passes are on sale on-line with Hyland for $499+tax until Nov 1, then increase to $524+tax.
For tax-free Hyland passes payable to Mpls Alpine:
Brenda Hunter-Hanson
5312 Colfax Ave S
Minneapolis, MN  55419


IMPORTANT:  HYLAND SKI WAIVER - In addition to buying your pass, skiers/ parents MUST complete and sign an online waiver.  It only takes five minutes.  Hyland Hills Ski Season Waiver. Hyland will not release your season pass until the waiver is signed. Athletes who have already turned 18 must complete the waiver on their own.


CONCUSSION BASELINE TESTING

State law requires that coaches and trainers remove anyone suspected of having a concussion from athletic activity of any type.  To return to play, the athlete must be assessed by a medical professional trained in concussion management.  For Minneapolis students, the athletic trainer at your school must be involved in the post-concussion management and your return to play protocol.  One of the tools that physicians and athletic trainers utilize to assess whether someone is healthy to begin the return to play protocol is an online cognitive test called the Impact Concussion Baseline Test.   Athletes take this test when the brain is healthy and alert.   Following a concussion and after the athlete’s concussion symptoms have resolved, the trainer may ask you to retake the Impact Concussion Baseline Test.  The trainer can then compare your post-concussion test results to your baseline test results and determine if you are still suffering any cognitive deficits.  Even though your symptoms have gone away and you feel healed, your brain may still be injured.  You do not want to suffer a second concussion when your brain is still healing from the first.  So, the baseline test is designed to give health professionals one more tool to assess how well your brain has healed following a concussion.  
Who needs to take the test?
Anyone who is skiing with MAST for the first time and has not taken the test for another sport during the 2025-26 school year or this Fall. You should plan on doing a baseline test every 2 years for MAST.
Where can I take the test?
The test will be offered at Southwest High School (they have the most capacity to help us with testing.)  *Students need to bring their Chromebook to Southwest for testing*
Dates offered:
Tuesday, October 28 at 3:30 or 4:15 pm
Wednesday, October 29 at 3:30 or 4:15 pm
Monday, November 3 at 3:30 or 4:15 pm
Thursday, November 5 at 3:30 or 4:15 pm
Athletic Trainer:  Kelsey GleichWacker ([email protected])
Directions:
Location is at Southwest HS, in the College and Career Center. It’s the room adjacent to the counselors’ offices. If you come in the front entrance, go all the way to the back and left of the cafeteria. Go up the half flight of stairs, straight ahead is a room with lots of windows, go to the right of that room and immediately to the left is 3 steps. Go down the steps and through the door on the left.

LINK TO SIGN UP FOR TESTING
 
Have you secured your EQUIPMENT for the season?

Thank you to the coaches and Pierce staff who assisted with the MAST Equipment Day on Wednesday and a special thanks to Bill Bray for managing and editing the Equipment Swap page on our website.  If you have any equipment you would like to sell, fill out our MAST Equipment Swap Sale Form and send detailed photos to [email protected]  and to Bill at [email protected].  New items have been posted in the last few days, so check it often.
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For those interested in checking out what’s available, items are posted here:
MAST ON-LINE ONLY SKI EQUIPMENT SWAP  


**Additionally, the 2024 Team Gilboa Ski Swap at Hyland is Friday - Sunday,  October 24-26
Team Gilboa Hyland Ski Swap
  • Friday, 10/24: 5pm-8pm
  • Saturday, 10/25: 10am-5pm
  • Sunday, 10/26: 10am-12pm


CAPTAIN’S PRACTICE BEGINS! - Monday, October 27


Practice dates are Oct 27 and 29, and Nov 3 and 5 (Mondays and Wednesdays).  These practices, led by the 6 team captains, will be held at Lynnhurst Park from 4:00-5:15PM. Bring a water bottle and wear layers of athletic clothing and athletic shoes so that you can run, jump, hop, skip, glide, leap, spin or whatever the captains challenge you to do.  Meet your teammates, play some games, ask questions about the team and the season, and just have some fun.


IMPORTANT DATES     
  • Hyland Ski and Snowboard Swap (Team Gilboa)  Oct 24, 25, 26
  • Captain’s Practices begin Monday, Oct 27 (Mons and Weds)
  • Winter Sports Registration Opens with Minneapolis Public Schools - Oct 13 for most.  (Both MAST and MPS registrations are required)         
  • Season Opener Meeting for Parents and Athletes- Sunday, November 9th 6pm-7:30pm “Orientation to the 2024-25 Alpine Season” for athletes and parents, an On-line presentation.  If you can’t attend, the presentation will be posted on our website so you can view it over and over again at your leisure. But real-time is so much better. A Zoom link will be sent.
  • First Official Day of the Season - Hyland Pass Pick Up Monday, November 10th 6pm-7:30pm - Hyland Season Pass Photo Night, Pass Pick Up, and Team Meeting at Hyland Park Ski Chalet.
  • First Day of Dryland Training - Tuesday, November 11
    Dryland training will take place Monday - Friday from 4:30-6PM at the Washburn football field. All athletes are invited and encouraged to attend!
    *No Dryland the Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday of Thanksgiving week.
  • Athlete Retreat and Tuning Clinic Saturday, November 15  Hyland Ski Jump Facility  Upper Classmen and returning athletes from 9am-12pm. New Athletes from 1-3pm. There will also be a tuning Clinic at 3pm in which parents are welcome to attend.  More info to come. 
  • Race Worker Training (4pm-5pm) / Parent Social Sunday, December 7, 5pm-7pm Dual Citizen Brewery Company                                      
  • Giant’s Ridge Camp! Wednesday, December 31, 2025 - Saturday, Jan 3, 2026      


Have a fantastic and safe MEA week!!


COACHES and SUPPORT TEAM, Mpls Alpine Ski Team
(Jen Peterson - Communications) 


Key Contacts if you have questions (preferred to replying to this e-mail):


CORE PARENTS for each school (for questions about registration, season schedule, etc): 
 
Washburn/Page   Erik Addy [email protected]  952-270-0934
Southwest/Anthony  Bill Bray  [email protected]  507-301-7109  
MAST-All Other Schools Owen Moldow [email protected] 612-730-4818


COACHES (for questions about ski equipment, sizing, skiing instruction and technique).
 
Head Coach Southwest/Anthony Boys Joel Hedrick [email protected] 612-716-3186  
Head Coach Southwest/Anthony Girls Paige Alampi [email protected] 612-718-1440     
Head Coach Washburn/Page Boys Matthew Polland  [email protected] 612-220-1010 
Head Coach Washburn/Page Girls Eleanor Goodnow [email protected] 612-723- 9559   
Head Coach MAST Boys (All other Schools)  Andrea Savage [email protected] 612-508-6214
Head Coach MAST Girls (All other Schools)  Andrea Savage [email protected] 612-508-6214


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