Thursday is the deadline to get your 2012 Happy Ads sent in and if you know of any businesses that are willing to support us, please give them a 2012 BCTFC Ad Program Letter. Riverside Track does not outsorce this ad book to anyone, to even have it printed, so 100% of the ad dollars for this come back to our teams. As of this point we have only gotten in $460 worth of ads as opposed to the $910 we raised last year - we still have 1 weeks left.

Finally, Boosters will be meeting again this month on April 12th 7PM in the LGI at the High School (ALL ARE WELCOME!) to get ready for the Varsity Invitational. We will be sending out information soon as to what food we need for the invitational.  Last year about 8 people made large portions (like in a large crock pot) of things like haluski and pasta and sauce and we are looking for people to do that again this year.  Those were very good sellers especially if  it is cold.  We will need help at the invite from early morning like 7-8 am till close at around 6 pm.  We need people to sign up to cover all time slots. 

Wednesday, March 28, 2012

From the Desk of Coach Knab:

MS Track schedule  4/2-4/13

• 4/2 meet at Ellwood City at 3:30  Leave from the RHS track at 2:45, If you are riding home with your parents we must have a note.

• 4/3 HS home meet vs Ellwood City - only 7th graders to help

• 4/4 Practice until 4

• 4/5-4/9 No practice

• 4/10 practice until 4

• 4/11 RMS invitational at home 3:30   Long, Big meet

• 4/12 HS meet vs Union  only 7th graders to help

• 4/13 practice until 4

Sunday, March 25, 2012

Things are looking good for this week's Middle School Meet on Monday vs Blackhawk but we still need help for the home Varsity meet vs Ellwood and the upcoming Middle School Meets so please get the last of the snack shack schedule filled in and signed up - same thing goes for pop and financial donations ($25 per family).

Make sure your Happy Ad Forms 2012 Happy Ads sent in and if you know of any businesses that are willing to support us, please give them a business ad form. 2012 BCTFC Ad Program Letter Riverside Track does not outsorce this ad book to anyone to even have it printed so 100% of the ad dollars for this come back to our teams.

From the desk of Coach Knab:

MS Track Schedule for the week of March 26th
Monday March 26th first home meet vs Blackhawk at 3:30  wear black shorts with your new t-shirt
Practice the 27th, 28th , 29th and 30th until 4:30 not 4:00

Look what someone had at the meet earlier in the week :) Ok, maybe I'm silly but I've always wanted to know and now I can - coach said it's only good for home meets but still, REALLY nice!

Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Great meet Tuesday and it felt so nice to be out in the warm sun. The Middle School Athletes did a lot to help our the coaches and the varsity team compete. You are very appreciated!

Thanks to the moms and dads that worked the snack shack but we have 9 more meets to go between varsity and middle school yet this season so sign up for your shifts now! Please note the slight time adjustments to meet our needs.

We got a ton of water donated so if you haven't picked up your donation at the store yet we really need pop.

Hitting mail boxes near you any second now are letters solicting ads for the upcoming Beaver County Invitational. If you have a business or know of someone interested in sponsoring us, please download this letter and give it to them.

2012 BCTFC Ad Program Letter

As well Happy Ads are welcome but done on a different form

2012 Happy Ads

both are due by April 12th

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***Middle school - note the meet change from 5/4 to 5/2 on the schedule - looks like the meets got consolidated to both at UNION - this just happened this AM - it's updated on the schedule page if you just want a print out ****

***Also re-read the statement from the coach below so that it's clear what coach meant in the first email from earlier this am***

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From the desk of Coach Knab:

MS Track Schedule- March 19th-23rd -

• Practice 20th, 21st, 22nd, and 23rd until 4

• 19th HS meet that will be over around 5:30 - Only 8th graders are needed for this meet - YOU NEED TO BE RUNNING ON YOUR OWN THE DAYS OF HS MEETS AND WHEN THERE IS NO PRACTICE

Our first meet in on Monday March 26th AT 3:30 Home vs Blackhawk

Sunday, March 11, 2012

We had  a great booster meeting on Wednesday, only 40 minutes and excellent turn out - please plan on joining us on Wed, 4/4 at 7pm in the LGI - all are welcome.

We are urgently in need of two more volunteers for Tuesday’s varsity meet! We are also urgently in need of the water/pop that each family was to donate. Please get those to the snack shack as soon as possible. Coach Winfield has a key and is willing to put those in the snack shack for you. Make sure you’ve labled those cases so we can check you off our list.

Good Luck to our Varsity team on Tuesday at their first meet vs Hopewell as well as next week’s meet vs Wilmington.

The schedule for the season has been updated on the website - please double check it with what we had earlier in the season as there have been changes and LOOK FOR MORE CHANGES TO THE MIDDLE SCHOOL SCHEDULE

Upcoming dates:

• 3/14 - Program Solicitation Letters will go out to parents and local businesses for the Invitational

• 3/28 - Happy Ad forms will go out to parents for the Invitational Program

• 4/12 - mens team pictures, before the meet - still needs to be confirmed with their coach

• 4/12 - Deadline for happy ads and business ads for the Invitational Progam

• 4/13 - womens team pictures - friday afternoon - confirmed

• 4/11 - middle school boys team pictures - before the invitational - still needs to be confirmed with their coach

• 4/16 - middle school girls team pictures- before the meet - still needs to be confirmed with their coach

• 4/19 - Senior Night

• 5/30 - Picnic at Concord

Monday, March 5, 2012

Please take a minute to go to the schedule page and download the new copies of the schedules - both have been updated to reflect the season.

Quick reminder that there's a track booster meeting on Wednesday 7 PM in the LGI at the high school, if you are available please join us.

Monday, February 13, 2012

Great news - between Sally Gould, Deb Vey and Dawn Wehman we have the snack shack figured out. Thanks ladies for your valuable time.

Thursday, February 9, 2012

Dear Parents and Athletes,

We have already begun preparations for the 2012 season. We welcome all our parents’ attendance at the meetings to get your input in the planning and decisions of the track boosters organization. We especially welcome our new Middle School Assistant Coach Aaron Dobis, the Middle School athletes and their parents to the Varsity Program. We’re glad you’re with us and look forward to meeting all of you.

Please go our website for continued contact from boosters throughout the season!  If you are receiving this letter by mail, that means we do NOT have your email address.  Please help us save our hard-earned dollars by contacting Dawn Wehman with your email address. On the website we have meet schedules, fundraiser information, directions to away meets, end-of-the-season picnic information and so much more delivered straight to your desktop! All information transmitted through the coaching staff supersedes what you may obtain on the site - they know what's going on faster than we do and sometimes forget to ask us to update the website accordingly, but we will try to keep you informed as much as possible.

**URGENT** We are currently looking for someone who would run  our snack shack this year . We already have several experienced helpers for shopping and sign ups but we need someone to head them up and be in charge of the concession stand.  LOTS of good help promised!!

Look for online sign ups for the snack shack coming up before each Jr. High and Varsity meet - donations and parental help are essential to the success of our program.   Please make sure you sign up for at least one meet this year and then the Beaver County Invitational or the Middle School Invitational. The more parents who help with fundraising projects, concession stand duties, picnic, etc. the lighter the load for the few of us!  

$25 donation PER FAMILY (in lieu of spaghetti dinner) is due by the first home meet - March 26th for Middle School Teams and March 13th for Varsity Athletes.  CHECKS ONLY PLEASE, made out to Riverside Track Boosters, please indicate in the memo section of the check your son/daughter’s name to make it easier for us to track. Please turn your payment into the concession stand. Funds raised will pay for the end-of-the-season picnic and gifts and awards for our athletes.

Please turn in your donation of one case (24ct.) of canned pop or two cases of water beginning March 5, but no later than March 13, per athlete in the program. Please label your donations in Sharpie with your family name on them to make it easier for us to track who’s donated and who hasn’t. These can be left at concession stand at the end of practice and your coach will help you load into the stand.

Some important dates that we know of already:

• Monday March 5 - Final deadline to have your physical sign off sheet (students who have participated in another sport already this school year only need to complete section 5) http://www.riverside.k12.pa.us/files/_YELuu_/f4d0142c2b034fb73745a49013852ec4/PIAA_physical_form.pdf , please have your students review the Student Athlete Handbook that is on the district’s site and be sure to sign and return pages 16  AND 1.7 http://www.riverside.k12.pa.us/files/_YELue_/55c42470976235953745a49013852ec4/student_athlete_handbook.pdf and $5 trainer fee. All are to be turned into your head coach.

• Monday March 5 - Mandatory Mon-Fri Practices Begin – these will go through the month of April but then trickle off as athletes go to WPIALS & States throughout May.  Middle School practices may start a little bit later and their season usually ends early May.

• Booster Meetings will be at 7PM LGI at the high school: Wednesday, March 7, Wednesday April 4, Thursday April 12th (at the track after the meet - short but important meeting to get ready for Beaver County Invitational which Riverside hosts), Tuesday May 1 and Monday May 21 (last one and important because of planning for the picnic)

• Riverside will be hosting the Beaver County Championship on Saturday April 21.  We will need lots of help for that meet, which is our big fundraiser of the season. Various opportunities are making food, working in the concession stand, grilling burgers and hot dogs, selling t- shirt and  soliciting for a 50-50.  Please plan to send a family representative for at least a two-hour shift on that day.  Sign ups will be available on the website.

• Riverside will be hosting a Junior High Invitational Meet on Wednesday April 11. Please, if you have a Jr High Athlete plan on working during this important meet.

• May 30th (subject to change) – Picnic at Concord United Methodist Church’s pavilion.

Please feel free to contact any of the board members with comments, suggestions or questions.