When Hellweek Starts

There is a typo on the information sheet I handed out to you all. We begin the Freshman hell week on Tuesday August the 9th at 8:00 am. To be more precise, the players have to turn in their paperwork on Tuesday the 9th beginning at 8:00 am. But there is much more to that:


1) We check and collect the paperwork  and make sure it is all filled out.

2) Money for the Freshmen Spirit Pack will be due.  It will costs $100.  The fee for the Spirit pack is not mandatory, as it is prohibited to pay for "play" in high school athletics.  But we do ask the parents to make a voluntary donation for the following:  T-shirt, shorts, mouth piece, football girdle, and for the players fee for the banquet at the end of the year.  Part of that $100 is mandatory to play and that is the cost of the ASB card.  All athletes have to have an ASB card.

3) The money for the Lift-a-thon is due.  The Lift-a-thon is our fundraiser for the Booster Club.  We will be sending forms out with the players to get pledges.  We ask the players to get pledges for cents on the pound.  For instance, if a player lifts 200 pounds at 5 cents a pound, he would have raised $10.  The players will be using weights from the bench press and the hex bar dead-lift.

4) Then they have to go to the office an meet with the Athletic Director and he has to "clear" them to play in that is checks the academic eligibility.

5) Then they go to the ASB Office and get their ASB Card.

6) They come back to the PE office and get their locker in the team room

7) They get fitted for football gear and store it in their locker

8) They get their spirit pack (Shorts, football girdle & t-shirts)

I have to do this 70 times with all the players. That is why we start in the morning. When everybody has their gear, I show them how to wear the gear. After that, I send the players home, usually around noon. It is the only day that the players have to be at school in the morning.

We could use help with collecting paperwork and issuing Spirit Packs.  If you are available to help, please e-mail Jill Pankow, VP of the Booster Club at angelabove_35@yahoo.com .

Practice will probably be moved to 5:00 pm to 7:30 pm because of the stadium re-building issues.  The first four practices will be in shorts, helmets and t-shirts.