April 2014 - Xenia Community Schools

Xenia Football
April 2014
Coach’s Corner
Coach DeLong
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Contact Information
Head Coach
Bob DeLong
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937-215-5512
Touchdown Club President
Tami Bartley
[email protected]
937-673-5961
Vice President
Donna McCray
[email protected]
937-260-8713
Co Treasurers
Emily Degler
[email protected]
937-397-1209
Aaron McCray
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937-432-5607
Secretary
April Higgins
[email protected]
937-750-0589
April is a busy month for football coaches. We are visiting spring
college practices to complete the winter learning we started months
ago, finalizing equipment orders, recruiting 6th through 11th graders
into the weight room and running weights 5 days per week after
school and two evening sessions per week. We are working
frantically with our current players on their grades. We meet with
every junior player to go over transcripts and begin the discussion
concerning post high school plans. We use these meetings to help
our athletes plan the month of June when they will be going out to
perform for the college coaches. A new OHSAA rule allows us for
the first time to coach our position players by appointment (4 kids at
a time limit, only 1 coach coaching at a time). It is our belief that the
new rules are intended to allow us to help our kids get better, not to
make football misery. We believe that these new coaching
opportunities allow us to help the players in ways that we have not
been able to in the time allotted before.
April is also the time for our fundraising efforts to ramp up. We
have completed some of our lift-a-thon fundraiser where our players
can earn items such as compression shirts for under their pads,
workout gear, and other items that soften the blow to their parent’s
budget. On April 11th we had our second Monte Carlo Night. The
Touchdown Club works relentlessly to put on this event. It
produces nearly 25% of the funds that the club uses to provide
travel suits, motivational shirts, Poundage Club reward shirts,
Ironman reward shirts, food for trips, Meet the Team Night,
educational opportunities for the coaching staff and funds for a first
class banquet to end our season.
How Can You Help?
The Touchdown Club is in need of parents to help out! It
takes an enormous amount of help and resources to successfully
run and manage the club. Please consider joining or helping out
in any way you can. We have lots of ways to help out even if you
are unable to attend the meetings. We are currently looking for
people to help with before and after game team meals, the Buc
Card sale, season responsibilities and much more. If you are
interested in getting involved, please call or email Tami Bartley.
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Weight Room News
The Adams Trust has once again provided the weight room with some new equipment to help
our athletes become bigger, stronger and faster on and off the field.
New equipment includes:
45 degree hyper extensions
Hi-lo pulley system
Thank you also to the Adams Trust for providing new headphones for
the football coaching staff. For the first time ever, all coaches will
have a headset to better communicate during games.
Thank you to the Adams Trust!
Fundraisers
Lift-a-Thon
The team is preparing for its second leg of the lift-a-thon. Players will test
again the week of April 28th and will have their final test the week of June
2nd. All team gear earned through this year’s lift-a-thon will be Under
Armour gear. No player will want to be without the compression shirt to
put under the pads! The breakdown of how to earn each piece of gear is
as follows…
$50 in pledges earns a sublimated UA compression shirt
*This shirt will have the player’s # on one sleeve and
the team logo with the #115 in the middle on the
other sleeve (#115 corresponds to the 115th year of
Xenia Football). The front of the shirt will also have the
team logo.
$80 in pledges earns all of the above plus a pair of UA
shorts.
$120 in pledges earns all of the above plus a UA hoodie.
$150 in pledges earns all of the above plus UA pants.
The Compression
Shirt
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Community and Alumni News
Congratulations to Tyler Campbell and Tyler Steward
on being selected to play in the OHSFCA North South
Classic on April 26, 2014 at Welcome Stadium in
Dayton. Div 1-3 plays at 3:00 pm. Div 4-6 plays at
11:00 am. Go Bucs!
Congratulations to Mr. Pete Stephan who is the
recipient of this year’s Syd and Earl Knight Award for
Volunteerism.
Mr. Pete
Stephan
receiving his
award
Mr. Stephan and
Head Coach Bob
DeLong
Mr. Pete Stephan
and Mrs. Edna
Adams
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Monte Carlo Night
Monte Carlo Night Sponsors
Thank you very much to this year’s Monte Carlo Night
sponsors!
Platinum Sponsors
Gold Sponsors
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*Xenia Wee Bucs Wrestling
*Xenia Wee Bucs Football
*William Spahr-Board of Education
*Kevin & Amy Kerr of KA Insurance
*Nick Bowling & Sons
*Douglas Adams Trust Foundation
*Stephan & Stephan Law Group LLC
*Harworth Tire & Auto Service
*Equipment Guys
*Domino’s Pizza
*Andy Lewis-State Farm Insurance
*Wichman, Newell & Stephan
*Dr. Burton Hagler DDS
*Wayne Severt-Eagle Financial Partners
*Day Air Credit Union
*Xtown Performance
*Gary & Kathy Andrews
*Super Subby’s
*Jahn Electric
*Collett Propane
*IHS Pharmacy
*Dr. James A. Smith
*Dr. Robert P. Dillaplain
*Anderson Williamson
Insurance Company
*Montgomery Insurance &
Investments
*Detroit Tire
*Reddy Electric
*Xenia Select Bucs
*Willie’s Bar & Grill
Silver Sponsors
*Xenia Athletic Hall of
Fame
Bronze Sponsors
*Neeld Funeral Home
*McColaugh Funeral Home
*McIlvaine Realtors
*Cheryl Marcus-Board of
Education
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Monte Carlo Night Donations
Thank you to the following businesses and supporters
for donating to this year’s Monte Carlo Night!
Cleveland Browns
COSI
Newport Aquarium
Al Bianco-Bianco Deck Cleaning
Cincinnati Museum Center
Dayton Dragons
Boonshoft Museum
Outback Steakhouse
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Roosters
Cincinnati Reds
Cincinnati Zoo
Chipotle
Cassano’s
Gary & Kathy Andrews
Susan Combs-Alternative Healing Arts
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Alan Besco
Kentucky Horse Park
Kittyhawk Golf Course
Amie Prupas-31 Gifts
Columbus Crew
Lowe’s
Polar Bottle Company
Gary Blevins
Kroger’s
Xenia Touchdown Club
State Liquor Store
Xenia Athletic Department
Jen @ Strandz Salon
Domino’s
Country Blessings
Palm Beach Tan
Capitol Varsity
Nick’s Restaurant
Tammy Panter-Premiere Jewelry
Buckminn’s
Longhorn Steakhouse
Texas Roadhouse
City BBQ
Wicklines Florist
Laser Web
Trent Cole
Marion’s Piazza
TJ Chumps
Young’s Jersey Dairy
Ele Cake Company
Jamie’s Tire
Detroit Tire
Ritter’s
Glamour Nails & Tan
Nikki Hurley-31 Gifts
Hailey Ault-A Cut Above
Funny Bone
Frances Younker
Lynn Coates
Kathy Patterson
Xenia YMCA
Trophy Sports
Logan’s Roadhouse
The Dairy Station
Papa John’s
Pittsburgh Steelers
Xenia China Inn
Tim & Beth Jones
Grismer Tire
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Xenia Football Helpful Links
Football Website:
www.xeniabucsfootball.com
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School Athletic Website:
http://www.xenia.k12.oh.us/athletics.aspx
(choose "football" in the "jump to sport" section
School Football Website:
http://www.xenia.k12.oh.us/sportPage.aspx?sportID=19
Xenia Bucs Facebook
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Xenia Touchdown Club Facebook
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Football "Google" Calendar
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(A link to the calendar can also be found on Facebook and the school website)
Be sure to check the calendar regularly as our schedule does change!
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