BETWEEN THE HORNS
BETWEEN THE HORNS RAM Nation | October 2017 In this issue: • RAMS Strong • CRABC next meeting • 2017-2018 Wish List • Volunteer
Opportunities • Coach’s Corner • Events this month • What is CRABC
RAMS STRONG We want to help were we can. We are making a special “RAMS STRONG” tshirt, with a portion of the sells going to a RAM family in need. Have someone in mind? What to nominate them? Please email us at [email protected], we look forward to hearing from you.
• CRABC sign up Persistence can change failure into extraordinary achievement—Matt Biondi
NEXT CRABC MEETING: October 2, 2017 Please join us for our next CRABC meeting at Harris County BBQ on October 2, 2017 at 6:30 pm. We had a great turn out in September, please join us again and bring a friend, the more the merry! Questions? Email [email protected]
2017-2018 Athletic Wish List - $10,000 GOAL Boys Basketball—IPAD to track stats, New score tables and Chairs Cross Country—New 6”/12” Hurdles, Body Bars, Dumbbells Track/Field—Infinity Vests, Jump Trainer, Speed Chutes Boys Soccer—Practice Soccer Balls Girls Soccer—Laundry Loops, Practice Soccer Balls Swimming—Replace Laptop / Software Volleyball—AVCA Clinic—Training Softball—Gulf Coast Clinic—Training What can we do to make these wishes come true: (A) Get involved (B) Attend a meeting & bring a friend (C) Make a donation
VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES Want to get to know your RAM family, get involved! We are looking for volunteers to help sell merchandise on the following days: October 7: Varsity Football Game at 6pm @ KP Stadium October 10, 11 & 12: Homecoming week @ Ridge Lunches (10:14 -10:44, 11:13-11:43 and 12:12—12:42) October 13: Varsity Football Game at 7pm @ KP Stadium October 21: Varsity Football Game at 1pm @ KP Stadium October 27: Lunches @ Ridge
BETWEEN THE HORNS RAM Nation | October 2017
Coach’s Corner—Coach Chow Howdy Rams! I hope you and your families are all doing well and have had an amazing start to the school year. It’s been a whirlwind start with everything that’s gone on in the city this past month, and I’ve watched the city come together as a whole and watched my team come together to help their teammates and others in the community. Our season is about to begin and I’m excited to tell you a bit about myself and my team, how far we’ve come, and our plan to keep on going! As a head coach, this will be my 5th year head coaching the Cy Ridge Swim Team. Before I began my coaching stretch at Cy Ridge, I coached at multiple USA swim teams (Team Yes!, Aggie Swim Club, Alief Aquatic Club) as well as head coached and currently head coach for a couple of summer league swim teams (College Station Tsunamis and Lakes on Eldridge Dolphins). Coaching has been an exciting branch off for me as I grew up swimming competitively for about 15 years in both the club and high school settings. I actually swam for Cy Falls High School! In regards to my personal life, I am a die-hard Aggie as I received both my undergraduate and my Master’s from Texas A&M University. I majored in Special Education and am currently also pursuing my doctorate in Special Populations through the University of Houston. When I started coaching at Ridge, the team had a little over thirty swimmers and as the years have progressed, the program is close to seventy swimmers and has shown incredible growth and development. As a team, we’ve worked extremely hard to have swimmers that have competed at the state level, qualified for regionals every year, and last season, our boys’ team won the 200 Medley Relay for the first time in school history. In addition, academically, we have always had over 40% of both genders get honor roll every grading period! I am extremely proud to say that I may not have kids of my own, but I have 60 or more kids that continue to make me proud all the time. We are a family and we run on the thought process that if someone says we can’t then we’ll prove them wrong. As our season begins, I encourage all of you to come stop by and see a few races. Swimming is a completely different beast than most sports and I would love to share all the hard work my kids have been putting in! My assistant, Chad Lanham and I are looking forward to another competitive season and would love to see you all there to experience the wonderfulness and chaos that is the swim team! Coach Chow
BETWEEN THE HORNS RAM Nation | October 2017
SPORT CRABC BOOSTER CLUB TENNIS - V VOLLEYBALL V VOLLEYBALL JV&F JV Football FF - White / Blue Swimming TENNIS JV VOLLEYBALL V, JV &F Varsity Football
Varsity Football TENNIS JV VOLLEYBALL V, JV &F FF - White / Blue JV Football Swimming VOLLEYBALL V, JV &F Varsity Football Varsity Football Swimming FOOTBALL VOLLEYBALL V, JV &F FF - White / Blue JV Football Swimming VOLLEYBALL V, JV &F Varsity Football VOLLEYBALL V, JV &F FF - White / Blue JV Football Swimming Varsity Football
VERSUS
OCTOBER EVENTS, 2017 DATE
TIME
LOCATION HARRIS COUNTY BBQ RIDGE 6:00 CY FALLS 4:30/5:30 CY PARK 6:00 RIDGE 5:00/7:00 LAKES CAMPBELL RIDGE
MONTHLY MEETING
MONDAY OCT 2
CY RANCH CY FALLS CY PARK CY LAKES CY LAKES CY FALLS & CY LAKES CY LAKES
TUESDAY OCT 3 TUESDAY OCT 3 TUESDAY OCT 3 THURSDAY OCT 5 THURSDAY OCT 5 THURSDAY OCT 5 FRIDAY OCT 6
JERSEY VILLAGE
FRIDAY OCT 6
4:00
RIDGE
CY LAKES SAT TEST STUDENT HOLIDAY HOMECOMING WEEK - Merchandise Sells/Football Tickets CY WOODS
SATURDAY OCT 7 SATURDAY OCT 7 MONDAY OCT 9
6:00
KP
OCT 11 TO 13 TUESDAY OCT 10
LUNCH @ NEED VOLUNTEERS RIDGE RIDGE
CY SPRINGS
TUESDAY OCT 10
BRIDGELAND BRIDGELAND Pentathlon
THURSDAY OCT 12 THURSDAY OCT 12 THURSDAY OCT 12
5:00
RIDGE
CY WOODS
FRIDAY OCT 13
4:00
HC PEP RALLY CY FAIR** (HC) Pentalthlon TEAM PICTURES
FRIDAY OCT 13 FRIDAY OCT 13 SATURDAY OCT 14 MONDAY OCT 16
TBD 7:00 2:00
KP CFISD Natatorium RIDGE
LANGHAM CREEK
TUESAY OCT 17
5:00
LANGHAM CREEK
CY FALLS CY FALLS JERSEY VILLAGE, ELKINS
THURSDAY OCT 19 THURSDAY OCT 19 THURSDAY OCT 19
CY CREEK
FRIDAY OCT 20
5:00
RIDGE
CY FALLS
SATURDAY OCT 21
1:00
KP
CY FAIR
TUESDAY OCT 24
5:00
CY FAIR
CY CREEK CY CREEK MORTON RANCH, KATY HS CY CREEK
WEDNESDAY OCT 25 WEDNESDAY OCT 25 THURSDAY OCT 26 THURSDAY OCT 26
MERCHANDISE SELLS
FRIDAY OCT 27
5:00/7:00 RIDGE 6:00 BRIDGELAND CFISD Natatorium CY WOODS
5:00/7:00 FALLS 6:00 RIDGE CFISD Natatorium
5:00/7:00 CY CREEK 6:00 RIDGE Morton Ranch HS 6:30 KP LUNCH @ NEED VOLUNTEERS RIDGE
ACT TEST SATURDAY OCT 28 V - Varsity, JV - Junior Varsity, F - FRESHMAN, FF - FRESHMAN FOOTBALL
What is CRABC? CRABC stands for Cy-Ridge Athletic Booster Club. It is a booster club created to support ALL athletes. Our goal is the betterment of ALL athletic departments along with providing two scholarships to our athletes. Each sport incurs costs for their equipment, repairs, banquets, tournament entry fees, and much more. In addition to these costs, we have maintenance on equipment, new equipment needs, training equipment and changing technology needs. We strive each year to help cover as much of those costs as possible.
Our 2017-2018 Board Members President: Stephanie Preto Treasurer: Roman Longoria Secretary: Juanita Shihadeh Recruitment Committee Chair: Daphne Barnes Merchandising Committee Chair: Brenda Stancik
When is our next meeting? CRABC meets on the FIRST Monday of each month 6:30 pm at Harris County BBQ located at 19811 Northwest Freeway, Houston, TX 77065. Look forward to seeing everyone there! Join our mailing list? https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/crabc
Opportunities • Coach’s Corner • Events this month • What is CRABC
RAMS STRONG We want to help were we can. We are making a special “RAMS STRONG” tshirt, with a portion of the sells going to a RAM family in need. Have someone in mind? What to nominate them? Please email us at [email protected], we look forward to hearing from you.
• CRABC sign up Persistence can change failure into extraordinary achievement—Matt Biondi
NEXT CRABC MEETING: October 2, 2017 Please join us for our next CRABC meeting at Harris County BBQ on October 2, 2017 at 6:30 pm. We had a great turn out in September, please join us again and bring a friend, the more the merry! Questions? Email [email protected]
2017-2018 Athletic Wish List - $10,000 GOAL Boys Basketball—IPAD to track stats, New score tables and Chairs Cross Country—New 6”/12” Hurdles, Body Bars, Dumbbells Track/Field—Infinity Vests, Jump Trainer, Speed Chutes Boys Soccer—Practice Soccer Balls Girls Soccer—Laundry Loops, Practice Soccer Balls Swimming—Replace Laptop / Software Volleyball—AVCA Clinic—Training Softball—Gulf Coast Clinic—Training What can we do to make these wishes come true: (A) Get involved (B) Attend a meeting & bring a friend (C) Make a donation
VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES Want to get to know your RAM family, get involved! We are looking for volunteers to help sell merchandise on the following days: October 7: Varsity Football Game at 6pm @ KP Stadium October 10, 11 & 12: Homecoming week @ Ridge Lunches (10:14 -10:44, 11:13-11:43 and 12:12—12:42) October 13: Varsity Football Game at 7pm @ KP Stadium October 21: Varsity Football Game at 1pm @ KP Stadium October 27: Lunches @ Ridge
BETWEEN THE HORNS RAM Nation | October 2017
Coach’s Corner—Coach Chow Howdy Rams! I hope you and your families are all doing well and have had an amazing start to the school year. It’s been a whirlwind start with everything that’s gone on in the city this past month, and I’ve watched the city come together as a whole and watched my team come together to help their teammates and others in the community. Our season is about to begin and I’m excited to tell you a bit about myself and my team, how far we’ve come, and our plan to keep on going! As a head coach, this will be my 5th year head coaching the Cy Ridge Swim Team. Before I began my coaching stretch at Cy Ridge, I coached at multiple USA swim teams (Team Yes!, Aggie Swim Club, Alief Aquatic Club) as well as head coached and currently head coach for a couple of summer league swim teams (College Station Tsunamis and Lakes on Eldridge Dolphins). Coaching has been an exciting branch off for me as I grew up swimming competitively for about 15 years in both the club and high school settings. I actually swam for Cy Falls High School! In regards to my personal life, I am a die-hard Aggie as I received both my undergraduate and my Master’s from Texas A&M University. I majored in Special Education and am currently also pursuing my doctorate in Special Populations through the University of Houston. When I started coaching at Ridge, the team had a little over thirty swimmers and as the years have progressed, the program is close to seventy swimmers and has shown incredible growth and development. As a team, we’ve worked extremely hard to have swimmers that have competed at the state level, qualified for regionals every year, and last season, our boys’ team won the 200 Medley Relay for the first time in school history. In addition, academically, we have always had over 40% of both genders get honor roll every grading period! I am extremely proud to say that I may not have kids of my own, but I have 60 or more kids that continue to make me proud all the time. We are a family and we run on the thought process that if someone says we can’t then we’ll prove them wrong. As our season begins, I encourage all of you to come stop by and see a few races. Swimming is a completely different beast than most sports and I would love to share all the hard work my kids have been putting in! My assistant, Chad Lanham and I are looking forward to another competitive season and would love to see you all there to experience the wonderfulness and chaos that is the swim team! Coach Chow
BETWEEN THE HORNS RAM Nation | October 2017
SPORT CRABC BOOSTER CLUB TENNIS - V VOLLEYBALL V VOLLEYBALL JV&F JV Football FF - White / Blue Swimming TENNIS JV VOLLEYBALL V, JV &F Varsity Football
Varsity Football TENNIS JV VOLLEYBALL V, JV &F FF - White / Blue JV Football Swimming VOLLEYBALL V, JV &F Varsity Football Varsity Football Swimming FOOTBALL VOLLEYBALL V, JV &F FF - White / Blue JV Football Swimming VOLLEYBALL V, JV &F Varsity Football VOLLEYBALL V, JV &F FF - White / Blue JV Football Swimming Varsity Football
VERSUS
OCTOBER EVENTS, 2017 DATE
TIME
LOCATION HARRIS COUNTY BBQ RIDGE 6:00 CY FALLS 4:30/5:30 CY PARK 6:00 RIDGE 5:00/7:00 LAKES CAMPBELL RIDGE
MONTHLY MEETING
MONDAY OCT 2
CY RANCH CY FALLS CY PARK CY LAKES CY LAKES CY FALLS & CY LAKES CY LAKES
TUESDAY OCT 3 TUESDAY OCT 3 TUESDAY OCT 3 THURSDAY OCT 5 THURSDAY OCT 5 THURSDAY OCT 5 FRIDAY OCT 6
JERSEY VILLAGE
FRIDAY OCT 6
4:00
RIDGE
CY LAKES SAT TEST STUDENT HOLIDAY HOMECOMING WEEK - Merchandise Sells/Football Tickets CY WOODS
SATURDAY OCT 7 SATURDAY OCT 7 MONDAY OCT 9
6:00
KP
OCT 11 TO 13 TUESDAY OCT 10
LUNCH @ NEED VOLUNTEERS RIDGE RIDGE
CY SPRINGS
TUESDAY OCT 10
BRIDGELAND BRIDGELAND Pentathlon
THURSDAY OCT 12 THURSDAY OCT 12 THURSDAY OCT 12
5:00
RIDGE
CY WOODS
FRIDAY OCT 13
4:00
HC PEP RALLY CY FAIR** (HC) Pentalthlon TEAM PICTURES
FRIDAY OCT 13 FRIDAY OCT 13 SATURDAY OCT 14 MONDAY OCT 16
TBD 7:00 2:00
KP CFISD Natatorium RIDGE
LANGHAM CREEK
TUESAY OCT 17
5:00
LANGHAM CREEK
CY FALLS CY FALLS JERSEY VILLAGE, ELKINS
THURSDAY OCT 19 THURSDAY OCT 19 THURSDAY OCT 19
CY CREEK
FRIDAY OCT 20
5:00
RIDGE
CY FALLS
SATURDAY OCT 21
1:00
KP
CY FAIR
TUESDAY OCT 24
5:00
CY FAIR
CY CREEK CY CREEK MORTON RANCH, KATY HS CY CREEK
WEDNESDAY OCT 25 WEDNESDAY OCT 25 THURSDAY OCT 26 THURSDAY OCT 26
MERCHANDISE SELLS
FRIDAY OCT 27
5:00/7:00 RIDGE 6:00 BRIDGELAND CFISD Natatorium CY WOODS
5:00/7:00 FALLS 6:00 RIDGE CFISD Natatorium
5:00/7:00 CY CREEK 6:00 RIDGE Morton Ranch HS 6:30 KP LUNCH @ NEED VOLUNTEERS RIDGE
ACT TEST SATURDAY OCT 28 V - Varsity, JV - Junior Varsity, F - FRESHMAN, FF - FRESHMAN FOOTBALL
What is CRABC? CRABC stands for Cy-Ridge Athletic Booster Club. It is a booster club created to support ALL athletes. Our goal is the betterment of ALL athletic departments along with providing two scholarships to our athletes. Each sport incurs costs for their equipment, repairs, banquets, tournament entry fees, and much more. In addition to these costs, we have maintenance on equipment, new equipment needs, training equipment and changing technology needs. We strive each year to help cover as much of those costs as possible.
Our 2017-2018 Board Members President: Stephanie Preto Treasurer: Roman Longoria Secretary: Juanita Shihadeh Recruitment Committee Chair: Daphne Barnes Merchandising Committee Chair: Brenda Stancik
When is our next meeting? CRABC meets on the FIRST Monday of each month 6:30 pm at Harris County BBQ located at 19811 Northwest Freeway, Houston, TX 77065. Look forward to seeing everyone there! Join our mailing list? https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/crabc
