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Plainfield East High School Bengal Athletic Boosters Club March 8th, 2017 Meeting Minutes
Meeting called to order: 7:05 p.m. by Eric Jameson Attendance: Eric Jameson, Marty Romero, An Campbell, Wendy Stevens Meeting Minutes from February presented for approval-Approved. Wendy S. made the motion to approve, Marty Romero 2nd. All were in favor. Raffle Ticket Winner was Badminton Coach Brendan Pontow. Executive Board Reports • President, Eric Jameson- Present o Gearing up in preparation for the upcoming 3nd Annual Candlelight Bowling. Also, planning is underway for the March Madness Event and East vs. North Golf Outing. • Vice-President, Tim Kucera- Absent • Secretary, Michele Cozza-Absent o Team reps in attendance tonight from Dance, Softball, Boys Track, Boys Basketball (V), Girls Soccer, and Girls Bowling. We need one rep for each sport to communicate between the Boosters Club and their sport. Thank you to all of the teams that have a team rep! • Treasurer, Sue Noyes-Absent o Current Balances • Main non-profit Account: $7,820.02 ending balance. • Concessions Account: $25,377.78 ending balance. • Concessions, An Campbell-Present o Always in need of volunteers. Sign up is available online with Signup Genius. Earn $10 towards your sport per concession volunteer time. Volunteer in concessions 10 times per school year and receive an entry for a gift card prize. Thank you for supporting your East Bengals! o Spring season has started with Volleyball, Baseball, and Girls/Boys Track • Membership, Barb Sciezcka-Absent o 168 Booster Members currently this school year, with 196 students. • Spirit Wear, Marty Romero- Present o Outdoor booth at basketball games not as successful as hoped. o Purchased towels for basketball games. • Fundraising, Wendy Stevens-Present o March Madness Event April 1st, 2017 at Nevin’s Brewing Company. The event is $15 per person and will feature raffle baskets, sports memorabilia silent auction, 50/50 raffle, and games of free throw contest, bottle toss, and basketball squares. Looking into electronic sign up with EventBrite.com to purchase tickets in advance. o Thank you in advance for the raffle basket donations. Upcoming Events • 3rd Annual March Madness Fundraiser on April 1st. • 3rd Annual East vs North Golf Outing Athletic Director Report- Tim Torkelson
Winter Sports: Girls Gymnastics Mackenzie Mathis competed in the Sectional at Oswego HS on February 9 but unfortunately did not advance to the State meet. Girls Basketball Finished the season 25-8, setting a girls basketball record for wins. The girls won the first ever Regional title in program history, defeating #5 in the State Oswego East. They then defeated Bolingbrook to advance to the Sectional
Finals before falling to Benet. This made the first team in school history to make a Sweet 16. Olivia Jenkins also advanced down State in the 3 point contest. She then made it to the final four, finishing in 3rd place overall for Class 4A. Lota Onua and Kennedy Collins were named to the SPC All-Conference Team. Kennedy Collins, Lota Onua and Olivia Jenkins were named Special Mention All-State selections by the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association. Cheerleading Varsity placed 4th at their Sectional and qualified for IHSA State for the first time as an all-girl team. They placed 21st at the State competition. Wrestling Anthony Zamora and Michael McGee were our two State qualifiers, both winning Sectional titles. Anthony Zamora didn’t have the State tournament he wanted going 0-2. Michael McGee was very dominate in his State title run, capping off with a technical fall in the State finals. He finished the season 43-0. This upcoming weekend he will be participating in the Illinois vs Indiana all-star wrestling dual. Pairing the top Seniors from the two states. Boys Swimming Merek Avery advanced to the State meet in the 100 backstroke. Unfortunately he did not make it out of the preliminary round. Dance Tryouts for fall 2017 will be held on Wednesday, May 17th. Clinics will be Monday, May 15th and Tuesday, May 16th. No Report Girls bowling, boys bowling, boys basketball
Spring Sports: Boys Track • Took 2nd out of 10 teams at the Plainfield South Invite on 2/18 • Took 6th out of 16 teams at the Lockport Invite held at Olivet Nazarene, which included 4 of the top 10 teams in the State from last year. • The 4x800 relay team of Jonathan Gancarczyk, Eddie Cintron, Nick Pedersen and Emmanuel Angomas currently have the 9th fastest time in the State and beat our old school record by more than 7 seconds. • Eddie Cintron and Emmanuel Angomas are also the 4th and 5th ranked Sophomores in the State for the 1600m • Alex Babbington (High Jump), Bryan Kuebeng (High Jump), Raphael Young (Triple Jump), Robert Ogubuli (60m Dash), have posted top 20 marks in the State in their respective events.
Girls Soccer This year’s team looks to improve on their record from last year. They have added depth at all levels and are one of the few teams in the Conference that is able to field 3 levels. Varsity was able to bring up several freshmen and sophomores that will make in immediate impact, while JV was able to also draw from the strong freshmen talent pool. Freshmen will be working on basic skills to ready the players for the transition to JV next year. They are looking forward to a competitive and challenging season. Badminton This year, 44 girls made the badminton team. This is the first year of high school coaching for both coaches and they are looking forward to making Plainfield East badminton a top level program. There is work to be done, but they are excited to have many hard working players committed to becoming the best players they can be. They hope to take a top spot in Conference this year and for many years to come! Baseball Coming off a Regional championship and back to back 20 win seasons. Biggest roster they ever had at 28, with depth being their strongest area. Will be internal competition for starters/playing time. Vocal leaders are Logan Schmitt and David Salazar. Boys Tennis They have a very young, fresh team this year. They have 24 on the roster right now and they are looking to work towards finishing in the top half of Conference. Girls Track Off to a fast start and what could be a very memorable season. So far they have qualified 5 girls to the prestigious Illinois Prep Top Times which functions as the unofficial indoor State meet. We have never qualified a single athlete in the school’s history. We have a lot of pieces this year that could lead to high finishes in the conference and even state. We have 5 girls ranked in the top 15 in the state to include: Katie Wiatrak (HJ), Marie-Paul Moukima (LJ), Rose Ogbuli (55/200), Alexis Floresca (200) and Paris Jones (SP). We have seen one school record fall this season with
Katie Wiatrak’s 5’3” jump in our first meet which is also an outdoor state qualifying mark. Tonight we are hosting a large meet against the 3rd and 5th place teams from last year. If the meeting ends early, come stop by! Softball The varsity team should be very competitive this year and looking forward to a great season. They are traveling to Tennessee March 23 thru the 27th. No Report Boys volleyball
Ø Old Business • None Ø New Business: • Request: Wrestling Bulbs for sanitizing machine- amount is for $180. Motion passed. Ø Team Reps: • none Ø Public Comment: • It is with great sadness to inform the board that former Boys Team Rep for bowling passed away, Cliff Marchetta. We would like to take a moment to recognize his service to the school and honor what he did for the program. • Branden Adkins has accepted the position of athletic director at Neuqua Valley High School in Naperville, IL. We wish to thank him for all that he has done at PEHS and wish him the very best of luck with his future endeavors. Ø Meeting adjourned at 7:30 pm. Next meeting on April 12th 7:00 pm in the Media Center.
