NORTH ROYALTON ATHLETIC BOOSTERS NEWSLETTER
NORTH ROYALTON ATHLETIC BOOSTERS NEWSLETTER Serving Athletics for the Middle School and High School
November 2013
NRAB Meeting Shorts...
Boosters purchased championship t-shirts for 8th Grade Football and MS Girls Cross Country.
Boosters support the coaching staffs for each team through $300/year toward clinic fees.
Membership revenue is up 33%, Gold Card revenue is up 58% and Program sales are up 12% over this time last year.
Bo Kuntz reported that Serpentini Stadium will be used for the first round of playoffs.
Anna Koncius, Head Softball Coach, presented bids for new softball uniforms for the girls. The committee will vote at the December meeting.
New uniforms will be purchased for Boys Freshman Basketball.
There is a two week turnaround time on standard size letter jackets. Special sizes may be up to six weeks.
The next Car Raffle collection night will be Nov. 25. All are encouraged to turn tickets in as they are sold.
Night at the Races on March 15th promises to be exciting, with a new DJ this year along with the usual great time.
Congratulations to all of our Fall athletes on great seasons!
“Booster Shots” from NRAB President Ben Morgan...
In This Issue: Mark DiFrancisco: Thank you for all of the prompt attention to our needs and assisting Jennifer to promptly process Letter Jacket orders in an efficient manner. Jim and Kerri Smith: Your efforts in coordinating the Fall Sports Concessions at Serpentini Stadium was outstanding once again this year. Thanks for being on call and mobilizing the effort to staff the 1st Round football Playoff Game that we hosted. Thanks also goes out to Rich and Monica Hrin for securing additional volunteers from the Band Boosters to work the visitor side concession stand at this Playoff Game.
NRAB Updates “Booster Shots” Fall Sports Awards NOC Scholar Athletes Fundraising Opportunities
While we are on the subject of the Playoff Game, the following individuals volunteered to work the concession stand that night. Thank you very much for taking the time to help out. Your efforts helped direct proceeds from the concession stand to the NRAB. Mike Barbo, Bill and Kathy Dapsis, Barry and Kathy Ezell, Brian and Eric Lebo, Jeff and Diane Mueller, Jeff and Kris Paulus, Ed and Laurie Pfister.
Varsity Football Northeast Lakes All District Michael Jayjack ~ First Team Defense Austin Smith ~ Second Team Offense
Northeast Ohio Conference Awards First Team
Honorable Mention
Michael Jayjack
Mario Guinn
Henry Meinberg
Jake Holodnak
Austin Smith
Colin Wiley
Coaches Award Awarded to the player who the coaches believe practiced and played above their abilities week in and week out, and was one of the most consistent players on the field every week.
Jake Holodnak The following awards are voted on by the players and the coaches:
Bear Award The student athlete who exemplifies what it is to be a North Royalton Football player on and off the field.
Jack Marousek Iron Bear Award Awarded to the player who plays through an injury or injuries that would have sidelined most other players.
Michael Jayjack Offensive MVP
Defensive MVP
Austin Smith
Colin Wiley
Offensive Lineman
Defensive Lineman
Brandon Lapeus
Joe Ghattas
Offensive Back
Defensive Back
Austin Smith
Henry Meinberg
Offensive Scout Player
Defensive Scout Player
Jake Sawyer
Omar Khanfar
Special Teams Player
Most Improved
Leo Nemetz
Nick Pappas
North Royalton Athletic Boosters Newsletter
November 2013
Girls Varsity Soccer (9-9-1) (NOC 1-3-1) 2nd Team ~ All Ohio
Co-MVP
Briana Steward
Briana Steward and Nikki Zeilmann
1st Team ~ All Greater Cleveland
Most Improved
Briana Steward
Angela Spilker
Juliana Markovic
2nd Team ~ All Greater Cleveland
Hustle Award
Nikki Zeilmann
Alyson Rohrer
Honorable Mention ~ All Greater Cleveland Bridget McEldowny
Lexi Medalis
Coaches Award
Dani Giles
Bridget McEldowney
1st Team ~ Northeast Ohio Conference Briana Steward
Angela Spilker
Sportsmanship Award
Nikki Zeilmann
Alli Gurka
Honorable Mention ~ Northeast Ohio Conference Dani Giles
Jackie Clegg
West Senior All Star Game
Academic ~ All Ohio (nominated for All American) Alli Gurka
Briana Steward Angela Spilker Nikki Zeilmann
Bridget McEldowney
Boys Varsity Soccer (14-2-2) (NOC 4-0-1)
NOC Champions NOC River Division Coach of the Year Alex Nagy
NOC River Division Player of the Year
Honorable Mention ~ NOC River Division
Dominic Grida
Corey Smigel, Colin Antonio
NOC All River Division Mark Barrett Josh Klaehn Caden DeMattie Brian Fikar John Lopes
North Royalton Athletic Boosters Newsletter
All State 2nd Team Dominic Grida
All State Honorable Mention Mark Barrett
November 2013
Boys Varsity Golf 4th Place in NOC 1st place team finish at Buckeye High School Coppertop Classic 6th place finish at Medina Shale Creek Invitational Team Qualified for Districts for the first time since 1999 Tournament Medalist at Mentor Invitational Kyle Carile (72) 1st out of 72 golfers Team MVP Jason Garnet Academic All Ohio Kyle Carile, Kris Francisco, Austin Jenkins NOC 1st team Kris Francisco, Jason Garnet NOC honorable mention Austin Jenkins, Kyle Carile Northeast Ohio Honorable Mention Jason Garnet, Kyle Carile, Austin Jenkins, Kris Francisco Most Improved Dylan Boff
Girls Varsity Golf 5th Place in NOC Pre-Season Tournament: 5th Place Final Standings: 2-8 NOC All Valley Division
Abby Grospitch OHSAA Sectional: 4th Place – Team Advanced to Districts OHSAA Districts: Finished 15th
North Royalton Athletic Boosters Newsletter
November 2013
Girls Varsity Tennis Team won N.O.C. River Division for 6th straight year! NOC Coach of the Year David Kavander
All Northeast Ohio Conference Erika Muren (Sr.) 1st singles Leah Panigutti (Soph.) 3rd singles Alex Haines (Sr.) & Abby Packard (Sr.) 1st doubles Jordin Baldari (Sr.) & Joy Kostansek (Sr.) 2nd doubles
Co-MVPs Alex Haines & Abby Packard
Volleyball All State Third Team, All District and Conference First Team and Defensive MVP
Allison Baird
All District Second Team, All Conference First Team and Offensive MVP Katie Baird All District Second Team and All Northeast Ohio Conference Honorable Mention Melissa Kozik All District and Conference Honorable Mention Maddie Meinberg
North Royalton Athletic Boosters Newsletter
November 2013
Girls Cross Country NOC River Division Champions OHSAA Regional: 7th Place NOC River Coach of the Year Dave Marhefka NOC All River Division Ally Palmer Kaitlyn Dzuroff Emily Butler Isabella Kuzma
Boys Cross Country NOC River Division: 2nd Place NOC All River Division Dylan Rusek Matt Rohozen Mihali Sevastakis Justin Palmer
North Royalton Athletic Boosters Newsletter
November 2013
Northeast Ohio Conference Scholar Athlete Awards Football
Volleyball
Cross Country
Soccer
Evan Boehlefeld
Allison Baird
Jacob Dean
Mark Barrett
Collin Coberly
Katie Baird
Michael Hrovat
Brian Belz
Kevin Gilligan
Holly Hetman
Brian Kozik
John Clemente
Adam Kantor
Danielle Kasaris
Thomas Mowry
Caden DeMattie
Matt Karaffa
Melissa Kozik
Justin Palmer
Brian Fikar
Lucas Krysler
Maddie Meinberg
Matt Rohozen
Josh Klaehn
Josh Lark
Sami Minor
Dylan Rusek
Andrew Limberg
Jack Marousek
Vickie Osowski
Clayton Rush
Joao Lopes
Collen Mincher
Mihail Sevastakis
Evan Neczypor
Dane Morgan
Nick Wolford
Leo Nemetz
Leo Nemetz
Taylor Badamo
David Ruffner
Mike Pence
Hannah Berends
Celine Chehade
Jake Sawyer
Emily Butler
Lauren DiFrancisco
Rachel Colonna
Dani Giles
Lauren DiFrancisco
Alli Gurka
Holly Dombrowski
Maria Humayun
Kaitlyn Dzuroff
Ashlyn Kuhar
Girls Tennis
Alexa Baldari
Jordin Baldari
Alexandria Haines
Kaitlyn Kauppila
Cheerleading
Joy Kostansek
Lexi Chuppa
Abigail Packard
Gabrielle Goodman
Leah Paniguitti
Haylie Haberek
Athletic Training
Aki Mori
Angela Mackay
Brooke Huzl
Shannan Glaab
Alexandra Palmer
Emily Mark
Megan Kucharski
Lauren Watson
Alma Radu
Julianna Markovic
Abby McCullough
Girls Golf
Bridget McEldowney
Madison Panik
Caitlyn Albright
Leah Reese
Abby Grospitch
Alyson Rohrer
Marissa Humayun
Angela Spilker
Erin Smith
Maggie Tyma
Natalia Zappernick
Boys Golf
Sean Devney
Kris Francisco
Jason Garnet
Austin Jenkins
Lydia Sisko Rachel Stewart Rebecca Stewart
North Royalton Athletic Boosters Newsletter
November 2013
FUNDRAISING Opportunities to Support our Student Athletes... Annual Car Raffle! 2013-2014 NRAB MEETINGS:
Serpentini Chevrolet has again donated a new Chevy cruze!
DEC. 2
Last year $25,000 was raised! a great way to support our student athletes!
JAN. 6
Purchase your $10 raffle ticket from any student athlete or at the athletic office. Drawing in February!
FEB. 3 MAR. 3 APR. 7
Mark you calendars for
MAY 5
Night at the Races
JUN. 2
March 15th, 2014 Strongsville Rec Center Please contact Lynn Dorman (allldorman.cox.net), Kelly Tarnowski ([email protected]) or Tim Karaffa ([email protected]) to volunteer or donate a basket!
VISIT THE UPDATED WWW.NRAB.NET!
TEAM PAGES
SCORES SCHEDULES NEWS EVENTS FORMS AND MORE!
North Royalton Athletic Boosters is teaming up with the Greater Cleveland Aquarium For every ticket we sell, $4 will be donated to our organization. Just go to www.greaterclevelandaquarium.com and enter promo code NRAB. It’s that simple! *promo code valid through12/31/2013
For more information on these and other events, visit us on the web at www.nrab.net North Royalton Athletic Boosters Newsletter
November 2013
November 2013
NRAB Meeting Shorts...
Boosters purchased championship t-shirts for 8th Grade Football and MS Girls Cross Country.
Boosters support the coaching staffs for each team through $300/year toward clinic fees.
Membership revenue is up 33%, Gold Card revenue is up 58% and Program sales are up 12% over this time last year.
Bo Kuntz reported that Serpentini Stadium will be used for the first round of playoffs.
Anna Koncius, Head Softball Coach, presented bids for new softball uniforms for the girls. The committee will vote at the December meeting.
New uniforms will be purchased for Boys Freshman Basketball.
There is a two week turnaround time on standard size letter jackets. Special sizes may be up to six weeks.
The next Car Raffle collection night will be Nov. 25. All are encouraged to turn tickets in as they are sold.
Night at the Races on March 15th promises to be exciting, with a new DJ this year along with the usual great time.
Congratulations to all of our Fall athletes on great seasons!
“Booster Shots” from NRAB President Ben Morgan...
In This Issue: Mark DiFrancisco: Thank you for all of the prompt attention to our needs and assisting Jennifer to promptly process Letter Jacket orders in an efficient manner. Jim and Kerri Smith: Your efforts in coordinating the Fall Sports Concessions at Serpentini Stadium was outstanding once again this year. Thanks for being on call and mobilizing the effort to staff the 1st Round football Playoff Game that we hosted. Thanks also goes out to Rich and Monica Hrin for securing additional volunteers from the Band Boosters to work the visitor side concession stand at this Playoff Game.
NRAB Updates “Booster Shots” Fall Sports Awards NOC Scholar Athletes Fundraising Opportunities
While we are on the subject of the Playoff Game, the following individuals volunteered to work the concession stand that night. Thank you very much for taking the time to help out. Your efforts helped direct proceeds from the concession stand to the NRAB. Mike Barbo, Bill and Kathy Dapsis, Barry and Kathy Ezell, Brian and Eric Lebo, Jeff and Diane Mueller, Jeff and Kris Paulus, Ed and Laurie Pfister.
Varsity Football Northeast Lakes All District Michael Jayjack ~ First Team Defense Austin Smith ~ Second Team Offense
Northeast Ohio Conference Awards First Team
Honorable Mention
Michael Jayjack
Mario Guinn
Henry Meinberg
Jake Holodnak
Austin Smith
Colin Wiley
Coaches Award Awarded to the player who the coaches believe practiced and played above their abilities week in and week out, and was one of the most consistent players on the field every week.
Jake Holodnak The following awards are voted on by the players and the coaches:
Bear Award The student athlete who exemplifies what it is to be a North Royalton Football player on and off the field.
Jack Marousek Iron Bear Award Awarded to the player who plays through an injury or injuries that would have sidelined most other players.
Michael Jayjack Offensive MVP
Defensive MVP
Austin Smith
Colin Wiley
Offensive Lineman
Defensive Lineman
Brandon Lapeus
Joe Ghattas
Offensive Back
Defensive Back
Austin Smith
Henry Meinberg
Offensive Scout Player
Defensive Scout Player
Jake Sawyer
Omar Khanfar
Special Teams Player
Most Improved
Leo Nemetz
Nick Pappas
North Royalton Athletic Boosters Newsletter
November 2013
Girls Varsity Soccer (9-9-1) (NOC 1-3-1) 2nd Team ~ All Ohio
Co-MVP
Briana Steward
Briana Steward and Nikki Zeilmann
1st Team ~ All Greater Cleveland
Most Improved
Briana Steward
Angela Spilker
Juliana Markovic
2nd Team ~ All Greater Cleveland
Hustle Award
Nikki Zeilmann
Alyson Rohrer
Honorable Mention ~ All Greater Cleveland Bridget McEldowny
Lexi Medalis
Coaches Award
Dani Giles
Bridget McEldowney
1st Team ~ Northeast Ohio Conference Briana Steward
Angela Spilker
Sportsmanship Award
Nikki Zeilmann
Alli Gurka
Honorable Mention ~ Northeast Ohio Conference Dani Giles
Jackie Clegg
West Senior All Star Game
Academic ~ All Ohio (nominated for All American) Alli Gurka
Briana Steward Angela Spilker Nikki Zeilmann
Bridget McEldowney
Boys Varsity Soccer (14-2-2) (NOC 4-0-1)
NOC Champions NOC River Division Coach of the Year Alex Nagy
NOC River Division Player of the Year
Honorable Mention ~ NOC River Division
Dominic Grida
Corey Smigel, Colin Antonio
NOC All River Division Mark Barrett Josh Klaehn Caden DeMattie Brian Fikar John Lopes
North Royalton Athletic Boosters Newsletter
All State 2nd Team Dominic Grida
All State Honorable Mention Mark Barrett
November 2013
Boys Varsity Golf 4th Place in NOC 1st place team finish at Buckeye High School Coppertop Classic 6th place finish at Medina Shale Creek Invitational Team Qualified for Districts for the first time since 1999 Tournament Medalist at Mentor Invitational Kyle Carile (72) 1st out of 72 golfers Team MVP Jason Garnet Academic All Ohio Kyle Carile, Kris Francisco, Austin Jenkins NOC 1st team Kris Francisco, Jason Garnet NOC honorable mention Austin Jenkins, Kyle Carile Northeast Ohio Honorable Mention Jason Garnet, Kyle Carile, Austin Jenkins, Kris Francisco Most Improved Dylan Boff
Girls Varsity Golf 5th Place in NOC Pre-Season Tournament: 5th Place Final Standings: 2-8 NOC All Valley Division
Abby Grospitch OHSAA Sectional: 4th Place – Team Advanced to Districts OHSAA Districts: Finished 15th
North Royalton Athletic Boosters Newsletter
November 2013
Girls Varsity Tennis Team won N.O.C. River Division for 6th straight year! NOC Coach of the Year David Kavander
All Northeast Ohio Conference Erika Muren (Sr.) 1st singles Leah Panigutti (Soph.) 3rd singles Alex Haines (Sr.) & Abby Packard (Sr.) 1st doubles Jordin Baldari (Sr.) & Joy Kostansek (Sr.) 2nd doubles
Co-MVPs Alex Haines & Abby Packard
Volleyball All State Third Team, All District and Conference First Team and Defensive MVP
Allison Baird
All District Second Team, All Conference First Team and Offensive MVP Katie Baird All District Second Team and All Northeast Ohio Conference Honorable Mention Melissa Kozik All District and Conference Honorable Mention Maddie Meinberg
North Royalton Athletic Boosters Newsletter
November 2013
Girls Cross Country NOC River Division Champions OHSAA Regional: 7th Place NOC River Coach of the Year Dave Marhefka NOC All River Division Ally Palmer Kaitlyn Dzuroff Emily Butler Isabella Kuzma
Boys Cross Country NOC River Division: 2nd Place NOC All River Division Dylan Rusek Matt Rohozen Mihali Sevastakis Justin Palmer
North Royalton Athletic Boosters Newsletter
November 2013
Northeast Ohio Conference Scholar Athlete Awards Football
Volleyball
Cross Country
Soccer
Evan Boehlefeld
Allison Baird
Jacob Dean
Mark Barrett
Collin Coberly
Katie Baird
Michael Hrovat
Brian Belz
Kevin Gilligan
Holly Hetman
Brian Kozik
John Clemente
Adam Kantor
Danielle Kasaris
Thomas Mowry
Caden DeMattie
Matt Karaffa
Melissa Kozik
Justin Palmer
Brian Fikar
Lucas Krysler
Maddie Meinberg
Matt Rohozen
Josh Klaehn
Josh Lark
Sami Minor
Dylan Rusek
Andrew Limberg
Jack Marousek
Vickie Osowski
Clayton Rush
Joao Lopes
Collen Mincher
Mihail Sevastakis
Evan Neczypor
Dane Morgan
Nick Wolford
Leo Nemetz
Leo Nemetz
Taylor Badamo
David Ruffner
Mike Pence
Hannah Berends
Celine Chehade
Jake Sawyer
Emily Butler
Lauren DiFrancisco
Rachel Colonna
Dani Giles
Lauren DiFrancisco
Alli Gurka
Holly Dombrowski
Maria Humayun
Kaitlyn Dzuroff
Ashlyn Kuhar
Girls Tennis
Alexa Baldari
Jordin Baldari
Alexandria Haines
Kaitlyn Kauppila
Cheerleading
Joy Kostansek
Lexi Chuppa
Abigail Packard
Gabrielle Goodman
Leah Paniguitti
Haylie Haberek
Athletic Training
Aki Mori
Angela Mackay
Brooke Huzl
Shannan Glaab
Alexandra Palmer
Emily Mark
Megan Kucharski
Lauren Watson
Alma Radu
Julianna Markovic
Abby McCullough
Girls Golf
Bridget McEldowney
Madison Panik
Caitlyn Albright
Leah Reese
Abby Grospitch
Alyson Rohrer
Marissa Humayun
Angela Spilker
Erin Smith
Maggie Tyma
Natalia Zappernick
Boys Golf
Sean Devney
Kris Francisco
Jason Garnet
Austin Jenkins
Lydia Sisko Rachel Stewart Rebecca Stewart
North Royalton Athletic Boosters Newsletter
November 2013
FUNDRAISING Opportunities to Support our Student Athletes... Annual Car Raffle! 2013-2014 NRAB MEETINGS:
Serpentini Chevrolet has again donated a new Chevy cruze!
DEC. 2
Last year $25,000 was raised! a great way to support our student athletes!
JAN. 6
Purchase your $10 raffle ticket from any student athlete or at the athletic office. Drawing in February!
FEB. 3 MAR. 3 APR. 7
Mark you calendars for
MAY 5
Night at the Races
JUN. 2
March 15th, 2014 Strongsville Rec Center Please contact Lynn Dorman (allldorman.cox.net), Kelly Tarnowski ([email protected]) or Tim Karaffa ([email protected]) to volunteer or donate a basket!
VISIT THE UPDATED WWW.NRAB.NET!
TEAM PAGES
SCORES SCHEDULES NEWS EVENTS FORMS AND MORE!
North Royalton Athletic Boosters is teaming up with the Greater Cleveland Aquarium For every ticket we sell, $4 will be donated to our organization. Just go to www.greaterclevelandaquarium.com and enter promo code NRAB. It’s that simple! *promo code valid through12/31/2013
For more information on these and other events, visit us on the web at www.nrab.net North Royalton Athletic Boosters Newsletter
November 2013
