NORTH ROYALTON ATHLETIC BOOSTERS NEWSLETTER
NORTH ROYALTON ATHLETIC BOOSTERS NEWSLETTER March 2014
Serving Athletics for the Middle School and High School
NRAB Meeting Shorts…
Purchase of new uniforms for all cheerleaders from 7th grade to Varsity (40 HS uniforms and 20 MS uniforms) were approved for $13,882. The following presentations were made for review by NRAB:
Adrianne Klein, Boys/Girls Swimming and Diving coach requested new warm-ups and bags for 75 swimmers. Sean Drvenkar, Football/Weight Room Coach, requested safety squat bars and iron necks for use by all athletes in the weight room. Nick Ciulli, Head Football Coach, requested new uniforms for varsity football (100 home, 100 away jerseys and 100 pants).
Supplementary donation stipends were allocated by the Boosters to the athletic department and each middle school and high school team through the end of the 2014/2015 school year. Several Trustee positions will be open for the 2014/2015 school year. Descriptions are outlined on Page 7 of this newsletter. NRAB received 47 scholarship applications this year. The Scholarship Committee will review and award $1,000 scholarships each to five male athletes and five female athletes.
To date, $31,000 has been deposited from the Car Raffle. Final accounting should be available by the April meeting. 5,916 tickets were distributed, 5,071 were turned in or sold, and 845 tickets were not turned in.
Grapes, Brews & Grains will be held at 3 Spot on May 2 (details on Page 2.)
Please place new Letter Jacket orders before Spring Break.
Team Representatives are encouraged to submit photos and team updates for publication in the monthly newsletter to [email protected].
Night at the Races will be March 15 at 6:00 p.m. at Strongsville Rec. Tickets still available!! $850 in ad revenue for the program was raised from local businesses. Thank you to Bill Bartinelli and Lake Erie Graphics for donating the printing of the tickets!
Congratulations to the winner of the 2014 Chevy Cruze: Matt Cesear, NRHS Senior!! 50” Flat Screen Winner: Matt Rohrer, NR Parent Cavs Tickets Winner: Robert White, NR Parent
Thank you to all who supported the 2014 Car Raffle!! Your donations help to fund gear for our student athletes and the Stadium Foundation.
In This Issue NRAB Updates Grapes, Brews &
Grains !! Winter Sports Teams
Finish Strong Booster Trustee Volun-
teer Opportunities
UPCOMING NRAB MEETINGS: APRIL 7, MAY 5, JUNE 2
BOYS BASKETBALL Overall Season Record 20-2, Undefeated in NOC! Boys basketball had an outstanding year. Seniors Bryan Beilak, Logan Chuppa, Mario Guinn, Andrew Hartman, Brandon Lapeus, Henry Meinberg, Chris Narducci and Nick Woods led the team to their first ever 20-win season. The Bears had a bye in the first round of the playoffs and lost in the Districts 65-41 to Lakewood.
GIRLS BASKETBALL Overall Record 20-3, Undefeated in NOC! Girls basketball had an outstanding season. Alison Smolinski, Abby Miduri and Julianne Lebo were named First Team Northeast Ohio Conference. Rachel Flis and Mackenzi Matthews were named NOC Honorable Mention. Coach Steffani Cicerchi was named Coach of the Year for NOC River Division. The team won their first playoff game against Lorain then lost in District finals to Magnificat 57-46.
GYMNASTICS Koberling represents NRHS at State! The Gymnastics team finished fifth in the Northeast Ohio Conference championship, and fifth in Sectionals. Senior Julia Koetter, junior Tiffany Tarro and sophomore Alex Vitanza qualified for Districts. Senior Brianna Koberling advanced from the Northeast Districts to the State meet in the beam.
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March 2014
SWIMMING & DIVING Boys finish 2nd and Girls finish 3rd in Conference! The following swimmers qualified for Districts: Katelyn Einloth - 100 Fly
200 Medley Relay (Boys):
Miranda Farley - 200 Free, 100 Back
Derek Hilfer - 50 Free, 100 Free Rachel Kerling - 200 IM, 500 Free Viktor Lozitsky - 100 Free, 100 Back Nina Oryshkewych - 50 Free, 100 Free Erika Pyatt - 200 Free, 100 Back
Viktor Lozitsky, Austin Toth, Alex Torres, Derek Hilfer
200 Medley Relay (Girls):
Erika Pyatt, Daryn Phelps, Katelyn Einloth, Nina Oryshkewych
200 Free Relay (Girls):
Alyson Rohrer - 200 IM, 100 Back
Gina Smith, Miranda Farley, Nina Oryshkewych, DeAnna Smith
400 Free Relay (Girls):
DeAnna Smith - 200 IM
Gina Smith - 100 Back
Miranda Farley, Gina Smith, Erika Pyatt, DeAnna Smith
Leslie Torres - 100 Fly Austin Toth - 200 IM, 100 Breastroke
INDOOR TRACK Robinson and Denk qualify for State Meet! Sam Robinson and Kristen Denk qualified for the State Meet for indoor track and field at the University of Akron on March 8th. Sam qualified in the long jump and triple jump. This is his second time qualifying for state in the triple jump. Kristen qualified for pole vault. She heads into the meet ranked second in the state.
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March 2014
WRESTLING Snyder & Benedetti go to State Meet! Sectionals--Team finished 5th out of 12 teams
1st Place: Andre Herron (113) 2nd Place: Alec Benedetti (126), Cameron Mayell (160) and Garrett Snyder (220) 3rd place: Xavier Wasco (152) 4th place: Alec Chapman (170) and Luke Senko (285) 5th place: Jon Bonacci (132), Dane Morgan (138) and Jake Sawyer (145)
Districts--Team finished 9th out of 46 teams
3rd Place: Alec Benedetti and Garrett Snyder 5th Place: Andre Herron (alternate to States)
States--Alec Benedetti (7th) and Garrett Snyder (8th).
Place winners at the NOC Championships Left to Right: Luke Senko (5th), Andre Herron (4th), Garrett Snyder (2nd), Dane Morgan (3rd), Xavier Wasco (3rd), and Cameron Mayell (5th). Not pictured is Eric Smith who finished 5th, but left the meet due to an injury.
CHEERLEADING Seniors Recognized Senior winter cheerleaders were honored at Senior Night on February 21. Leading the squad this year were Amanda Belz, Stephanie Bitto, Juli Eicholz, Emily Gaffga, Danielle Hitts, and Niaree Williams. North Royalton Athletic Boosters Newsletter
March 2014
“Booster Shots” from NRAB President Ben Morgan: Dane Albright, Jason Grimes and Bill Bartinelli--Thank you for the outstanding job on the Winter Programs this year. Your group collaboration throughout the year provided a quality keepsake. An added bonus was that your hard work resulted in above expectation revenues generated from the sales and advertisements. Dawn Fillippi, Linda Miduri and Lynn Dorman--I appreciate the extensive amount of time that all of you provided for the Car Raffle. Your organizational skills and ability to administer this process is amazing. All of us cannot thank you enough for the effort!! Greg Robinson and Kathy Dapsis--Thanks for taking my initial vision of having supplementary funds this year and collaborating to produce the cash flow projections for the next few years. This information was valuable to our members so they could analyze the data and understand that this proposal was feasible.
National Signing Day!! Congratulations to Lexi Medalis, Bridget McEldowney, Nikki Zeilmann, Alli Gurka and Angela Spilker who will all continue their soccer careers at the collegiate level! North Royalton Athletic Boosters Newsletter
March 2014
OPEN TRUSTEE POSITIONS FOR THE 2014-2015 SCHOOL YEAR Several Athletic Booster trustee positions will be available at the end of this school year. If you are looking for a way to make a difference, get involved, and volunteer much-needed time to the athletic program in our district, please consider one of the following positions. This is a great way to meet new people and help raise funds for our student athletes. If you are interested, please call Ben Morgan at 582-8728. Vice President – The Vice President shall perform the duties of the President in his/her absence. Assist the President in the performance of his/her duties. Is a member of the Finance Committee. In the event the President resigns, the Vice-President will be elevated to that post with the approval of the Executive Board. Chairs the Constitution Committee when a new Constitution needs to be reviewed/drafted.
Treasurer – The Treasurer shall keep accurate records of all income and expenditures to and from the General Fund. Collect all NRAB income and deposit it in the designated accounts. Pay all expenditures incurred by the organization, prepare and present a current financial report of the NRAB at each regular business meeting of the general membership. File forms with organizations and federal, state, and local governments as required by law. Perform all other finance related actions as assigned by the President. Take the necessary steps to maintain North Royalton Athletic Boosters 501(c)(3) status. Serve as a member of the Finance Committee. Ensure there are two (2) signatures on every check.
Car Raffle - The Trustee will assist in stuffing car raffle tickets into envelopes, distributing tickets to team representatives, collecting all money and tickets and maintaining a record of all tickets.
Concessions - The Trustee is responsible for running the concession stand(s) at the North Royalton stadium. Specific duties include securing volunteers to staff the concession stand(s), ordering all products to be offered for sale along with required supply items, maintaining control over cash, and coordinating the disbursement of profits among the appropriate organizations.
Gold Card – The Trustee is responsible for contacting the representative for the Gold Card, having a Blitz Day or distributing Gold Cards to teams (or both), collecting all money from cards sold and getting it to the Treasurer for deposit.
Grapes, Grains and Brews – The Trustee is responsible for planning and organizing a tasting event. This includes choosing a venue, getting volunteers and selling tickets.
Night at the Races - Trustee is responsible for organizing the Night at the Races. Procuring the company to run the races, the venue, food, tickets, raffle baskets, side boards, selling tickets, advertising, getting volunteers and anything else to make it a successful event.
Programs – The Trustee is responsible for getting the teams’ pictures taken, securing advertisers, arranging for the printing and selling of the programs.
Purple and Gold Booth – the Trustee is responsible for working with Gearin’ Up and keeping a supply of North Royalton Spirit Wear in the booth at the stadium and obtaining volunteers to work the booth at each game. North Royalton Athletic Boosters Newsletter
March 2014
Serving Athletics for the Middle School and High School
NRAB Meeting Shorts…
Purchase of new uniforms for all cheerleaders from 7th grade to Varsity (40 HS uniforms and 20 MS uniforms) were approved for $13,882. The following presentations were made for review by NRAB:
Adrianne Klein, Boys/Girls Swimming and Diving coach requested new warm-ups and bags for 75 swimmers. Sean Drvenkar, Football/Weight Room Coach, requested safety squat bars and iron necks for use by all athletes in the weight room. Nick Ciulli, Head Football Coach, requested new uniforms for varsity football (100 home, 100 away jerseys and 100 pants).
Supplementary donation stipends were allocated by the Boosters to the athletic department and each middle school and high school team through the end of the 2014/2015 school year. Several Trustee positions will be open for the 2014/2015 school year. Descriptions are outlined on Page 7 of this newsletter. NRAB received 47 scholarship applications this year. The Scholarship Committee will review and award $1,000 scholarships each to five male athletes and five female athletes.
To date, $31,000 has been deposited from the Car Raffle. Final accounting should be available by the April meeting. 5,916 tickets were distributed, 5,071 were turned in or sold, and 845 tickets were not turned in.
Grapes, Brews & Grains will be held at 3 Spot on May 2 (details on Page 2.)
Please place new Letter Jacket orders before Spring Break.
Team Representatives are encouraged to submit photos and team updates for publication in the monthly newsletter to [email protected].
Night at the Races will be March 15 at 6:00 p.m. at Strongsville Rec. Tickets still available!! $850 in ad revenue for the program was raised from local businesses. Thank you to Bill Bartinelli and Lake Erie Graphics for donating the printing of the tickets!
Congratulations to the winner of the 2014 Chevy Cruze: Matt Cesear, NRHS Senior!! 50” Flat Screen Winner: Matt Rohrer, NR Parent Cavs Tickets Winner: Robert White, NR Parent
Thank you to all who supported the 2014 Car Raffle!! Your donations help to fund gear for our student athletes and the Stadium Foundation.
In This Issue NRAB Updates Grapes, Brews &
Grains !! Winter Sports Teams
Finish Strong Booster Trustee Volun-
teer Opportunities
UPCOMING NRAB MEETINGS: APRIL 7, MAY 5, JUNE 2
BOYS BASKETBALL Overall Season Record 20-2, Undefeated in NOC! Boys basketball had an outstanding year. Seniors Bryan Beilak, Logan Chuppa, Mario Guinn, Andrew Hartman, Brandon Lapeus, Henry Meinberg, Chris Narducci and Nick Woods led the team to their first ever 20-win season. The Bears had a bye in the first round of the playoffs and lost in the Districts 65-41 to Lakewood.
GIRLS BASKETBALL Overall Record 20-3, Undefeated in NOC! Girls basketball had an outstanding season. Alison Smolinski, Abby Miduri and Julianne Lebo were named First Team Northeast Ohio Conference. Rachel Flis and Mackenzi Matthews were named NOC Honorable Mention. Coach Steffani Cicerchi was named Coach of the Year for NOC River Division. The team won their first playoff game against Lorain then lost in District finals to Magnificat 57-46.
GYMNASTICS Koberling represents NRHS at State! The Gymnastics team finished fifth in the Northeast Ohio Conference championship, and fifth in Sectionals. Senior Julia Koetter, junior Tiffany Tarro and sophomore Alex Vitanza qualified for Districts. Senior Brianna Koberling advanced from the Northeast Districts to the State meet in the beam.
North Royalton Athletic Boosters Newsletter
March 2014
SWIMMING & DIVING Boys finish 2nd and Girls finish 3rd in Conference! The following swimmers qualified for Districts: Katelyn Einloth - 100 Fly
200 Medley Relay (Boys):
Miranda Farley - 200 Free, 100 Back
Derek Hilfer - 50 Free, 100 Free Rachel Kerling - 200 IM, 500 Free Viktor Lozitsky - 100 Free, 100 Back Nina Oryshkewych - 50 Free, 100 Free Erika Pyatt - 200 Free, 100 Back
Viktor Lozitsky, Austin Toth, Alex Torres, Derek Hilfer
200 Medley Relay (Girls):
Erika Pyatt, Daryn Phelps, Katelyn Einloth, Nina Oryshkewych
200 Free Relay (Girls):
Alyson Rohrer - 200 IM, 100 Back
Gina Smith, Miranda Farley, Nina Oryshkewych, DeAnna Smith
400 Free Relay (Girls):
DeAnna Smith - 200 IM
Gina Smith - 100 Back
Miranda Farley, Gina Smith, Erika Pyatt, DeAnna Smith
Leslie Torres - 100 Fly Austin Toth - 200 IM, 100 Breastroke
INDOOR TRACK Robinson and Denk qualify for State Meet! Sam Robinson and Kristen Denk qualified for the State Meet for indoor track and field at the University of Akron on March 8th. Sam qualified in the long jump and triple jump. This is his second time qualifying for state in the triple jump. Kristen qualified for pole vault. She heads into the meet ranked second in the state.
North Royalton Athletic Boosters Newsletter
March 2014
WRESTLING Snyder & Benedetti go to State Meet! Sectionals--Team finished 5th out of 12 teams
1st Place: Andre Herron (113) 2nd Place: Alec Benedetti (126), Cameron Mayell (160) and Garrett Snyder (220) 3rd place: Xavier Wasco (152) 4th place: Alec Chapman (170) and Luke Senko (285) 5th place: Jon Bonacci (132), Dane Morgan (138) and Jake Sawyer (145)
Districts--Team finished 9th out of 46 teams
3rd Place: Alec Benedetti and Garrett Snyder 5th Place: Andre Herron (alternate to States)
States--Alec Benedetti (7th) and Garrett Snyder (8th).
Place winners at the NOC Championships Left to Right: Luke Senko (5th), Andre Herron (4th), Garrett Snyder (2nd), Dane Morgan (3rd), Xavier Wasco (3rd), and Cameron Mayell (5th). Not pictured is Eric Smith who finished 5th, but left the meet due to an injury.
CHEERLEADING Seniors Recognized Senior winter cheerleaders were honored at Senior Night on February 21. Leading the squad this year were Amanda Belz, Stephanie Bitto, Juli Eicholz, Emily Gaffga, Danielle Hitts, and Niaree Williams. North Royalton Athletic Boosters Newsletter
March 2014
“Booster Shots” from NRAB President Ben Morgan: Dane Albright, Jason Grimes and Bill Bartinelli--Thank you for the outstanding job on the Winter Programs this year. Your group collaboration throughout the year provided a quality keepsake. An added bonus was that your hard work resulted in above expectation revenues generated from the sales and advertisements. Dawn Fillippi, Linda Miduri and Lynn Dorman--I appreciate the extensive amount of time that all of you provided for the Car Raffle. Your organizational skills and ability to administer this process is amazing. All of us cannot thank you enough for the effort!! Greg Robinson and Kathy Dapsis--Thanks for taking my initial vision of having supplementary funds this year and collaborating to produce the cash flow projections for the next few years. This information was valuable to our members so they could analyze the data and understand that this proposal was feasible.
National Signing Day!! Congratulations to Lexi Medalis, Bridget McEldowney, Nikki Zeilmann, Alli Gurka and Angela Spilker who will all continue their soccer careers at the collegiate level! North Royalton Athletic Boosters Newsletter
March 2014
OPEN TRUSTEE POSITIONS FOR THE 2014-2015 SCHOOL YEAR Several Athletic Booster trustee positions will be available at the end of this school year. If you are looking for a way to make a difference, get involved, and volunteer much-needed time to the athletic program in our district, please consider one of the following positions. This is a great way to meet new people and help raise funds for our student athletes. If you are interested, please call Ben Morgan at 582-8728. Vice President – The Vice President shall perform the duties of the President in his/her absence. Assist the President in the performance of his/her duties. Is a member of the Finance Committee. In the event the President resigns, the Vice-President will be elevated to that post with the approval of the Executive Board. Chairs the Constitution Committee when a new Constitution needs to be reviewed/drafted.
Treasurer – The Treasurer shall keep accurate records of all income and expenditures to and from the General Fund. Collect all NRAB income and deposit it in the designated accounts. Pay all expenditures incurred by the organization, prepare and present a current financial report of the NRAB at each regular business meeting of the general membership. File forms with organizations and federal, state, and local governments as required by law. Perform all other finance related actions as assigned by the President. Take the necessary steps to maintain North Royalton Athletic Boosters 501(c)(3) status. Serve as a member of the Finance Committee. Ensure there are two (2) signatures on every check.
Car Raffle - The Trustee will assist in stuffing car raffle tickets into envelopes, distributing tickets to team representatives, collecting all money and tickets and maintaining a record of all tickets.
Concessions - The Trustee is responsible for running the concession stand(s) at the North Royalton stadium. Specific duties include securing volunteers to staff the concession stand(s), ordering all products to be offered for sale along with required supply items, maintaining control over cash, and coordinating the disbursement of profits among the appropriate organizations.
Gold Card – The Trustee is responsible for contacting the representative for the Gold Card, having a Blitz Day or distributing Gold Cards to teams (or both), collecting all money from cards sold and getting it to the Treasurer for deposit.
Grapes, Grains and Brews – The Trustee is responsible for planning and organizing a tasting event. This includes choosing a venue, getting volunteers and selling tickets.
Night at the Races - Trustee is responsible for organizing the Night at the Races. Procuring the company to run the races, the venue, food, tickets, raffle baskets, side boards, selling tickets, advertising, getting volunteers and anything else to make it a successful event.
Programs – The Trustee is responsible for getting the teams’ pictures taken, securing advertisers, arranging for the printing and selling of the programs.
Purple and Gold Booth – the Trustee is responsible for working with Gearin’ Up and keeping a supply of North Royalton Spirit Wear in the booth at the stadium and obtaining volunteers to work the booth at each game. North Royalton Athletic Boosters Newsletter
March 2014
