Note from Coach Bartt Pierce - RAHS fall ball plans

For families of boys’ basketball players grades 9-12:

I hope everyone is off to a great start to the school year. Remember to work hard in the classroom as I’d like to repeat as section academic champions! Here is our schedule for the fall. I feel we had a very good summer, and we are going to build on that this fall. Our emphasis is going to be on skill development and weightlifting. Our captains this year are Kenny Farmer and Mike Muscala. I have been working with Mike’s parents to organize a few items. A big thank you to them for their work and help. Mary has set up a blog that will allow you to track our fall schedule at: http://rahsfallball08.blogspot.com/. I will be enlisting the Farmers shortly, but I’ll give them some “time off” to watch Kenny on the gridiron!

We have 23 dates set at the Fairview gym for skill development. The dates and times can be accessed at the above website. Our captains and returning players will be in charge of these sessions with parent volunteers present. I have always had a rule that varsity football players are not allowed to play in fall league games, but they are more than welcome to attend skill development sessions, shoot, ballhandle/dribble, etc…

I am running the RAHS after-school weight room this fall starting next week, 9/8. This will run Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday from 3pm to 4:30pm. Cost is $30. You may sign up in the activities office. This is highly recommended!

We are going to play in one varsity league this fall. It will be at Concordia St. Paul. The dates will be as follows: October 19, 26, and November 2, 9. Cost will be $500 and will be divided among the roster. Coach Pierce will be in contact with those who will be playing in this. Our captains, Mike Muscala and Kenny Farmer, will be in charge of coaching these games.

We are not going to be playing in a 9th or 10th grade league. We are purposely focusing on skill development and not playing games. There will be opportunities to scrimmage at the skill development sessions at Fairview.

A few dates: last regular season football game is October 15th. Captains’ practice begins November 10th. Basketball tryouts begin November 24th.

If you have any questions, please email me at bartt.pierce@isd623.org

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Coach Pierce