Elmwood Raiders Football

Hello to all, has been a very hot week, but we have persevered and have gotten a lot of work accomplished in order to prepare for our first game. I am proud of our players for their positive attitudes and hard work!! Here are our announcements for this week.  -----------
- Our practice schedule this week will be slightly different in order to prepare for our first game and to make up practice time lost on Tuesday. This week we will practice until 6:00 on Tuesday and Wednesday. This will allow us to have extra time to focus on all of the details that go along with good preparation. We will not have practice on this Friday or next Friday as myself and Coach Garner will be assisting with out of state games for the RHS Football Team on those dates. As mentioned in our parent and player meeting at the beginning of August, our game day procedure is that our players will remain at school with our team at the end of the school day as we will be on a tight schedule for our team meal, and pre game preparation. Our game day attire will consist of dress pants, a belt, dress shoes, and we will wear our game jersey tucked in. This helps to set a positive and focused tone throughout the day leading up to our game. We will take the team bus to and from the game.
- Our Fan Apparel should be arriving shortly, and I am going to try and get it in before Thursday. Our team pictures should also be arriving in a timely fashion as well.
- We have had a change to Thursday’s game. It will still start at 5:30 at RHS, the only change is that we will not have a second game that usually follows our first game when we play Kirksey, Oakdale, and Lingle. This is due to a scheduling conflict with other games that are being played at RHS on that night. All of our other games against those opponents will include a second game. I do apologize for this, and we will try to make up for that second game at a later time.
- We are still taking meal money for our pre game meal from Chick Fil A. It will include a chicken sandwich, chips, a cookie, and a bottled water. The cost is simply $5, and your child can turn their money in to Coach Hattier, or Coach Garner.
- We still have 2 volunteer positions open for this week’s game. We need 2 people in the press box – 1 person to be the score keeper, and 1 person to help spot the ball and down and distance. These are fairly simple jobs, and any help to fill these positions would be much appreciated. One more easy position to fill is someone to pass out our game day roster / program. These are free of charge and we will simply pass them out to our parents as they arrive to the game. For all of our volunteers if it is at all possible I will meet you at the home sidelines at about 5:00 in order to brief you on the position that you will be working for that night. Thank you again to all of our volunteers! We are very grateful for all of your time and help!!