Call to Order

A Home Run Club meeting for Piedmont Baseball was held on August 31, 2021, via Zoom and was presided over by Coach Skokowski. 

Attendees: Tiffany Bo, Corey Coleman, Cindy Proctor, Amber Smith, Angela Bilyeu, Christen Hannegan, Jason Boesch, Jill Hill, John Riggs, Kourtney Aller, Patrick Cameron, Racheal Migl, Steve Kennedy, Tara, Julie Lindley, J Boice, Lisa Riggs, Whitney Hayes

Officers

• President –Cindy Procter
• Vice President –John Riggs
• Treasurer – OPEN
• Secretary – Tiffany Bohuslavicky

Parent Representatives by Grade

• 7^th/8^th – Amber Smith/Jessie and Lisa Boice
• 9^th – Corey Coleman
• 10^th – Kourtney Aller
• 11^th – Jessica Harriger/Amber Smith/Jill Harper
• 12^th – Lisa Riggs
• Fundraising – Lisa Riggs

Announcements

• 40 kids practicing with baseball. 17 in other sports.
• Construction on the new field is ongoing.
  • There is a sink hole. It’s an engineering issue. Trying to get softball done first.
• Practice – Players will be required to wear turfs during practice.  Turfs will be provided by Booster Club fund for every player.
• Mr. Boice is donating shirts, each player will get 2 shirts.  Will also be doing the artwork for free on the shorts.  Will be purchasing shorts for the players out of Booster Club fund.  If not a shorts day, will need white pants for practice. 
• In the process of ordering first set of hats for the high school players.  BSN is taking a lot longer on hats.
• Founder’s Day –
  • September 11^th
  • Will have a booth selling shirts and old hats. 
  • Need volunteers to work booth. 
  • Boys pass out free water.
• No traveling out of state.
• The website will have links with schedules.

Account Activity

• Close to $9,000.

Fundraisers

• Blue and Gold Fundraiser –
  • starting soon / will order by Nov 1^st / will get the 2^nd week of November
  • Money turned in by Oct 29^th  
• Email Fundraiser – Starts in January – goes for 21 days
• Advertisement signs
  • Will be doing video board ads instead of fence signs.
• Home Run Club Memberships
  • $100 family = 2 shirts, 2 season passes
• Spirit Wear
• Volunteers
  • Concession Stand
    • Snow will not be working at the high school field, only the middle school field.
  • Press Box
• Goals = Everyone participates and tries their best to raise funds for our guys.

Baseball Events for the School Year

• Middle School tryouts = January
• Senior Night = April 28^th
• Spring Break Off Days (V=3/12-3/16, B=3/12-3/16, G=3/13-3/17)
• Spring Break Practice (V=Morning of 3/18, B=3/18, G=3/19)
• Hosting Tournaments (V=3/31-4/2, B=3/24-3/26, G=3/10-3/12, JH=4/7-4/9)
• Banquet – TBD

Additional Information

• Summer balances owed = $650, please take care of any balance you owe ASAP

Chain of Command

• Playing time, Practice Questions – player needs to talk to Coach prior to parents talking to Coach
• Issue with Coach – go to that Coach first, Skow would be next if needed, next AD Mr. Bilyeu, next Superintendent, next School Board

Questions

• Can we use our field for summer tournaments to raise money? 
  • Will have to check with the school and get it approved.

• Will there be hitting cages at the new field?
  • They are not built into the Bond but the school will be adding them.  It will be after the fields are completed.

Ways to follow the Team

Remind: High Website: www.piedmontwildcatbaseball.com

Twitter: @WildcatBSB

Facebook: Search for Piedmont Wildcats Baseball and like the page

GameChanger: Become a fan of the team at gc.com, search for Piedmont and find a proper team (Freshmen, JV, Varsity). 

Coach’s contact info

Email:  adam.skokowski@piedmontschools.org