- Blue and Gold money/order drop off will be on Nov. 3rd from 3:30-5:30 pm at the HS baseball field
coach’s office. Players can bring me orders during the school day. - The AWRE Sports Mobile video system has been approved for the high school field. The company we will use is working on communicating with IT on the technical side. Once that gets done and POs are approved we will be able to schedule the installation of the hardware.
- Baseball and Softball purchased a Stihl Yard Boss with a power broom attachment to maintain our turf field better.
- Cast and Bang Outfitters is selling custom Piedmont Wildcat outdoor furniture with all proceeds going back to the program.
Schedules
- All team Schedules for the season are finished and are located on the team website. They are always subject to change.
- Tournaments are all scheduled and as brackets are released PDFs will be posted on our Tournament page and games updated with accurate information.
Budget Account Activity
- Balance as of 10/25/22 = $20,625.40
Fundraising and Volunteering
- The Blue and Gold Fundraiser is underway and ends on November 3rd with order forms and money drop off from 3-5:30 pm at the Baseball Coaches Office.
- Email Fundraiser – Starts 1st week of January, and goes for 21 days.
- Advertisement for Video Board
- We only have two remaining HR (tournaments: Developmental Gold and the 8th/7th grade) available and three 3B (Varsity home games). We can sell as many 2B and 1B sponsor options and that is all 100% profit as we are no longer doing signs and now posting on our website, social media, and the video board.
- Please do not ask these companies for sponsorships as they have paid for the whole high school: Southern Nazarene Tamra States with Piedmont Chiropractic, Minard Chiropractic, Select Physical Therapy, Quail Creek Bank, Mainer Ford, F&M Bank, Heim Orthodontics, Kierl Orthodontics
- Summer Concession Stand will need someone to run purchasing at both places, we will need workers for both High School and Middle School stands.
- We are in need of volunteers on a nightly basis. We will need press box workers (video board/music, scoreboard, and announcing) at 2 sites. We will have SignUpGenius to secure who is volunteering on certain days. If we want to run both facilities right, we will need a lot of help.
Fundraiser Goals
- Everyone participates and tries their best to raise funds for the teams.
Baseball Events for the School Year
- Dec. 1st = date when practices are no longer restricted
- Dogpile Challenge (Dec. 12-15)
- Middle School Tryouts in January
- Meet the Player – TBD
- Media Day – TBD
- Scrimmages (Opens Feb. 16th)
- Games (1st game = Mar. 2nd)
- Senior Night = April 27th vs. Mustang at 6 pm
- Spring Break Off Days
- V and DB = Mar. 12-16
- DG = Mar. 12-19
- Spring Break Practice
- V = Morning of Mar. 17
- Hosting Tournaments/Festivals
- V = Mar. 17-18, Apr. 20-22
- DB = Mar. 23-25
- DG = Mar.
- 9-11, JH Apr. 6-8)
- Regional Tournament (May 4-6)
- State Tournament (May 11-13)
- Banquet – TBD
Additional Information
- Summer money still owed from 2022 = $1,750, please take care of any balance you owe ASAP.
Items up for Planning/Discussion/Vote
- Senior Shirts
- Ryan Aller had an idea for parents to pay $75 a piece for photography at games for each team, GC Plus Pass for the season, and to fund lunches on days Piedmont is hosting tournaments
- Openings in Home Run Club Board
- Any other ideas
Chain of Command
- Coach issue is with —> Head Coach —> Athletic Director —> Superintendent —> School Board
- Encourage your child to bring issues up to coaches rather than parents.
Wish List
- Does anyone with connections to a solution for our hallway in the clubhouse for rubber flooring? It’s currently concrete and can be slick with athletes walking on it with their cleats.
- Canvas photos for the hallway (stadium, teams shots from state games, etc)
- Furniture for the locker room, a cork board for the office, bookshelf for the office
Questions
- Can we get a Blackstone or Grill to start cooking burgers, hot dogs, and chicken sandwiches for the concession to sell? ~Coach Skow will look into this and have a conversation with Snow about what this would look like.
- We would like announcers for all home games (9th to Varsity) and are looking for volunteers to commit to helping out 3-4 games a year or the entire year.
Next Meeting
- End of November and probably will not have one in December