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Holy cow, September is already upon us! The heat looks like it is finally breaking, so practice schedules will be a bit more back to normal. Varsity and JV A have a big district matchup on Tuesday against Bryan Station, and then a city rivalry game against Tates Creek. JV B will just train this week. And then everyone has 3 days off for the Labor Day Weekend. Full schedule is at the end of this email. PINTS FOR A PURPOSE Order September 1-15, Pickup in store Sep 20 - Oct 15 Crank & Boom will donate $4 for every pint of ice cream sold! We will distribute a link where you can order online, designating HC Boys Soccer for your donation. Our week-long pickup window will be sometime between Sep 20 - Oct 15. You can pick up your order in-store at the Clays Mill location. SPIRITWEAR DELIVERY Spritwear continues to arrive. We will hand out some items Monday at practice. PHOTO ALBUM Link: https://photos.app.goo.gl/xTnnzqUbgcAZ9pH87 Photos that have been posted to instagram plus some others can be found at the Google Photo Album link above. We'll add to it throughout the season. JV B Photos JV B parents, if you have photos from JV B games, please send some highlights to Betty at [email protected] or upload photos to this Google Album: https://photos.app.goo.gl/kwWuG8xkSLNn8vHB9. Big Fundraiser We are kicking off our big fundraiser for the year. We ask, every year, for everyone's participation in one big fundraiser to pay for things like uniforms, balls, goals, varsity overnight trip, video (VEO) subscription, coaches' pay, etc. This year we are selling cookie dough, and the kickoff meeting with our head fundraiser guy - Kelly Wilkins - will be between varsity and JV trainings up on the grass field. I will email out details of what your player brought home and what to do with it tomorrow night. This Week's Schedule M 8/28 3:45-5:15pm TRAINING Varsity (Turf) M 8/28 5:30pm Cookie Dough Kickoff Meeting V & JVs (Grass Field) M 8/28 5:30-7:00pm TRAINING JVs (Grass) Tu 8/29 6:15pm JV A Match v Bryan Station @ Clay Tu 8/29 8:00pm Varsity Match v Bryan Station @ Clay W 8/30 3:45-5:15pm TRAINING Varsity (Turf) W 8/30 5:30-7:00pm TRAINING JVs (Grass) Th 8/31 6:00pm JV A Match v Tates Creek @ Clay Th 8/31 7:45pm Varsity Match v Tates Creek @ Clay F 9/1 3:45-5:15pm TRAINING Varsity Only (Turf) F 9/1 JV teams OFF Sa 9/2 ALL teams OFF Su 9/3 ALL teams OFF M 9/4 ALL teams OFF (Labor Day) Coach Behler Parents & Players,
As I am writing this, the JV B team in playing their second game of the day in this crazy heat. We have had quite the busy week with multiple home games. I don't judge our success by the wins and losses, but by the growth, and enjoyment I see from the boys. This, by all metrics, was a very successful week. The upcoming week will be a little more subdued, but we are hosting games all day on Sunday for the JV B League. Also, the heat is wreaking havoc on our training schedule so please forgive the changes to the schedule, which is updated at the bottom of the email. Please double check it as, there have been multiple changes. AUGUST RESTAURANT FUNDRAISER: MOE'S TACO KITS Wednesday, August 23 Link: form.jotform.com/MOES_LEX/Aug23_HCHS Order a taco meal kit through the link above, and Moe's will donate a portion to the program. Kit comes with your choice of two meats (or extra veggie options) along with: Rice, Beans, Tortilla Shells, Cheese, Lettuce, Pico, Chips, Salsa & Queso. It is a generous amount of food. This meal kit feeds 4-6 people for $41.50. Moe's will deliver to Henry Clay for 5:00 pickup, or you can arrange for in-store pick-up. Not limited to soccer families. Please post to social media and spread the word. (Graphic attached below.) PHOTO ALBUM Link: https://photos.app.goo.gl/xTnnzqUbgcAZ9pH87 Photos that have been posted to instagram plus some others can be found at the Google Photo Album link above. We'll add to it throughout the season. PINTS FOR A PURPOSE Order September 1-15, Pickup in store Sep 20 - Oct 15 Crank & Boom will donate $4 for every pint of ice cream sold! We will distribute a link where you can order online, designating HC Boys Soccer for your donation. Our week-long pickup window will be sometime between Sep 20 - Oct 15. You can pick up your order in-store at the Clays Mill location. (Blueberry Lime Cheesecake... yum) SEPTEMBER RESTAURANT FUNDRAISER: BEAR & BUTCHER Thursday, September 21 Save the date for the September 21 restaurant fundraiser at Bear & Butcher on Euclid Ave in Chevy Chase. If you mention Henry Clay Boys Soccer at checkout, they will donate a portion of proceeds to the program. For any interested parents, we'll plan to gather for happy hour during practice 5:30-7:00. Or plan to come have dinner after practice with your family. Hours: 4:00pm-9:00pm. VARSITY DINNER Varsity players, there will be a dinner & swim hosted by the Senior parents on Sunday, August 27 beginning at 5:30. Check your email from Aug 18 for more details. SPIRITWEAR DELIVERY As items come in from the spritwear sale, we will continue to distribute them. We will let you know through a TeamSnap message when and where items can be picked up, likely after practice &/or at the concessions stand during a home game. In-stock items will remain available on the team store and at home game concessions throughout the season, including stadium seats, annual t-shirts, decals, tumblers, socks & practice jerseys. SCHEDULE Schedule updated as of 8/22 M 8/21 3:30-5:00pm Varsity Only Yoga & Film Session (Rm 4) M 8/21 JV Teams OFF Tu 8/22 6:30pm JV B Match @ Scott County CANCELED (Heat) Tu 8/22 8:00pm Varsity Match @ Scott County W 8/23 8:00-9:30pm TRAINING All Teams (Turf) CANCELED (Heat) W 8/23 8:00-9:30pm TRAINING Varsity Only (Turf) Th 8/24 8:00-9:30pm TRAINING Varsity Only (Turf) Th 8/24 JV teams OFF F 8/25 ALL teams OFF Sa 8/26 10:00am JV B Match @ Highlands (Tower Park) Sa 8/26 11:30am JV A Match @ Highlands (Tower Park) Sa 8/26 1:00pm Varsity Match @ Highlands (Tower Park) Su 8/27 12:30pm JV B League Match v. Madison Central @ Henry Clay (Blue Kit) Su 8/27 We host 6 JV B League Matches Check Volunteer Schedule Su 8/27 5:30pm Varsity Player Dinner Coach Behler All,
Between FCPS requiring our staff to be at various locations throughout the week by 8am, Bryan Station not having their lights yet, and TC not having a field yet, we are having to do some scheduling gymnastics to make this week work. Please read the whole email, and make particular note of training times for this week. SCHEDULE THIS WEEK M 8/7 4:00-5:45pm TRAINING (ALL teams; V Turf, JV Grass) Tu 8/8 6:30pm JV B Match @ Boyle County Tu 8/8 8:00pm Varsity Match @ Boyle County W 8/9 4:00-5:45pm TRAINING (ALL teams; V Turf, JV Grass) Th 8/10 6:00-8:00pm TRAINING (ALL teams; V Turf, JV Grass) F 8/11 6:00pm We host Douglass v. Ryle (FCPS Soccer Showcase) F 8/11 8:00pm Varsity Match v. N. Oldham @ Clay (FCPS Soccer Showcase) F 8/11 JVs OFF Sa 8/12 11:00am We host Dixie Heights v. Douglass (FCPS Soccer Showcase) Sa 8/12 1:00pm Varsity Match v. Ryle @ Clay (FCPS Soccer Showcase) Sa 8/12 2:45pm JV A Match v. Ryle @ Clay Sa 8/12 4:15pm JV B Match v. Ryle @ Clay Su 8/13 ALL teams OFF SEASON PASSES With our first home games coming up next week, it is not too late to purchase season passes from the TEAM STORE. Boys soccer receives a fraction of the proceeds from tickets purchased at the gate. We receive 100% of the proceeds from season passes. Passes are a great way to save some money and support the team. Season Passes are good for admission to all regular season Henry Clay Boys Soccer home games. Passes are not limited to parents and guardians of players. Other family members and friends are welcome to purchase passes. Note that players are admitted free to all regular season matches (i.e JV-A&B players get into Varsity matches free, and vice versa). ORDERING TEAM & INDIVIDUAL PHOTOS Players who had individual photos taken on July 28 should have received an email from TriplePlay Productions, LLC with a link to order photos. It was sent to all emails found on your player registration forms. If you can't find the email, check your junk folders. If you still can't find it, email [email protected]. Deadline to order is August 8. CONCESSIONS DONATIONS Our first home games are next Friday & Saturday. If you have not yet brought in concessions donations, you can drop off items at the Concessions Stand during any home game. Please refer to the attached pictures of the items being requested or click here. Please contribute:
JV-B SCHEDULE, PLAYERS MARK YOUR AVAILABILITY The JV-B Sunday League schedule is now in TeamSnap. JV-B players, please mark your availability for games in TeamSnap. There are a lot of you playing club this fall, and we will need to use TeamSnap to keep an eye on player availability. JV-A & Varsity players, please do not mark your availability. TRANSPORTATION HELP Parents, please be willing to help out in getting players to away games. Ride assistance will be an ongoing need throughout the season. We will continue to use the Team Chat in TeamSnap to ride-match. A BIG thank you to the families who helped transport players to Louisville this week for the Collegiate scrimmages. PLEASE RE-ENROLL OR ENROLL IN KROGER COMMUNITY REWARDS You can financially support HC Boys Soccer at $0 cost to you by designating Henry Clay Boys Soccer Boosters, Inc. as your charity of choice for Kroger Community Rewards. Kroger will donate a portion of every dollar you spend to the team. Already have a Kroger Plus Card? All you need to do is go to your account profile and update your charity selection. For more information & enrollment instructions CLICK HERE. BANNER & GAME DAY SPONSORS Thank you to 2023 Banner Sponsors Hartland Park Animal Clinic, SVN Commercial Real Estate, and Coldwell Banker McMahan for your support. If you have a business or know of a business who might be willing to sponsor the team, please reach out to Anna Taylor at [email protected]. More information can be found HERE. We are 3 sponsors away from reaching our goal. SPIRITWEAR DELIVERY Spiritwear sales have ended. We expect items ordered from Henry Dry Goods and BSN (including youth sized merch) to arrive within 2-3 weeks. We will distribute items at games or practices and will send something through TeamSnap to let you know when and where. In-stock items will remain available on the team store throughout the season, including stadium seats, annual t-shirts, decals, tumblers, socks & practice jerseys. PRACTICE JERSEYS & SOCKS Everyone should have purchased practice jerseys and socks by now. If you have not, click here to order on the team store or email [email protected] to make arrangements for payment by cash or check. Coach Behler Parents & Players,
As with many of these preseason emails. There is a lot of info in here. Most of which will be reiterated and explained in more detail at the potluck on Tuesday night. Please read through and come with questions on Tuesday. SEASON KICKOFF POTLUCK & INFO MEETING We will hold a potluck dinner & information meeting for parents and players Tuesday, July 25 at 6:00-8:00pm in the Cafeteria at Henry Clay. All players and at least one parent should plan to attend. A lot of information will be coming your way during this meeting. Potluck Assignments: Please bring the following: Seniors & Juniors: side dish Sophomores: fruit, cold veggie, or salad item Middle schoolers & freshman with last name beginning: A-G: dessert H–Z: case of bottled water CONCESSIONS DONATIONS Each year we ask all families to participate in donating items to the concession stand. These donations help us maximize our profits and raise money for the program. Below is a list of assignments of items to donate. Please refer to the attached pictures of the items being requested or click here. Donations not sold through the concessions stand will be used for soccer related functions and activities throughout the year. Please bring your donations to the Potluck & Kickoff Meeting. If you would prefer, we are glad to do the shopping. You can donate gift cards for Kroger, Sam's Club or GFS, or you can Venmo $20 to Betty Harvey @BettyCap73. If Venmo asks for the last 4 digits of the phone #, they are 9987.
Other reminders w/ links: PURCHASE YOUR PRACTICE JERSEYS & SOCKS SPIRITWEAR SALE ENDS SOON. 2 links: Nike gear, Other Items RE-ENROLL OR ENROLL IN KROGER COMMUNITY REWARDS BECOME A BANNER OR GAME DAY SPONSOR FUNDRAISER AT CITY BARBECUE (Richmond Rd) ON MON 7/31 This Week's Schedule Monday 7/24 - 6:30am-8:00am TRAINING (BOTH JV teams) 6:30am-9:30am TRAINING (Varsity) Tuesday 7/25 - 6:30am-8:00am TRAINING (BOTH JV teams) 6:30am-9:30am TRAINING (Varsity) 8:30am KIT HANDOUT (following training) 6:00pm-8:00pm WELCOME MEETING AND POTLUCK Wednesday 7/26 - 6:30am-8:00am TRAINING (BOTH JV teams) 2:30pm CAMPING TRIP (Varsity players meet in HC parking lot - by tennis courts) Thursday 7/27 - ALL teams OFF 12:00pm Varsity team returns from camping Friday 7/28 - 6:30am-8:00am (BOTH JV teams) 6:30am-9:00am (Varsity) 9:00am PICTURE DAY (all teams) Saturday 7/29 - JV A match @ Great Crossing 6:00pm - Varsity match @ Great Crossing 7:30pm Sunday 7/30 - OFF See everyone at training tomorrow morning at 6:30am. Enjoy the rest of your weekend! Coach Behler Parents & Players,
I want to start by thanking everyone who participated in tryouts. Unfortunately, we did have to make cuts at all three levels this year, and that is always the most difficult part of this job for me and my coaching staff. Below I have listed this year's Varsity players. Congratulations to everyone on this list, as this was the most competitive tryout and the best quality top to bottom I have seen in 21 years coaching at Henry Clay. All JV players (A and B teams) have been notified that they made a squad. We still need some time to figure out who is going to be on which team, though if you are a middle school player you can assume it will be JV B. We will be trying to pin those designations down by the end of training tomorrow or Wednesday, and those rosters will follow as soon as we have completed them. Lost of important announcements after the varsity roster so please read all the way through!!! 2023 Varsity Squad Diego Sanchez Noah Tinch Griffith Richardson Layth Rahman David Chindo Nash Florence Nate Adkins Drew Ballesteros Curtis Blanche Lawson Shrensker James Clay Daniel Grider Jack Clifford Ethan Long Marco Messerli Luke Rogers Elliott Tiennot Jose Flores Connor Taylor Henry Crawford Ari Agouridis Sam Shapiro Will Potter Nathan Harvey Braden Cundiff Espoir Dieudonne Jacques Baguma SEASON KICKOFF POTLUCK & INFO MEETING We will hold a potluck dinner & information meeting for parents and players Tuesday, July 25 at 6:00 pm in the Cafeteria at Henry Clay. All players and at least one parent should plan to attend. A lot of information will be coming your way during this meeting. Potluck Assignments: Please bring the following: Seniors & Juniors: side dish Sophomores: fruit, cold veggie, or salad item Middle schoolers & freshman with last name beginning: A-G: dessert H-Z: case of bottled water CONCESSIONS DONATIONS Each year we ask all families to participate in donating items to the concession stand. These donations help us maximize our profits and raise money for the program. Below is a list of assignments of items to donate. Please refer to the attached pictures of the items being requested or click here. Donations not sold through the concessions stand will be used for soccer related functions and activities throughout the year. Please bring your donations to the Potluck & Kickoff Meeting. If you would prefer, we are glad to do the shopping. You can donate gift cards for Kroger, Sam's Club or GFS, or you can Venmo $20 to Betty Harvey @BettyCap73. If Venmo asks for the last 4 digits of the phone #, they are 9987.
SPIRITWEAR The spiritwear sale is open and will continue through Monday, July 24. We know this comes up quickly, but the sooner the sales window ends, the sooner merchandise will arrive. Items are available through two online stores. One is sponsored by BSN and contains the Nike merch. (Link: https://bsnteamsports.com/shop/fRavRSksHR). Additional items are available through the TEAM STORE on our website including several Henry Dry Goods items, stadium seats, tumblers, & car decals. Questions about spiritwear? Email Jamie Florence at [email protected]. PRACTICE JERSEYS Players will need to purchase a set of PRACTICE JERSEYS. The practice jerseys are the same as last year's. If you have yours from last year, you do not need to purchase new ones. Due to limited quantities, please purchase a maximum of 1 set. We will hand practice jerseys out to players at practice this week. We are finalizing arrangements with a new sponsor for a warmup shirt/3rd practice jersey. More news soon. SOCKS Field players will need a pair of royal and a pair of white GAME SOCKS. You can purchase these from the TEAM STORE. We offer them as a convenience to you; you are not required to purchase them from the team store. Note that because we are now a Nike program, varsity game socks must be Nike or have no visible logo. Also, they must be solid with no visible stripes or color blocking. JV Players may wear Nike or Adidas socks in games (or socks without logos). If you already own other brands of socks, it is ok to wear them to practice. Keepers will receive their socks at kit hand-out. SEASON PASSES You can purchase season passes from the TEAM STORE. From ticket sales at the gate, we receive a fraction of the proceeds. From season passes, we receive 100%. Season passes are a great way to save money and support the team. $40 Individual $60 Parent/Children $110 Family Season Passes are good for admission to all regular season Henry Clay Boys Soccer home games. Passes are not limited to parents and guardians of players. Other family members and friends are welcome to purchase passes. We won't issue pass cards this year. Season pass holders will just need to give their names at the gate for admission. Note that players are admitted free to all regular season matches (i.e JV-A&B players get into Varsity matches free, and vice versa). 2023 SPIRIT PACK -- NEW! New for this season, the SPIRIT PACK bundles your Season Pass with a tumbler and a car decal for added savings. You can optionally add on a stadium seat. Check it out on the Team Store at henryclaysoccer.weebly.com/store.html VARSITY CAMPOUT Varsity players, save the date for an overnight campout in Red River Gorge. The team will leave mid-to-late morning on Wednesday, July 26 and return midday Thursday, July 27. More information to come. We are still ironing out the details. KIT DISTRIBUTION Kit distribution will take place Tuesday, July 25 after practice in the boys locker room at the back of the concession stand building. 8:15 JVB / 8:45 JVA / 9:15 V PLEASE RE-ENROLL OR ENROLL IN KROGER COMMUNITY REWARDS Finally, you can financially support HC Boys Soccer at $0 cost to you by designating Henry Clay Boys Soccer, Inc. as your charity of choice for Kroger Community Rewards. For more information & enrollment instructions CLICK HERE. Already have a Kroger Plus Card? All you need to do is designate Henry Clay Boys Soccer Boosters, Inc. as your charity of choice in your account profile. Instructions:
BANNER SPONSORSHIP Please consider supporting the team through corporate banner sponsorship. Click here for more information and forms. Our goal is to have banners printed and hung by our first home game on August 11. Submit forms early to leave time for banner printing. GAME DAY SPONSORSHIP -- NEW! This year we are excited to offer game day sponsorships in addition to the banner sponsorship. Click here for more information and forms. As a game day sponsor, you will be a sponsor for an evening (or day) of games (first come, first serve). Your sponsorship includes signage at ticket booth & concessions, announcements throughout the evening and your logo/name on game day announcements on social media. OTHER SPONSORSHIPS If you are interested in other types of sponsorship (special events, concessions supply, practice jerseys, professional services/accounting, etc.), we are open to it. Please bring us your ideas. Email Anna Taylor at [email protected] with any sponsorship questions you have. RESTAURANT FUNDRAISER SERIES Mon 7/31 at CITY BARBECUE (Richmond Rd) If you dine-in, carry-out, call-in, or online order from City Barbecue's Richmond Rd location on July 31, HC Boys Soccer will receive 20% of the proceeds. Please plan to eat some Barbecue on Monday, July 31! CLICK HERE for more information. We have a series of restaurant-based fundraisers planned for the fall. These are easy ways to support the team doing something you might be doing anyway during the busy soccer season: eating out. Watch this page for what's up next on the restaurant fundraiser calendar. FALL FUNDRAISER We will be doing a fall fundraiser. We are still in the planning stages and more information will be forthcoming. If you have ideas for a fall fundraiser, please share them with Anna at [email protected]. GAME DAY VOLUNTEER SIGN-UPS We rely on our families to staff the gate, concession stand, and press box for games we host at Henry Clay. Each family will need to work 5 shifts throughout the season. We want parents to watch their kids play. Please sign up for games OTHER THAN your child's. Every family is expected to participate. If you do not sign up, shifts will be assigned to you. Link to SignUp.com form: https://signup.com/go/ZbHVfzS In addition, we will need ball boys for Varsity home games. If ball boy slots are not filled, players will be assigned. (Being a ball boy does not count toward your family's 5 volunteer shifts.) NOTE: We will host at least 3 games for the JV-B Sunday league on Sunday August 27. We don't know yet who is playing when. (Last year, games were at 11,12:30,&2.) If you are willing to work that Sunday, please indicate your willingness on the signup form above. We will reach back out to you once the schedule is published. As an incentive, Varsity and JV-A parents working these games will get double credit for their shifts. JV-B parents, this is a good opportunity to get volunteer commitments out of the way by working games before &/or after your kids play. COMMUNICATIONS We will be loading emails and cell numbers from the Player Info/Registration Forms into TeamSnap and will be using that platform for communications during the season. Also, there is a lot of great information on the henryclaysoccer.weebly.com website. Note that there is a NEWS page which houses all team announcements and emails in blog format. No need to dig back through old emails to find sign-up links or other information! HC Boys soccer also has Twitter and Instagram accounts. Follow us! TEAM & INDIVIDUAL PHOTOS Photo day will be Fri 7/28 beginning at 9:00am. All squads need to arrive at the grass field at Henry Clay by 8:45am. Wear blue kits, including game socks and cleats for photos. VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR FOOD HANDLERS LICENSES We are looking for 6-8 people who would be willing to get their food handlers license for the concessions stand this year (ideally 2-3 parents per team). The training and exam can be found at https://lexingtonfayette.statefoodsafety.com/. If you like to do your volunteer shifts in concessions, please help out by taking this course, the booster club will pay the $23 cost. The course takes approximately 30 minutes to complete. If you already have a food handlers certificate, please let us know. This will not lead to you being stuck in concessions for the season. We will spread the shifts out. If you are willing, email Melinda Blanche at [email protected]. As always, if you have any questions or issues please contact me. Thanks for taking the time to read through all of this. Jason Behler |
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