12/31 PRACTICE CANCELED

The traveler's advisory states that the snow shall continue until about 10:00. It's not bad snow for driving, but why take a chance? Wednesday's practices shall be split. Girls High Jumpers and Hurdlers are to report later than the rest of the team. Expect EXTENDED sessions for EVERYONE and prepare your schedules accordingly! Coach Budd shall post the times for each session by Wednesday morning all over the school.

Freshman - Sophomore meet is the next competition and here are the entries for SUNDAY:
2 mile: Kane and Carnovale
1 mile: Knox and Sherry
1000: N.Henderson and Landers
600: Akpan and Madison
300: Rooney and Rybacki
55: Rhinehart and Wheeler
Hurdles: Goodchild and McMahon
Long Jump: Batakis and Rhinehart
Shot Put: Tucker and Douglas
High Jump: Akpan and Stack
4 x 400: Rhinehart, Rooney, Rybacki, Akpan (1st alternate: Caprile)
$5.oo entry fee per person in an individual event.

BUS LEAVES AT 7:30 SUNDAY!

BUSY WEEK

We have practice Monday (weather permitting) from 9 to 11. We also have extended practices for Wednesday because Wrestling has a meet away. Coach Budd shall be working with the High Jumpers in the late afternoon and Coach E. Budd shall be working with the hurdlers. Please plan accordingly. The CAN & BOTTLE DRIVE is scheduled for Saturday. The Freshman-Sophomore meet is scheduled for Sunday. We are leaving promptly at 7:30.

The following week we go back on schedule for our league meet (1/11).

FRESHMAN-SOPHOMORE MEET

We need to determine who is going to be running from our team. The cost shall be $5 per athlete, and in addition we shall be running a 4 x 400 relay team.

Long Jump - McNasty & ?
Shot Put - Tucker & ?
High Jump - Fed Ex & Stack(?)
2 Mile - Kane & Carnovale (?)
55 Hurdles - Bad Santa & McMahon (?)
55 Dash - Flojo & ?
Mile - ? & ?
600 - Green Lantern & ?
300 - Real Deal & ?
1000 - Jann & ?
4 x 440 - Flojo, Real Deal, Rybacki, & Green Lantern

We'll have to determine spots by Thursday as entries need to be put in along with seedings.

VACATION WEEK SCHEDULE

Here are the times we shall be practicing starting on Friday 12/21:



12/21: Practice immediately after school



12/22: Practice in Small Gym 9:00 - 11:00



12/23: Training on your own...record results



12/24: Training on your own...record results



12/25: Day off



12/26: Practice in Large gym 8:30 - 11:00

(if Small gym is available, we'll also utilize it)



12/27: Practice in Small gym 9:00 - 11:00



12/28: Practice in Small gym 9:00 - 11:00



12/29: Bus Leaves ay 6:45AM for New Bedford



12/30: Day off



12/31: Practice 9:00AM Large or Small gym



01/01: New Year's Day - Train on your own...record results



Questions, contact Coach Budd: darthbuddster@aol.com

A LITTLE PAYBACK

The Ladyspartans conquered Cathedral 70-25, avenging last year's loss. Chuckles set a new school record for the two mile in the process (12:25.9) while leading the team in scoring with 18 points. Dr. J added a victory in the 600 and forged 14 points. Scurry moved into first place in team scoring by registering 16 points. EL also defeated the Wildcats of New Leadership. Next up is New Bedford and then the Freshman-Sophomore meet. Longtime rival Chicopee is our next opponent within the league. Two nicknames were earned this night.

ROOKIES IMPRESS

Led by Azi Akpan, Taylor Rooney, and Maya Rhinehart, the Ladyspartans knocked off Mohawk Trail Regional in the Indoor opener. In an evening where many official errors were noticed, some performances are actually in question. Scurry took high honors in the Long Jump.

We have a long way to go to get prepared. Patience is the operative word right now. Our "sister" team New Leadership and Springfield Cathedral are up next. We had better be prepared.

Oh yeah, several people earned their nicknames last night. Coach Budd shall be handling nicknames a little differently this year. You HAVE to earn it. As soon as you do, it shall be released at the next team practice or function.

Crumb showed up at the Clinic today and seems excited about the prospect of Outdoor. We're loading up for that as well...

FIRST MEET LINEUP

Since we are limited to four in an event, we must allow the veterans to determine where they are in relation to where they were first. Here are the choices for our opening contest:

2 Mile - Giddy up, K-Mart, Ghost & Kane

55 Hurdles - Hop-A-Long, Thriller, Bad Santa, McMahon

55 Dash - Scurry, Rhinehart, Caprile, Lambert

Mile - Chuckles, Twice as, Sugar Ray, 236

600 - Hackensack, E.L., Kit-Kat, Akpan

300 - Velma,Wiggles, Rooney, Wheeler,

1000 - Dr. J.,Serv's Up, Knox, Jann

4 x 400 - Dalessio, Rybacki, Batakis, Rooney

Long Jump - Scurry, Thriller, Rhinehart, Batakis

Shot Put - Gonyea, Forest, Thomas, TBD (Ross is injured)

High Jump - Hop-A-Long, Thriller, Fedex, Dr. J



35 out of 54 people are competing with room for a 36th person.

RECORD TURNOUT!

There are more prospects than ever coming out for Indoor Field and Track! We are adding a few meets onto the schedule so that everyone shall have at least a few opportunities to compete.

Captains Maria Jaroszewicz and Julie Lemanski have their work cut out. Currently 54 names grace the roster as competitors and fortunately we have listed two managers to keep things in line.

Added to the schedule are: New Bedford on December 29 (we have to limit the number of competitors though because we shall only have one bus). Also added is the Auerbach Freshman & Sophomore meet at Reggie Lewis. This would be a great experience for those that fall into those categories. This is Sunday January 6 (the day after our Can & Bottle Drive).

Mohawk Trail Regional is our opponent this Friday. Good luck to all!