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!

TWO IN A ROW!

Lauren (Chuckles) Litscher was selected as the Athlete of the Week for her stunning win in the Western Mass. Championships; joining Jessica (Primetime) Schnepp as a "back to back winner, and continuing the tradition from last spring where Razor (Lauren Raimondi) and Mr. Miyagi (Danyelle' Thorpe) earned that distinction! WHO'S NEXT?

CHUCKLES!

For the first time in school history Lauren Litscher has won the Western Mass. high school Cross Country Championship! She and Julie (Dr. J) Lemanski shall be continuing on to the State Meet in Gardner!

Congratulations!

PRIMETIME ATHLETE OF THE WEEK

Jessica (Primetime) Schnepp finally made it to the "primetime" by being selected as the Athlete of the Week by the Springfield Republican Newspapers. Of course this is in Volleyball, but that is okay. It proves a point though. With all due respect to our basketball and soccer players that have put in years and years in ONLY those sports, it is good to venture into something else and give it a try. Jessica is a PRIME (pun intended) example. It turns out Volleyball and not basketball is her thing...but don't let that fool you: TRACK & FIELD is her true THING!

Congratulations to you from the Indoor and Outdoor teams!

http://www.masslive.com/varsity/republican/index.ssf?/varsity/athletes/110607athletes.html

PRE-SEASON MEETING

Monday November 5 at 2:00 PM in the Large Cafeteria. This is informational, I also am scheduling a meeting on Wednesday November 7 at 7:00 with the parents.That meeting is just as important as the Monday meeting. Please advise your parents.

INDOOR SCHEDULE

12/07 - 07:00pm: vs. Mohawk
12/08 - 08:00am: Free Clinic at Reggie Lewis Center
12/14 - 03:45pm: vs. New Leadership and Cathedral
Vacation Week: Either Brown Univ./New Bedford/New Haven
01/11 - 07:00pm: vs. Chicopee
01/18 - 03:45pm: vs. Pioneer and Mahar
01/20 - 09:00am: Division Three Relays at RLC
01/25 - 07:00pm: vs. South Hadley and Holyoke Catholic
01/27 - 09:00am: Elite Relays at RLC
02/01 - 03:45pm: vs. Athol
02/02 - 08:00am: Coaches Invitational at RLC
02/08 - 06:00pm: PVIAC Championship Meet
02/16 - 08:00am: State Class 3 Divisional Championships at RLC
02/22 - 05:00pm: All-State Championships at RLC
02/29 - 05:00pm: New England Championships at RLC

BASKETBALL HALL OF FAME NOV 1

Charlotte Richardson, pioneer in women's distance running, will be arriving in Springfield on Thursday, November 1st to speak at the Basketball Hall of Fame Friday night at 6:00pm.
As you are aware she will be screening her DVD "Run Like a Girl"at the Basketball Hall of Fame this Friday November2nd at 6:00 pm with a question and answer session to follow.
Only 30 something years ago women and girls were banned from road racing and track distance events. Charlotte helped change that and I would think area runners would find her talk and documentary fascinating.

NEW INDOOR ALIGNMENT

Due to the influx of three schools into the PVIAC Indoor League and other things that the Athletic Directors have approved, our league shall be quite different than in years passed.

We shall no longer race LONGMEADOW (that stinks) because they were moved into the Pioneer League because of their school and team size. We also have lost NORTHAMPTON, as they are now a combined school with Smith Academy (I did not think that our Indoor by-laws actually allowed this, but I suppose those rules no longer apply).

We shall now go head to head with CHICOPEE (moved down), and we shall start competition with SOUTH HADLEY (old foe from the 90's outdoors), NEW LEADERSHIP (yes, the Coach Hodge juggernaut), and MAHAR REGIONAL (where did THEY come from?). Our division now looks like this:

ATHOL

CATHEDRAL

CHICOPEE

EAST LONGMEADOW

HOLYOKE CATHOLIC

MAHAR REGIONAL

MOHAWK TRAIL REGIONAL

NEW LEADERSHIP

PIONEER VALLEY REGIONAL

SOUTH HADLEY

It is difficult to say how this league shall work out, our mission is still to get as many athletes qualified for the State Sectionals as possible. Advance onto the State Finals and aim for the New Englands. Everyone is still responsible for achieving their own goals, even if it is simply to get into and do well at the PVIAC Championship Meet. It is ALL ABOUT IMPROVEMENT!

FUNDRAISERS

I have two wonderful ideas on how to raise money for the team. One is I would like to start an ALUMNI ORGANIZATION consisting of those that were previously members of the teams. One of my ideas has already been approved by Mr. Freccero, but I won't reveal it publicly because we would not want the other teams to try it first and be successful. We have always prided ourselves as being the trend setters. It is obvious we cannot do too many car washes in December. Both of these ideas need to be run by the parents in order to see if they are willing to give them a try. Your participation, of course shall be required. Please have them contact me via e-mail (darthbuddster@aol.com) so I can put together a time and date to meet with them that does not conflict with the Fall sports schedules.

PVIAC INDOOR TRACK & FIELD SCHEDULE

Dates: 12/7, 12/14, 1/11, 1/15(Snow Date), 1/18, 1/25, 2/1 & 2/8(Championships). No team vs. team contests have been determined at this time. The MSTCA has published their meets also: 12/8 Free Clinic, 1/20 Division 3 Relays, 1/27 Elite Relays, 2/2 Coaches Invitational, 2/16 Division 3 Championships, 2/22 All-State Meet, 2/29 New Englands.

TRAINING

For those of you considering Indoor Track & Field, NOW is the time to get into training. It is the pre-season! What you do now has a direct effect on what happens in the Winter. If you are already participating in Cross Country, Volleyball, Soccer, or Field Hockey, then you should be somewhat adequately prepared for the Winter season. Good luck to all of those that are involved in a Fall Sport.