Roosevelt Football Current Events

Off Season Training

There are lots of ways to keep in shape during the off season. Wrestling, Judo, Basketball, Soccer, Track, Swimming, Weight Training, Cross Country, are all great fun. Find something to do and keep in shape.
Wrestlingand Judoare great sports for building football skills. Wrestling is a tough sport, but it is great fun and everyone is welcome. More examples of the links between Football and Wrestling...  

All League Kingco Players

Congratulations to all of the Roosevelt players who made Kingco All league list. Full List...

Booster Auction - March 6th, 2010

We need to procure donations to be sold at the auction (forms will be sent out soon).  The Booster's support all sports team at RHS and for every donation we have, a portion of the money raised is earmarked for Football and goes directly to providing uniforms and safety equipment for our players and transportation to and from games.  Start thinking now of businesses you know to contact for donations.  The Auction is scheduled for March 6th at the Don James Center at Husky Stadium, time to be announced.  Let's make this our most successful auction yet!

Donations Needed

To the Parents and Friends of Roosevelt Football 
Thanks to everyone who has contributed to support the Roosevelt Football team.  However, we have not yet met our goal and we need you to participate.   We need your help to support all the kids on the freshman, junior varsity and varsity teams.  As a reminder, the money collected is used to purchase: 

• Team gear and clothing
• Team dinners, pregame meals, snacks and drinks during games and practice
• Game filming and statistics (required by the league)
• Senior night
• Coaches clinic
• Headsets 

We need to raise a minimum of $10,000 to cover these expenses.  If each family contributed $125 we could make this happen.  We are also looking to replace the coaches’ headsets that are used during the games.  Because of the expense, we are identifying $25 as an additional amount to be earmarked for that purpose.  We recognize not all families are in a position to contribute $150, and other families may be able to contribute more.  Please consider a gift in support of our team at whatever level is within your means.

Please make your checks payable to RHS Football and mail by October 15 to:

If you have any questions, please contact Mitzi Carletti at 206.523.2027 or DJ Wilson at 206.523.2808. 

RHS Football Videos

Thanks to Hap Terry for the filming and editing and posting so quickly!
Highlights from the Rainier Beach gamecan be seen athttp://www.youtube.com/hellofromseattle which contains a number of other Roughrider football videos from the 2008 season, the 2009 Green-Gold game andCoach Katinas sixth period Advanced Conditioning class.

Roosevelt Football Team Schedule

View the District Digital Sports Calendar for detailed RHS sports and activity information. You can also add your email address to a sports team list to receive emails when games are changed or cancelled.
The District Sports Calendar is maintained by the KINGCO Athletic Directors. If you have questions about RHS sports information, please contact Mike Scott, RHS Athletic Director.

Roosevelt Football Past Events:

2009 Fall Awards Presentation

The RHS Sports Awards presentation will be held Monday, November 9th at 6:00 PM at Roosevelt High School. Meet and Greet in the commons at 6:00pm. The awards presentation starts closer to 6:30pm.

Thank you one and all for your support of the team this season, we couldn't have done it without you!

RHS Sports Bags, Sweatshirts and Sweatpants!   

Order Your Personalized Sports Bags, Sweatshirts or sweatpants now!

We now have the Sweatpants available too. The popular Sports Bags available for $50 + tax  which includes: bag, stap and personalization.  As we've had such an overwhelming response for our sweatshirts we're running additional orders so no one misses out.
Sports bag order form...
Sweatshirt - Sweatpant order form...
Questions/ordering - please contact Susan Michaels at Misc Thang, susanmichaels1@comcast.net.

Team Dinners

We're gearing up for the next (and final) dinner, which will be on Thursday, October 22nd. This is the big one! We'll need lots of help prepping for it, including baking potatoes and marinating and grilling flank steaks - enough to feed about 100 people. If you're interested in helping with the dinner or baking chocolate chip cookies for dessert, please let us know.

Jeannie Ianelli (likokai@aol.com) and Jennifer Hatfield (jjhat@golfornot.com)
Team Dinner Coordinators

Senior Night - Thursday, October 8th

Thursday, October 8th vs Inglemoor at  Memorial Stadium
Game starts at 7:00 pm, Ceremony follows the game
Parents and Guardians of RHS Football and Cheerleader Seniors,you are invited to participate in an event which will honor our High School Seniors after the Game.
It is a tradition to invite the seniors to come out on the field accompanied by their parents and guardians after the game for a short ceremony.
We would like every player to be accompanied by at least one adult – and more than one adult is welcome.  If parents and/or guardians aren’t available, the adults can be a friends, teachers, mentors, neighbors, relatives, etc.  Photographs will be taken of each player and their supporting adults.

Roosevelt Football Sweatshirts

We have arranged to have Rider Football sweatshirts available for parents, sibs and friends to purchase to show our pride and team spirit. They also make handy gifts for relatives and neighbors. The sweatshirts are black with a green R and gold Football underneath on the front.  You can choose from either 2 hooded sweatshirts (one with a zipper) and one 1/4 zip pull-over option.  You will also be able to order them at the Parent Potluck before the Varsity game at Nathan Hale on Saturday, 9/5.  Saturday 9/5 is the deadline for the sweatshirt orders, so please don't miss it!  Please contact Jeannie Ianelli at likokai@aol.com if you have any questions.
The order form and mock up are here...

2009 RHS Football Programs

 Get your 2009 program and keep track of who is under which helmet.
Programs can be purchased for $3.00 ea at any of the football games. 

Freshmen - It's not too late to start.

Freshman football is great. You will be playing with and competing against kids your own age. If you have never played football, here is an easy in to the game and your chance to see what football is all about. If you have been playing for years, this is your chance to make your mark and show Roosevelt what you can do. Above all, freshman football is a great way to feel part of a team and make a big new school a lot smaller and more familiar. You will need 12 practices before you can play in a game, and while it's not too late to start, the sooner you start practicing, the sooner you can start playing.

Football forms

• Fall 2009 Athletic Packet.  An entire 2009 Athletic packet MUST be completed for EVERY player.  Please be sure to include proof of insurance and current physical.  If your son already has a current physical, write “already on file” in the space provided for physical verification, BUT THE REST OF THE PACKET STILL MUST  BE COMPLETED. Forms can be found online at (http://www.rhsseattle.org/athletics.php) under “Register for a Sport,” or can be obtained in the main office at Roosevelt High School.

• There is a new form called PARENT/GUARDIAN RELEASE FORM (Football Safety Guidelines) that virtually nobody has had signed yet.  It became available after we collected paperwork for camp.  Players will not be allowed to practice without this form on file. 

• There is another form that is brand new regarding concussions that must be signed before players can practice. This is a new form that was just released mid August and as of August 17th, no one has yet signed it and turned it in.. 
  

2009 August Practice Schedule

There will be practice on Labor Day from 3-6PM. 

S	M	T	W	TH	F	S
			19   3-6 PM	20   3-6 PM	21   3-6 PM	22   9AM-12PM 3-6 PM
23   OFF	24   9AM-12PM 3-6 PM	25   9AM-12PM 3-6 PM	26   9AM-12PM 3-6 PM	27   9AM-12PM 3-6 PM	28   3-6 PM	29   9AM-12PM Green v Gold
30   OFF	31   3-6 PM	1   3-6 PM	2   3-6 PM	3   3-6 PM	4   3-6 PM (revised)	5   Game Vs.  R B
6   Off	7 Labor Day 3-6	8   3-6	9   3-6	10   3-6	11   Vs. Samm.	12

Season Kick-off Rider Parent Potluck - September 5th

Join us before the game on Saturday, September 5th In the parking lot behind the Meadowbrook Community Center We’ll be there at 1:00 the game is at 3:00 at Nathan Hale. We’ll have a couple grills, plates, napkins, silverware…

Please bring to share:
A—L  Main Dish
M—Z  Side Dish
You are welcome to bring your own beverages.

Whether you’re new to the team, a dedicated stadium sitter or looking forward to your son’s last season, we would love for you to come! It’s a great opportunity for freshman parents to get questions answered and a fun way to get to know everyone you’ll be cheering with

2009 Season Program Advertisements

If you know of a company who would like to advertise, the 2009 RHS Football program is a good way to earn money for RHS football and to enable us to cover the program production expenses.  Sponsors can also purchase space in 3 programs at once - football, basketball and baseball - to reduce their overhead.  If you know of a particular sponsor who might be interested please let them know about this opportunity.  Note that family adds are also encouraged -¼ page ($50.00), ½ page ($75.00) or a full page ($125.00).  It’s an easy way to earn money for the team, and will give us a great looking program .  Please contact Julene Davidson at davidsonrj@comcast.net

Green & Gold Game - Saturday August 29th

Roosevelt Football team and individual pictures will be taken before the Green vs Gold game on Saturday, August 29.  This game is an informal scrimmage between all Roosevelt Football teams including Freshmen.   Tentative picture time is 9 am, with the game at 11.
You can pre-order from the photographer's website: rwpsports.com  beginning on August 21st or fill in a paper order on the day (printed out from the web site beforehand).  Note that pre-ordering on-line is very simple and recommended (but not before the 21st).
You can visit the photographer's web site any time to review samples of their work .

Fall practice - August 19th

  Athletic packets, including physicals must be on file by this date in order for a player to be allowed to practice. Physicals are available through the Roosevelt Teen Health Center.

 New Freshmen are  welcome!

1.        We have changed our practice time for Friday 9/4/09 from 3-6 to 5-8 because we will have a soccer game on our field in the afternoon.
2.       Please remind anyone who has fines to get them paid immediately.  Players will not be allowed to practice if they have fines.
3.       There is a new form called PARENT/GUARDIAN RELEASE FORM (Football Safety Guidelines) that virtually nobody has had signed yet.  It became available after we collected paperwork for camp.  Players will not be allowed to practice without this form on file. 
4.       There is another form that is brand new regarding concussions that must be signed before players can practice. This is a new form that was just released mid August and as of August 17th, no one has yet signed it and turned it in.

Open weight room. June 29th– August 18th: 

The Roosevelt weight room will be open from 9am until 11am Mon., Tue, Thu, and Fri.  All Roosevelt Football playsers are encouraged to use the facility for conditioning during this time.  

Spring Camp Forms and Fees

All potential fall football players are welcome to go to the Ellensburg spring camp including incoming Freshman.

For camp goers, we will be collecting fees for camp as well as fees for the fall season.  The total cost of the camp and fall season together will be $495 with a 2009-2010 yearbook or $460 without.  

A check for the entire amount should be made payable to Roosevelt Football. 

Spring Camp Fees Breakdown:

$290 June 09 Ellensburg Camp

$20 Camp Transportation 

$50 Helmet Reconditioning and inventory

$50 Pay to play

$50 or $85 ASB (w/o or w/ yearbook)

Spring Camp Forms:

Spring campers, please complete these forms and return them to Coach Ware along with a check for $460 or $495 made payable to Roosevelt Football :

• 2009 Central Washington University Camp Registration form.  Complete entire back side of brochure.

• Summer Football Equipment Loan Agreement.  This form is provided by The Seattle School District.  In the section designated for listing the equipment, I have written “SEE ATTACHED FORM.”  We have not issued equipment yet.  When we do, I will attach a copy of your son’s equipment rental form to this sheet.  I will then submit the form to our athletic department before leaving for camp.

• Fall 2009 Athletic Packet.  An entire 2009 Athletic packet MUST be completed for EVERY player.  Please be sure to include proof of insurance and current physical.  If your son already has a current physical, write “already on file” in the space provided for physical verification, BUT THE REST OF THE PACKET STILL MUST  BE COMPLETED. Forms can be found online at (http://www.rhsseattle.org/athletics.php) under “Register for a Sport,” or can be obtained in the main office at Roosevelt High School.

Ellensburg Camp Checklist

(__)  Athletic Gear:  All necessary football equipment including a jersey, sweats, shorts, T-shirts, and socks.  DON’T FORGET YOUR SHOES!  The field surface will be grass.

(__)  Towel, soap, toothbrush, toothpaste, and other personal toiletry articles 

(__)  Sleeping bag and pillow. 

(__)  Spending money:  There is a camp store that sells pizza, drinks, T-shirts, shorts, hats etc.  

(__)  Bag lunch for the first day at camp (6/20/09).

Camp Departure

We will be meeting in the RHS parking lot at 8:30 Saturday (6/20) morning to depart for Ellensburg.  We should be back around 4:00 on Wednesday.  I was told by the camp coordinator that bedding (sheets, blankets, pillows) will be provided, so we don’t need to bring sleeping bags and pillows.  Don’t forget a bag lunch for the first day (6/20).  

2009 RHS Football Season 

It’s difficult to believe, but the 2009 season is rapidly approaching.   We have already begun our preparation.  Coach  Katinas has 39 players reporting to his strength and conditioning class on a daily basis.   The following is a list of upcoming dates and events.  All activities leading up to August 19h are voluntary but strongly recommended. 

Practices MWF June 8th-17th:

  In an effort to be as well prepared as possible, those planning to attend our upcoming CWU camp will continue to practice on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays through June 17th .  These practices will be full contact.  Players will be in full pads.  To participate in these practices, players will need to have their fall 2009 athletic packets on file complete with current physicals and insurance information.

Central Washington  Football Camp. June 20th - 24th:

 We will travel to Ellensburg where we will stay for 5 days and 4 nights.  We will learn skills as well as get the opportunity to practice as a team against other teams from the state of Washington.   

Partial Scholarships will be available to those who need them, and payment plans can be arranged through Coach Ware if necessary. 

Any donations toward scholarship athletes would be much appreciated. 

Spring BBQ

The spring Barbeque will take place at RHS on Friday, June 5, after the first week of practice. The barbeque will start at 5 and end when the boys are fed! We are looking for some volunteers that would be available to help from approximately 4:00 to 7:00. We will need parents to help set up and serve the food, barbeque the hotdogs and hamburgers and clean up. It will be  a fun way to kick off the season.
Please contact Lisa Keeney McCarthy 425-766-9549

Spring Football June 1st – June 5th:     

We will practice after school at Roosevelt. These are non-padded practices which anyone interested in playing football in the fall is welcome and encouraged to attend. There is a special invitation to all incoming freshman to come and check out the RHS Football experience. 

Incoming Freshmen 

All incoming freshmen are invited to Spring Football and camp at Ellensburg.  In order to attend the non-hitting portion spring football (6/1-6/5), a current physical and proof of insurance must be on file at Roosevelt.  In order to attend the hitting portion of spring football (6/8-6/17) and camp at Ellensburg (6/20-6/24), all paperwork for the 2009 football season must be on file at Roosevelt.  This paperwork will include a current physical and proof of insurance.