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Next Sports Boosters Meeting -
March 5
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7pm
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Please join us at our next Sports Boosters meeting on Monday, March 5th, at 7pm in the Leigh Library. All are welcome!
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Winter Sports Season coming to a close
Come on out and support your Leigh athletes at upcoming games. Game and match schedules can be found on the
Leigh Athletics website.
Wrestling
The team stands at 3-2 in league matches, with two more matches left in the season before BVAL and CCS competitions begin. The wrestlers have performed well in tournaments also. In mid December, the team took 3rd Place at the Lincoln Wrestling Tournament, Individual medalists include Grant Kaiser (1st), Trevor Kaiser (1st) Garrett Baerenstecher (2nd), and Trevor Strachman (2nd). In January, the team took 2nd place at the El Camino Tournament and 5th place at the Jim Root Tournament. Trevor Kaiser was named as Wrestler of the Tournament in both. Trevor and Grant Kaiser were both champions at the Jim Root Tournament. At the El Camino Tournament, champions in their weight class included Trevor Kaiser, Grant Kaiser, and Trevor Strachman. Also medaling were Jack Thomson (2nd), Garrett Baerenstecher (3rd), Zack Bretzke (3rd), and Tyler Elder (5th)
Girls' Soccer
The girls team is currently 6-0-4 in league play and 8-1-5 overall, currently tied for 1st place in the Mount Hamilton Division after two 1-1 tie games against league co-leader Sobrato. The team travels to Leland and Piedmont Hills this week before returning home to close out the regular season with games against Pioneer on Tuesday, Feb 13th and Branham on Friday, Feb 16th. The team is currently projected by Prep2Prep sports to be the 7th seed in the Division 1 playoff bracket.
Boys' Soccer
The team is currently 2-7-1 in league play, 2-11-2 overall, playing two games this week and returning home on Monday, Feb 12th to take on Pioneer. The game is at 5:30 in the newly turfed Leigh stadium and will include a Senior Night ceremony and celebration - come on out and cheer your Leigh athletes to a win!
Girls' Basketball
The girls started the week with a 0-5 record in league and 7-12 overall. The team travels to Leland for a game Tuesday and will be back home for a Thursday, Feb 8th game against Willow Glen before finishing their season with a game against Silver Creek at home on Feb 15th.
Boys' Basketball
The team stands at 7-3 in league and 9-11 overall. The team got a big win against Willow Glen last week, moving them into second place alongside Willow Glen in the BVAL Mount Hamilton Division. The boys took on undefeated league opponent Piedmont Hills this week in a game that was on the Cal-Hi Sports Show this past Sunday - the boys ended up on the losing end of a 78-71 battle. The JV team started the week with an impressive 8-2 league record, 17-2 overall, and won the Del Mar Tournament for the second year in a row.
San Jose Mercury News article highlighting the Leigh boys basketball win over Willow Glen last week along with mentions of other Leigh teams results last week.
Cal-Hi Sports Show with the Leigh-Piedmont Hills game at 28:10 and Jaxon Richards as this week's Scholar Athlete at 43:50.
The Pink Game was hosted at Leigh against Valley Christian:
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A Full Week of Senior Nights - Come Out and celebrate the Senior Athletes
The week of February 12th features a Senior night every day that week - a dream for all you diehard sports fans out there! Help the coaches and teams celebrate and honor their Seniors by coming out and cheering them on. Most ceremonies are held about 15 minutes before the start of the Varsity game.
- Monday, Feb 12th - Boys' Soccer
- Tuesday, Feb 13th - Wrestling
- Wednesday, Feb 14th - Boys' Basketball
- Thursday, Feb 15th - Girls' Basketball
- Friday, Feb 16th - Girls' Soccer
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BVAL All League Honors - Fall Sports
At the end of each high school sport's season, the coaches from every team in the league get together to determine the athletes that deserve All League recognition for their outstanding seasons. It is a great honor and Leigh Sports Boosters wants to congratulate all of the Leigh athletes chosen for the Fall season:
Football
Most Outstanding Defensive Lineman and First Team - Tevita Pahulu
Field Hockey
Co-Junior of the Year and First Team - Alyssa Hunt - (pictured)
First Team - Lydia Wright (pictured)
Second Team - Kelley McCarroll and Abbey Playle
Girls Volleyball
First Team - Sanela Adzic (pictured)
Second Team - Taylor Hoang
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Alumni Game for Leigh Soccer
Alumni athletes returned to Leigh in December to take on their former Leigh teammates on the new Leigh field. Fun was had by all!
Boys Soccer
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Spring Sports - New Coaches and Tryouts/Practices Starting
Coaches have been hired for several of the Spring sports teams:
- Badminton - Patrick McDonnal, Head Coach
- Softball - Tammy Klauser, Varsity Head Coach
- Boys' Tennis - Gene Fortino, Head Coach
- Swim - Ross Morrill, Head Coach
Number of athletes on roster for Spring sports:
- Badminton - 100
- Softball - 40 girls on JV; 16 girls on Varsity
- Swim - 150
- Track & Field - 135
- Golf - 50 boys
Practices and tryouts have started - find details and information on the Leigh Athletics website.
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We are very grateful for Leigh parent Konrad Michels fabulous photo taking at various Leigh events - many of the photos used in the newsletter are from his SmugMug share site at
https://leighhs.smugmug.com/201718. Thank you Konrad!
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Bring your friends and your family. Have a fun night out while raising money for Sports Boosters.
- Pieology in March - date TBD
- Armadillo Willy's on April 18th
- Five Guys in May - date TBD
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Funding Approvals and Requests
Approved at the December & February meetings:
- $2,500 for Wrestling Tournament Fees
- $139.23 for updated league championship banners
- $3,500 for mower/tractor for softball field
- $1,500 for Tournament fees for Girls Basketball
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Help Sports Boosters reach our Annual Membership Goal of $18,000
Thank you to everyone who has donated to our membership drive to date, especially to our many Super VIP Members. Our membership drive is our largest fundraiser of the year and at our $97 membership level you gain access into all Leigh 2017-2018 home sporting events.
To date we have raised almost $16,300. Please help us reach our goal of $18,000! Go to our website today to become a member: http://leighsportsboosters.org/
Member Contribution Level Benefits
- Super VIP Supporter ($263): Entire family, 2 adults/2 children, in free to all home sporting events, excluding CCS games. In addition receive a Leigh stadium chair, valued at $50. Note: Leigh Students that have an ASB card get in free.
- VIP Supporter ($97): Entire family, 2 adults/2 children, in free to all home sporting events, excluding CCS games. Note: Leigh Students that have an ASB card get in free.
- Discount Card ($54): Entire family gets $1 off each home ticket, excluding CCS games.
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Show Your Longhorn Spirit with Sports Boosters Merchandise!
Come out to one of our home basketball games and GEAR UP with the best in Longhorn fashion! All proceeds also go directly to supporting your Longhorn teams and athletes. Below is a sampling of the great merchandise we have available:
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Sports Boosters Website
Check out our website to learn about our organization and how to get involved. The site also includes links to Leigh Athletics information, other resources for sports, and photos. If you have website links, photos or text you would like to include, please let us know. Contact us at communications@leighhsc.org. We look forward to hearing from you!
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Stay Connected
Welcome to the Leigh Athletics community! We are thrilled to have you and your family be a part of this great community. Our support network includes Leigh's athlete's coaching staff, our Athletic Director, Jake Shaughnessy, and our parent organization, Leigh Sports Boosters. We invite you to connect with us and join in the fun.
Here are a few ways you can do this...
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Click the Amazon Banner below to support Leigh HSC when you shop at Amazon.
Up to
11% of your purchases goes towards Leigh HSC and supports all of our students.
Do NOT Use Amazon SMILE as donations through this program are significantly less.
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