Go Blue Devils!

Families should plan on arriving between 5:30-5:45, to help set up the food, early help is needed at 4:30 for cooking and set up.  Players will come directly from practice.

The Annual Football Kickoff BBQ celebrates the end of double sessions, and kicks off the football season. All players are expected to attend, and invite their whole family to the celebration.

Alex Tesoriero, Brendan Smith, Jake Wronoski, Nick Feeley, Jacob Hyatt, Chris Williams, Shawn Gibson, Husnain Ali, Patrick Grace, Andrew Gawrys, Anthony Gullo, Sean Kelton, Mose Rubin, Andrew Cleveland, Alex Garrigan-Piela, David Ramon, and Paul Burlingame.

Anyone who can help set up please come at 4:30,  All help is welcome

Also a couple of quick reminders:

~Shirts and ties are required for players

~Raffle tickets for the Top Form membership will be available $2 each, 3 for $5.  This winner will be chosen at the banquet.

~ We would like 100% attendance, so if for some reason you have not made a reservation, please email or call Susan Garrigan-Piela.

Thank you and see you on Friday night. 

Uniform Return:   Please bring your cleaned game uniforms and practice uniforms back to Coach Cavotta (S-119) or Coach Romanowski (Social Studies Office S-222) by Tuesday 11-3. Please have it all cleaned and in a plastic bag with your name on it/in it.

**Please do not put your banquet reservation in your uniform bag**

Columbia Varsity Football  and Cheerleading photographs taken by Capital District Sports Photos are online and available from the photographer.  Website is www.cdsportspix.com

Top Form Raffle Tickets available at the banquet. $2 each, 3 for $5

Ron Annis, President of Top Form, Inc; and our athletic trainer at Columbia, has donated to Columbia Football a 3 month membership to Top Form, valued at $450!

Columbia Football will be raffling off this membership.  The winner will be picked at the Football Banquet on Friday, November 6.

Tickets are $2 each, 3 for $5.  It would be great if each Columbia Football family would take at least 3 tickets for $5.

Top Form, Inc, located in Schodack,  is the premier training facility in the area.  Ron Annis is a internationally recognized trainer who works with athletes and athletes to be.  He is a huge supporter of Columbia Athletics and in particular Columbia Football.

Thank you Ron for the impressive donation!.

Tickets will be on sale at the concession stand during the last 3 games this week, at the banquet and from any of the booster club officers.

Varsity will play their final game of the 2009 season on Thursday, October 29 at 7 pm against CBA on Budnowski field. Varsity will hold their final team meal of the 2009 season on Wednesday, after the last practice.  Thank you to all the varsity families for supplying food, drinks and desserts for the team through the season.  Special thanks to Allison Talar for coordinating the team meals.

Modified will play their final game of the 2009 season on Saturday, October 31 at 10 am against Troy on Budnowski field.

Freshman play at Saratoga on Tuesday, October 27 at 4 pm, and then play the final game of Columbia’s season on Saturday, October 31 at 1 pm against Scotia.  This will be the last game of the double header on Budnowski field that day.

*** The annual banquet will be held on Friday, November 6 at Columbia.  All players are free and encouraged to come and celebrate the season with the Columbia Football family.

Equipment return: All players are required to wash all of their uniform pieces: practice pants and jersey, game pants, and home and away jerseys and return them to Coach Cavotta’s classroom at Columbia in a plastic bag labeled with their name.  Modified players will return their uniforms to Coach Bresnahan. Thank you for taking good care of Columbia uniforms!

Varsity will travel to Bleeker Stadium in Albany for a 6 PM game on Friday, October 23, vs. Albany.

JV will play their last game of the year against CBA at home on Thursday, at 3:30. Help is needed to open the concession stand.

Freshmen face Guilderland at home on Wednesday, 6:00 pm.  JV and Varsity parents are needed to help with concession. The Year End sportswear sale will be held during the freshman game.

Modified play at Mohonasen on Thursday at 4 pm.

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Week 9 Tentative:

Varsity will face CBA at home on Thursday at 7 PM.  NOT CONFIRMED

Saturday, October 31, Doubleheader at Budnowski Field for the last 2 games of the year.

Modified faces Troy at 10 am. Freshman face Scotia at 1 pm

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Week 10, Annual Columbia Football Banquet, Friday, November 6, 6 pm at Columbia

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Discounted Sale items include:

Net Mesh Columbia Laundry bags, $5
Seat Cushions $2 each, 3 for $5
Player Magnets, $3.50
Foam Helmets $10
Sweatshirts $25
Shorts $12

Freshman travel to Schenectady on Wednesday, 4 pm.  JV challenge Shaker on Thursday, 6 pm at Shaker.  Modifiedare home on Saturday at 9 am.

Varsity will host Shaker on Friday night for the final game regular season game of 2009. 

 Friday night, 10-16 is Senior night. 

Senior football players will be honored before the game. 

Help is needed in the concession stand and with sportswear on Friday night.

  See you at the field!