Minutes of CYO General Board Meeting
November 12, 2012
Attendees:
George Downs, Tom Farrell, Donna Foster, Brian Joslin, Margie
Henry, Pat Laphen, Ray Massi, Jennifer Mathes, Mike Mattise, , Bill
McDevitt, Mark McPeak, Art Tarquini, and Coaches: Ken Lain,
Dan Mostardi, Marisa Palermo, Paul Stearns, (sent his written
update), Annie Till,
Meeting began with a prayer
Minutes reviewed and approved by Donna Foster
*Action steps are highlighted.
1. Treasurer’s Report: Ray Massi
a. CYO Bank account is higher than Ray can ever remember
b. Encourage coaches to collect fees
2. President’s Report: George Downs
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We received many nice comments about Homecoming
Great weather, lots of people, lots of energy
Thank you to all involved. It was a great success!
The golf tournament made over $13,000
3. Fall Athletic Director: Bob Rafferty- (Not present)
e. We’re ready for the Turkey Bowl
f. Arrangements are set
4. Football: Eddie Graham (Varsity and JV) – (Not present)
3. Varsity Field Hockey: Donna Foster
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Season is over
Played well against St. Bernies. Lost in playoffs
Uniforms are all in
Need to check on numbers of uniforms.
Tom has new uniforms
Art will check on numbers
Art will take down soccer and field hockey nets
8. JV Field Hockey: Kathy Kamper (Unable to attend)
9. Cross Country- Paul Stearns (sent notes)
a. All uniforms have been collected and stored for the season
b. Championship Meet Results: Philadelphia
i. Almost everyone improved their times on Championship Day
ii. Barely got the meet in due to Sandy
iii. Sub-novice group had to run in the rain
iv. Six sub-novices won medals
v. One cadet girl received a medal
vi. Cross Country party was held at Stearns’ home and everyone
had a great time
vii. Jr. Olympics Post Season Competition was in Dover, Delaware
viii. Erin Mongeluzi competed in trials and qualified to compete at
Nationals at Indiana State University on Sat., December 1st
4.
Volleyball – Ken Gasser- (not present)
5. Varsity Soccer: Jules Kamper (not present)
6. JV Soccer: Tom Farrell
a. The season went 6, 3, 1
b. Playoffs vs. St. Bernies, we lost
c. Need to order a dozen or half dozen of uniforms
10. Flag Football – Ken Lain
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b.
c.
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All paid up
Most of the flag football stuff is back
Lost a lot of flags due to breaking
Lost many footballs even though they were marked SAS
There were 70 kids. Six teams
Ken will check on supplies
10. Winter Athletic Director: Jennifer Mathes
a. Jen read a few sentences from the CYO manual to discuss and
define CYO sports and our goals. (See Board Minutes for more info
11. Dan Mostardi- Varsity Boys Coach
a. There were 4 tryouts
b. There are 8 eighth graders and five 7th graders on the team
c. They will do all regular tournaments
d. Suggestion to post tryouts for A team tryouts and B team tryouts
e. We need to come up with rules for tryouts
12. Bill McDevitt- JV Boys Coach
a. There were 57 boys
b. Bill got the team to 22, then had 2 more tryouts.
c. Bill will probably keep 13
d. At the time of this meeting, team was not announced
e. There was a discussion of having a “stronger” B team to improve
fundamentals and be semi-competitive and the rest intramurals
f. Or… there could be 1 competitive B team and 2 less competitive B
teams
g. Had a parent meeting to describe “A” philosophy
h. Dan Mostardi and Annie Till agree with that “A” philosophy as well.
13. Chris Gardler- Girls Varsity Coach (not present)
a. There are 3 eighth graders and nine 7th graders
15. Annie Till- JV Girls Coach
a. There were three tryouts
b. There are 8 sixth graders, 5 fifth graders
16. George Downs – High School Boys CYO
a. There are 19 guys on a team
b. JV – There are 12-15- Mike DeJesse may coach.
17. Intramural Girls
a. Looking for someone to coach
b. 36 signed up
18. Cheerleading –Marisa Palermo
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b.
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There are no cuts
The rule if full commitment
There are 27 girls
Three are on another cheerleading team
12. Service Project – Tom Farrell (see board minutes)
13. Spring Athletic Director: Mike Mattise
a. There isn’t someone to set up CYO Lacrosse, so there most likely will
not be a sanctioned CYO lacrosse team
b. It will be finalized at a December meeting
c. Waiting for dates from Nell
14. Technology Report- Pat Reger (not present)
15. Coaches’ Certifications: Mark McPeak (nothing to report)
7. Ended Meeting with a prayer
8. Next Board Meeting: Monday, December 10th
9. Mark your calendar: Board meetings are the second Monday of every
month: September 10th, October 8th, November 12th, December 10th,
January 14th, February 11th, March 11th, April 8th, May 13th, and June 10th.