Rensselaer Central High School Basketball Newsletter November 2016 Volume 3 Issue 4

Bomber Basketball First Practice is Nov. 7th

Expectations are sky high this year!!!

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Our Youth Basketball League started this past Saturday. There are over 130 boys playing this

year in our league. The kids are having fun and learning.

If anyone is interested in helping this year, or in

the future, we are looking for great people to help build this program.

130+ Signed Up!!!

K-1st Grade plays at Primary from 8-11am

2nd-3rd Grade plays at Primary from 12-2pm

4th-5th plays at Van from 8-11am

GAMES ARE EVERY SATURDAY

Youth Basketball

The Bombers can’t wait until November 7th this year. That date is

significant because that is the date of the first official practice.

There has been a concerted effort to improve individually and as a

team since March 4th, 2015. The team knew after the night we lost

to Andrean in the Sectional Semi-Final that the expectations would

rise this coming year. Rensselaer returns everything from last

year’s team that ended the season 9-15. The team lost 6 games by a

handful of points. There is potential for this year to be special.

Once again, Rensselaer will host the sectional at the end of the

season with the hopes of cutting down their own net, for the

championship.

Program Coaches 6th Grade-Mike Feagans

7th Grade-Rick Odle 8th Grade-Bob Hanna

9th Grade-Ricky Montemayer

JV-Dan Yeager Varsity Assistant-Jordan Seele

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Upcoming Events

Youth Basketball Games each Saturday starting October 29th

Bomber Basketball Night November 15th

First Varsity Game vs. Tri County November 25th

Elite Basketball Games each Sunday starting October 30th

Scrimmage vs. Knox November 17th

Youth Basketball Nights

Open Scrimmage November 12th Thanksgiving November 24th

Program News Bomber Basketball Night The third annual Bomber Basketball Night will be held on November 15th. On this night, each player within the Bomber Basketball program will play. The evening begins with 4th & 5th grade teams from the RBYB youth league scrimmaging for 10-minute sessions. Immediately following that grade level will be the 6th grade, then 7th grade, and then 8th grade. Once the middle school session is over, the High School will scrimmage. The high school team session will be broken up into Freshman vs. JV and then Varsity vs. Varsity for their scrimmage. The Varsity team will also complete a couple of shooting drills prior to their scrimmage. This is a great way for the community to see the entire program in one night. We want to have excitement and kick off the season in the right way! Come out and see the Bombers in action, during Bomber Basketball Night. Admission to Bomber Basketball Night will be a canned food, which is donated to the Food Pantry.

Game Schedule 11/25/2016 @ Tri County 7:30pm 12/2/2016 @ Kankakee Valley 7:00pm 12/9/2015 Vs. North White 7:00pm 12/10/2016 Vs. Twin Lakes 7:00pm 12/13/2016 @ Hanover Central 7:00pm 12/16/2016 @ South Newton 7:30pm 12/30/2016 Kankakee Valley Tournament TBD 1/7/2017 @ Lafayette Central Catholic 7:00pm 1/13/2017 Vs. West Lafayette 7:00pm 1/14/2017 @ Kouts 7:30pm 1/20/2017 @ North Judson 7:00pm 1/21/2017 Vs. West Central 6:30pm 1/27/2017 Vs. North Newton 7:30pm 1/28/2017 Vs. Hebron 7:30pm 2/4/2017 @ Delphi 1:30pm 2/9/2017 Vs. Benton Central 7:00pm 2/11/2017 @ Frontier 6:30pm 2/17/2017 Hoosier Conference Tournament TBD 2/21/2017 @ Lafayette Jeff 7:00pm 2/24/2017 Vs. Winamac 7:00pm

Program Rosters Coming in December

Youth Nights Each RBYB team will have a chance to experience a Varsity boy’s basketball game this year first hand. The Varsity program invites each youth team to come in the locker prior to a specific game and watch the preparation of a varsity game take place. The youth teams for that night will also get introduced prior to varsity introductions. During these nights, the youth teams will get to hear the varsity coaches address the team prior to coming out to warming up. The teams invited to the games for introductions will also play at half time of those games.

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Come out and support Bomber Sports in the winter! • Girls Basketball • Wrestling • Boys & Girls

Swimming See Mr. Hickman for All-Sports passes!

Mark McFarland

1106 E. Grace St. Rensselaer, IN 47978 Email: mark.mcfarland@rcsc.k12.in.us Website: www.markmcfarlandswebpage.weebly.com School Website: www.rensselaerschools.org Sports Website: www.rensselaercentral.com

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Rensselaer Central Elite The Rensselaer Central Elite Basketball has started. We play games all afternoon at the High School, Middle School, and Van Elementary. We could use volunteers to take tickets, do the scorebook, and score clock if anyone would like to volunteer. We currently have 19 teams playing ranging from Lake Central, Munster, Crown Point, Kankakee Valley, North White, and North Judson. The grade levels participating are 4th, 5th, and 6th grades. We have around 20 kids playing on our teams. It is a great way to see the future of the Rensselaer Boys program each Sunday. The competition is very high and great for the preparation for the future for these future Bombers. Come on out and support them.