God Save the Queen

Congratulations to the EHS 2006 Homecoming Queen. Our very own Leah Bateman.

You looked beautiful out there. Keep doing what you do.

Coach C

Tigers Strong at Peoria

Congratulations to the Girls Varsity team on their 2nd Place of 39 teams at the Peoria High Invitational. The Tigers were beaten by the #4 Lady Dukes of York and narrowly edged top contender East Peoria.

All athletes placed in the top 38 of 272 runners.

Medalists were:
Courtney Smith (10th)
Liz Speicher (13th)
Kaci Smith (24th)
Lia Saunders (28th)
Lauren Heidbrink (30th)

Great job ladies.

Next up for the Tigers. The Madison County Championships this Tuesday, October 3rd at Collinsville Middle School.

Coach C

Jammin at Jersey

Congratulations to the crew of Ellen Atwood, Melissa Mazar, Bre McDonald, Kayla Dowell, Chelsea Fee, Chloe Marth, & Kayla Houseman on taking 2nd at the George Havens Invite in Jerseyville on Monday.

Medalists were:
Ellen Atwood (2nd)
Melissa Mazar (12th)
Bre McDonald (15th)
Kayla Dowell (16th)

Congratulations ladies.

Next up for the Tigers: Peoria High on Saturday then it's on to Madison County next Tuesday at Collinsville Middle School.

Coach C

P.S. Have a fun and safe evening at Homecoming. Good luck to our Queen Candidate Leah Bateman.

Peoria Itinerary

EHS X-C TRAVEL ITINERARY & CONTACT INFORMATION
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29th –SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 30th
PEORIA HIGH INVITATIONAL

Travel Party
Coaching Staff: George Patrylak & John Cunningham
Athletes: Leah Bateman, Lauren Heidbrink, Lia Saunders, Liz Speicher, Kaci Smith, Courtney Smith, Kristin Hodge, Devon Dudding, Eric Johannigmeier, Andrew Josselyn, Charlie Vance, Gil Flores, Jarrod Goodhue, Jake Nelson

FRIDAY
Depart: Dismiss from class at 12:45p.m. Depart at 1:00p.m. aboard Laidlaw bus.
Arrive: Arrive at Detweiller Park around 4:15p.m. Athletes will change into running clothes for the daily workout and to set up the tent.
Meals: After our run we will head to the hotel to check in and clean up and head to dinner somewhere near the hotel (Avanti’s, St. Bread Co., etc…) Athletes should bring a snack to eat on the way up if they wish. A variety of snacks, water, and sports drink will be furnished for the ride up by the team. Money for dinner Friday night and lunch on Saturday afternoon will provided by the team. The hotel has a continental breakfast where we will eat before heading to the course.
Note: Each team will meet as a group after dinner to discuss plans to depart to the course on Saturday. You may relax in each others rooms until lights out (TBA) when you must retire to your own room and go to bed for the evening. Remember the idea of coming up the night before is so you can get good nights sleep in order to race better on Saturday. Have fun but protect your opportunities.

SATURDAY
Wake Up: Wake up calls should be between 7:00 – 7:15a.m. (girls) and 7:30 – 7:45a.m. (guys). Athletes should be at breakfast by 7:30a.m. (girls) 7:45 - 8:00a.m. (guys).
Departure: All athletes should be packed and ready to depart by 8:30a.m.
Race Schedule: Girls 10:30a.m. Race
Boys 11:15a.m. Race

Return: ASAP after your race.
Note: This is obviously Taylor’s Birthday bash at EHS . You may depart after your race with a parent or a note to ride with another parent on the team. I will collect any awards and trophies. We are here to do a job this weekend. Make sure your mind is on the task at hand. The hair, nails, the court, and the dance come after that. Your Saturday night will be all the much more enjoyable if your Saturday morning goes well. Have fun, make good decisions, and stay safe. Don’t jeopardize your season for any reason.
What to Bring (You are going for one night, please pack light)
Uniform (singlet, shorts, spikes, jacket, pant, sweatshirt, etc..)
Practice Clothes (shorts, top, running shoes, etc...)
Clothing to go to dinner in and ride home in
Underwear & Socks (Sports bras for the ladies)
Toiletries (toothbrush ,toothpaste, deodorant, etc…)
Extra socks
Money (snacks, t-shirt, etc…)
Snacks (don’t bring a bunch of junk, eat that after the meet or not at all)
Cell phones (no cell phones are to be used after lights out on Friday. Call to check in with parents or significant others before then. Once we get to the course to warm up, put the cell phones away until after your race)

Hotel:
Springhill Suites by Marriot Peoria
2701 Westlake Avenue
Peoria, IL 61615
(309) 681-2700

JV Roars, Varsity Silenced by the Rain

Congratulations to the JV girls team on capturing 1st Place at the Hancock Invitational. Despite a few wrong turns, some rain, and nasty course conditions the Tigers were able to prevail. It is the first team title of at any level for the Tigers at the prestigious Hancock Invitational and comes on the heels of the JV girls perfect score last week. The Tigers brought home the hardware with five medalists placing 2nd, 3rd, 7th, 8th, & 9th.

Medalists were:
Stephanie Dalla (2nd)
Nikki Hausman (3rd)
Laura Bevis (7th)
Emily Firsching (8th)
Bridgette Hoover (9th)

Super race ladies.

Unfortunately the Varsity race was called due to lightning.

Next up for the Tigers, the George Havens Invitational on Monday at Westlake Country Club in Jerseyville. Then it's on to Peoria for a second time.

Coach C

Hazelwood East Freshman Invitational

Excellent job by the Freshman crew of Ellen Atwood, Melissa Mazar, Breanna McDonald, Kayla Dowell, Kyla Adamson, Chloe Marth, and Grace Utley on Wednesday at Hazelwood East.

We had 4 runners place in the top 25 and medal. Ellen Atwood had her much anticipated season debut and placed 4th.

Medal Winners were:
Ellen Atwood (4th Place)
Melissa Mazar (11th Place)
Breanna McDonald (19th Place)
Kayla Dowell (21st Place)

Super job ladies.

Next up is the Hancock Invitational this Saturday preceded by dinner at the Speicher's house Friday night.

Monday is the Jerseyville Invitational. Check the lineups.

Be prepared to get your rest and have a productive week next week going into Homecoming and Peoria #2. The season is rapidly headed toward the Championship meets of County, Conference, Regional, Sectionals, and the State Meet.

Coach C

By a hair and a broom

Excellent job by everyone at the Edwardsville Invitational. We had lots of oustanding performances and lots of PR's.

The Varsity girls edged perennial top team Mahomet Seymour by 3pts. to win the Varsity division. All 7 runners placed in the top 14 and medaled.

Medalists were:
Courtney Smith (2nd)
Liz Speicher (3rd)
Lia Saunders (4th)
Kaci Smith (9th)
Lauren Heidbrink (12th)
Kristin Hodge (13th)
Leah Bateman (14th)

On the JV side it was a no doubter. The Tigers swept the competiton 1-5 and added 6th place and 15th to boot. All Tigers medaled to capture the teams first ever perfect score.

Medalists were:
Laura Bevis (1st)
Stephanie Dalla Riva (2nd)
Nikki Hausman (3rd)
Bre Schuett (4th)
Bridgette Hoover (5th)
Abbey Frese (6th)
Taylor Frese (15th)

Emily Firsching was the top female finisher in the open race.

Great job ladies.

Up this week:
Hazelwood East Fr. Invite (Wed)
Hancock Invitational (Sat)

Coach C

Booster Request for Edw. Invite Help Sat.

Thanks to all of you who helped last week at the Tiger and Liberty
invitational meets. Both meets seemed to run very smoothly.

This week 26 teams come to our course for the Edwardsville Invitational
on Saturday morning, September . The meet begins at 9 am, but we need
volunteers to help set up starting at 6:30 am. We need help getting
ice, water, setting up tents, concessions, etc. If you can't make it
that early, we will also need volunteers to sell t-shirts and
concessions, as well as help in the chute during the races.

This is a big meet. We need as many volunteers as we can possibly get.
Please contact Dave Goodhue (261-8811, dgoodhue@casinoqueen.com) or me
(numbers below) and let one of us know if you can help. We will try to
let you know in advance where you are needed.

Thanks again. See you Saturday.

Tom Atwood

(618) 692-1464
(618) 558-4949 (cell)
email: tom@tomatwood.net
website: http://tomatwood.net

Parent Help

Parents: The Edwardsville Invitational is this Saturday, September 16th. As there are 26 teams coming we will need help with set up, clean up, parking, concessions, the finish line and a myriad of other things.

We are unlike most other sports. We are provided money for an official starter by the school and that's it. We are responsible for running everything else. We need your help. An e-mail and or flyers will be coming around early this week. We will probably meet to discuss plans on Wednesday or so. If you can make it that would be great. If you have not already joined the Booster Club please do so so you can be on the e-mail/phone list.

We are known for running great meets at Edwardsville. We need to increase parent participation in the Booster Club from all ends to make meets continue to run as smooth. If you have any questions about how you can help please feel free to contact me. We are off to a great start. Let's keep it moving.

Coach Cunningham

Peoria Woodruff

The Tigers Competed in the Peoria Woodruff Invitational on Saturday, September 9th.

This was the first meet for the Varsity team. We are beginning to take the race rust off. In all the Tigers came away pretty well with a 6th place finish of 45 teams and 302 runners.

Medalists were:
Lia Saunders (32nd)
Courtney Smith (34th)
Kaci Smith (45th)
Liz Speicher (47th)

In her last non-varsity race of the year Kristin Hodge was impressive as could be leading wire to wire for the victory over 420 other competitiors. Nikki Hausman also medaled with a 10th place finish. Stephanie Dalla Riva and Bre Schuett continue to be the freshman dynamic duo placing 12th and 13th respectively.

The Tigers are off unitl this Weekends Edwardsville Invitational.

Great Job ladies, let's have a great week of work, and good luck next week.

Coach C

Peoria Pizza Correction

All athletes going need to bring $5 to Peoria for Pizza. Varsity can't cover it all. That was a typo.

Coach C

Tiger Classic

Excellent job by both the Varsity and JV team at the Tiger Classic. With the top 7 not scheduled to debut until this weekend the ladies who ran varsity did an admirable job. 4th place of 16 teams just 3 points from a plaque. Bridgette Hoover and Melissa Mazar both had nice debut's.

Varsity Medalists:
Nikki Hausman 9th
Stephanie Dall Riva 15th
Bre Schuett 19th

The JV team placed 2nd in a field of 10.

JV Medalists:
Emily Firsching 6th
Sam Mormino 7th
Chelsea Fee 12th

Congratulations

Next up for the Tigers is the Peoria Woodruff Inivitational this weekend. Varsity will leave Friday at 1:00p.m.

JV will meet at 5:50a.m. Saturday to leave by 6:00a.m.

Varsity should bring $5 to cover the cost of lunch.

Varsity for Peoria: Bateman, C. Smith, K. Smith, Saunders, Speicher, Heidbrink

JV/Open for Peoria: Hodge, Hausman, Dalla Riva, Schuett, Bevis, Hoover, T. Frese, A. Frese

Good luck

Coach C

Hail to the Queen?

Congratulations to Leah Bateman on be elected as a Homecoming Queen Candidate.

Coach C

Peoria Itinerary

EHS X-C TRAVEL ITINERARY & CONTACT INFORMATION
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8th – SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 9th
PEORIA WOODRUFF INVITATIONAL

Coaching Staff: George Patrylak & John Cunningham

Athletes: Leah Bateman, Lauren Heidbrink, Lia Saudners, Liz Speicher, Kaci Smith, Courtney Smith, Eric Johannigmeier, Devon Dudding, Jarrod Goodhure, Charlie Vance, Gil Flores, Andrew Josselyn, Jake Nelson

Depart: Dismss from class at 12:45p.m., Depart at 1:00p.m. aboard Laidlaw bus.

Arrive: Arrive at Detweiller Park around 4:15p.m. Athletes will change into running clothes for the daily workout. Bradley University will be hosting a Collegiate X-C meet beginning at 5:00p.m.

Dinner: After our run we will head to the hotel to check in and clean up and head to dinner somewhere near the hotel (Avanti’s, St. Bread Co., etc…) Athletes should bring a snack to eat on the way up if they wish. Some snacks and drinks will be furnished for the ride up by the team. Dinner Friday night and lunch on Saturday afternoon will provided by the team. The hotel has a continental breakfast where we will eat before heading to the course.

Return: Saturday afternoon sometime after 5:00p.m

Friday: Each team will meet after dinner to discuss plans to depart to the course . You may relax in each others rooms until lights out at 10:00a.m. when you must retire to your own room. Wake up calls should be set for 6:30a.m. and you should be down to breakfast at 7:00a.m. We need to be packed and ready to depart on the bus by 8:00a.m. The girls AA race is up first for us at 10:00a.m. Bathroom and WU would start between 9:00-9:10a.m. Remember the idea of coming up the night before is so you can get good nights sleep in order to race better on Saturday. Have fun but protect your opportunities.

What to Bring (You are going for one night, please pack light)
Uniform (singlet, shorts, spikes, jacket, pant, sweatshirt, etc..)
Practice Clothes (shorts, top, running shoes, etc...)
Clothing to go to dinner in and ride home in
Underwear & Socks (Sports bras for the ladies)
Toiletries (toothbrush ,toothpaste, deodorant, etc…)
Extra socks
Money (snacks, t-shirt, etc…)
Snacks (don’t bring a bunch of junk, eat that after the meet or not at all)
Cell phones (no cell phones are to be used after lights out on Friday. Call to check in with parents or significant others before then. Once we get to the course to warm up, put the cell phones away until after your race)

Hotel:
Springhill Suites by Marriot Peoria
2701 Westlake Avenue
Peoria, IL 61615
(309) 681-2700

Grrrrreat Job at Granite

With some of the Varsity members training through the first meet the rest of the team took it upon themselves to step up this past Saturday in our first meet of the year. The Granite City Invitational. Even with some confusion at the start we had quite a few medalists and alot of course PR's. Kristin Hodge and Stephanie Dalla Riva provided the highlights of the day. Medalists were as follows.

Varsity:
Kristin Hodge 6th Place
Nikki Hausman 14th Place
Laura Bevis 29th Place

Junior Varsity:
Stephanie Dalla Riva 1st Place
Emily Firsching 13th Place
Abbey Frese 15th Place
Sam Mormino 22nd Place
Chelsea Fee 25th Place
Taylor Frese 26th Place

GREAT JOB LADIES!!!

PRACTICE MONDAY (LABOR DAY) WILL BE AT 9:00a.m. AT EHS

NEXT UP FOR THE TIGERS. THE FALL CLASSIC AT HOME THIS WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6th, THEN IT'S ON TO PEORIA FOR THE FIRST OF HOPEFULLY THREE GOOD SHOWINGS ON THE STATE COURSE.

Coach C