The Millbrook 7/7 Tourney has been postponed until Sat. July, 23rd. If you have questions please contact Caoch Day at brian.day@lcps.org.

Millbrook HS 251 First Woods Dr. Winchester, VA

Just a reminder that the Millbrook 7/7 Tourney will be rain or shine. Players who have been invited to play on the varsity team have been given a packet of information to take home and get parent signatures.  Those players who will need a ride to and from Millbrook HS will need to be at RVHS by the weight room by 7:30 am on Saturday, May 14th. I am guessing we will return by about 3:30 pm on Saturday. Parents are more than welcome to come out to watch and support the team. Players need to arrive not later than 9:00 am for warm-ups. Games start at 9:15 am. Hope you can make it.

Orders for your Riddell football helmet and shoulder pads are due on Wednesday, May 25th. We will meet at 6pm in the weight room at Riverside so we can size each player. The discounted price for Riddell Speed Flex is $350, Speed $250 and the Riddell Power Pads is $250. This will be the only time you can get this pricing on this equipment. Checks need to be made out to Riverside Football and paid at the time of the sizing on May 25th. 

ALL current 8th graders who are purchasing should attend and get sized on May 25th.

If you have any questions please feel free to contact Coach Day at (703) 973-1132 or brian.day@lcps.org
 Thank you,Coach Day

Woodgrove HS Tournament- April 2nd, 9th, 16th from 3pm-5pm Players should arrive at 2pm and will need a helmet from Coach Day as well as a registration from.

Evergreen Sportsplex 7on7 Camp- Cost is $100 and players need to register at Evergreensportsplex.com. Players must register for this camp. This camp is for all players including rising 9th graders to attend.

The dates are ?Sunday nights on 4/3, 4/10. 4/17, 4/24, 5/1, 5/8, 5/15 from 6pm until 10pm.

Milbrook HS 7on7 Tournament- At Milbrook HS in Winchester, VA on Saturday, May 14th and is an ALL DAY EVENT. Starting at 8am-5pm.

Falls Church HS 7on7 Tournament-June 5th at Falls Church HS and is an ALL DAY EVENT from 8am-5pm.

We will need parent volunteers to help with rides, coolers of water, and lunches. We will also need help with volunteering to film of our games for teaching purposes.

The Rising Freshman Night at RVHS date has changed from Monday, April 18th to Wednesday, April 20th at 7pm at RVHS main gym. Those interested in playing a fall sport at RVHS should plan on attending.

There will be a football meeting on Thursday, March 3rd during both A and D lunches. We will discuss the spring schedule, 7 on 7 camps/tournaments, 7 on 7 uniforms, helmet and shoulder pad donation program, summer camps, lifting & conditioning expectations. If you can't make that meeting or will be out of school you need to see Coach Day before Thursday, March 3rd.

The next football interest meeting for current HS players is Wednesday, Jan 20th at 4pm in the weight room. We will lift after the meeting on that day. Those in a winter sport we will be brief and get you to practice on time. If for some reason you can't attend you need to see Coach Day before that date. Do not be late for this meeting.

There will be a brief football interest meeting in room 1804 on Thursday, November, 19th at 4pm. If you can't attend the meeting you need to see Coach Day before the meeting for all details. This meeting is for all returning football players as well as new football players for next season.

There will be a brief football interest meeting in room 1804 on Thursday, November, 19th at 4pm. If you can't attend the meeting you need to see Coach Day before the meeting for all details. This meeting is for all returning football players as well as new football players for next season.

There will be a brief football interest meeting in room 1804 on Thursday, November, 19th at 4pm. If you can't attend the meeting you need to see Coach Day before the meeting for all details. This meeting is for all returning football players as well as new football players for next season.

Dear Parents and Players,

Our end of season football banquet will be on November, 11th at 6:30pm in the cafeteria at Riverside HS. There will be a cost of $15 per person in attendance and you can sign up at the evite link at

Coach Day

Dear Parents,

Our freshman game for Tuesday, Oct 13th has been canceled due to Park View not having enough kids. Our AD was able to get PV to add some 10th graders to their freshman team and we are now going to play a combined JV/Freshman gave vs. Park View on Wednesday, Oct. 14th at 6:00pm. The game will be at Park View HS. As of this morning at practice we have notified which 10th graders will be joining our freshman team for this game. If you have any questions or concerns please do not hesitate to contact me at riversideramsfb@gmail.com or (703) 973-1132.

Dear Parents,

Our freshman game for Tuesday, Oct 13th has been canceled due to Park View not having enough kids. Our AD was able to get PV to add some 10th graders to their freshman team and we are now going to play a combined JV/Freshman gave vs. Park View on Wednesday, Oct. 14th at 6:00pm. The game will be at Park View HS. As of this morning at practice we have notified which 10th graders will be joining our freshman team for this game. If you have any questions or concerns please do not hesitate to contact me at riversideramsfb@gmail.com or (703) 973-1132.

Dear Parents,

Our freshman game for Tuesday, Oct 13th has been canceled due to Park View not having enough kids. Our AD was able to get PV to add some 10th graders to their freshman team and we are now going to play a combined JV/Freshman gave vs. Park View on Wednesday, Oct. 14th at 6:00pm. The game will be at Park View HS. As of this morning at practice we have notified which 10th graders will be joining our freshman team for this game. If you have any questions or concerns please do not hesitate to contact me at riversideramsfb@gmail.com or (703) 973-1132.

Dear Parents,

I want to clear up confusion about our morning lifting sessions during the in-season. On Tuesday's and Thursday's we are lifting at Riverside HS. This is part of practice and is essential to getting our kids stronger and healthy on a week to week basis. Our lifting starts at 7:00 am and I expect all players to be at lifting by 6:55 am ready to go. We also have 2 other sports at Riverside joining us and we have a schedule to make sure everything we are doing runs smooth and on time. All FB players workouts should be done by 8:15 am if done correctly which give kids enough time to shower and eat breakfast at school. If kids plan properly they should be able to bring a protein shake with them for after lifting which will help support their efforts. We have refrigerators here for them to put their shakes away. 

The only players who do not need to come in the morning are those players who are taking the Adv. PE Weight Training class in school and are getting their lifting done in school during class.

If there is any issue with getting your player to school by 6:55 am then please let me know and we can discuss the issue and problem solve. Attendance is taken each day. 

The future of our football program is dependent on the work we put in today.

I appreciate your continued support and flexibility.

Sincerely,

Coach Day

Dear Parents,

The freshman game had to be moved to Rock Ridge HS and the game will be played on Wednesday, August 26th at Rock Ridge HS at 6:30pm.  ALL freshman players need to report to Riverside HS at 4pm with their White game jersey, shoulder pads, girdle, helmet, cleats, gloves, blue socks, and mouth piece. ALL player will receive their white game pants at 4pm from Coach Porter. Players can wear their blue or grey t-shirts under their pads.

If you have any questions please don't hesitate to email me at riversideramsfb@gmail.com.

Thanks,

Coach Day

The team bus will leave at 4:45pm and return around 8:45-9:15 depending on what time the game is over.

Dear Parents,

I am sending this home with your parent but I also wanted you to be able to find out this information before hand.

I need your help. I have many parents asking so here is a list of the beginning of what we need as a football program. We cant build this program without a strong parent group. 

The flyer will be posted under Varsity Football on this website under the files tab. This is for ALL football ball parents at ALL levels. 

Thank you,

Coach Day

Last chance to order any spirit gear that you might want. It closes this Wednesday, August 19th.

https://riversidehsfootball15.itemorder.com

Code is: EFX4J

The directions for the email fundraiser campaign can be found under the Varsity Football Team Files. 

RIVERSIDE FOOTBALL THURSDAY AND FRIDAY SCHEDULE

August 13^th, 2015

Freshman will attend the morning practice on Thursday, August 14^th from 8am-11am.  Varsity will practice both 8am-11am and then 1pm-3pm.

Freshman Schedule 8/13

8am-11am Practice

4:00pm Return to BEMS for Pre-Game Meeting

6:00pm Scrimmage at Heritage HS

8:00pm leave Heritage HS to return to BEMS.

8:20pm Parents pick up players at BEMS

FRESHMAN- NO PRACTICE FRIDAY AUGUST, 15^TH (REST AND RECOVER)

SOME FRESHMAN ARE INVITED TO JOIN THE VARSITY FOOTBALL TEAM FOR THE VARSITY SCRIMMAGE.

Varsity Schedule 8/13

8am-11am Practice

1pm-3pm Practice

6:00pm Freshman Scrimmage at Heritage HS

Friday, August 14th

NO AM PRACTICE FOR ANYONE.

11^th, 10^th and 9^th who have been invited to participate

2:00pm Players Report to BEMS for TEAM MEETING

3:00pm Bus leaves for Manassas Park HS

4:00pm Arrives at Manassas Park HS

4:15pm DEF Meeting

4:30pm OFF Meeting

4:45pm TEAM Meeting

4:50pm Stretch

5:30pm Scrimmage vs. Manassas Park 1^st, then Loudoun County HS 2^nd

8:00pm Depart MPHS for BEMS.

Saturday, August 15^th

NO PRACTICE

ALL PLAYERS REST AND RECOVER

Dear Parents,

I have just sent home calendars for August and I wanted to add one more change for our August calendar. The day after each Varsity scrimmage we will give the kids off so they can rest and recover. On Saturday, August 15th and Friday, August 21st will be the days that the whole program is off and resting. 

If you have questions or concerns then please dont hesitate to contact me at riversideramsfb@gmail.com or (703) 973-1132.

Thanks,

Coach Day

Players and Parents,

Please use this link to purchase you spirit pack for this season. It will close on August 14th. 

https://riversidehsfootball15.itemorder.com

Code is: EFX4J

?There is the players spirit pack items as well as all types of fan gear as well.

Thanks for the support.

Coach Day

Dear Parents,

Please sign up to get on the football volunteer list for this season. 

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1reXgSQvUdXnTiE2FkPayosuQbhlAli-A9WkLaNdk-_Y/edit?usp=sharing

I need your assistance with many of the tasks to help run the football program. Please take just a moment to fill out you contact information. After you sign up there will be an email sent out with places to sign up for specific volunteer positions. 

Thanks,

Coach Day

Parents, 

Picture day will be on Tuesday, August 11th. Players will be given their picture forms for individual pictures. Please follow the directions on the picture form to order your pictures.

Also I need parent volunteers with their own cameras to help take head shots of the players and coaches as we are doing individual pictures. If you a available on Tuesday from 3-5pm to help out please email Coach Day at riversideramsfb@gmail.com. 

Thanks,

Coach

Dear Parents,

I wanted to send out an update so you know what is going on with football. Hopefully your players are coming home tired, and found out that playing high school football takes a lot of learning and timing. I wanted to give you an update on certain things so you know what is going on. 

Adding a JV Football Team-

We have added a JV team for our program. We will play a full freshman schedule, a full varsity schedule and are currently adding a few JV games for our sophomores to play. We are hoping to add about 3-4 games for our JV kids to play in and get the time and experience they need and will deserve. Check the JV Football schedule on RiversideRams.net to see updates on that schedule.

Player without helmets-

We have about 15 kids who don't have their helmets yet. In the process of opening the school we have purchased about 80 helmets and basically guessed on the sizes of those 80 helmets based on passed schools opening. We are in the process of doing two things. The first thing we have done is that we have sized each players head two to three times to make sure we got the right fitting helmet size for each player. We know what each size the players need and we are ordering those specific helmets to meet the needs of our players. Those brand new helmets will arrive in the next 2-3 weeks. Secondly while we are waiting for those helmets to come in we are asking some schools in our area who have helmets they aren’t using to allow us to borrow some to get helmets to our players who need them to allow them to practice as we move forward with more contact. Players will wear these helmets (assuming we can get some to borrow) for scrimmages, and all practices until our new helmets come in.

Over the last two days we as a program have been given the kids a ton of new information. Today we also used the classrooms during our lunch break to sit kids down and help them review, re-teach, introduce and also show themselves on film. This is something that will continue by our staff as we get more of the things we need as a program in terms of video equipment, computers, classrooms ect.

August Practice Schedule-

Many questions have come up about August’s schedule for practices. In your football packet I provided a monthly calendar with exactly what we are doing for practices, fundraisers, scrimmages, and days off. We practice every Saturday and we have off on Sundays. Player’s missing practices hurts our whole program. I understand it happens but we need our entire roster to be at practice and helping us build the program. Parents I need your help to make sure players do not miss practices.

Volunteers-

Soon I will be posting a list of volunteer positions that I need help with. The one I want to discuss right now is I need a “team mom or dad” for each level of the program on the freshman, JV, and Varsity. Please email me at riversideramsfb@gmail.com  if you are interested.

Saturday, August 8^th

On this Saturday, August 8^th we have two things going on that I want to invite you to as well as ask for help. The first thing is we will have practice at 8am-11am that morning. During that practice I wanted to invite you all out to come watch your kids. We are going to try and have an inter-squad controlled scrimmage that we will be able to film and use as a teaching tool. That portion of practice will happen around 10am. If you do come to the practice please sit up on the hill near the parking lot off of Kipheart Dr. Please bring chairs and coolers but mostly bring your cheers.

The second thing is we will be doing our fundraiser from noon-4pm selling our discount cards. Players will be put in teams and they will walk the community and sell them. Most kids will be able to sell their 25 cards that day. I will need parent help driving kids around to different parts of the Riverside community since most kids don’t drive yet.

As always I appreciate your support, efforts and patience as we continue to build this program in to what we believe it can and will become.

Sincerely,

Coach Day

Dear Players and Parents,
I wanted to reach out to you regarding football practice schedule for August and Monday, August, 3rd. 

What time do I need to be at Belmont Ridge MS?
-7:00am If you need to pick up your equipment. Meet outside entrance B4 at BEMS.
-7:30am If you already have your equipment. Meet on the black top basketball courts. 
Can I stay and watch practice during the week? No. Mr. Anderson and Mr. Oblas has made it very clear to me that with construction going on we do not want extra people here at BEMS and around the Riverside campus.  In years to come it will be welcomed especially when we are in the stadium. I appreciate your patience with this.

What do I need to bring with me to practice?
Bring: Helmet, Practice Jersey, Cleats, Gloves, Tennis Shoes and Flip flops, 2 pairs of socks, underwear, shorts and t-shirts so you can change during the break. 
Lunch: Bring a lunch we will eat from 11:00am-11:45am (NO PLAYER IS ALLOWED TO LEAVE FOR LUNCH OR DURING THE BREAK BETWEEN PRACTICES)
WATER: Bring your own jug of water each day so you have it.
What time is practice? 8am-11am and 1pm-3pm each day.  Check your August Calendar in your football packet. We practice Saturdays as well.

Will missing practice hurt my players playing time? 
Yes.  It is important that players be at practice. Football takes repetition and team work. We can’t and won’t be as successful as we can with players missing practice. 

Coach my player needs to miss practice what is the process to communicate that?
You need to contact me with the dates, times, reasons, and I will determine if it is an excused absence or an unexcused absence. There is make up conditioning for missed practices and a player will not play in a game until all of their makeup conditioning is made up. 
Email is: riversideramsfb@gmail.com 
Cell is: 703-973-1132

ALL PLAYER MUST HAVE A VHSL SPORTS PHYSICAL AND OTHER PARTICIPATION FORMS TURNED IN BEFORE THEY CAN PLAY.

Thanks,

Coach Day