Pick6
10-07-2009, 10:00 AM
I think Gainesville will have the longest away game next year.
Leopards to play 2010 football game in California
DARIN ALLRED Register Sports Writer
The Gainesville Leopards have made some long road trips in their history, but the one they will take to start the 2010 season will top them all.
The Leopards will start next season with a trip to California to face Scotts Valley, the same school that traveled to Gainesville in 2005 for the “Sizzle Bowl” season opener. Gainesville won that game 33-0.
Gainesville Independent School District trustees heard a proposal from Leopard Booster Club president Doug Wade at their regular meeting Monday. Wade said the Booster Club would use fundraisers throughout the year to pay for the trip, which is expected to cost around $1,000 per student which will include airfare, ground transportation, hotel and food.
Gainesville ISD superintendent Bill Gravitt says that the football team and cheerleaders will make the trip.
The game will be played Sept. 4, 2010 at Cabrillo College in Santa Cruz county, just south of San Francisco. In addition to the game, a banquet will be held on the beach at Monterey Bay and Leopard players are expected to attend a half-day of school at Scotts Valley High School on the Friday before the game.
“They have been trying to get us to go out there for a while. I think they are trying to get even with us,” Gravitt joked. “The Booster Club has been working on this for the past couple of years. If we can do it in a safe manner then I am all for it. We have a lot of kids in our school that will never have the opportunity to do something like this again.”
Scotts Valley has played Alice (TX) the last two years
In 2005, the Leopards hosted Scotts Valley at Leeper Stadium. A banquet was held at the Civic Center on the Thursday before the game. The 2005 Leopards advanced all the way to the Class 3A Division I state championship game before falling to Wimberly.
Link (http://www.gainesvilleregister.com/homepage/local_story_279133522.html)
Leopards to play 2010 football game in California
DARIN ALLRED Register Sports Writer
The Gainesville Leopards have made some long road trips in their history, but the one they will take to start the 2010 season will top them all.
The Leopards will start next season with a trip to California to face Scotts Valley, the same school that traveled to Gainesville in 2005 for the “Sizzle Bowl” season opener. Gainesville won that game 33-0.
Gainesville Independent School District trustees heard a proposal from Leopard Booster Club president Doug Wade at their regular meeting Monday. Wade said the Booster Club would use fundraisers throughout the year to pay for the trip, which is expected to cost around $1,000 per student which will include airfare, ground transportation, hotel and food.
Gainesville ISD superintendent Bill Gravitt says that the football team and cheerleaders will make the trip.
The game will be played Sept. 4, 2010 at Cabrillo College in Santa Cruz county, just south of San Francisco. In addition to the game, a banquet will be held on the beach at Monterey Bay and Leopard players are expected to attend a half-day of school at Scotts Valley High School on the Friday before the game.
“They have been trying to get us to go out there for a while. I think they are trying to get even with us,” Gravitt joked. “The Booster Club has been working on this for the past couple of years. If we can do it in a safe manner then I am all for it. We have a lot of kids in our school that will never have the opportunity to do something like this again.”
Scotts Valley has played Alice (TX) the last two years
In 2005, the Leopards hosted Scotts Valley at Leeper Stadium. A banquet was held at the Civic Center on the Thursday before the game. The 2005 Leopards advanced all the way to the Class 3A Division I state championship game before falling to Wimberly.
Link (http://www.gainesvilleregister.com/homepage/local_story_279133522.html)