After a tough loss to Tri-Valley on Tuesday, the Lady Savages must get their 4th win vs the Council Lumberjacks as they play tonight in order to qualify for the 2nd Long Pin State Championship seed.  Game time is at 7pm in Meadows Valley.  Support our Girls!!

 

Savage Pride!

 

 

FULL DISCLOSURE – First of all… like the author, I often say things that are not positive, and feel regret when I do so. Knowing this, I am becoming more aware of my words and actions, and the impact they have on our student/athletes, school and community… I just wanted to add this commentary…  Coach Fred

Reprinted from http://ccathletics.blogspot.com/2014/12/does-fan-behavior-influence-outcome.html?m=1

Question: Does the behavior of fans influence game outcomes?

Answer: YES!

The 12^th man at a Colts game or at a Knights football game, the 6^th man at a Purdue or Central Catholic basketball game … the positive spirit of the crowd influences the game. We can all agree that positive, unconditional support of fans is critical to having a successful, long-term program.  Just watch a college football game with over 100,000 passionate fans or a packed arena for a college or high school basketball game.

Question: What about negative yelling at a ball game?  Yelling at the officials, the coaches or the athletes about a questionable play or call… could that have an impact?

Answer: YES! Especially at junior high or high school athletic events.

But maybe not the kind of impact that you might think. I don’t believe that even one of our fans would ever do anything intentionally that would hurt our teams or program. But it is possible that we could do something, unintentionally, that could hurt our performance or impact the officiating.

At Central Catholic, we host an athletic event or multiple events almost every single night of the week.  When I go to a junior high or high school event, I always observe the behavior of fans – ours and our opponents.   As the fall season has concluded and the winter season starts to crank up, I thought now would be a good time to reflect on how our parents and fans represent Central Catholic.  Quite frankly, many of our parents and fans behave admirably.  Unfortunately, some do not.

Let me list the benefits to yelling negative comments to our players, coaches and the game officials:

• Hummm, after several minutes of thinking … I cannot think of one possible positive outcome.

Now I will list the negative results from negative yelling:

• Fans yelling at the offensive line, “Come on line, block somebody for crying out loud” will not encourage football players to do so.  Or when a fan yells at a coach to “get him out of there” will never encourage a coach to make a change.  In fact, the comments will discourage our players at a time when they need confidence.  You may think the players don’t ever hear the comments … and that is sometimes true.  However, last week at a J&C Hoops basketball game, I heard a player from a visiting team huddle yell back at the opponents’ student section, “Why don’t you just shut your mouth!”  Wasted emotional energy, wouldn’t you agree?
• Yelling at the game officials “that they are terrible” NEVER gets the official to change a call or to start making calls that will benefit the team you are cheering for. But can it actually have a negative effect? It sure can and frequently does! These officials are human. They have the same life pressures you have at work and at home. High School officials are not professionals in the same way that NFL or NBA officials are.  On the day of the game, they got up early and dropped their kids at school or daycare and they worked a full day.  They likely skipped dinner to have time to drive 30 to 60 minutes to get to the game on time.  They act like they cannot hear the yelling, but often they hear every word a fan is yelling.

Do you think that an official could ever become biased against a team where the players, coaches or fans are disrespecting him?  I can tell you from many years of conversations with officials, it can and does happen.  I can tell you from my trips to the officials’ dressing room at halftime and after games that some officials are quite upset by the way they were treated. They cannot help but take it personally when a fan yells a hateful comment directly at them.

Let me make an example that happens frequently. One basketball team, their coach and fans curse, yell and disrespect the game official, while the other team, coach and fans show great respect to the official.  Put yourself in the official’s shoes.  Does he hope one team wins more than the other … even subconsciously?  Imagine this … He has a close call at the end of the game … is it a charge or a blocking foul?  Does he want the jerks to win or the gentlemen? Guess!

• Making negative comments about the coach during a game or after the game to a player cannot possibly help the player’s attitude.  A parent that tells their child that the coach is an idiot is only going to have a negative impact on the athlete’s ability to excel and on the team’s ability to have success.  A player who has had their respect for a coach diminished by parent comments won’t play or practice as hard. That is going to impact their success and ultimately their playing time.  That can’t have been the desired effect the parent was looking for.
• Yelling at the opposing team by our fans (adult or students) normally just motivates our opponents to play harder … to do everything possible to silence those who are taunting them. It might cause a weak team (that we would have easily beaten anyway) to shrink away, but competitors fight harder! When we yell or boo the opponents we are actually helping them get pumped up … and having no positive impact for the Knights!

So, if making negative comments directed at officials, players or coaches has zero benefits and can only hurt your favorite team’s chance to win, why does it happen?

Possible answers are:

• We just never thought about how it could hurt the team.
• We like the attention and don’t care about the consequences.
• We want those around us to think we are smarter or know the rules better than the officials or coaches. (Even though we have no officiating experience and could not pass the rules test on a bet.)
• We think it might make others believe we were once an outstanding athlete or would be a great coach.
• Temporary insanity.

I hope for our fans that I have observed and for most (or all) of us, the answer is the first one … and after thinking it over, we will spend our energy yelling positive comments to our team.

In full disclosure and in all fairness to those reading this blog, I have on rare occasion during my years as a coach, lost my composure and yelled negative comments during a game. But I was wrong and didn’t know better at the time … and worse, hurt my team’s chances to win when I did.  I know better now and hopefully you do too!

I love enthusiasm and excited fans! The choice is not between sitting quietly / passively and yelling negatively. Let’s be POSITIVE YELLERS … LOUD AND PROUD KNIGHT FANS!  Let’s make CC – THE Place to Be!

Join us tonight at 7:30 at Meadows Valley High School as our Salmon River Lady Savages take on Tri-Valley for the Longpin Basketball Championship.  The winner gets an automatic birth to state… the loser must play on Thursday – win – and win a play-in game on Saturday in order to advance to the state tournament.  Needless to say, there is a big incentive to win tonight’s matchup against the Titans.

 

Savage Pride!

Please join us to recognize our Senior Basketball Players:  Devan Branstetter and Peyton Baugh

Senior night will be prior to the start of the Varsity game… approximately 7:30 pm.  JV game begins at 6 pm!  Our opponent is the Cascade Ramblers… (does anyone know what a “Rambler” is????)

 

SAVAGE PRIDE!!

SR will play Meadows Valley tonight – Thurs, Feb 1 @ Meadows Valley – 7:30PM.  Bus leaves at 5:15.

Go Lady Savages!!

District Bracket Link (Doc.)

GBB 2017-2018 Dist Bracket-280n2m2

From Nurse Parnett…

Flu is more dangerous than the ‘common cold’ for children/students, placing a large burden on the health and well-being of children and their families with potentially severe complications, hospitalization or even death. Children with certain conditions are at high risk for flu complications, but most who get the flu are healthy children. Even one death from the flu is too many – so it’s very important for us to work together to protect the children in our care.

The BEST way to protect against the flu is to get vaccinated. It is still possible to get this immunization for some protection this school year for anyone 6 months of age or older if you so choose.

Whenever kids are together, there is a chance of spreading infections. In the case of the flu, type A or B that some of our students/staff have right now, it can be transmissible by droplet or by touch, especially from hands, after children wipe their noses, eyes, mouth, or cough or touch objects or touch other children or adults. Try to cover the nose or mouth with a tissue when coughing or sneezing, or use arm coughing method, dispose of tissue and then wash hands right afterward. Avoid touching eyes/nose/ mouth. as germs are spread this way.
Also, This current influenza can be transmissible for up to 7 days after an individual is well, through droplet or touch.

If SRS schools resume on Monday, January 29th and if your child has any cold, fever greater than 100.5, cough, or symptoms of flu such as body aches, fatigue, malaise, please keep her/him home and notify the school of your child’s condition.

Thank you for everything you do to keep your child safe and healthy! If you have questions please call the offices of the elementary or jr./sr. high school:
(208)630-6055 or (208)630-6025

Sincerely,

Andrea Parnett, School Nurse SRS
James Doramus, Supt, SRS, Principal RES
Dennis Fredrickson, Principal SRHS

January 29, noon

From Superintendent Doramus

“The number of student absences today (30% district wide) are higher than they were last Wednesday (25% district wide).  The Jr/Sr High has 22% out and the Elementary has 39% out.  Due to the number of students out and the severity and length of the sicknesses we will NOT be having school the rest of the week (Tuesday through Thursday) to allow the students and staff to get well in hopes of breaking the cycle of re-infecting each other.  We will resume school on Monday February 5th. All Jr. High and elementary school activities will be canceled for the week.  High School basketball will not be canceled as long as the student athletes stay healthy. Over the weekend the maintenance staff sprayed 20 gallons of disinfectant. ”

From Athletic Director Tucker

“Later today it will be announced that school will be closed for the remainder of the week. So all elementary and middle school practice and games will also be cancelled until Monday, Feb 5.

Majority of the illness is in K-8 so we are going to continue with HS boys and girls basketball practice and games as scheduled…with the understanding that coaches watch out for any athletes showing flu symptoms.”

Let me or Dennis know if you have any questions.

Thanks

Paula Tucker

Coach/AD

Salmon River HS

BPA Fundraiser Begins!

Our annual Valentine’s Day Cookie and Cheesecake fundraiser is officially underway. This will help us go to the BPA State Leadership Conference March 8-10

What is a Benchmark Test?

Benchmark assessments are short tests administered throughout the school year that give teachers and administrators immediate feedback on how students are meeting academic standards. Regular use of benchmark assessments is as a tool Salmon River Schools use to measure student growth and design curriculum to meet individual learning needs.  Most benchmark assessments take one hour each for reading and mathematics. Extensive reporting systems break down test results to providing individual progress reports at the district, school, classroom, and student levels.

What is BPA?

Business Professionals of America is the premier CTSO (Career and Technical Student Organization) for students pursuing careers in business management, information technology, finance, office administration and other related career fields.

As a co-curricular activity, Business Professionals of America has the ability to enhance student participation in professional, civic, service and social endeavors. Business Professionals of America members participate in these activities to accomplish its goals of self-improvement, leadership development, professionalism, community service, career development, public relations, student cooperation and safety and health.

From Mr. Ratcliff – BPA Advisor:

Here are the results for BPA Regionals on Friday:

I bolded the ones that qualified for BPA State.

Fundamental Word Processing: *Lotus Harper-2nd*, *Jordyn Pottenger-3rd*, Sofie Branstetter-4th

Fundamental Spreadsheet Applications: Sofie Branstetter- 4th, Jordyn Pottenger-5th, Lotus Harper-8th

Great Job!!

 

Savage Pride!!!