Coaches needed
The Yakima Mavericks Minor League football team is looking for asst. coaches on both sides of the ball for our 2010 season. Practices have already begun however we still have coaching spots needing to be filled. We ask that all potential coaches do have some prior coaching experience and are available to attend practices on Saturday and Sunday afternoons. Please contact Nathan at 945-4834 if interested.
Schedule.
February 13th-14th - Practice at 3pm
February 20th-21st - Practice at 3pm
February 27th-28th - Practice at 3pm
March 6th-7th - Practice at 4pm
March 13th - Practice at 4pm
March 14th - Practice at 5pm (day light savings time)
March 18th - Practice at 6pm (final practice before the first game) Helmets only.
March 20th vs Palouse Thunder
March 27th @ Hermiston Hurricanes
April 3rd @ South Sound Shockers
April 10th vs North Sound Sting
April 17 Bye
April 24th vs Okanogan County Commandoes
May 1st @ Spokane Wolfpack
May 8th vs Grays Harbor Bearcats(NWNAFL)
May 15th @ Columbia Basin Riverhawks
May 22nd vs Wenatchee Valley Rams
Mavericks Cheer.
The Mavericks cheer team will have a new leader in 2009. Former West Valley cheerleader Kayla Nelson who was a part of the Mavericks cheer team in 2009 and is now ready to take over. Preparations for the squad have already began and they are currently looking girls and guys to fill out their roster. Anybody looking to join the team should contact Kayla at 952-2932 or check them out on myspace at www.myspace.com/503983680
Food Drive = SUCCESS
The Mavericks teamed up with NW Harvest on Saturday December 12th to help feed some of the less fortunate people of the Yakima Valley. Members of the team stood outside in the cold from 9am-5pm gathering food and money to donate to NW Harvest who will inturn distribute the food to local food banks. The team gathered over 350lbs of food and $82.65 in cash donations (NW Harvest buys and bulk and can turn every dollar into $4.95 worth of food) in what was considered a successful day. Special thanks to the Mavericks players and staff who came out and braved the cold...
Franklin Jackson, Mick Gause, OJ Davis, Alex Mahre, John Lobbestael, Ryan Wright, John Devolve, Bobby Perez, Tony Armijo, Michael Haggerty, Jesse Cardenas, Ian Zero, Andy Horner, Nick Muir, Robert Pedroza, Devin McDaniel, Coach Don Fortenberry, and GM Nathan Soptich
Another thank you to Coca-Cola of Yakima for printing our banners for the event and Abbotts Printing of Yakima for printing our tickets that we gave away. Both of these companies did this at no cost to help the effort.
New team store.
The newest page added to our website is the new Team Store. In the near future you will be able to shop for all of your Mavericks gear online using your credit card through your paypal account. You will be able to purchase team merchandise, uniforms, and gear. You will also be to make cash donations to the team and players will be able to pay their team fees.
We hope that the Donation feature will really help the team through tuff economic times. Sponsorship support has been way down and we need financial support from every source possible to continue to pay the bills and provide a local football team that the Yakima Valley can be proud of.
